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Download a city guide of some of Europe's most beautiful cities onto your iPod, mp3 player or phone. As we guide you through the streets, along the route we've planned for you, our city guides will tell you what you're looking at and how to make the most of your city break.

Florence
We only had a long weekend to do the city and so your tour really helped us get our bearings. There's just so much to see there! I know we only scraped the surface but it worked really well for us.
Tanya Ellison - (27/08/06)

Venice
This was a great tour that took you everywhere you needed to go. Particularly liked the walk through of the mosaic frescoes on the front of the Basilica. We had a great time in Venice, made all the more special by this evocative guide. Like the speaker's voice too - one of the best I've listened to.
Andrea How - (19/02/06)

BARCELONA - the Gaudi Battlo building is now open to the public

For the first time, the Casa Batlló will be opening its doors to provide an in-depth insight into the magical world of Gaudí by moonlight. This new initiative is a wonderful invitation to enjoy a glass of cava and live music under the stars, on a stunning mosaic terrace on the majestic mezzanine floor.

The Casa Batlló is one of the final stops on our mp3 guide to Barcelona and its Gaudi buildings. Anyone planning a Barcelona weekend break will be drawn immediately to the work of this remarkable architect.

It was once just an ordinary apartment building until the owners commissioned Gaudi to redevelop it in 1904. He added two new floors and bizarre new facades.

The front with its flowing forms, blue tiles and images of fantastic sea animals has an oceanic feel to it. Salvador Dali compared it to a lake while other people see the exterior as being like a giant prehistoric monster with folds of skin and balconies for eyes. It's also been suggested that because Senor Battlo was a textile merchant this frontage could be cloth billowing in the wind. Take your pick.

The dramatic roof, though, is more clearly animal like with its tiles and guttering for ribs. It's thought to be a dragon with St George represented by the cross on top of the building attacking it. It's known to locals as the Casa del Drac or 'House of the Dragon'.

You can go inside and see a development of these themes on the first floor and the roof with a guided audio tour.

Our Barcelona Gaudi mp3 guide is perfectly complemented by our Barcelona audio guide to the Ramblas, El Born and the Barri Gotic.

Casa Battló: Wed-Sun: 9pm-12.30am.

Price: 25 € (includes glass of cava and snacks)

www.casabatllo.cat

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