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Summary: breeze around barcelona
Review: folks, this is the best idea for a tourbook/map that i have stumbled across yet. i'm not prone to raving, but this will garner praise from me until the cows come home (bearing foot & mouth) no doubt.so, why is this so great? first of all, it's simple and well designed. the city is broken down into sections. you turn to those pages and there is a brief description of places to eat, shop, etc. the pages then open up into a map of the section with a description of major sites in the area. brilliant! no fumbling around a big map trying to find your street. no squinting to figure out where you are. it's easy to find landmarks, metro stops, etc. the card stock is nice and heavy and has lasted well even in my back pocket. the descriptions have been helpful without being too lengthy. and at this price, it's quite competitive with other maps while providing much more.
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Summary: breeze around barcelona
Review: folks, this is the best idea for a tourbook/map that i have stumbled across yet. i'm not prone to raving, but this will garner praise from me until the cows come home (bearing foot & mouth) no doubt. so, why is this so great? first of all, it's simple and well designed. the city is broken down into sections. you turn to those pages and there is a brief description of places to eat, shop, etc. the pages then open up into a map of the section with a description of major sites in the area. brilliant! no fumbling around a big map trying to find your street. no squinting to figure out where you are. it's easy to find landmarks, metro stops, etc. the card stock is nice and heavy and has lasted well even in my back pocket. the descriptions have been helpful without being too lengthy. and at this price, it's quite competitive with other maps while providing much more.
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Summary: Overall pretty useful information
Review: I happened to buy this book on a whim before my recent trip to Barcelona. First of all I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed my experience in Barcelona and would recommend the city to any visitors. But definately be very aware that pick pocketing is an industry there so don't carry anything visible with you and use all safety precautions. Now, this particular guide was pretty useful to me and my boyfriend during our trip. The way that the book is organized is into sections on Things to Know, Hotels, Restaurants, Nights Out, Sights, Excursions, Shops, and Maps. Within each of these sections it is further broken down into the specific areas of the city. Within the areas, they discuss a few possibilities for eating etc. (about 6 or so with good descriptions) On each opposing page it includes a small square map with colored dots allowing you to see where the particular restaurant you are going to is near which shopping stores. This organization took some getting used to, but it was generally helpful. The main reason why we bought this guide was for the maps at the end which were very useful in determining where we were going. This guide provided a good amount of information without being overwhelming. However I would still also recommend that you purchase other guides in addition to it as it was not very all inclusive.
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Summary: Overall pretty useful information
Review: I happened to buy this book on a whim before my recent trip to Barcelona. First of all I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed my experience in Barcelona and would recommend the city to any visitors. But definately be very aware that pick pocketing is an industry there so don't carry anything visible with you and use all safety precautions. Now, this particular guide was pretty useful to me and my boyfriend during our trip. The way that the book is organized is into sections on Things to Know, Hotels, Restaurants, Nights Out, Sights, Excursions, Shops, and Maps. Within each of these sections it is further broken down into the specific areas of the city. Within the areas, they discuss a few possibilities for eating etc. (about 6 or so with good descriptions) On each opposing page it includes a small square map with colored dots allowing you to see where the particular restaurant you are going to is near which shopping stores. This organization took some getting used to, but it was generally helpful. The main reason why we bought this guide was for the maps at the end which were very useful in determining where we were going. This guide provided a good amount of information without being overwhelming. However I would still also recommend that you purchase other guides in addition to it as it was not very all inclusive.
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Summary: Best map and guide ever
Review: This book was the handiest, most useful travel book ever. Maps in easy-to-understand sections, easy to read, maps fold out but stay small, fits in the pocket - and has all those little bits of information - museum hours, phone numbers, metro lines, etc. - that you want in once place without hunting. Don't confuse these with Knopf's other travel books, which aren't nearly as good. I'm getting more of these guides, even for cities I'm familiar with.
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