Barcelona Street Map
The Mediterranean port city of Barcelona is one of Europe's most cosmopolitan and stylish cities. It was always known as the city with one of the greatest concentrations of Gothic architecture in the world capped by Guadi's Sagrada Familia church. But it was the 1992 Olympics which set Barcelona on a course to become the vanguard for art, architecture and cuisine. Barcelona City Center is urban design cool and its the hipster weekend city destination in Europe.
The STREETWISE® Barcelona street map is the ultimate resource for navigating your way through the cosmopolitan streets of Barcelona. Barcelona is a walking city much like Paris and London so its essential to equip yourself with the very best Barcelona street map. The reason Streetwise Barcelona is the perennial best selling map of Barcelona is like each one of our Streetwise maps is created with dedication to accuracy, clarity, and convenience. We travel to cities like Barcelona and experience them first hand. The result is the Streetwise Barcelona Map which is an authored product created by people who have traveled to these destinations and used the many years of travel, design and cartographic knowledge to create a product for others ti use in their pursuit of experience the globe. That travel experience when combined with a sense of design and style has made STREETWISE® the number one brand choice for travelers around the world. For 25 years, STREETWISE® Maps has provided customers with products that represent everything a map should be: comprehensive, easy to understand, and durable enough to handle the rigors of daily travel.
Take for example the detailed inset map of the Barcelona's Old City Center which includes the atmospheric Barri Gothic district. This map was created at the enlarged scale of 1:6000. That equates into more detail of a smaller area which enables you to walk along the famous Las Ramblas from Placa de Catalunya, and enter the Barri Gotic whenever the urge strikes. Nothing is missed or left to chance or guesswork. The real beauty of the Gothic Quarter is its interesting network of little streets and alleyways. There are so many interesting streets to wander down, the challenge would be for anyone to take the same route twice. Our Barcelona street map was created to highlight the small stuff with the intrepid traveler in mind - so clarity, detail and ease of use helps manage whichever route you choose. Here is where a good map imparts confidence which supports adventure and that my friend is the essence of a memorable travel experience.
The Barcelona metro is laid out in two formats: As a one panel thumbnail system map on the backside, and as an overlay on top of the main map grid of streets. The duel Barcelona metro system presentation helps to plan your trip and to facilitate point to point travel around Barcelona. For example If you are in the old city center or Barri Gothic and want to travel to Mont Juïc to see the Barcelona Pavilion designed by Mies Van der Rohe for the 1929 Barcelona Expo you'll note line 3 will take you to Placa d'Espanya from where you can walk done to the Pavilion.
The Streetwise Barcelona Map features many cultural sites:
Auditori Winterthur K9
Bilblioteca de Catalunya C-D24
CaixaForum R6
Casa de la Pia Almoina E28-29
Casa-Museu Gaudi J19
Castell de Montjuïc F5-6
Catedral Barri Gotic E28
Centre d’Art Santa Monica E12, G-H24
Centre d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA) A22
Colom Frontó F12
Ctr. de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona (CCCB) A25
Foment de les Arts Decoratives (FAD) A24-5
Fundació Antoni Tàpies Q14
Fundació Francisco Godia Q15
Fundació Joan Miró (Miró Museum) D7
Gaudí Architectual walks P15-R13
Gran Teatre del Liceu D12, E25
L'Auditorio Municipal C20
La Farinera del Clot Cultural Center B-C22
Mercat de les Flors B7
Miro Museum (Fundació Joan Miró) D7
STREETWISE® Barcelona Street Map $8.95 2011 updated map
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