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Rick Steves’ Snapshot Barcelona
- ISBN13: 9781598804881
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You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Barcelona.
In this 108-page compact guide, Rick Steves covers the essentials of Barcelona, with coverage of the Old City, the Ramblas, the harborfront, and other neighborhoods. Visit the Picasso Museum, Gaudí’s Sagrada Família cathedral, and immerse yourself in Catalan culture, art, and museums. You’ll get Rick’s firsthand advice on the best sights, eating, sleepi… More >>
Oct 21st, 2010 at 11:49 pm
GET THIS E-BOOK!!! I debated whether it would be worth the money before I took a big month-long trip to Spain this past October/November 2009. I was not disappointed! The most useful feature (there are tons) in the Snapshot city guide e-books are the self-guided tours through the museums. There are crowd-beating tips, updated cost, hours, locations, phone numbers, maps, self-guided walking tours in the city…Seriously, it’s a no-brainer. Get this e-book. For so little money, you can save yourself a world full of headaches. He also points out cool things to see in the city that aren’t in other tour books (the Sardana dances), and he gives invaluable tips of the good places to go for everything (food, entertainment, museums, neighborhoods, etc). Also, the local free tourist maps they give you are usually anemic by way of detailed, accurate information. Having this little tool as a backup is critical when you may not have time to hunt down bigger books and maps. It also gives you info about surrounding cities you may like to visit, as well as tips on language, money, phoning…Plus, it fits in your pocket (I used it on my iPhone with the Kindle reader). You don’t look like a tourist dork reading your iPhone, like you do lugging around maps and books. You look way cooler…
Rating: 5 / 5
Oct 22nd, 2010 at 1:57 am
This book is light to carry and has all the basics for walking tours, major sights, things outside the city, food and hotel suggestions. It covers all the essentials and has easy to follow maps. The print size is easy to read as you are touring the sights.
Rating: 4 / 5
Oct 22nd, 2010 at 4:21 am
This book hits all the highlights of Barcelona, plus close side trips from town. It is small enough to carry while sightseeing.
Rating: 5 / 5
Oct 22nd, 2010 at 4:59 am
I use Rick Steves’ guide books & Streetwise maps for every city I can…even the restaurant selections are good…It’s best to read the guide before you go, however if you’re going to multiple cities as I just did then that may not be possible…it’s a good idea to go to the Rick Steves’ website or to iTunes & download his tours on your iPod…so much better than having to have a guide…
Rating: 5 / 5
Oct 22nd, 2010 at 7:49 am
I purchased 3-4 travel guides for my trip to Barcelona. What to see, What to eat & where,What to buy & where,Where to have fun,etc. I bought this one to understand smaller details which other books dont cover. But was disappointed that the book is more generic.Maps are hand drawn. Suggestions are somewhat selective instead of consistent across all the places being suggested. It could have been better if the book had a good map. Some mention here that there was a detachable map and some mention there was none. I did not receive any map along with the book.
Its true that while visiting a place one good book cannot address all the aspects. Some of them good in maps, some of them good in suggesting restaurants/shops, some provide accurate information on reaching the places in the most easiest way,etc.
If you are looking for a cheap, economical & easy to carry book,this is it. But if you need a more detailed map (for locating a fine dining restaurant or a specific shop in particular) then this book wont serve your purpose.
Rating: 2 / 5