This informative and savvy guide captures the best that Barcelona offers in a practical, easy to use format. With opinionated reviews, essential travel tips and detailed fold-out maps, Barcelona Condensed has all the information the discerning visitor needs - for one day or one month, for business or for pleasure.

• succinct coverage of the city's attractions

• business or pleasure? A wide spectrum of food, lodging and entertainment options pleases all, whether on vacation or in negotiations

• canvasses the city for Picasso, Dalí and Miró masterpieces, and picks out eye-popping architecture, from Gothic to Gaudí

• excursions - coasting along the Costa Brava and other quick trips - to turn any barhopper or culture vulture into a sunbathing sea lover

• cargolsáor calçotada? The best of Catalán cuisine