DK Eyewitness Barcelona and Catalonia

by DK Eyewitness

Overview

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Barcelona and Catalonia will lead you to the best attractions this region has to offer. The fully updated guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of Barcelona's major architectural sights, plus a pull-out city map clearly marked with attractions from the guidebook and an easy-to-use street index.

DK's insider travel tips and essential local information will help you discover the best of Barcelona and Catalonia, from local festivals and markets to day trips around the countryside. Detailed listings will guide you to hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets, while transportation maps and a chart showing the walking distances between sights will help you get around the city.

What's new in DK Eyewitness Travel Guides:

• New itineraries based on length of stay, regional destinations, and themes.
• Brand-new hotel and restaurants listings including DK's Choice recommendations.
• Restaurant locations plotted on redrawn area maps and listed with sights.
• Redesigned and refreshed interiors make the guides even easier to read.

With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that brighten up every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Barcelona and Catalonia truly shows you around this destination as no one else can.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780241407950
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	02/18/2020
Series:	Travel Guide
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	217,931
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Experience the world with DK Eyewitness.

DK Eyewitness' highly visual guides show you what others only tell you, with easy-to-read maps, tips and tours to inform and enrich your trip.

Our travel writers report on what to see, eat, drink and do around the world, while the very best photographs and illustrations bring cities, regions and countries to life. We publish guides to more than 200 destinations around the world, from handy pocket-sized city guides to comprehensive country guides.

DK is the world's leading illustrated reference publisher, producing beautifully designed books for adults and children in over 120 countries.

Table of Contents

Discover 6

Welcome to Barcelona and Catalonia 8

Reasons to Love Barcelona and Catalonia 10

Explore Barcelona and Catalonia 14

Getting to Know Barcelona and Catalonia 16

Barcelona and Catalonia Itineraries 20

Barcelona and Catalonia Your Way 28

A Year in Barcelona and Catalonia 56

A Brief History 58

Experience 64

Old Town 66

Eixample 102

Montjuic 124

Beyond the Centre 142

Catalonia 164

Need to Know 202

Before You Go 204

Getting Around 206

Practical Information 210

Index 212

Catalan Phrase Book 220

Acknowledgments 222

Editorial Reviews

"Known… for its four-color maps, photos and illustrations, the [DK] Eyewitness Guides are extremely user-friendly for travelers who want their information delivered in a concise, visual way." – Chicago Tribune

"The best option… Color photos, maps, and diagrams bring the place to life." – The Philadelphia Inquirer

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