The elegant, if traffic-filled, district of L’Eixample is a showcase for Modernista architecture, including Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece, La Sagrada Família. L’Eixample also has a celebrated dining scene, along with high-end boutiques and wildly diverse nightlife.
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- see history being made at Spain’s most visited monument and Gaudí’s greatest legacy, la Sagrada Família
- wander through the superbly preserved early 20th-century apartment inside the wavy Gau-dí edifice of la Pedrera
- marvel at the swirling, almost-alive facade of the Gaudí-designed Casa Batlló, with its wave-shaped window frames and balconies
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