Insight Guides City Guide Barcelona (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Insight City Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your trip.
This newly updated edition of Insight City Guide Barcelona is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences
- In-depth on history and culture: enjoy special features on Modernisme, fiestas and markets, all written by local experts
- Innovative extras = incredible value, and unique in the market.
Content overview:
-in-depth on history and culture -invaluable maps, travel tips and practical information ensure effortless planning
-inspirational colour photography throughout
-inventive design makes for an engaging reading experience

Sujets

• Travel
• Spain
• Spain (groupe)
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781789192933
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 7 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight CityGuide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Barcelona, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Barcelona. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Barcelona are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Barcelona. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

© 2017 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
Barcelona’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: An Irrepressible City
The Barcelonans
Insight: Fiesta Fever
Decisive Dates
The Making of Modern Barcelona
Architecture
Insight: Modernisme
Art and Inspiration
Designer City
Insight: Retail Therapy
Insight: Markets
A Passion for Food
Wine
Introduction: Orientation
Plaça de Catalunya and La Rambla
Barri Gòtic
La Ribera, Born and Parc de la Ciutadella
El Raval
The Waterfront
21st Century Barcelona
Insight: Beside the Seaside
Montjuïc
Insight: The Home of Catalan Art
Eixample
Insight: The Sagrada Família
Above the Diagonal
Insight: Park Güell
Around Barcelona
Insight: Montserrat
Transport
A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
Understanding the Language
Further Reading
Barcelona Street Atlas


Barcelona’s Top 10 Attractions

At a glance, everything you can’t afford to miss in Barcelona, from Gaudí’s Sagrada Família and Casa Milà to the Miró Foundation and the beaches.



Top Attraction 1



La Boqueria . This covered market on La Rambla selling wonderful fresh produce is one of Europe’s most attractive markets. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



Palau de la Música Catalana . A World Heritage site, the Palau is a modernista dream. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



Sagrada Família . Gaudí’s glorious, unfinished cathedral. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 4



Park Güell . Colourful ceramics in the park Gaudí designed to be a garden suburb. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 5



Beaches . Barcelona’s waterfront has become the city’s playground. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Museu Picasso . One of the most popular attractions in Barcelona, the city where the artist grew up. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



Santa Maria del Mar . The city’s most beautiful church. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



Fundació Joan Miró . A luminous space that displays Miró’s works to their best advantage. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 9



La Rambla . Barcelona’s famous tree-lined avenue is a good starting point for any visit. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 10



La Pedrera . The ‘witch-scarer’ chimneys of Casa Milà, known as La Pedrera. For more information, click here .
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Editor’s Choice

Breathtaking views and fantastic food, top museums and shops, family outings and money-saving tips personally selected by our editor.



Best Views

Barcelona Bus Turístic. Worth every cent to see the city from the open top deck of the Tourist Bus. For more information, click here .
Torre de Collserola. The lookout platform on the 10th floor of this communications tower gives you a 360-degree view of Catalonia, including, on a good day, the Pyrenees. For more information, click here .
Transbordador Aeri. Get the city into perspective by gliding over the port in the cable car from Montjuïc, the Torre de Jaume I or the Torre Sant Sebastià. For more information, click here or click here .
Eclipse Bar, W Hotel. Slip into this slick bar on the 26th floor for panoramic views of the waterfront and city, best at sunset. For more information, click here .
La Pedrera. Glimpse the Sagrada Família and other Eixample monuments from a new angle from the roof. For more information, click here .



La Pedrera.
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Best Buildings

CaixaForum. An award-winning modernista textile factory converted into a cultural centre. For more information, click here .
Palau de la Música Catalana. Laden with Catalan symbolism and ornamental detail, Domènech i Montaner’s extraordinary concert hall is the paragon of modernisme . For more information, click here .
La Pedrera. If you see no other Gaudí building, don’t miss this 1910 apartment block. It gives an insight into the brilliance of the city’s most famous architect. For more information, click here .
Torre de Martí I. A medieval watchtower in the Plaça del Rei, in the Barri Gòtic. For more information, click here .
Pavelló Mies van der Rohe. Less is more in this seminal building of the Modern Movement, designed as the German Pavilion for the 1929 International Exposition. For more information, click here .
Torre Glòries. The headquarters of a water company at Plaça de les Glòries, this sleek tower is a 21st-century addition to the Barcelona skyline. For more information, click here .
Santa Maria del Mar. A beautiful Catalan Gothic church, with stunning stained-glass windows, that will make your spirit soar. For more information, click here .



Torre Glòries.
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Barcelona for Families

Out and about. Barcelona is child-friendly in true Latin tradition. Locals, shops and restaurants welcome children, street performers abound and the many traffic-free areas in the Old Town are good for bikes and skateboards.
Aquàrium. One of the largest aquariums in Europe. For more information, click here .
Beaches. Somorrostro and Nova Icària beaches are sheltered by the Port Olímpic and have climbing frames. For more information, click here .
Ciutadella. Park with rowing boats, ducks, picnic areas, play areas and a great zoo. For more information, click here .
Club Nataciò Atlètic Barceloneta. Swimming club with an outdoor pool shallow enough for children. Plaça del Mar, 1. For more information, click here .
Granja Viader. A magnificent milk bar. Good for thick hot chocolate and the nutty drink orxata in summer. Xuclà, 4.
Tibidabo. A 100-year-old funfair overlooking the city. For more information, click here .
Concerts and theatre. The Auditori concert hall, the CaixaForum, Fundació Miró and the Liceu opera house run regular family programmes.



At the Aquàrium.
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Top Squares

Plaça del Rei. The essence of mediev