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abroad,

W

www.barcelonaturisme.com.

Main

office, Pl. de Catalunya 17,

o

Catalunya (daily

9am–9pm); also at Pl. de Sant Jaume, entrance at

c/Ciutat 2, Barri Gòtic,

o

Jaume I (Mon–Fri 9am–

8pm, Sat 10am–8pm, Sun & hols 10am–2pm);

Airport Terminals A & B (daily 9am–9pm); and

Barcelona Sants, Pl. dels Països Catalans,

o

Sants Estació (Mon–Fri 8am–8pm, Sat, Sun &

hols 8am–2pm; April–Sept daily 8am–8pm).

The

main Pl. de Catalunya office is down the steps in

the southeast corner of the square, opposite El

Corte Inglés. It’s always busy and can be frustrating

if you just want a quick answer to a question.

There’s also a money exchange service, separate

accommodation desk, tour and ticket sales, and a

gift shop.

Useful websites

Art, architecture and design

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www.fundaciomiro-bcn.org

The Joan Miró

Foundation’s official website is the main source for

the artist – a complete biography, plus clickable art

and a round-up of his works in the city and elsewhere,

and exhibition news.

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www.gaudiclub.com

The best first stop for

Antoni Gaudí, his life and works, with plenty of links to

other sites, plus Gaudí-related gifts, games, news,

books and tours.

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www.qdq.com

Every building in the city has

been photographed – to view, click on “Callejeros

Fotografiicos”, then click on the map or type in the

street name.

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www.rutadisseny.com

The “design route” is a

guide (in English) to the city’s most cutting-edge

shops, bars, restaurants and buildings, with maps,

reviews and walking itineraries.

General

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www.barcelona-online.com

Packed with

information in English on Barcelona, with punchy

reviews and links to scores of other websites.

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www.enciclopedia.cat

.

English-language online

encyclopaedia, for everything you ever wanted to

know about Catalan people, history, buildings,

economy, climate and geography. It also has links to a

Catalan dictionary.

News and views

W

www.barcelonareporter.com

Barcelona

Reporter offers daily updated news and views from

the city in English, pulling in very useful reports from

newspapers and other sources.

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www.diaridebarcelona.com

Up-to-the-minute

city news, comment, reviews, weather and listings (in

Catalan), with a daily city news video slot.

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www.lecool.com

Hip cultural agenda and city

guide, available online or as a weekly graphic email.

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www.vilaweb.cat

Online newspaper, directory

and portal, updated daily, with excellent links to

Catalan sites, many in English. Also links to a huge

variety of Barcelona webcams.

The media

You can buy foreign newspapers at the stalls down the Ramblas, and around Plaça

de Catalunya, on Passeig de Gràcia, on Rambla de Catalunya and at Barcelona

Sants station. The same stalls often sell international magazines and trade papers

too, but if you can’t find what you’re looking for, try FNAC at El Triangle on Plaça.

de Catalunya, which has an excellent ground-floor magazine section.

Newspapers and

magazines

Best of the

local newspapers

is the

Barcelona edition of the liberal

El País

(

W

www

.elpais.es

), which has a daily Catalunya

supplement and is good on entertainment and

the arts. The conservative Barcelona paper

La

Vanguardia

(

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www.lavanguardia.es

) also has

a good arts and culture listings section on

Friday, while

El Periódico

(

W

www.elperiodico

.com) is more tabloid in style; it also comes in

a Catalan edition.

Avui

(

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www.avui.cat) is the

chief nationalist paper, printed in Catalan.

BASICS

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The media