The Modernista Sant Pau Complex is located only a few minuets walking from the Sagrada Familia and was built between 1905 and 1930.

Declared World Heritage by the UNESCO in 1997 for its singularity and artistic beauty, the Art Nouveau Site comprises an architectural complex of 12 pavilions set in green space and interconnected by a kilometre of underground galleries.

A city within the city. Sant Pau is the world’s largest Art Nouveau complex, as well as being the most important work by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, the architect of Modernisme, the Catalan Art Nouveau.

The visit includes the hypostyle hall, originally home to the Hospital’s emergency service. A series of the tunnels leads to the Sant Salvador Pavilion, the first building to be brought into operation in 1916. The Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, the Gardens, Operations House and the Sant Rafael Pavilion, with a historical recreation and the exhibition Patient and Doctor, from Narration to Objectivity.The tour ends in the Administration Pavilion, the most outstanding building on the site.

*Hours: All year long

• Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 2.30pm.
• Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays, 10am to 7pm.
  December 25th, closed.

Voucher exchanging Point: Carrer de Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167

How to get there?

Metro:

• L5, Sant Pau- Dos de maig stop

Bus:

• Lines: H8, 19, 20, 45, 47, 50, 51, 92, 117 and 192
• Barcelona Tourist Bus (Blue route)