Meet Picasso in Barcelona — A Quiet Day from the Gothic Quarter to the Art Museums

#TravelGuide #GothicQuartier #Spain ☀️ Leisurely Morning, Walking through the Gothic Quarter The morning in Barcelona starts in the alleys. The Gothic Quarter (Barri Gòtic) where the sunlight falls slanted seemed like time was flowing slowly at every corner. Narrow stone alleys, cats touching my feet like the wind, ivies blooming on the walls. Moments when I think, “Was it like this yesterday?” Sometimes I stop and look up at the window It felt like a living landscape at every corner. ⸻ 🎨 Picasso Museum, a hidden gem in Barcelona As you walk along the street, you come across a gray building that seems to be quietly hiding. That’s the **Picasso Museum (Museu Picasso)** 📍 Address: Carrer Montcada, 15-23 🎟️ Admission: Approximately 12 euros / Free on the first Sunday of every month! 🕙 Opening hours: 10:00–19:00 (Closed on Mondays) This is not just a simple art museum, but a space that best captures Picasso's 'growth period'. 🔸 Childhood drawings 🔸 Realist works from his youth 🔸 Experimental sculptures from his later years In particular, I lingered in front of the Blue Period works, where the color blue is the main color. These paintings are painful and sad, but I can't take my eyes off them. ⸻ 🖼 Appreciation Points • The exhibition hall structure is not complicated, so it is good to look around slowly → Each wall is calm, so you can really immerse yourself when it is not crowded • The exhibition is mainly focused on early works, so it has a different charm from the ‘familiar Picasso’ → It is also a trip to feel how his paintings have changed • The building itself is an old Gothic-style mansion → The ceiling is low, the walls are thick, and the windows are small, but that creates a quiet resonance ⸻ ☕ A block from the museum — at a quiet cafe Leave the museum and take a few steps down a nearby alley. A cup of coffee at a quiet local cafe. A cup of flat white + almond croissant I think this kind of simple time is necessary for the silence after seeing art. I sat by the window and thought about the paintings I saw at the museum, and just sitting quietly That moment itself was a trip.