Cultural Travels from Home: A Walking Tour of Barcelona – Gaudi and Art Nouveau
Thursday 26th January 11.00AM GMTINTRODUCTION
In our series of online webinars, we visit artists, art historians and guides in cultural cities around the world and enjoy an hour’s guided tour, museum visit or demonstration. The visits are live and interactive, allowing you to ask questions. These webinars will enable you to gain special access to sites, studios and galleries whilst at the same time providing a wonderful opportunity to travel virtually from home, no matter your location. This morning we enjoy a live walking tour in Barcelona with local guide, Guille, discovering examples of Art Nouveau architecture and houses by Antoni Gaudí.
SUMMARY
Our livestream tour will be broadcast from the famous Passeig de Gracia promenade, located in the heart of Barcelona’s visionary expansion (“Eixample” in Catalan) designed by the engineer Ildefons Cerdà in 1859, with its characteristic octagonal blocks. In the early 1900s, this became the favourite boulevard of the Catalan bourgeoisie. During the online walk, we will admire two outstanding UNESCO masterpieces designed by world-class architect Antoni Gaudí – Casa Batllo and Casa Mila, known as “La Pedrera”. We will also see amazing Art Nouveau buildings by Luis Domenech and Josep Puig, located in the famous “Block of Discord.” We will have a close look at the perfect symbiosis of these centennial buildings with their twenty-first-century neighbours.
The tour is interactive, so you will be able to put questions to our guide throughout the visit.
Guille is a cultural guide and lecturer. He was born in Menorca and educated in Mallorca and Barcelona. Guille holds a degree in Tourism Management, a degree in Humanities and a Master’s in Cultural Communication. He’s a licensed tour guide in Catalonia & Barcelona, where he’s been working since 1997 and gives regular talks and presentations about art, history and culture. Click here for Guille’s website and to get in touch if you are planning a trip to Barcelona.
Please note that this is a walking tour and we will not go inside any art museums or galleries.
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
This is a live event starting at 11.00am (UK time). It will last approximately one hour including interactive Q&A. Tune in live from anywhere in the world, or if you cannot participate live, you will automatically be sent a recording soon after the end of the session enabling you to watch later that day or during the following 2 days. Please note, the recording is only available to those who have not been able to participate live, and it is not possible to purchase a recording after booking has closed.
Booking closes the day before the event is streamed. Please refer to the Further Information panel below.
Further Information
1. BOOK.
Click on the gold “Book Now” button, fill in the online booking form and pay online. You will be notified automatically by email once your booking has been accepted.
Please ensure you enter your email address correctly, as your Zoom link will be sent to this address, thank you.
The participation fee is £10 per person, if making bookings for a number of people please provide their email addresses when booking them as separate participants.
2. DOWNLOAD
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3. REGISTER
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4. JOIN
Join the event a few minutes before it is scheduled to start, to ensure everything is working.
If you are not able to watch at the time it is live-streamed, you can still book online, as above. You do not need to advise us if you can’t participate live, don’t worry! You will be contacted soon after the event has been broadcast with instructions on how to access the recording. This will be available to watch on catch up later that day and for the following 2 days. Please note, the recording is only available to those who have not been able to participate live, and it is not possible to purchase a recording after booking has closed.
Please refer to our Terms and Conditions for booking this event. We regret that we are unable to offer technical support with Zoom but tips can be found in the attachment. If you would like to book more than one event, please book separately for each event that you would like to attend, thank you. If you are booking for more than one person, it is important that you include their email address so that we can send them the link too. We regret we are unable to offer refunds but don’t worry if you are not able to attend, as we will send you a recording.
Bookings close the day before the event is streamed.