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Barcelona Top Sights • Local Life • Made Easy BARCELONA TOP SIGHTS • LOCAL LIFE • MADE EASY Anthony Ham 0-prelims-pk-bar3.indd 1 19/01/2012 1:23:37 PM In This Book 16 Need to Know 17 18 Neighbourhoods 19 Arriving in Before You Go Barcelona Getting Around Camp Nou, Need to Your Daily Budget Most visitors arrive at Aeroport del Prat, Barcelona has an efficient and comprehen- Barcelona Passeig de Gràcia & 12km southwest of the city. Some carriers sive public transport system. Apart from Pedralbes & Sarrià L’Eixample (p84) La Ribera & Parc de (p128) la Ciutadella (p54) Know Budget less than €100 land at Aeroport de Girona–Costa Brava, getting into town from the airport, the Metro Neighbourhoods Explore Modernista 90km north of Barcelona. The main train (www.tmb.net) is the best way for getting Home to FC Barcelona, a treasures, outstanding X Dorm bed €15–20; hostal double €50–70 station is Estació de Sants, 2.5km west of around town. For some outlying areas, the 14th-century monastery, bars and restaurants, La Ribera 00000has a X and Sarrià, Barcelona’s 00000000000000 For more information, see Cheaper three-course lunch menú del día La Rambla. Metro is supplemented by the FGC suburban Park Güell E# and a shopper’s 000000000wonderful00000 market, Worth a Trip loveliest village. 000000000splendid architecture, QuickStart Survival Guide (p 171 ). X Plan sightseeing for free admission times rail network (www.fgc.net). Conveniently, paradise to rival Paris. 000000000 000000000plus El Born district – A From Aeroport del Prat both operate under the same ticketing sys- 1Top Sights 1Top Sights 1Top Sights 000000000 000000000Barcelona’s000 byword Currency Midrange €100–200 tem (as do city buses); it works out cheaper La Sagrada Família 00 000000000000 Destination Best Transport Camp Nou & the Museu La Pedrera 00000000000000for cool.000 Euro (€) X Midrange hotel double €75–150; book well to purchase the 10-trip T-10 ticket (€8.25) 00000000000000000 Park Güell del FC Barcelona Casa Batlló 00000000000000000 in advance and check online offers Barri Gòtic A1 Aerobús; rather than buying individual tickets. 00000001Top000 Sights Language Metro (line 3) 0000000 X Lunch and/or dinner in decent restaurant 000 0000Museu Picasso Spanish (Castellano) and Catalan m Metro 000La Sagrada 0000000 El Raval A1 Aerobús; 000 E# 0000000Església de Santa Maria X Use discount cards to keep costs down 000 Família 000 Metro (line 3) Seven colour-coded Metro lines criss-cross 0000000 000000 del Mar Visas central Barcelona. Metro stations circle the 0000 000000 La Ribera A1 Aerobús; 0000 000 Top End more than €200 old city (the Barri Gòtic, El Raval and La 0000 000 Generally not required for stays of up to Metro (lines 1, 4) 0000 000 90 days (not at all for members of EU or X Double room in top-end hotel from €150 Ribera), and the Metro leaves you on the La Barceloneta A1 Aerobús; 1 Schengen countries). Some nationalities X Fine dining for lunch and dinner perimeter of La Barceloneta. There are also La Pedrera E# 11 need a Schengen visa. Metro (lines 1, 4) stations all across L’Eixample. 1 L’Eixample R2 Nord Train Casa Guide L FGC E# 0000 Money Batlló 0000 Barceloneta & the Useful Websites 0000 ATMs widely available. Credit cards A The suburban rail network is particularly 000000 Beaches (p72) accepted in most hotels, restaurants Barcelona Turisme (www.barcelonaturisme From Aeroport de useful for Pedralbes, Sarrià and Gràcia. 0000 0000 Barcelona as it once was Girona–Costa Brava 000000 and shops. .com) The city’s official tourism website. Stations in the town centre include Passeig 00 000000 Museu with an age-old culture Camp Nou & 00 0000La Catedral E# Picasso Lonely Planet (www.lonelyplanet.com/ de Gràcia and Plaça de Catalunya. 00 000000 of fishing, and an Destination Best Transport the111 Museu del 00 E# # 0000000 00 La Rambla E# E000 0000000 Mobile Phones barcelona) Destination information, hotel 1 00 0000Església000000 de Santa00 altogether shinier new Barri Gòtic Barcelona Bus; FC Barcelona 00 00000 00000000 Local SIM cards can be used in British/ bookings, traveller forums and more. U Funicular 11E# 00 E# 00000Maria000 000000del Mar0 beach culture. Metro (lines 1, 3) 00 0000 00000000000 A funicular railway (part of the Metro Mercat000 de la 000000 000000000000 European and Australian phones. US and Le Cool (lecool.com) Free, offbeat weekly 000 0000 000000 000000000000 El Raval Barcelona Bus; 000 00 Boqueria00000 000 000000 0000000000000 other travellers’ phones need to be guide to what’s happening in Barcelona. system) connects Paral·lel Metro station to 0000 00000000000 00000 000 000000 0000000000000 set to roaming. Metro (lines 1, 3) the stations up the hill in Montjuïc; these 0000 00000000000 00000 0000000 000000 000000000000 Ruta del Modernisme (www.rutadelmodern 1 000000000000 0000000 000000 000000000000000 La Ribera Barcelona Bus additional stations are part of the Telefèric 000000000000000 000000 00000000000 Time isme.com) Barcelona’s Modernista heritage. de Montjuïc, require separate tickets, and 000000000 000 000 0000000000 Your keys to under- La Barceloneta Barcelona Bus; 0000 0000 0000 La Rambla & Barri Western European (GMT/UTC plus one hour, carry you to the summit. The Transbordador Montjuïc & Poble 00 000 Metro (lines 1, 4) 000 or plus two hours during daylight savings). Aeri cable car connects La Barceloneta with Sec (p112) Gòtic (p22) Museu Nacional L’Eixample Barcelona Bus; Montjuïc. Montjuïc is a world # E# Barcelona’s old quarter Advance Planning d’Art de Catalunya E0000 El Raval (p42) 11 00000Fundació combines famous La Plugs & Adaptors Metro (lines 1, 3) apart, with museums, Three months before Reserve your hotel 11 00000 The former port district 0000000000 Joan Rambla with narrow Plugs have two round pins; the early to increase choice and reduce price; a castle and Olympic 00000000 includes a fabulous 00000000 Miró medieval streets and standard electrical current is 230V. weekends can book out months in advance. relics. Nearby Poble Sec 00000000 market, bars and is a gastronomic hub. monumental buildings. One month before Book a table at Tickets restaurants, stunning art Tipping At the Airports 1Top Sights 1Top Sights tapas bar (www.ticketsbar.es) or Cinc galleries and an unlikely Small change (€1 per person in restaurants) Aeroport del Prat Terminal 1 and 2 arrivals 1111 Sentits restaurant (www.cincsentits.com). Museu Nacional d’Art de Gaudí confection. La Rambla and rounding up (in taxis) is usually su՗ cient. halls have ATMs and tourist information. 1111 Catalunya 1111 1Top Sights La Catedral standing the city – One week before Book online entry to La 000 1111 Aeroport de Girona–Costa Brava The 000 Fundació Joan Miró Mercat de la Boqueria Sagrada Família (www.sagradafamilia.org) 000 1111 baggage-claim and arrivals halls have ATMs. 000 1111 to avoid queues on arrival. 000 we help you decide what to do and how Need to Know Neighbourhoods to do it Tips for a What’s where smooth trip 86 Passeig de Gràcia & L’Eixample La Pedrera 87 90 Passeig de Gràcia & L’Eixample Shopping in the Quadrat d’Or 91 y Top Tips 2 The New Wave since the 19th century, and many of the classic pieces here have a Á ighty, Mod- Don’t Miss f If you’re visiting more You could spend an entire day along ernista inÁ uence. Bagués backs it up Top Sights Barcelona museums, Local Life Passeig de Gràcia but detour for a The Facade with service that can be haughty, but consider buying moment to Lurdes Bergada (www. La Pedrera The natural world was one of the most enduring Shopping in the Quadrat d’Or Articket BCN (see the lurdesbergada.es; Rambla de Catalunya 112; owes much to old-school courtesies. inÁ uences on Gaudí’s work, and La Pedrera’s undu- boxed text, p 49 ) for h10.30am-8.30pm Mon-Sat; mDiagonal), One of the Passeig de Gràcia’s, and indeed o Map p 92 , D2 lating grey stone facade evokes a cliՖ -face sculpted admission to this and a boutique run by mother-and-son 6 Fine Foods Barcelona’s, most beautiful Modernista struc- by waves and wind. The wave eՖ ect is emphasised Fine foods and drink are as important http://obrasocial.caixa six other museums designer team Lurdes Bergada and tures, La Pedrera – o՗ cially called Casa Milà by elaborate wrought-iron balconies that bring to 0 to L’Eixample’s shoppers as fashion, catalunya.cat for €25. 0 Syngman Cucala. The classy men’s and after its owners, but nicknamed La Pedrera (The a mind seaweed washed up on the shore. The lasting e g which is why While visitors to d e women’s fashions use natural À bres and Colmado Quilez (Rambla Stone Quarry) by bemused locals who watched f La Pedrera is C Carrer de Provença impression is of a building on the verge of motion. L’Eixample do the sights, rs Av Diagonal have attracted a cult following. de Catalunya 63; h9am-2pm & 4.30-8.30pm Gaudí build it from 1905 to 1910 – is in the top extremely popular: be Cò 261-265 locals go shopping in the Mon-Sat; mPasseig de Gràcia) is a local tier of Gaudí’s achievements. Conceived as an waiting when the doors C de Pau Claris Explore The Roof Terrace Quadrat d’Or, the grid ¡# 3 A Pastry Stop institution. Wines, quality canned apartment block, its approach to space and to adult/child/concession open at 9am to avoid the Gaudí’s blend of mischievous form with ingenious of streets either side of Av DiagonalDiagonal #. Time for a break. And few pastry shops seafood and traditional Catalan foods light and its blurring of the dividing line between €14/free/10, audioguide €4 worst of the crowds.
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