Guide Antoni Gueli - Park Guedi Barcelona Spain

Park Güell is a garden complex with architectural elements situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, Spain. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built in the years 1900 to 1914. It is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Sagrada Família	Nou Camp stadium	Placa De Catalunya	Port Vell	Ramblas
Images of Bacelona (click to enlarge)

High above the city of Barcelona sits the oddly inspired Park Guell (Park Guell). Antoni Gaudi’s strangely psychedelic park is laid out on a hill and provides a relaxing escape from the bustle of Barcelona below. Park Guell Barcelona is the perfect place to take in the fabulous views of the city and harbor.

Park Guell was originally commissioned as a private housing estate of sixty dwelling for Gaudi’s patron, Don Eusebio Guell. In the end, however, only two houses were ever built and the area was subsequently opened as a public park in 1922.

The serpentine bench at Guell Park that encircles the main ground is one of the most unique features of this Alice in Wonderland-like park. Set with mosaic tiles, the serpentine bench at Guell Park provides a resting place around the main ground

But the serpentine bench at Guell Park is among the milder features in an array of hallucinatory fixtures that includes gingerbread gatehouses topped with red and white wild mushrooms, pavilions of contorted stone, a vast hall of columns, and the coup de grace, a giant decorative lizard.

Busses for this and other Barcelona attractions can be found at the tourist information office at Place de Catalunya.