Historic houses & villas in Spain

A house inspired by the sea: a lobby with skylights like turtle shells and a wooden handrail carved as an animal's spine, a main floor under an undulating ceiling, a lightwell tiled in shades of blue, and a rooftop of coloured tiles known as the dragon's back.

A flat with period furniture that shows how a Barcelona family lived in 1911, an attic under 270 brick arches where models, plans and videos trace Gaudí's life and work, and a rooftop of chimneys and ventilation towers clad in trencadís, with views all around Barcelona.