Insight Guides: Barcelona City Guide

A guide to Barcelona. It reveals the most popular festivals, markets and beaches, and introduces you to Modernism, the city's defining architectural style, and delve inside Gaudi's Sagrada Familia and Park Guell, the National Museum of Catalan Art, and Montserrat, Catalonia's sacred monastery.

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This latest edition of City Guide Barcelona brings you a wealth of cultural and planning information complemented by superb illustrations capturing all aspects of Barcelona.

Be inspired by our full-colour feature highlighting the Best of Barcelona, from the best viewpoints, museums and architecture, to the top Barcelonan traditions and places most likely to appeal to children. Magazine-style features reveal the most popular festivals, markets and beaches, introduce you to Modernisme, the city's defining architectural style, and delve inside Gaudi's Sagrada Família and Park Güell, the National Museum of Catalan Art, and Montserrat, Catalonia's sacred monastery.

The Places chapters cover each neighbourhood in detail, from La Rambla, the city's famous thoroughfare, to the Jewish Quarter and the ultra-modern business district.

Our planning information and selective listings help you create the perfect trip. In the Travel Tips section at the back of the book our writer provides an appealing array of hotels full of character. We also cover everything you'll need to plan your visit - an overview of transport, a shopping guide, listings to help plan cultural and other activities, and an A-Z of useful information.