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There are two ways to see the Casa Milà, one of the main attractions of Barcelona. One is to wait in line with the tourists and the other to live there.
At number 92 street Passeig de Gracia, one of the most sought after streets of Barcelona, stands the Casa speaks (Catalan Casa Milà). A building with a very special story, Antonio Gaudi’s work on behalf of extremely wealthy widow Roser Segimenot I Artells and her new husband Pere Mila. Work began in 1906 and asked the architect to work is so imposing and impressive, to overcome the Casa Battlo, again a creation of Gaudi, who stood a little further down the same road.
The Casa speaks is well known by the name La Pedrera (the quarry), a name given by the inhabitants of Barcelona, because of the special corrugated facade of the building. Each year it attracts many tourists, who admire the curved chimney-sculptures, marble-like warriors, first visiting the underground parking at Barcelona today is the “Espai Gaudi”, the museum in honor of the architect, the exhibition center cesium de Catalunya and a furnished apartment-museum.
Watching the tail by numerous tourists gathered in front of the ticket counters are quite hard to believe that this building has real tenants, people who wake up and enjoy your morning coffee and newspaper in the face of a living work of art.
Ms. Carmen Burgos-Bosch de Roca-Sastre is one of them and ride the elevator to the second floor, where the 300sq.m apartment, is itself visual experience. The wooden elevator, built on the forms of the Spanish version of art nouveau, is there unchanged since 1910.
The hallway of the apartment forms a semicircle, following the inner courtyard of the building. The white frames on the windows is the same as those used for the doors of the rooms and also have maintained since construction of the Casa speaks.
Every detail is perfectly in tune with the environment in every room and separate schediasmeni.Apo knobs to the park and the bars on the balcony up chandeliers and washbasins is nothing random there. In the bedroom overlooking a bed by hand Gaspar Homar, the living room stands a sculpture by Josep Llimona, the walls hang paintings and drawings with heavy signatures, as Mompou’s or Manolo Huguet. But the owner says that the tables and furniture have no value in comparison with the floor or ceiling, “the same rooms are truly works of art,” he says. The parquet floor plans with star-shaped and the ceiling with embossed wavy patterns have been preserved intact since 1910.
Contrary to the impression which one, watching the Casa speaks out, “The sun is still a tenant,” as he used to say and the husband of Mrs. Carmen Burgos-Bosch de Roca-Sastre.
From early morning until late afternoon, all rooms are bathed in light. Remarkably it is the fact that the ’60s when the couple bought the apartment, “The Casa speaks was not popular as it is today, however the building was famous for his ugliness” indicates the hospitable owner. And this was indeed the prevailing view, then to the famous apartment building because the locals thought that the apartments were dark caves.
As incredible as it may seem, the Casa speaks not rediscovered by either the Catalan or from a protector of cultural monuments, but by Japanese tourists with cameras, who wanted to go home with a sample of European culture. So when a wealthy Japanese offered to buy the building, suddenly the scene changed, interest was rekindled and eventually speaks Casa passed into the hands of the Catalan bank Caixa Catalunya, which has a general renovation and transformed the building into a cultural center. For argument’s sake since 1984 La Pedrera is part of the world heritage of UNESCO “works of Antonio Gaudi”.
Decorated with great care and a gentle hand. Smart solutions and combinations makes for great storage options . The through-bright color and material choices, together with the large windows give an incredibly light to both levels. The kitchen sets the tone right away, the fresh plywood runs as a thread through the kitchen, parts of the hall and living room all the way up through the stairs to the floor are so nice! The two terraces blur the lines between indoors and outdoors and in two of the bedrooms lands feet on a soft carpet.Everything is so well thought out and so right. Private patio and large terrace provides an extra plus!
It’s a real hit!
At one of the narrowest points on Santorini, between Imerovigli and Oia, San Antonio is a thoroughly Greek oasis. Want to get away from it all? You really do here, once you’ve gone through the tunnel through the cliff to reach your room.
Escape Santorini’s crowds and connect with the Aegean at clifftop San Antonio.
Take deeper look at this hotel and you’ll see that it’s the small details that
add up to make San Antonio special. It isn’t just built out of original cave houses, it’s built in the actual spot where the grandfather of the owner used to live, on a remote cliff halfway between Santorini’s famous Imerovigli and Oia villages. The owner, a local builder, broke from the crowd, opting not to whitewash the entire property. Instead, it mixes whites with dark volcanic stone, hewn from the island’s foundations ,that, he says, was the original style of Santorini’s buildings.
The Honeymoon Suite rocks an indoor Jacuzzi and a balcony with an outdoor caldera-view Jacuzzi.
The Master Suite is 538 square feet with indoor and outdoor Jacuzzis and a private garden.
San Antonio’s spa hangs off the cliff, and guests can reserve the Jacuzzi suite for free.
The family-run San Antonio stands out from other Santorini spots for its attention to detail.
The poolside restaurant serves a lovely buffet breakfast, complimentary for Jetsetter members.
There’s nothing but blue sky between you and the Aegean Sea on the Master Suite’s Balcony
This is one of the largest infinity pools on the island, and its veiws are unbeatable.
