Fodor's Expert Review Reial Cercle Artístic
Barri Gotic
Art Museum
This former palace, at the bottom of Portal de l'Angel, where it divides and leads off left to the Cathedral, is now a private fine-arts society. There is a gallery that features paintings by Salvador Dalí among others, as well as a restaurant and bar open to the public. It also offers drawing and painting classes and occasional film showings and concerts. Note the elegant Gothic details of the main entrance, with its heavy keystone arch, the stone carvings inside to the right in the Sala Güell, and the stairway sculptures. The El Cercle restaurant upstairs has an intimate feel. Tables on the outdoor terrace overlooking the passing throngs are hard to come by on busy days, but well worth the view.
