Barcelona | Casa Vicens

15/07/2021

3 key elements of your visit to Casa Vicens

We all enjoy interesting facts, and although much has been said and written about the great genius of Catalan architecture, Antoni Gaudí, today we enter the first house he created, with three key ideas to look out for during your visit to Gaudí’s first great work: Casa Vicens. The house where nature becomes architecture Casa … Read more

21/06/2021

Casa Vicens Gaudí will be available for one night on Airbnb

For the first time, exceptionally, the house-museum will make it possible for two travellers to stay in the first house created by Gaudí Since it opened its doors as a house-museum in November 2017, Casa Vicens has become a space open to the public and the world, allowing anyone who visits it to discover the … Read more

18/05/2021

Casa Vicens Gaudí celebrates Santa Rita with tickets at 50% off throughout the weekend

From May 20 to 24, this World Heritage site can be visited at a discount of 50% Gaudí’s first house will display several floral decorations from May 22 to 24 The site of Gaudí’s first house has been closely linked to the celebration of Santa Rita’s feast day since the 18th century. There was a spring … Read more

07/05/2021

Casa Vicens Gaudí obtains the Biosphere certification for its commitment to tourism sustainability

Gaudí’s first house demonstrates its commitment to the city’s tourism sustainability Today, Gaudí’s first house obtained the Barcelona Biosphere Commitment to Sustainable Tourism certificate (CSTBB) in an online ceremony broadcast from the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce. The event included speeches by Xavier Marcé, Barcelona City Council Councillor for Tourism and Creative Industries; Abigail Garrido, Deputy … Read more

29/07/2020

Casa Vicens becomes the first museum in Barcelona to obtain the Safe Tourism Certified seal

Gaudí’s first house is the first museum in the city of Barcelona to obtain this seal created by the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE) The seal certifies compliance with the maximum hygienic and sanitary guarantees for workers and visitors alike Last Friday, 17 July, the Institute for Spanish Tourism Quality (ICTE) awarded Casa Vicens … Read more

17/12/2019

Nature, taking centre stage this Christmas at Casa Vicens Gaudí

Last year, Christmas at Gaudí’s first house centred around the different table decorations in the dining room on the season’s three most important nights: Christmas, New Year’s Eve and the arrival of the Three Kings. This Christmas, it is nature that takes centre stage at Casa Vicens. We wanted to pay tribute to the idea … Read more

06/08/2018

Middle Eastern-Style Architecture in Gràcia

In the mid-19th century, the city of Barcelona was deeply interested in Middle Eastern culture. This taste for the Middle East coincided with a moment when the city was expanding and its new bourgeois class was gaining strength. This was reflected in the construction of new buildings with an eclectic style where the Arabic architecture … Read more

01/08/2018

Gaudí in Gràcia: collaborations with Aleix Clapés

Casa Vicens is the first house that Antoni Gaudí built in the city of Barcelona, specifically in the Vila de Gràcia. A few years after the Gràcia’s annexation into Barcelona, Antoni Gaudí carried out another project in Gràcia, a lesser-known work by the architect but one which is especially interesting from the point of view … Read more

09/07/2018

Photographing Gaudí’s first house

Photography Workshop in Casa Vicens, by Pol Viladoms (24/07/2018) “Vision is synthetic. Life is appreciated through vision.” Antoni Gaudí In this workshop, participants will get to know the basic principles of architectural photography, learn to value the different actors involved, what type of equipment is appropriate, which phone applications can help us, etc. In … Read more

04/06/2018

The restoration work on Casa Vicens named as a finalist for the 2018 FAD Awards

José Antonio Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres and David García, members of the architectural team in charge of restoring Casa Vicens, have been named as finalists for 2018 FAD Awards, now in its 60th year, for their work on Gaudí’s first house. According to the jury, “the architects have proposed a comprehensive and very detailed restoration … Read more