Other notable Gaudi

While I didn't have the opportunity to go see everything Antoni Gaudi had done during his life in Barcelona, you can see that his influence is everywhere you walk.  Most notably on Passeig de Gracia.  A major commercial street (similar to 5th ave in NYC), every high end store can be found here - from Jimmy Choo to Tiffany & Co.

(Not Gaudi but still art in my book)

What's interesting is these high end shops were build around two Gaudi buildings, as you can see below.

Below: Casa Mila.  Notice the wrought iron balconies and the architecture on the roof.

Below: Casa Batllo which is said to look like it was built with skulls and bones (the skulls the balconies, the bones which hold the balconies).

Off of Passeig de Garcia and just northeast of Familia Sagrada is another Gaudi site which, unfortunately when I went to visit was closed for restoration.  Up until 2009 Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau was a functioning hospital; restoration will turn it into a museum and cultural center.   I highly recommend you google pictures of this so that you can see how gorgeous this building was prior to restoration.