Casa Vicens Museum

Address: Carrer de les Carolines, 20-26, 08012 Barcelona, Spain

Website: https://www.casavicens.org

Hours: Tue-Sun 10:00am-8:00pm, closed Mondays

Admission: €16-€18 (adult general admission)

Casa Vicens is a residential building in Barcelona, Catalonia, designed by Antoni Gaudí and completed in the late 19th century. It is recognized as one of Gaudí’s early important works and is open to the public as a museum.

The house features colourful tiled facades, ornate ironwork and an interior layout that reflects late 19th century domestic architecture reinterpreted by Gaudí. Exhibits focus on the building’s design, restoration and the architect’s early career.

Commissioned in the early 1880s for a private client, the building was executed by Gaudí during the period 1883 to 1888 and later passed through different owners before being restored and adapted for public access. Conservation work has revealed decorative schemes and original details.

Located in the Gràcia district of Barcelona, the house sits in a residential neighbourhood north of the city centre and is accessible by public transport from central Barcelona.

• Dates and use: Built between 1883 and 1888 as one of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest major projects and now operates as a house museum with interiors and gardens on display.

Casa Vicens is in the Gràcia neighbourhood of Barcelona. Metro: Lesseps or Fontana stations (L3) are about a 10-15 minute walk. Multiple city buses serve the area. The location is roughly 20-30 minutes on foot from Passeig de Gràcia.

• Buy timed tickets online to avoid long queues - Casa Vicens sells limited daily entries.
• Pay attention to the tiled façades and the interior's orientalizing motifs; many visitors miss the ceramic details in the garden façades.
• Visit outside peak hours (early morning or late afternoon) to see the light transform Gaudí's ceramics and painted wood.