Barcelona

Annie Bennett has spent much of the last 15 years living and travelling in Spain. She writes regularly on Spain for the national newspapers. She is the author of Blue Guide Madrid and is rewriting Blue Guide Spain.

Practical information; background information. Walks: La Rambla; the Barri Gotic; the Barris de Saant Anna; Sant Pere and El Born; the Raval; the Waterfront; from La Ciutadella Park to Placa de les Glories Catalanes; the Eixample; Placa d'Espanya and Montjiuc; Pedrabes, the Pleau Reial and diagonal; Gracia and Sarria; the Park Guell, Parc de la Creueta del Coll and Horta; Tibidabao and Collserola. Days out of the city: Colonia Guell; Montesrrat; Terrassa; Sant Sadurni d'Anoia and Vilafranca del Penedes; Stiges; Tarragona; Girona; Figueres and Cadaques; Vic, Ripolles and Rupit.