After visiting Sagrada Familia, we set off to find Casa Vincens. This house was the first major project designed and built by Gaudi. It was built in 1885 as a summer residence for the Vincens family. It’s totally different than Sagrada Familia!

The Gaudi’s design of Casa Vincens is considered “orientalist” – which is a style where the Western artist depicts their interpretation of the Eastern (Asian) world. You can definitely see that in this door. Of course, Gaudi always includes naturalist elements in his designs – as you see in the flowery tiles here.

We really loved Casa Vincens. It has so many details in every nook and cranny. It was impossible to take enough good photos to represent this wonderful house.

This is what is left of the original large gardens, which were sold off over time. There is a covered patio behind those angled yellow shutters you see.

This fountain was really neat. Water flowed down over the spider web and into the fountain.

Here is one of the rooms inside. There are details in every part of the room – from the mosaic floor to the plaster and wood ceiling.

Here’s a closeup of the ceiling with its 3-dimensional greenery and berries with carved vines going up the walls – along with seashells and flowers on the perpendicular wall.

Then, you go into other rooms – each with their own startling designs and details.

This room was amazingly colorful with a very unusually shaped ceiling.

And this was on one of the other ceilings…

Of course, as you saw above, the exterior was also very colorful. Even the roof top had colorful tiles.

And the garden had colorful planters that matched.

Casa Vincens was a neat place to visit.

Next, we went to visit Park Guell.