Insight Guides Pocket Barcelona (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Perfect day itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package.

Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering fun and interesting things to do and see in Barcelona, from top tourist attractions like La Rambla, Sagrada Familia, Museu Picasso, Casa Battlo and the waterfront to hidden gems, including Barri Gotic. 

Compact, concise and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What to Do, this is an ideal on-the-move pocket travel guide when you're exploring Barcelona.

- Cultural: delve into the city's rich heritage and get to know its modern-day life and people
- Inspirational: discover where to go and what to do, highlighted with stunning photography
- Practical: get around with ease with a free pull-out map featuring key attractions
- Informative: plan your visit with an A to Z of advice on everything from transport to tipping
- Inventive design makes for an engaging, easy-reading experience
- Covers: La Rambla, Barri Gotic, El Eixample, the waterfront, Montjuic and Tibidabo.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Spain
• Spain (groupe)
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 août 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781839051128
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

How To Use This E-Book

Getting Around the e-Book
This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Barcelona, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.
The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Barcelona, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.
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], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Barcelona. Simply double-tap an image to see it in 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.
© 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd





Table of Contents
Barcelona’s Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction #1
Top Attraction #2
Top Attraction #3
Top Attraction #4
Top Attraction #5
Top Attraction #6
Top Attraction #7
Top Attraction #8
Top Attraction #9
Top Attraction #10
A Perfect Day In Barcelona
Introduction
Catalan Culture
Design and Pragmatism
Catalan Independence
Exploring on Foot
A Brief History
Visigothic Capital
Mercantile Nation
Spain United
War and Resistance
Industrialisation
Civil War
1960 Onwards
Historical Landmarks
Where To Go
La Rambla
Canaletes
Birds and Flowers
La Boqueria
Palau Güell
Plaça Reial
Barri Gòtic
The Catedral
Plaça Sant Jaume
Plaça del Rei
Towards the Museu Frederic Marès
Roman Remains and the Jewish Ghetto
Antique Alley
A Trio of Plazas
Around Plaça Nova
La Ribera
El Born
Carrer Montcada and the Museu Picasso
More Mansions and Museums
Palau de la Música
El Eixample
The Illa de la Discòrdia
Casa Batlló
La Pedrera
Passeig de Gràcia
Around the Avenues
La Sagrada Família
Gràcia and Park Güell
The Waterfront
Maritime Heritage
Port Vell
Barceloneta
Olympic Village and Beyond
Parc de la Ciutadella
El Raval
Urban Regeneration
Montjuïc
Catalan Art Treasures
Museums and Miró
Poble Espanyol
The Diagonal
Pedralbes
Tibidabo
Excursions
Montserrat
Getting There
Sitges
Three Seaside Museums
Sant Sadurní d’Anoia (Penedès)
Vilafranca del Penedès
What To Do
Shopping
Where to Look
Department Stores and Malls
Antiques and Art Galleries
Books
Design
Fashion
Food
Entertainment
Music, Ballet and Theatre
Flamenco and Jazz
Nightlife
Festivals
Sports
Spectator Sports
Participant Sports
Children
Calendar of Events
Eating Out
Meal Times and Menus
Local Specialities
Drinks
Reading the Menu
To Help you Order
Menu Reader
Restaurants
Ciutat Vella (Old Town)
Tapas Bars
Eixample
Waterfront/Port Olímpic
Gràcia and above the Diagonal
A–Z Travel Tips
A
Accommodation (see also the list of Recommended Hotels, click here)
Airports
B
Bicycle Rental
Budgeting for Your Trip
C
Car Hire
Climate
Clothing
Crime and Safety
D
Disabled Travellers
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and Consulates
Emergencies (see also Police, and Crime and Safety)
G
Getting There
Guides and Tours
H
Health and Medical Care
L
LGBTQ Travellers
Language
M
Maps
Media
Money
O
Opening Times
P
Police
Post Offices
Public Holidays
T
Telephones
Time Zones
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist Information
Transport
V
Visas and Entry Requirements
W
Websites and Internet Access
Y
Youth Hostels
Recommended Hotels
Ciutat Vella
Eixample
The Waterfront
Diagonal


Barcelona’s Top 10 Attractions




Top Attraction #1
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La Rambla
A lively and entertaining place by day or night. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #2
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Sagrada Família
Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #3
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Fundació Joan Miró
This museum showcases an exceptional body of the artist’s work. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #4
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Monestir de Pedralbes
A peaceful haven. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #5
Ronald Stallard/Museu Picasso

Museu Picasso
The largest collection of the artist’s work outside Paris. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #6
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Casa Batlló
One of the city’s famous modernista buildings. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #7
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Palau Nacional
This monumental building houses 1,000 years of Catalan art. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #8
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Palau de la Música Catalana
Fabulous mosaics, tiles and sculpture. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #9
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Barri Gòtic
The sombre Gothic Cathedral is at the heart of this old quarter. For more information, click here .



Top Attraction #10
Corrie Wingate/Apa Publications

The Waterfront
A raft of sandy beaches makes this a playground for the locals. For more information, click here .


A Perfect Day In Barcelona



9.00am

La Rambla
Get an early start on La Rambla to enjoy it before the crowds arrive. Pick up your newspaper from a newsstand then pop into La Boqueria market – at its most colourful in the morning – for a proper Catalan breakfast like baby squid and poached eggs at El Quim (for more information, click here )


10.30am

Gothic Quarter
Across La Rambla is the Gothic Quarter. Meander through its shady, narrow lanes and palm-filled courtyards. Explore the history of the old town at the City History Museum (MUHBA) or break for coffee in the diminutive Meson del Café on Llibreteria.


12 noon

Santa Maria del Mar church
On the other side of Via Laietana is the El Born district. Glimpse the breathtaking interior of Santa Maria del Mar, or sip una copa de cava on the terrace of La Vinya del Senyor (for more information, click here ) and admire the church facade.


1.30pm

Lunch time
Get into the local rhythm and have a menú del dia , three courses at remarkably good prices, in a neighbourhood bar like Rodrigo (for more information, click here ) in Argenteria, or around the Passeig del Born. Alternatively walk 10 minutes to Barceloneta, for a paella by the sea at Can Majó (for more information, click here ).


3.30pm

Siesta
A gentle stroll along the Passeig Marítim towar