Museu Picasso vs Gran Teatre del Liceu
Both Picasso Museum and Gran Teatre del Liceu are rated very highly by experts. Overall, Picasso Museum scores significantly higher than Gran Teatre del Liceu. Picasso Museum comes in at #1 in Barcelona with praise from 12 reviews such as Michelin Guide, Condé Nast Traveler and Lonely Planet.
Museu Picasso
Show All Reviews
Montcada 15-23, 08003 Barcelona
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"The Picasso Museum is housed in five adjoining palaces on Carrer Montcada, a street known for Barcelona's most elegant medieval palaces."
Full review
Frommer's
"Five medieval mansions in a row contain a massive collection of the work of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973)."
Full review
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The setting alone, in five contiguous medieval stone mansions, makes the Museu Picasso unique (and worth the probable queues)."
Full review
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."
Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"Especially good on the artist's early work—Picasso spent his formative teenage years in Barcelona and donated the paintings."
Full review
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Show All Reviews
La Rambla 51-59, 08001 Barcelona
From $0 /night
Fodor's
"Barcelona's opera house has long been considered one of the most beautiful in Europe, in the same category as Milan's La Scala."
Full review
Concierge
"The opulent Liceu was built in 1847 as a paean to the arts, with gilded ballrooms, a hall of mirrors, and an auditorium similar to Milan's Teatro alla Scala."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"If you can’t catch a night at the opera, you can still have a look around one of Europe’s greatest opera houses, known to locals as the Liceu."
Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The principal venue for opera, concerts, and dance since 1847, the hall reopened in 1999 after a major fire and is now one of the most technologically and acoustically advanced theaters in Europe."
Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
"The Liceu is a chocolate-box opera house for the 21st century."
Full review