El Capricho

Comillas, Spain

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.

Opening hours: Nov-Feb 10:30-17:30; Dec 24-25,31,Jan 01,06 off; Mar-Jun,Sep-Oct 10:30-20:00; Jul-Aug 10:00-21:00
Admission: Ticketed
Wheelchair access: Partly accessible
Phone: +34942720365

From OpenStreetMap — confirm before travelling

Find out more

El Capricho is a villa in Comillas, Cantabria, designed by Antoni Gaudí and built between 1883 and 1885 as a summer residence for Máximo Díaz de Quijano, a wealthy client who died before its completion. One of Gaudí's rare commissions outside Catalonia, the house exemplifies his orientalist period and the foundations of Catalan modernism, with its distinctive minaret-like tower anticipating European Art Nouveau. After Díaz de Quijano's death, the villa served as a summer retreat for influential political and economic figures. Following neglect after the Spanish Civil War, it was restored and reopened as a restaurant in 1988, then converted into a museum in 2009. Now designated as a bien de interés cultural, El Capricho remains a significant early work revealing the stylistic innovations that would define Gaudí's architectural legacy.