Gaudí's Casa Vicens is now available to book on Airbnb for $1

2021-06-25T08:30:00-04:00

Have a quick hand? Looking for a European architectural getaway this summer? You might be able to win a chance to stay at Barcelona’s famous Casa Vicens thanks to a newly-announced initiative from Airbnb.

Hyperallergic is reporting that the mansion, which was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2005, will be available for a one-in-a-lifetime overnight stay to lucky visitors once booking opens on July 12.

The 136-year-old Neo-Mudéjar building in the city’s Gràcia district was Gaudi’s first private residence and had been converted into a museum following its purchase by an Andorran bank in March of 2014.

A tile fresco during the house's restoration. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons user Ailina.

Guests can enjoy dinner and a private tour of the restored mansion before retiring to the Casa’s opulent first-floor residence and muqarnas-ceilinged smoking room, where a nightcap will be served courtesy of local Michelin star restaurant Hoffman.

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PHOTOS: Gaudí's first house, the exuberant Casa Vicens, is opening to the public for the first time

2017-11-03T18:42:00-04:00

Brand Barcelona’s comeback begins with a contribution from its heaviest hitter: Antoni Gaudí. Almost a century after his death, the architect of La Sagrada Familia is still synonymous with the city. On 16 November, Gaudí’s first house, Casa Vicens, begun in 1883, will open permanently to the public for the first time.

With tourism considerably down due to mass demonstrations and political unrest, Catalonia's capital Barcelona is hoping to lure more visitors back when a stunning architectural gem in the Gràcia district opens to the public on November 16: Casa Vicens, a summer house for wealthy industrialist Manel Vicens i Montaner, was the first important commission that the young, and then-unknown, architect Antoni Gaudí received in 1883 — and it would shape the trajectory of all his architectural work to come.

Learn more about Casa Vicens, and the meticulous restoration that took place over the past months, on its official website.

Scroll on for more photographs of the gorgeous building.

All images courtesy of Casa Vicens Gaudí.

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Gaudí's Casa Vicens is now available to book on Airbnb for $1

PHOTOS: Gaudí's first house, the exuberant Casa Vicens, is opening to the public for the first time