Should you book a guided tour of Palau de la Música Catalana? The stained-glass skylight, the stage muses and how to see a concert
Most concert halls switch off the daylight before the music starts. This one was built to let the sun join the orchestra.The Palau de...
MNAC map and route - Romanesque apses, Gaudí furniture and a rooftop over Barcelona
Some of the paintings inside were peeled off church walls high in the Pyrenees, rolled up and carried down the mountains by mule. A...
Picasso Museum Barcelona in 2 hours - A route from teenage sketches to the Las Meninas series
He arrived as a 13-year-old art student and left as a painter who had found his blue. Almost everything he made in between is...
What to do in Besalú? A fortified bridge, a medieval mikveh and Romanesque churches
Cross a crooked stone bridge, pass under its gate tower and the 21st century seems to stay behind on the other bank of the...
Dalí Theatre-Museum tickets, opening hours and the Dalí Jewels
A vintage Cadillac where it rains indoors, a living room that turns into a film star's face and a painter buried under the stage....
Figueres day trip from Barcelona - Dalí’s hometown, Sant Ferran Castle and lunch on the Rambla
Most visitors see one red building crowned with giant eggs, then rush back to the coach. Stay a few hours longer and you'll find...