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The Rough Guide to Barcelona
The ultimate guidebook to one of Europe's most vibrant, exciting, and stylish cities.
In full-color throughout, with dozens of photos, this guide not only gives you the finest coverage of Barcelona's historic sights and famous architecture, including the magnificent Gaudí creations like the Sagrada Família, but it also has a keen eye for offbeat attractions and in-the-know sights, from quirky museums to neighborhood markets, city beaches, and urban parks.
Walk along Las Ramblas and experience the heart of the city center, explore the winding alleys of the Gothic Quarter, or visit the Museu Picasso.
With up-to-date reviews of the best hotels, bars, restaurants, and clubs for all budgets, you'll find just what you're looking for in The Rough Guide to Barcelona , whether a hideaway boutique hotel or the best sangria in town.
Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Barcelona .
Series Overview: For more than thirty years, adventurous travelers have turned to Rough Guides for up-to-date and intuitive information from expert authors. With opinionated and lively writing, honest reviews, and a strong cultural background, Rough Guides travel books bring more than 200 destinations to life. Visit RoughGuides.com to learn more.
In full-color throughout, with dozens of photos, this guide not only gives you the finest coverage of Barcelona's historic sights and famous architecture, including the magnificent Gaudí creations like the Sagrada Família, but it also has a keen eye for offbeat attractions and in-the-know sights, from quirky museums to neighborhood markets, city beaches, and urban parks.
Walk along Las Ramblas and experience the heart of the city center, explore the winding alleys of the Gothic Quarter, or visit the Museu Picasso.
With up-to-date reviews of the best hotels, bars, restaurants, and clubs for all budgets, you'll find just what you're looking for in The Rough Guide to Barcelona , whether a hideaway boutique hotel or the best sangria in town.
Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Barcelona .
Series Overview: For more than thirty years, adventurous travelers have turned to Rough Guides for up-to-date and intuitive information from expert authors. With opinionated and lively writing, honest reviews, and a strong cultural background, Rough Guides travel books bring more than 200 destinations to life. Visit RoughGuides.com to learn more.
288 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1997
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May 26, 2024
Useful for ideas to do for a city break in Barcelona.
May 8, 2025
Enjoyable potted history of Catalunya and Catalan nationalism at the end.
August 22, 2011
As I usually find with the Rough Guide series, this wasn't as aesthetically-pleasing as most other guidebooks, seriously lacking in pretty, colourful pictures etc, but once you get past that you realise that this means there is more room for detailed information, and you don't need pictures anyway if you are going to see the real thing!
One word of caution though, some of the information, particularly prices, are already out of date. I actually found that some of the admission costs for attractions had tripled!
One word of caution though, some of the information, particularly prices, are already out of date. I actually found that some of the admission costs for attractions had tripled!
September 6, 2010
A clear and comprehensive guide to the city of Barcelona -- since I haven't actually traveled there yet, I can't say how accurate or helpful the information is, but it certainly gave me a feeling for the neighborhoods and surrounding region, and a whole list of things I'd love to do someday. Anyone want to buy me a ticket? Not a lot of pictures, but who needs them when we have Google image search?
May 22, 2019
Renders dull through detail an interesting city
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