Visiting Spain - Suggestions for holidays, trains, itineraries, day-trips, and sightseeing from someone who has lived and traveled extensively in Spain
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Every major guidebook company from Lonely Planet to Let’s Go makes at least one Barcelona guidebook.
Most guidebook companies also make a book on Spain as a whole, as the country’s territory and diversity of places to visit make for enough material for a full guidebook.
If you’re only planning on visiting Barcelona, getting a specific guidebook for the city is a good idea. For example, Lonely Planet’s book on Barcelona gives good in-depth coverage of Barcelona and the surrounding areas.
If you’ll be visiting lots of places in Spain, getting a larger guidebook like The Rough Guide to Spain is a good idea. If you’re handy with scissors, you can cut out the chapters you need and leave the rest of the guidebook at home to save room as you pack your bags.
Once you know what size Spain or Barcelona guidebook you need, shop around for an guidebook that fits your travel style. If you’re backpacking, Lonely Planet, Let’s Go, and the Rough Guide are some of the best guidebooks.
If you’re going upscale, look into guides like the Hg2 Barcelona (A Hedonist’s Guide to Paris) or the LUXE guide to Barcelona that offer more high-end suggestions for hotels, restaurants, and shopping.
If you love sightseeing, consider picking up the Eyewitness Travel Guide to Barcelona. With photos and illustrations on every page, the Eyewitness Barcelona guidebook is great for explaining the details of Barcelona’s many historic buildings and landmarks.
On a budget? A lot of the best deals on Barcelona guidebooks can be found on websites where travelers that have just returned from Barcelona are selling their books. If you’re lucky you can get a copy with good notes and suggestions written in!
One last tip on finding the best Barcelona guidebooks: check the date the guidebook was published. If it is more than a year old, don’t buy it. Things change so quickly in Barcelona that an old guidebook will be of little use to you today.
