Last day in Barcelona | Park Güell | choral bands on the streets

Last day in Barcelona | Park Güell | choral bands on the streets

Last day in Barcelona In the morning we set off with Hop-on Hop-off tour. We went to Carmel Hill to visit Park Güell. Park Güell is a privatized park system composed of gardens and architectural elements located on Carmel Hill, in Barcelona.

Carmel Hill belongs to the mountain range of Collserola – the Parc del Carmel is located on the northern face. Park Güell is located in La Salut, a neighborhood in the Gràcia district of Barcelona.

With urbanization in mind, Eusebi Güell assigned the design of the park to Antoni Gaudí, a renowned architect and the face of Catalan modernism. The park was built from 1900 to 1914 and was officially opened as a public park in 1926.

In 1984, UNESCO declared the park a World Heritage Site under “Works of Antoni Gaudí”. Park Güell is the reflection of Gaudí’s artistic plenitude, which belongs to his naturalist phase (first decade of the 20th century). During this period, the architect perfected his style through inspiration from organic shapes.

His practice introduced a series of new structural solutions rooted in the analysis of geometry, thus, adding creative liberty and an imaginative, ornamental style. In the design of Park Güell, Gaudí unleashed all his architectonic genius and put to practice much of his innovative structural solutions that would become the symbol of his organic style,

And that would culminate in the creation of the Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family (Sagrada Família). The park was originally part of a commercially unsuccessful housing site, the idea of Count Eusebi Güell, after whom the park was named.

The site was a rocky hill with little vegetation and few trees, called Muntanya Pelada (Bare Mountain). The intention was to exploit the fresh air (well away from smoky factories) and beautiful views from the site. Count Eusebi Güell added to the prestige of the development by moving in 1906 to live in Larrard House.

Ultimately, only two houses were built, neither designed by Gaudí. One was intended to be a show house, but on being completed in 1904 was put up for sale, and as no buyers came forward, Gaudí, at Güell’s suggestion, bought it with his savings and moved in with his family and his father in 1906.

Park Güell is designed and composed to bring the peace and calm that one would expect from a park. The buildings flanking the entrance, though very original and remarkable with fantastically shaped roofs with unusual pinnacles, fit in well with the use of the park as pleasure gardens and seem relatively inconspicuous in the landscape

When one considers the flamboyance of other buildings designed by Gaudí. The park supports a wide variety of wildlife, notably several of the non-native species of parrot found in the Barcelona area. Other birds can be seen from the park, with records including short-toed eagle. Walking down small streets I heard the sound of drums…

After the parade of music bands, we went to see the Sagrada Familia for the last time on this tour. We couldn’t go inside because we had to make reservations several months in advance and we didn’t know

When we would arrive in Barcelona by motorhome, so we were content to see it from the outside. In the next episode see where we camped in Valencia, by the sea!

The last day in Barcelona was full of surprises: several choral groups sang in the streets to the applause of tourists.
After visiting Park Güell we stopped one last time to see the Sagrada Familia.
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