The Rough Guide to Barcelona 8

by Jules Brown, Rough Guides

The Rough Guide to Barcelona is the ultimate guide to this intoxicating Spanish city, whether you are backpacking on a budget, or city-breaking in luxury. This up-to-date guide has a full-colour introduction that showcases the colourful streets and astonishing architecture, and there are new full-colour sections exploring Antoni Gaudi and modernism, as well as Barcelona’s exotic festivals. The city is covered neighbourhood by neighbourhood, with dozens of reviews for restaurant and hotels in Barcelona, easy-to-use maps and area highlights. With all the practical advice you need, and in-depth examinations of Catalan history, culture, music, cuisine, sport and folklore, this if the must-have item for any trip to Barcelona, from the adrenalin junkies to those craving some first-class tapas. Make the most of your time with The Rough Guide to Barcelona!

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction, Spain

316 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1997

About the author

I've been a pro travel writer for over 30 years, writing Rough Guides and other stuff, and living in places from Sicily to New Zealand. You might even have had one of my guidebooks along for the ride in your travel bag - in which case, happy to have helped!

I also blog at www.julestoldme.com, sharing travel stories, travel-writing tips, videos and inspiring destinations - see you there, and happy travels.

Reviews

[Fiona Hodgkiss]

Useful for ideas to do for a city break in Barcelona.

[Tiarnán]

Enjoyable potted history of Catalunya and Catalan nationalism at the end.

[Evangeline]

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One word of caution though, some of the information, particularly prices, are already out of date.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!

[Kristy]

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?

[Dawne]

Renders dull through detail an interesting city