Basics - The Rough Guide to Barcelona - page 44

everythingthat'shappeninginthecity,fromeventsandconcertstoexhibitionsandfestivals;
you can also buy tickets here. The website portal has daily updated cultural news and web
TV previews, or pick up the free “ Cultural Agenda ” (in English), a useful free monthly
what's-on listings guide.
CentredelModernisme 933177652, rutadelmodernisme.com .OfficesinsidetheTur-
ismedeBarcelonatouristofficeatPl.deCatalunya, Catalunya(Mon-Sat10am-7pm,Sun
& hols 10am-2pm); at Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, c/de Sant Antoni Maria Claret
167, Eixample, Hospital de Sant Pau (daily 9.30am-1.30pm); and Pavellons Güell, Av.
de Pedralbes 7, Pedralbes, Palau Reial (Sat & Sun 10am-2pm). The staffed information
desks provide details of visits to the city's modernista buildings and monuments, and sell
the Ruta del Modernisme package.
Centre d'Informació de Catalunya Palau Robert, Pg. de Gràcia 107, Eixample 932
388 091 or 012, gencat.cat/palaurobert ; Diagonal (Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun & hols
10am-2.30pm). Has information about travel in Catalunya and provides maps, guides, de-
tails of how to get around and lists of places to stay. Also exhibitions and events relating to
all matters Catalan.
Barcelona Informació (Oficina d'Atenció Ciutadana) Pl. de Sant Miquel 3, Barri Gòtic
010, bcn.cat ; Jaume I (Mon-Sat 8.30am-8pm, except Aug Sat 9am-2pm). Citizens'
informationoffice,aroundthebackoftheAjuntamentinthenewbuilding.It'snotreallyfor
tourists, but is invariably helpful about all aspects of living in Barcelona (though you can't
count on English being spoken).
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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 sta-
tion. 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 (
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 ( elpais.es ) ,
which has a daily Catalunya supplement and is good on entertainment and the arts. The con-
servative Barcelona paper La Vanguardia ( lavanguardia.es ) also has a good arts and cul-
ture listings section on Friday, while El Periódico ( elperiodico.com ) is more tabloid in
style; it also comes in a Catalan edition. Avui ( avui.cat ) is the chief nationalist paper, prin-
ted in Catalan. For wall-to-wall coverage of sport (for which, in Barcelona, read FC Bar-