sitges art museums by the sea 🎨🌊

if you like art + sea views, save a half-day in sitges for cau ferrat and maricel museum — they sit side by side above sant sebastià beach and feel like one long story (＾▽＾)ﾉ cau ferrat was the home-studio of modernist artist santiago rusiñol. inside it’s packed: paintings and drawings, ironwork, glass, ceramics, furniture, plus works by rusiñol himself, ramón casas, two originals by el greco and early pieces by picasso. very “artist’s treasure chest”, not a cold white box. next door, maricel museum walks you through almost ten centuries of art — from romanesque murals and gothic panels to modernist and noucentista sculpture and painting, with big names like llimona, sunyer, rusiñol and casas, all inside a noucentista palace facing the sea. practical bits (｡•‿•)っ 📍 carrer fonollar, s/n, 08870 sitges (both museums share the same seaside strip). 🕒 hours (cau ferrat + maricel): tue–sun, 10:00–19:00 in spring/autumn, 10:00–20:00 in summer, 10:00–17:00 in winter; mondays closed. 💸 free open days: first wednesday of each month (time depends on season) and some special dates — good chance to visit without paying if you’re flexible. nice plan: morning on the beach → sitges old town → cau ferrat + maricel → photos from the balcony over the sea → vermut somewhere nearby (╹◡╹) #sitges #museucauferrat #museudemaricel #museusdesitges #artmuseum #modernisme #noucentisme #elgreco #picasso #rusinol #casas #seaview #daytrip #barcelona #mediterranean #culturetrip #travelguide #tripcom