National Geographic Walking Barcelona, 2nd Edition (National Geographic Walking Guide)

Great guide to Barcelona. Helps you anticipate walking the various routes even before getting there.Have also given it as a present to friends prior to their trip there.

Good. Met expectations

The book is well organized with maps and descriptions of what to see.

Very informative of the division of districts.

A friend of mine mentioned that he planned a trip to Barcelona in the near future, so when I saw this book, I thought I'd try to learn a bit about the city and give him some tips on what sites to see. The book does an ample job of describing the high points of Barcelona, and providing lovely photos of them, but that's just about all it does.The book is primarily organized by neighborhood, with a small section in the back that gives some common phrases in Spanish and Catalan, along with some general tourist tips for Spain. While the pictures were beautiful, they seemed to take up a lot of space: every two-page spread had at least one-quarter of the space taken up by photos. And because the book is on the small side (~7’ x 5.5’), it needed to use a lot of whitespace to keep it readable. These two factors amplify one another’s effects. I counted the number of words on a typical two-page spread, and came up with 129 words on the left and 332 on the left. To give a point of comparison, this review is about 340 words.After reading the book, I felt that I had a good overview of what can be found in Barcelona, especially for a first-time tourist. While there isn't a lot of information on any particular attraction (at most, the biggest attractions got a few pages), it provided a basis for doing additional research on the things that sounded most interesting. I'll leave that to him, though.The form factor of the book lends itself to being tossed in the side pocket of a bag or within a woman's purse. The two flaps on the cover show useful maps (a high-level city map on the front, and the public transit system on the back). While they can be used as bookmarks, doing so means that the book no longer sits flat. This effect becomes more pronounced when marking a page near the middle of the book.

We really enjoyed this basic guide for our four days in Barcelona but on day 2 our bag was stolen with it in it.Luckily we’re wise to this problem (though not quite wise enough) so we didn’t have anything valuable or personal in our bag.But be careful in Barcelona - it’s safe and WONDERFUL but bag snatching is rampant.

great book to guide you in your walks around Barcelona. nice size to carry and the map was excellent

I bought this to read before my birthday trip to Barcelona later this year. I like that it comes with a map that I can bring with me.

This compact little book is packed with information and illustrations. I recommend it.

Clear, interesting, useful. Good size for the pocket and excellent price

Well organized book with useful information and easy to use for planning the day.

Recent trip to Barcelona (4d) with a lot of walking was helped by this book.Book is divided into sections eg. B for fun, B in a weekend, B for foodies as well as areas (Neighbourhood Walks) eg. La Rambla, On the waterfront, La Sagrada to Park Guell.Good descriptions, informative and easy to read especially to plan your trip. We used taxi's (inexpensive), buses (cheap) and walked (free). However maps not brilliant as they are divided up into small areas. Best used with a full fold out Barcelona map which is easily available when you get there. There is a small map of the whole of Barcelona in the front cover but it is pretty useless.You could of course download google maps of the areas you are interested in.

Great resource for a first time visit and it's sturdy in case of any showers while you're walking!