Apparently this whole front section - all the way up to the curved bench plaza above - now requires a timed entry ticket to visit, and just to set foot within the park limits now costs €10 (none of this was the case during our visit to what was at the time just a normal, free public park). What once was one of Europe's great public parks is now just another tourist money grab. I'd say Gaudi is rolling in his grave, but this Elitist shit actually seems in line with his M.O. so: FUCK EVERYONE