Barcelona`s Outdoor Sculpture

Not all of Barcelona`s great art is behind museum doors. The city is full of outdoor sculpture, much of it in heavily trafficked areas you are likely to visit. If you arrive by air, you may first see Joan Miro`s giant mosaic mural outside Terminal B at the Barcelona airport. Look also for the great

Basque sculptor Eduardo Chilida`s Topos V in Placa del Rei; Roy Lichtenstein`s Cap de Barcelona at the intersection of Moll De la Fusta Via Laietana; Antoni Tapies`s glass-enclosed Homage to Picasso on Paseeig Picasso, at the entrance to Parc de la Ciutadella. These were only a few exciting outdoor sculptures which can be easily seen from a good vacation rental in Barcelona.

Though visitors flock to Barcelona to its modernista architecture and picturesque Gothic Quarter, the forward-looking Catalan capital is also a favorite with fans of contemporary architecture and design. The 1992 Olympic Games provided a huge impetus for new, adventurous urban planning projects. Design pros or anyone with an appreciation for cutting-edge design will have a field day in Barcelona. There was a short speech from the Dean of Harvard`s Graduate School of Design proclaimed, “Unlike many other cities, Barcelona seems to have chosen architecture and urbanism as its conspicuous, long-lasting, and crowning glory”. The modernism of Barcelona gave the ability of many entrepreneurs to build amazing edifices where the service short term rentals Barcelona has influence over the tourism. So, this is one amazing place to visit.