If you want to learn more about Antoni Gaudí before he became a celebrity brand, it’s best to get away from his big tourist sites – Sagrada Familia, Parc Güell, and his contributions to Passeig de Gracia’s mansion scene, Casa Batlló and Casa Milà. You can find lessor known Gaudí creations throughout the city, and each illustrates different aspects of Gaudí’s life and work, before he became obsessed with Sagrada Familia.
One of his earliest and most influential works rarely gets the attention of the tour buses, but it’s steps off La Rambla, making it, if nothing else, the easiest accessible Gaudí site.
