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Casa Batllo vs Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC

Both are endorsed by experts. On balance, Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC is preferred by most reviewers compared to Casa Batllo. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC scores 94 with positive reviews from 12 sources such as Lonely Planet, Condé Nast Traveler and Michelin Guide.

Casa Batllo
Casa Batllo
9 / 10
Passeig de Gracia 43, 08007 Barcelona
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Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"One of the strangest residential buildings in Europe, this is Gaudí at his hallucinogenic best." Full review
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
"An apartment building by Vilaseca is Casa Enric Batlló , completed in 1896 and part of the Comtes de Barcelona hotel." Full review
Fodor's Fodor's
"Gaudí at his most spectacular, the Casa Batlló is actually a makeover: it was originally built in 1877 by Emili Sala Cortés, one of Gaudí's teachers, and acquired by the Batlló family in 1900." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
3 Stars
"This masterful work by Gaudí is part of the famous "Apple of Discord" and was built between 1904 and 1906 in pure Modernist style, with ceramic coloured glass disks and a fishscale roof." Full review
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
"This house takes its cues from bones. The emtry staircase looks like a spinal column, and this hallway was inspired by a ribcage." Full review
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Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya - MNAC
9 / 10
Parc de Montjuic, Palau Nacional, 08038 Barcelona
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Housed in the imposingly domed, towered, frescoed, and columned Palau Nacional... this superb museum was renovated in 1995 by Gae Aulenti." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"Covering 1,000 years of Catalan art, this fully modernized museum on Montjuïc was carved out of the Palau Nacional for the 1929 International Exposition."
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"Journey up to the Parc de Monjuïc to see the work of Picasso's Barcelona contemporaries at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"Although its mammoth collection also covers the Gothic period and the 19th and 20th centuries, the MNAC is perhaps the most important center for Romanesque art in the world." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"An extensive collection of Catalan art, from Modernista sculptures to paintings by Dalí... also has large holdings of European Renaissance paintings." Full review
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