Gaudí’s Eixample, Barcelona: free self-guided audio walk
Quick answer. A free self-guided audio walk through Gaudí’s Eixample in Barcelona: 3 stops, about 2.4 km, about 35 minutes of walking plus about 20 minutes of listening. Start on Passeig de Gràcia at Casa Batlló, the house Gaudí turned into a living organism, and walk up to Casa Milà, La Pedrera, the undulating limestone building on the corner of Carrer de Provença. The longest leg then follows the Eixample grid to the Sagrada Família, the basilica that has been a work in progress for more than 140 years.
- Stops:
- 3
- Distance:
- about 2.4 km
- Walking:
- about 35 min
- Listening:
- about 20 min
Gaudí’s Eixample, Barcelona: how long does the walk take?
About 55 minutes in all: about 35 minutes on foot over about 2.4 km, plus about 20 minutes of audio at the 3 stops. Time inside the sites is extra.
Gaudí’s Eixample, Barcelona: in what order should you visit the stops?
Follow the stops in this order: Casa Batlló, Casa Milà (La Pedrera), and Sagrada Família. The longest stretch between two stops is about 1.8 km, about 24 min on foot.
Route and map
Opens Google Maps with walking directions through every stop.
Stop 1
At Passeig de Gràcia 43, Gaudí radically transformed an 1877 building between 1904 and 1906.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Casa Milà (La Pedrera) · about 0.6 km, about 8 min on foot
Stop 2
An undulating mass of limestone without a straight line in sight, designed by Gaudí between 1906 and 1912.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Sagrada Família · about 1.8 km, about 24 min on foot
Stop 3
Begun in 1882 and taken over by Gaudí a year later, a forest of stone that has been in progress for more than 140 years.
about 7 min of audio
How does this self-guided walk work?
The audio guides on this page stay free: open any stop to listen in your browser.
Live Walk Mode uses your location to narrate places as you walk. It opens in the Mappu app at the first stop, Casa Batlló.
Live Walk Mode: 2 hours for 50 credits (€4.99 Starter pack)
Before you go
- Check opening hours, tickets and access on each site’s official page before you go.
- Distances and times are estimates: straight-line distance between stops plus 30%, at 4.5 km/h. Your route on the street may differ.
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Route checked by Mappu on October 11, 2026. Stop descriptions come from each place’s published Mappu audio guide. Mappu is a Fenutech product.