Contents
Plan Your Trip Welcome to Barcelona ...... 4 Top Sights ...... 6 Eating ...... 10 Drinking & Nightlife ...... 14 Shopping ...... 18 Architecture ...... 22 Art & Design ...... 23 Parks & Beaches ...... 24 Tours ...... 25 For Kids ...... 26 Museums ...... 28 LGBTIQ+ ...... 29 Four Perfect Days ...... 30 Need to Know ...... 32 Barcelona Neighbourhoods ...... 34
The roof of Casa Batlló (p114) KRISKELLY49/BUDGET TRAVEL ©
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Explore Survival Barcelona 37 Guide 174 La Rambla & Before You Go ...... 176 Barri Gòtic ...... 39 Arriving in Barcelona ..... 177 El Raval ...... 59 Getting Around ...... 178 La Ribera & Parc Essential Information ....179 de la Ciutadella ...... 73 Language ...... 183 Barceloneta & the Beaches ...... 93 Index ...... 185 Passeig de Gràcia
& L’Eixample ...... 107 Contents Gràcia & Park Güell ...... 129 Special Features Camp Nou, Pedralbes La Rambla ...... 40 & Sarrià ...... 145 La Catedral ...... 44 Montjuïc, Poble Sec Mercat de la Boqueria .....60 & Sant Antoni ...... 155 Museu Picasso ...... 74 Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar ...... 78 La Pedrera ...... 108 La Sagrada Família ...... 124 Park Güell ...... 130 Camp Nou & the Museu del FC Barcelona ...... 146 Museu Nactional d’Art de Catalunya ...... 156 Fundació Joan Miró ...... 160
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A thothoroughlyroughly captivatingcaptivating city,city, BarcelonaBarcelona is a whirlwind ooff madmadcapcap ModernistaModernista architecture,architecture, sun-sun-kissedkissed bbeacheseaches aandnd llamplitamplit medievalmedieval streetsstreets hidinghiding brillibrilliantlyantly creative dindininging and ddrinkingrinking ddens.ens. The stostoriedried Catalan capital holds ancient Roman ruins and artistic masterpieces of the modern era, Gothic palaces and retro cocktail bars – and one of the world’s most venerated football stadiums.
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La Sagrada Família Spain’s most visited monument. p124
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MARC SOLER/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO © Museu Picasso Showcase for Picasso’s early work. p74 Plan Your Trip
Camp Nou Top Sights Barcelona’s hal- lowed football ground. p146 NATURSPORTS/SHUTTERSTOCK ©
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La Rambla Park Güell Legendary mile-long boulevard. Gaudí’s fantastically landscaped p40 hilltop park. p130 UIN OTL/HTESOK©NEIL SETCHFIELD/LONELY PLANET © LUCIANO MORTULA/SHUTTERSTOCK © Plan Your Trip MIHAI-BOGDAN LAZAR/SHUTTERSTOCK © Top Sights Top Sights ALLIK/SHUTTERSTOCK ©
Mercat de la Boqueria Fundació Joan Miró Europe’s greatest food market. Showcases Joan Miró’s seminal p60 works. p160
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Museu Nacional d’Art de Basílica de Santa Maria Catalunya del Mar Art in palatial surroundings. p156 Fine Catalan Gothic church. p78 ANDY.CALEY/SHUTTERSTOCK © Plan Your Trip Top Sights Top Sights AA UT/0P IMAGE COURTESY OF CATALUNYA LA PEDRERA FOUNDATION FARAZ BUTTE/500PX © FRANK11/SHUTTERSTOCK ©
La Catedral La Pedrera Soaring, Disney-like cathedral. A madcap Gaudí masterpiece. p44 p108
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