The Rough Guide to Barcelona 6 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

~ Jules Brown (Author) "It's never been easier to reach Barcelona by air, with a variety of budget airlines from regional UK and European airports competing with the Spanish..." (more)
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Particularly strong on art and architecture. -- Los Angeles Times, USA --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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The Rough Guide to Barcelona offers the traveller a first-class insight into this colourful and exciting city. This fifth edition has been thoroughly updated and revised and includes up-to-the-minute reviews of the city''s best restaurants, bars and clubs. There are in-depth accounts of all the sights, from the tree-lined Ramblas to the weird and wonderful modernista architecture all over the city. The detailed contexts chapter includes a section on Catalan cookery with recipes.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Rough Guides; 6th edition (June 22, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843532182
• ISBN-13: 978-1843532187
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,250,662 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good guide to Barcelona, May 6, 2005

By	Ian Kaplan (Livermore, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Barcelona (Paperback)

I just got back from a two week trip to Barcelona and I found
the Rough Guide very useful.

I read a number of books on Barcelona before I went, including
Robert Hughes' "Barcelona: the great enchantress" and Tobin's
"Homage to Barcelona" (the title is a play on Orwell's "Homage
to Catalonya"). I also had the TimeOut Guides, both to
Barcelona and the TimeOut Guide to Barcelona Food and Drink.

What I particularly appreciated about the Rough Guide was its
accuracy and its completeness. For example, it includes
accurate information about the metro stops to various places
of interest. Each district in Barcelona has a brief guide to
points of interest. The Rough Guide even provides accurate
directions to Calonia Guell, where Gaudi's chapel, referred to
as "The Crypt", is located. Since getting around and knowing
when points of interest are open is a big part of visiting
Barcelona, the Rough Guide was invaluable and I carried it
everywhere.

Along with the Rough Guide to Barcelona there is the
Rough Guide Map for Barcelona which I also highly recommend.
This map survided two weeks of constant use in very good
shape.

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars TAKE THIS ONE WITH YOU!, April 21, 2001

By	Julie Withey (North Yorkshire England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rough Guide to Barcelona (Paperback)

Like most other Rough Guides, I found this very reliable. It is not too heavy to carry round ,even on a night looking for good Tapa Bars! The recommendations in eating out proved invaluable and accurate. They are much easier to follow than the LP guide as the different city areas are conveniently headed up.This enables you to wander around an area and stop off at your leisure sampling tapas. A very agreeable night out. Our favourite bar was El Xampanayet (A Cava Bar). The accomodation recommendation we chose proved good and prices were also as quoted. Time spent browsing the net for accomodation was far less productive than a quick read. The colour maps are an improvementon earlier additions, but you are better with a tourist centre map, not because that in the book is inadequate, but it is easy to have a map which slips into your pocket. The tourist info in the guide is good, the style is easy to read and all the city is covered, including days out from barcelona if you feel so inclined. The section on getting around is useful and includes weekly transport tickets etc. Overall excellent value. If you like pictures your better with Eyewitness, but its much heavier to carry, and in Barcelona you'll be doing lots of walking!

4.0 out of 5 stars great info, bad maps, August 1, 2008

By	AD "AD" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rough Guide to Barcelona 7 (Rough Guide Travel Guides) (Paperback)

My friend and I spent a week in Barcelona- me with the Rough Guide, and she brought the Lonely Planet guide. My book was great for facts, history, and excellent in providing detailed directions on how to find a place. It was very reliable, especially in guiding us to attractions using the Metro, buses, or walking. All prices given were either exact or slightly more than the book stated, which can be forgiven, as the book was published in 2006 and I used it in July 2008.

The downside is the maps. They're not well done, and we ended up using my friend's LP book for any map needs. Some streets were missing, the maps don't point north (!), but instead on a diagonal, and were broken into useless pieces of neighborhoods.