Casa Bruno Cuadros — iEnric (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ready-made walk · Barcelona

Quirky Barcelona: Umbrellas, Magic and a Giant Face

6 stops · ~1 hr 50 min · 2.6 km

Weird & Unusual

A playful walk through the city’s odder corners. See the umbrella-shop façade of Casa Bruno Cuadros, the historic Casa de l’Ardiaca and the eclectic collections of the Frederic Marès museum, then visit a long-running magic shop, Roy Lichtenstein’s monumental face sculpture and the surprises of the Parc de la Ciutadella.

The stops, in walking order

iEnric (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stop 1: Casa Bruno Cuadros
~3 min here
Casa Bruno Cuadros is the corner building whose façade turns an umbrella shop into a theatrical advertisement.
iPere López (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Stop 2: Casa de l'Ardiaca
~3 min here
Casa de l'Ardiaca is the historic building beside the cathedral, and it now houses Barcelona’s city historical archive.
iFoto:Guillem F-H (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Stop 3: Museu Frederic Marès
~1 hr here
The Museu Frederic Marès is an art and sculpture museum housed in Barcelona’s Palau Reial Major, the former royal palace.
iEnric (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Stop 4: El Rei de la Màgia
~3 min here
El Rei de la Màgia is a magic shop on Carrer de la Princesa, operating there since the late nineteenth century.
iBert Kaufmann from Roermond, Netherlands (CC BY 2.0)
Stop 5: La Cara de Barcelona
~3 min here
La Cara de Barcelona is a monumental face sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein, created with Diego Delgado Rajado.
iSACE (Servicios Aéreos Comerciales Españoles); Rodríguez Escalona, Carlos (CC BY 1.0)
Stop 6: Parc de la Ciutadella
~3 min here
Parc de la Ciutadella is a public park built over the site of Barcelona’s former citadel, and its most unexpected landmark is a life-size mammoth beside the great cascade.