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houses a detailed exhibition on the history and renovation of the building. The roof is a tu-
mult of tiled mosaics and fanciful design in the building's chimney pots. The audio guide,
included in the entry price, is worth getting not only for the detailed description of the archi-
tecture, but also for the pieces of music and its photographic illustrations of the Güell fam-
ily's life.

DON'T MISS…

The music room
The basement stables
The tiled chimney pots

PRACTICALITIES

MAP GOOGLE MAP

93 472 57 75

www.palauguell.cat

Carrer Nou de la Rambla 3-5

adult/concession €12/8

10am-8pm Tue-Sun

Drassanes

SIGHTS

Mercat de la Boqueria MACBA Palau Güell

BUILDING

CENTRE DE CULTURA CONTEMPORÀNIA DE BARCELONA
(CCCB; MAP GOOGLE MAP ; 93 306 41 00; www.cccb.org ; Carrer de Montalegre 5; 2 exhibitions
adult/child under 16yr/senior & student €8/free/6, 1 exhibition €6/free/4, free on Sun 3-8pm;
11am-8pm Tue-Sun; Universitat)
A complex of auditoriums, exhibition spaces and conference halls opened here in 1994 in
what had been an 18th-century hospice, the Casa de la Caritat. The courtyard, with a vast
glass wall on one side, is spectacular. With 4500 sq metres of exhibition space in four separ-