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Lonely Planet Barcelona Encounter 2 [Kindle Edition]

Damien Simonis
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...for the adventurous traveler who wants to live like a native.' --Real Simple Magazine, June 2005

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What Will Your Barcelona Encounter Be?
…gazing at the forest of pillars supporting the roof of La Sagrada Familia
…stocking up on cheese, jamon and summer fruits at La Boqueria
…immersing yourself in the Romanesque era at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya
...taking in the spectacle of painters, jugglers and dancers along La Rambla
...eschewing dainty portions in favor of tasty raciones in La Barceloneta
...strolling Gracia's streets in search of your next bar

Discover Twice the City in Half the Time

Full-color pull-out map, plus detailed neighborhood plans for trouble-free navigation
Our resident author recommends local favorite restaurants, bars, boutiques, gardens and galleries
Specially designed itineraries tailored to the length and type of trip
Locals speak frankly about the bars, markets and evolution of food in Barcelona

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69 of 70 people found the following review helpful
By saliero
Format:Paperback
I went to Barcelona recently, and in the planning of the trip I consulted four guide books:

Lonely Planet's Barcelona City Guide

Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Barcelona and Catalonia

Cadogan Guides Barcelona (Dana Facaros and Michael Pauls)

Time Out Barcelona

All of them were good. I took two with me: Lonely Planet and Eyewitness.

The reasons I chose those two:

LP specialises in listings, which seemed to be more up-to-date and comprehensive than either Time Out or Cadogan, It also had a good Excursions section which helped a couple of times when I travelled beyond the city. I also liked a couple of the walking routes they recommended. Information on matters such as public transport is comprehensive and detailed. I like the chapters on history, architecture and food as well.

I took Eyewitness because it unfailingly has a good quality map, which in my view is LP's downfall. Eyewitness always includes a Street Finder Index which LP does not, and LP often misses out on streets other than the major ones, which can be very frustrating, especially in a city like Barca where there are many alleyways. I never use Eyewitness for hotels - the information is scant and usually more expensive than my (more Lonely Planet) budget, but it has fantastic colour photos and cutaways of buildings, and illustrations which place buildings within their streetscapes. It's a nice book to read on the bus or train going somewhere.

Time Out's great strength was in helping to plan. It had a huge array of hotels, and if you were especially interested in nightlife, I would take Time Out. I was there primarily for a conference, and many of my evenings were organised. And I'm also night a great nightclubber, perhaps contrary to Barca lifestyle!! If you are - consider Time Out. Its maps were pretty good, but not comprehensive for the area I was staying in, beachside Barceloneta.

That is where the Cadogan guide excelled. Its maps were so good that I pulled them out of the book and took them with me. I would have taken the whole book, but for the weight in my suitcase! Its info about places and sights seemed accurate and comprehensive.
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67 of 73 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
Every minute of my 4 days in Barcelona was used effectively due to planning my time using this book.

From which train line to get from the Airport, the precise 21 minute journey the book referred to, following the 'Moderinste' walk to view Gaudi to the tapas bar recommended for lunch, to the time of the water fountains - the entire book was first class.

If I had to find a criticism, it was that some of the restaurants recommended were closed - there again, I did go the first weekend in January, not an ideal time to visit anywhere!

Thoroughly good value buy for anyone visiting Barcelona!

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
Bought this book for my second trip to Barcelona, have since lent it to two friends who have also visited this fantastic city. Great tips about how to get about - alternatives to getting taxi from airport and using the tourist buses eg. the underground and the aerobus - will save you a good few Euro's. Also chapter on visiting places outside Barcelona was very useful for our trip to Montserrat. Maps at the back of the book are very useful and we found them detailed enough for us. Also includes some spanish phrases. I would definately recommend this book as I think it is so comprehensive that you won't need anything else and I am sure I will be using it again and again!
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A let down
I've travelled a lot over the last 4 years and have always been impressed by the quality of all the differnt guide books I've used. Read more
Published 2 months ago by pink82sm
The Kindle version is unusable
Thought it would be smart to have the guide on the Kindle - a mistake! Very difficult to navigate around the book and the maps are effectively useless.
Published 9 months ago by Narocroc
brilliant book for a brilliant city
utterly perfect- this book is concise, informative and just invaluable for anyone planning to visit Barcelona. Read more
Published 9 months ago by J Bogart
Barcelona (Lonely Planet City Guide)-edition 19 Nov 2010
Barcelona (Lonely Planet City Guide)-Paperback, 19 Nov 2010 - this edition is missing pictures on the beginning ( e. Read more
Published 12 months ago by gica
Great!
I really like this book! its very usefull, small and its not heavy!
and all info that includes enough for travvellers! simple and usefull, full of info.
Published 12 months ago by DenizD
Average
I have always been a fan of Loney Planet - but this guide is not very user friendly - infact we ditched it for a copy of the time out city guide which is 100% better. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr Jonathon James
Is Kindle the right technology for travel guides - I don't think so!
Well this is my first experience of using kindle on my android smart phone, so it may be that my expectations were a bit high, but having regularly bought and used lonely planet... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mark L
I had a terrible experience with this E book
I took this on a trip with me thinking this would be really handy, turns out this is a total waste of money, the maps were unchanged from the book and therefore impossible to read,... Read more
Published 16 months ago by R. Brand
Very useful pocket-size guide
I found this pocket-size guide very useful. The coloured maps are easy to read. The major sights are described well though a little more information about bus routes would have... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Alice S
Barcelona guide
We bought this book to replace the copy which we had borrowed from our son. We found his copy very useful when in Barcelona. Read more
Published 19 months ago by M. Gough
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