This allows this Spain guidebook to be super-comprehensive without being super-heavy or super-thick. Includes invaluable background information on how to get to Barcelona, getting around, health guidance, tourist information, festivals and events, plus an A–Z directory and a handy language section and glossary. We also enjoyed the 500 Hidden Secrets of Barcelona, with its refreshing approach and anything-but-ordinary suggestions. But compared to Rick Steves Best of Spain, the Barcelona guidebook does have a few more hotel and restaurant listings, as well as more comprehensive coverage of day-trip options.

Comprehensive 'Contexts' chapter features fascinating insights into Barcelona, with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books, plus a handy language section and glossary. Again, like its counterpart, the entirety of Insight Guides Explore Barcelona can be downloaded via the Insight Guides app. Ultimately, Barcelona's unwavering energy and cultural elements result in a distinct immensity of spirit unlike any other destination. The natural landscape is just as varied: soaring mountain ranges preside over pristine wilderness and vineyard-cloaked hills taper into a seemingly endless stretch of coastline.Practical travel guide to Barcelona featuring points-of-interest structured lists of all sights and off-the-beaten-track treasures, with detailed colour-coded maps, practical details about what to see and to do in Barcelona. Under slick Pantone covers, these pocket-sized travel bibles unearth the hippest nightlife, the buzziest hotels, the coolest retail, the most influential art galleries and cultural spaces, the best in local design and the contemporary architecture that defines a city. Late spring or early autumn, when temperatures fall to below 25C, is a much more pleasant time to visit Barcelona. The Lonely Planet Barcelona is a comprehensive guide to everything the Catalonian capital has to offer.

Some of the routes travel further outside the city, including to Sitges and Figueres, and vehicles are required for these Catalonia tours. Currently we only offer two of our titles, the Barcelona Guide and the Smart Guide, as digital versions. Reservations (not required but recommended, since the atmospheric spot is so popular) can be made online or via phone. Supposedly inspired by Spanish Civil War bombs, it consists of potato and meat croquettes drizzled with spicy tomato aioli. Based on the high quality of the Berlin edition, I am very confident recommending the National Geographic Walking Barcelona.The main part of the book is split up into 12 sections covering different neighbourhoods and places of interest. Although many guidebooks have their roots in helping budget travelers make the most of their limited budgets, Fodor’s Travel has been in operation since 1949 (when international travel was the domain of the truly wealthy) and has always appealed to a more well-heeled type of traveler. Located right along the tree-lined pedestrian stretch of La Rambla, as hinted in its name, Hotel 1898 has a long history.