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Casa BatllovsMuseu 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.
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Passeig de Gracia 43, 08007 Barcelona
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Lonely PlanetTop choice
"One of the strangest residential buildings in Europe, this is Gaudí at his hallucinogenic best." Full review
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 "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 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 "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
Atlas Obscura "One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design. " Full review
The Telegraph "The building itself is an apartment block, dramatically remodelled by Gaudí in the early 1900s, and now mostly open to the public, who can finally appreciate his swirling interiors and woodwork. " Full review
Time Out "The chance to explore the interior...offers the best opportunity of understanding how Gaudí, sometimes considered the lord of the bombastic and overblown, was really the master of tiny details." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Join the Gaudi gawkers in front of the architect's surreal Casa Batlló." Full review
U.S. News & World Report6.0
"The details highlighted in Casa Batlló show famous Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí at his best." Full review
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Parc de Montjuic, Palau Nacional, 08038 Barcelona
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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 "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 "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 "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 "An extensive collection of Catalan art, from Modernista sculptures to paintings by Dalí... also has large holdings of European Renaissance paintings." Full review
Let's Go "The sculpture-framed view over Barcelona from outside the museum can’t be beat,and more treasures await on the inside." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The modernist collection here, which includes works by artists like Francesc Català-Roca and Salvador Dalí, is extremely impressive." Full review
Michelin Guide 3 Stars
"This museum contains ten centuries of Catalan art from the Romanesque period to the modern day." Full review
The Telegraph " The Gothic paintings and Modernista furniture are two sections that really stand out, but my favourites are the Romanesque murals, painstakingly transferred from abandoned churches in the Pyrenees. " Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "Housed in the city’s hilltop national palace, the collections—eclectically ranging from Medieval Gothic to Modern Art—are incredibly memorable." Full review
