Museu Picasso vs Casa Batllo
Picasso Museum and Casa Batllo are both rated highly by writers. On balance, Picasso Museum is the choice of most professionals compared to Casa Batllo. Picasso Museum has a TripExpert Score of 97 with praise from 12 reviews such as Michelin Guide, Travel + Leisure and Travel + Leisure.
Museu Picasso
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Montcada 15-23, 08003 Barcelona
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Fodor's
"The Picasso Museum is housed in five adjoining palaces on Carrer Montcada, a street known for Barcelona's most elegant medieval palaces."
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Frommer's
"Five medieval mansions in a row contain a massive collection of the work of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The setting alone, in five contiguous medieval stone mansions, makes the Museu Picasso unique (and worth the probable queues)."
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Travel + Leisure
"There can be a long wait to get in, but it's worth it, if only to see the extensive collection of portraits by the artist when he was a young man."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"Especially good on the artist's early work—Picasso spent his formative teenage years in Barcelona and donated the paintings."
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Casa Batllo
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Passeig de Gracia 43, 08007 Barcelona
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Lonely Planet
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"One of the strangest residential buildings in Europe, this is Gaudí at his hallucinogenic best."
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Lonely Planet
"An apartment building by Vilaseca is Casa Enric Batlló , completed in 1896 and part of the Comtes de Barcelona hotel."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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