The Sidewalks of Spain

In a country that values spectacle (think bullfights, fiestas, flamenco), not even the sidewalks can be ordinary. These are a few samples...

  Guadi designed sidewalk tiles along Passaig de Gracia

 

 Another Gaudi-designed sidewalk

 The Ramblas - pink and grey tiles in a wave pattern

This walkway designed by Santiago Calatrava focuses on the arches above rather than the tiles below, with the shadows providing the pattern

 Another Calatrava sidewalk in Valencia, accented by Gaudi-inspired broken-tile benches

 Multi-colored patterns in the Plaza Catalunya

 Palm trees provide shade and style to a sidewalk in Valencia

 Pink marble sidewalk in Valencia

An otherwise "ordinary" sidewalk of pinkish-grey granite in Valencia gets dressed up by a painted path leading to the museum