Park Guell Dragon| The Park Guell Animals

One of the most popular highlights inside Park Guell is its colorful guardian, El Drac. While his name makes him sound like a scary Spanish mobster, El Drac, this mosaic creature is a park favorite. Almost everyone who visits do not miss out on taking a picture or selfie with the iconic Park Guell Lizard. During peak hours, you might even end up waiting a while to get your picture with El Drac. 

The Lizard was made in collaboration with Joseph Maria Jujo, using broken shards of mosaic tiles, a style known as trencadís, which Gaudí helped to pioneer. The mosaic tiles gives the salamander its colorful scales. You’ll notice different colors, shapes, and sizes of the shards, laid asymmetrically - a style you’ll notice throughout the park.

The stairway is hard to miss. Rising from the entrance esplanade, are two enormous white staircases with a magnificent scaly balustrade and numerous little nooks of shrubbery, flower beds, and trickling dragon fountains around it. The stairway is surrounded by two walls with merlons that form terraces. Under this, there are two grottos. The one to the right was used as a waiting shelter.

On the first landing, you will find some creatures like goblins. Halfway through, on the second landing, you will find the emblem of Catalonia. Further, up, you will find the Park Guell dragon or salamander that has grown into a defining icon of Park Güell history, as well as a symbol of Barcelona. On the last flight of steps, sheltered by the hypostyle room, is an Odeon, a Greek-theatre-shaped bench.