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Ramble down Las Ramblas, relax on Mediterranean beaches, and marvel at the sweeping curves of Gaudi's architecture with Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Barcelona you'll find: - Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Barcelona - Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites - Top sights and hidden gems, from Gaudi's mind-bending Sagrada Familia and the colorful Picasso museum to cozy bars with vermouth on tap - How to connect with local culture: Join hands with locals in a traditional sardana dance, chat with fans about the latest futbol match, or meander down winding streets in search of the best tapas - Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight - The best places to eat, sleep, and relax with a glass of cava - Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods, museums, and historic sites - Detailed neighborhood maps and a fold-out city map for exploring on the go - Useful resources including a packing list, Spanish and Catalan phrase books, a historical overview, and recommended reading - Over 300 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down - Complete, up-to-date information on Las Ramblas, Barri Gotic, El Born, Eixample, Montjuic, and more, as well as day trips to Montserrat, Figueres, Cadaques, and Sitges Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Barcelona. Spending just a few days in the city? Try Rick Steves Pocket Barcelona.

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""...his books deserve to be in the pop-history canon. Steves possesses a surprisingly strong authorial voice, one that permeates through the expected contrivances of a typical guidebook."" --Slate ""...he's become the unofficial guide for entire generations of North American travelers, beloved for his earnest attitude and dad jeans.""--Outside Magazine ""[Rick Steves'] neighborhood walks are always fun and informative. His museum guides, complete with commentary about historic sculpture and storied artworks are wonderful and add another dimension to sometimes stodgy, hard-to-comprehend museums.""--NBC News ""[Rick Steves] laces his guides with short and vivid histories and a scholar's appreciation for Renaissance art yet knows the best place to start an early tapas crawl in Madrid if you have kids. His clear, hand-drawn maps are Pentagon-worthy; his hints about how to go directly to the best stuff at the Uffizi, avoid the crowds at Versailles and save money everywhere are guilt-free.""--TIME Magazine ""Every country-specific travel guidebook from the Rick Steves publishing empire can be counted upon for clear organization, specificity and timeliness.""--Society of American Travel Writers ""His books offer the equivalent of a bus tour without the bus, with boiled-down itineraries and step-by-step instructions on where to go and how to get there, but adding a dash of humor and an element of choice that his travelers find empowering.""--The New York Times ""His guidebooks are approachable, silly, and even subtly provocative in their insistence that Americans show respect for the people and places they are visiting and not the other way around.""--The New Yorker ""His penchant for creating meaningful experiences for travelers to Europe is as passionate as his inclination for making ethical choices his guiding light.""--Forbes ""Pick the best accommodations and restaurants from Rick Steves...and a traveler searching for good values will seldom go wrong or be blindsided.""--NBC News ""Steves is a walking, talking European encyclopedia who yearns to inspire Americans to venture 'beyond Orlando.'""--Forbes ""Steves is an absolute master at unlocking the hidden gems of the world's greatest cities, towns, and monuments.""--USA Today ""The country's foremost expert in European travel for Americans.""--Forbes ""Travel, to Steves, is not some frivolous luxury--it is an engine for improving humankind, for connecting people and removing their prejudices, for knocking distant cultures together to make unlikely sparks of joy and insight. Given that millions of people have encountered the work of Steves over the last 40 years, on TV or online or in his guidebooks, and that they have carried those lessons to untold other millions of people, it is fair to say that his life's work has had a real effect on the collective life of our planet.""--The New York Times Magazine

Author Information

Since 1973, Rick Steves has spent about 100 days a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. A New York Times-bestselling author, Rick produces a guidebook series, a public television series, and a public radio show, and he organizes small-group tours that take over 30,000 travelers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of more than 100 well-traveled staff members at Rick Steves Europe in Edmonds, WA (near Seattle). When not on the road, Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice, drug policy reform, and ending hunger. What s the ideal vacation for a professional traveler? For Rick, it s to play his piano, relax at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains, and spend time with family and friends at home in Edmonds. Find out more about Rick at RickSteves.com and on Facebook. Connect with Rick: facebook.com/RickSteves X: @RickSteves Instagram: ricksteveseurope

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