- Rambla de Catalunya, 17. The first building is the Eclectic style C , a Neo-Gothic building by Josep Vilaseca (1896) that stands on the corner and is topped by two glazed ceramic towers crowned by wrought iron belvederes.
- Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 582. After passing the monumental Cine Coliseum and the Neo-Classical building of the University of Barcelona (by Elies Rogent, 1896), on the opposite side of the avenue -on what Barcelonans call “the seaward side” of any street- you can see the by the architect Gerónimo F. Granell i Barrera (1902). Though this building has undergone many transformations on the ground floor, it still has Modernista elements such as the bay window next to the party wall, whose location breaks the symmetry of the façade. A full restoration in 2004 has recovered some of the original flavour of this architect’s peculiar use of Neo-Gothic forms.
- Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 546 is the address of the first shop of the famous chocolate and pastry shop Escribà
- Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 536-542 / Villarroel, 49-51. Further along, at the corner of Carrer Villarroel, you will come to a set of three Modernista buildings by unknown architects, where the (1903), a chemist’s shop located on the ground floor at the corner of Gran Via and Carrer Villarroel, still has much of its original decoration, especially the doors and shop windows.
- Next crossing on the right, 200 meters away into Carrer del Comte d'Urgell, n° 110 is the address of another excellent chocolate/pastry shop run by a famous Japanese chef, Takashi Ochiai.
- Comte Borrell, 133. Continuing along Gran Via, at the corner of Carrer Comte Borrell, it is worth spending a few moments at another chemist’s shop which shows Modernista influences, the.
- Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 491. Very close by, on the opposite side -Barcelonans would call this “the mountain side” of the road- you will come to the , a Modernista house built in 1901 by Joan Rubió i Bellvé for Macari Golferichs, a tropical wood trader. After the Civil War it became a religious school and in the late 1960s it was bought by a private developer with the idea of demolishing it and building flats. But the insistent protests of the neighbours prevented “el Xalet”, as it is popularly known, from falling victim to speculation. In 1980 the Barcelona City Council recovered the ownership of the building to convert it into a civic centre. In 2004 it was opened after a restoration that included the façades, the roofs, the stone walls, the woodwork and the ceramics.
- Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 475-477. Next you will come to (Nursing Mother's House), a beautiful blue building with a sculptural relief that indicates the original use of the building. One of the main points of interest of the house, completed in 1913 by Antoni de Falguera i Sivilla and Pere Falqués i Urpí, is the entrance court decorated with ceramics and crowned by a skylight that fills it with light.
- Llançà, 20. Just before reaching Plaça d’Espanya, you will pass in front of , by Josep Graner i Prat (1912), popularly known as the “Butterfly House” because of the trencadís crown representing a butterfly with unusual curved lines that is the identifying feature of the building.
Quadrat d'Or Tour West Part
A 2 km walk along Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes (map) will give you the opportunity to see several interesting Modernista buildings :
