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La Pedrera (Casa Milà)

On this page you find practical information, photos and videos about La Pedrera (Casa Milà).

La Pedrera (Casa Milà) features in these preplanned City Guides:

1-day Barcelona City Guide3-day Barcelona City Guide5-day Barcelona City Guide

Why visit / Interesting facts:

  • One of Gaudí's most fascinating buildings
  • Rooftop sculpture park
  • Part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Time required: 60 minutes

Phone: (34) 90 240 0973

Web site: http://www.lapedreraeduc...

Opening hours:

Time period Opening hours
November to February: 9am - 6:30pm
March to October: 9am - 8pm

Admission:

Ticket type Charge
General: 14 €
Students and unemployed: 10 €

Public transport:

  • Subway Line 3: Diagonal
  • Subway Line 5: Diagonal

Address: Carrer Provença, 261

Things you need to know:

  • Casa Mila is a unique looking modernista apartment building designed by Gaudí­ that resembles no other building in the world. There are no straight walls or right angles inside the premises
  • It was built for a wealthy and socially active couple (Rosario Segimon and Pere Mila) as a show of wealth and extravagance. Today many of its apartments are private homes
  • The building was ridiculed in its time and earned a nickname, La Pedrera (The Quarry). The nickname stems from its stony, fortress-like appearance
  • The building gives home to a museum dedicated to Gaudí­'s works (Espai Gaudí­)
  • It houses a furnished Modernista flat (El Pis de La Pedrera) that exemplifies a typical bourgeois flat of late 19th-century Barcelona
  • It is famous for its chimneys that resemble medieval warriors as part of a surreal rooftop sculpture park
  • The building is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site "Works of Antoni Gaudí­"

What to do there:

  • Take a look at the building from outside
  • Visit Espai Gaudí­, a museum dedicated to Gaudí­'s works
  • Visit the furnished modernista flat (El Pis de La Pedrera)
  • Climb to the roof and enjoy the rooftop statue park
  • Enjoy the view of the neighborhood (La Sagrada Família and the port)

Tips & Insights:

  • Save money by purchasing the Articket that serves as a pass to several Barcelona attractions

La Pedrera (Casa Milà) features in these preplanned City Guides: