Barcelona and Catalonia (Cadogan Guides)

by Dana Facaros (Author), Michael Pauls (Author), Michael Pauls (Author), Dana Facaros (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $6.70

  This title presents dynamic new two-color layout for easy navigation. New magazine style, combining stunning photography, tailored itineraries and a personal take on the country. It features clear, newly designed two-color maps throughout for increased ease of use. This is the only guides with full-color touring maps of the whole region. It contains extensive listings of hotels and restaurants - all personally recommended for a really local flavor. It includes Top Don't Miss sights for each regional chapter, plus Author Choices of personal favorite places to stay and eat. This book: takes you on a tour of Gaudi's revolutionary architecture in Barcelona; strolls down Las Ramblas and stops off for a drink and some tapas; wanders the streets of Barri Gotic, the largest Gothic neighborhood in existence, and admires Gaudi's fantastical Sagrada Familia; takes a trip to the famous Dali museum in Figueres; enjoys a trip to the beaches of the Costa Brava or takes in a football match; visits mountains shaped like pipe organs; plays in Sitges, one of the Med's hottest resorts; marvels at the magnificent monastery of Montserrat; discovers Modernista wine bodegas hidden in sleepy villages; dances the sardana at lively festivals; and, skis down the Pyrenees in the tiny province of Andorra.