Wallpaper* City Guide Barcelona
The fast-track guide for the smart traveller
Wallpaper*
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Price: €12.95
Your passport to global style, Wallpaper* City Guides present an insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating cities. Under slick Pantone covers, these pocket-sized travel bibles unearth the hippest nightlife, the buzziest hotels, the coolest retail, the most influential art galleries and cultural spaces, the best in local design and the contemporary architecture that defines a city.
Perfectly sized for travel, discreet and easy to use, so you don't feel like a tourist, these books are ideal for either extended breaks or business trips. They are rigorously researched, and curated by an extensive network of experts, from in-house editors to in-the-know local correspondents. The series now covers more than 100 dynamic destinations.
Published May 2019
SPECIFICATIONS:
Format: Paperback
Size: 160 x 108 mm (6 1/4 x 4 1/4 in)
Pages: 128 pp
Illustrations: 100 illustrations
ISBN: 9780714878263
Wallpaper* City Guides are compiled by the magazine's travel experts, in-house editors and on-the-ground correspondents who are part of the local scene, providing under-the-radar insider recommendations.
"Like asking an unnervingly handsome, impossibly intelligent local where they hang out."—Mr Hyde (Shortlist)
"For fashionistas, hipsters, architects and anyone who wouldn't be caught dead where the tourists go."—Alicia Miller, Sunday Times Travel
"Ultra-stylish."—Time Magazine
"Sophisticated."—The New York Times
"Attractive and well-researched."—USA Today
"Packed with insider info on the world's coolest hotels, restaurants and attractions."—Vogue
"This pocket-sized guide doesn't sacrifice substance for style."—The Independent
"For discerning jet-setters... The small but perfectly formed guides have become iconic."—1843 (The Economist lifestyle magazine)
From the introduction:
"Following the 1992 Olympics, Barcelona's change of fortune was the envy of the world, and for years there was nowhere more fashionable to spend the weekend. Since then, mass tourism has loomed, threatening its very essence. In 2015, mayor Ada Colau declared a cap on visitor numbers, and began to devise a more sustainable model. You can see why it is so popular. With its rich heritage, cutting-edge design tradition, radical cuisine and Gaudí’s modernista legacy, the city is as alluring as ever."
"Like asking an unnervingly handsome, impossibly intelligent local where they hang out."—Mr Hyde (Shortlist)
"The small but perfectly formed guides have become iconic."—1843 (The Economist lifestyle magazine)
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