Casa Museu Castellarnau

This was included in a package ticket we bought for 15€ per person. I dont think we would visit here if it was part of the package. It is beautiful to see the house set up and the chandeliers upstairs are phenomenal. The tile flooring is beautiful. Staff super friendly. Toilets downstairs in the basement smelt funny. The whole house had a musty smell but to be expected. I think an interactive tour would be better than us wandering around. Would be nice to learn the history of the house and the use of the house or earphones in different languages. Well preserved.

It's a very strange museum. There's absolutely no story behind it. Inside you will find a couple of nice pieces of furniture, a couple of paintings and the shelves full of chemical bottles, but you won't find any hint at how this all works together: the objects are not attributed in any way, people on portraits and their authors remain unknown, there's no connection to the family which owned all that (who they were and why they decided to preserve the house also remains in darkness). This collection of objects costs 5 Euro. That's not much, but the visit itself is utterly senseless, so be warned.

A good little stop to add onto your attractions list. It is roughly around €5 per person to enter. Although I was unsure if to enter as it just looked like pots to my left, I'm glad I went. You also get a little handy note book, in your language. It was nice to see the different room styles and how both interior and items have changed. The likes of the size of a double bed back then, to now. The celling artwork, to the furniture. It's a nice look around and a chance to get out of the sun. The only issue, is that the toilets weren't the best and smelled.

The Castellarnau House was built at the start of the XV century. Up to the end of the XIX century, it was the residence of some of the most influential families in the city. Emperor Charles I lived here during his stay in Tarragona in 1542. Charles of Castellarnau bought it half-way through the XVIlL century and it stayed in the family until, in 1954. it became municipal property. The interior of the house has architect- structures from various periods. On the ground floor we can see a series of pointed arcs dated from the XIV and XV centuries. The patio and spiral staircase with columns and Gothic capitols are from the same period. The building was acquired by Charles of Castellarnau during the XVIII century and important changes to the façade and interior distribution were made. The noble floor has rooms with furniture from the XVIll and XIX centuries. The most emblematic area is the ballroom, with roof paintings depicting mythological themes done by Provencal painter Josep Bernat Flaugier at the end of the XVIII century. An old kitchen has been restored on the ground floor. There is also a permanent sample of the Molas i Agramunt collection, a heterogenic set of archaeological and ethnographic pieces that cover a wide chronological period; the Quintana inheritance, where we can see a model of the first aeroplane to fly over the city in 1913.

Amazing and beautiful house/museum with well preserved furniture from past centuries. The staff is friendly and attentive, and will give you a lot of information about its history. It has a beautiful interior patio. A must-see in Tarragona!

Beautiful but not outstanding house. As often here almost no information in any foreign language. Not to miss: the courtyard and the little room with the cassette ceiling with plant motives.

A nice period piece home with some older artifacts included.

Well worth a visit to get an interesting insight into old Tarragona.