How To Use This E-Book
Getting around the e-book
This Insight CityGuide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Barcelona, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Barcelona. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
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] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Barcelona. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
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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.
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Table of Contents
Barcelonas Top 10 Attractions
At a glance, everything you cant afford to miss in Barcelona, from Gauds Sagrada Famlia and Casa Mil to the Mir Foundation and the beaches.
Top Attraction 1
La Boqueria . This covered market on La Rambla selling wonderful fresh produce is one of Europes most attractive markets. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 2
Palau de la Msica Catalana . A World Heritage site, the Palau is a modernista dream. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 3
Sagrada Famlia . Gauds glorious, unfinished cathedral. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 4
Park Gell . Colourful ceramics in the park Gaud designed to be a garden suburb. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 5
Beaches . Barcelonas waterfront has become the citys playground. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 6
Museu Picasso . One of the most popular attractions in Barcelona, the city where the artist grew up. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 7
Santa Maria del Mar . The citys most beautiful church. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 8
Fundaci Joan Mir . A luminous space that displays Mirs works to their best advantage. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 9
La Rambla . Barcelonas famous tree-lined avenue is a good starting point for any visit. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 10
La Pedrera . The witch-scarer chimneys of Casa Mil, known as La Pedrera. For more information, .
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Editors Choice
Breathtaking views and fantastic food, top museums and shops, family outings and money-saving tips personally selected by our editor.
Best Views
Barcelona Bus Turstic. Worth every cent to see the city from the open top deck of the Tourist Bus. For more information, .
Torre de Collserola. The lookout platform on the 10th floor of this communications tower gives you a 360-degree view of Catalonia, including, on a good day, the Pyrenees. For more information, .
Transbordador Aeri. Get the city into perspective by gliding over the port in the cable car from Montjuc, the Torre de Jaume I or the Torre Sant Sebasti. For more information, .
Eclipse Bar, W Hotel. Slip into this slick bar on the 26th floor for panoramic views of the waterfront and city, best at sunset. For more information, .
La Pedrera. Glimpse the Sagrada Famlia and other Eixample monuments from a new angle from the roof. For more information, .