Plaça de Gaudí

Probably sitting and talking on the benches early on, children in the playground on weekday afternoons, and people stopping to listen to music at the pond corner until it gets dark.

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Kids playing the playground at the top end of the square, past the pond

The playground at the top end, past the pond, fills with school pick-ups around five. Parents take the benches facing away from the towers so the tour groups pass behind them.

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Sitting and talking the benches on the far side of the pond, backs to the towers

Before the first queue forms, the benches on the far side of the pond belong to neighbours with a coffee; by ten the same seats are photo spots and the regulars have gone.

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Listening to music the low wall at the pond corner where the coaches stop

Buskers work the pond corner where the coaches unload, and a few people sit on the low wall to listen instead of standing in the crowd. It empties as soon as the light goes.

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Nearby in La Sagrada Família

Carrer de Sardenya
Jardins de la Indústria
Avinguda de Gaudí
Plaça de la Sagrada Família