We have come to the final part of my “Mad about Gaudi” tour.  This one, believe it or not, was classed as an unsuccessful project (but I’ll explain).  I’m talking about:

• Park Güell:
  Entry cost:  FREE! 🙂 (you just need to pay to go into the Gaudi Museum which is inside the park – 5.5 euros for adults)
  Fast facts:  It is situated on the hill of El Carmel in the Gràcia district and was originally part of what we would today call a townhouse development or gated community, but a very fancy & exclusive one.  It was the idea of Count Eusebi Güell who then got Gaudi to design it.
  Building work happened from 1900 to 1914 and the original plan was for 60 properties to be built.  In the end however only two ever got built (neither designed by Gaudi).  Güell himself moved onto the property in 1906.  One of the houses…