At the Colònia Güell

At the Colònia Güell

‘There are only so many times you can be expected to look at the Sagrada Família,’ said my uncle. He was visiting me in Barcelona, where I had returned for a few weeks. He said he wanted to take me to see the Colònia Güell, a lesser-known Gaudí site. ‘You mean the Park Güell?’ I said, thinking he was after sweeping views and stone lizards with mosaic skin. ‘No,’ he said, ‘the Colònia Güell.’ I had never heard of it, despite having grown up in th…