Insight Guides City Guide Barcelona (Travel Guide eBook)

... Arroz de mariscos (seafood rice) or arroz de camarones (shrimp rice) are both popular dishes and are typically served as main courses. For street food, one option found in most coastal cities. Mojarra frita with patacones, fried plantain ...

... oui.sncf) and Deutsche Bahn (tel: 08718 8080 66; www.bahn.com) book train journeys across Europe. There are also regular train services between Krakow and other main Polish cities. Express trains between Krakow and Warsaw, which need to ...

... Poland. Colloquial Polish by B.W. Mazur. Jewish Roots in Poland: Pages from the Past and Archival Inventories by Miriam Weiner. The most comprehensive guide to Polish Jewry. HISTORY Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe by Anne ...

... series). Similarly, authors Michael Ignatieff (former politician and author of Scar Tissue), Cory Doctorow (Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom), Louise Penny (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series), Mark Steyn (America Alone: The End of ...

... [map]. since it opened in 1983. As well as the original Disneyland park, a fair copy of the original in California, there's also the neighbouring DisneySea Park with attractions designed along aquatic themes. Avoid visiting on weekends ...

... France's official natural history museum – one of many institutions created just after the Revolution, in 1793 – has galleries on palaeontology, mineralogy, geology and even a microzoo, but its great ... free Transport: Gare d'Austerlitz For ...

Insight Guides. home ownership out of the means of many, but anyone who has made a fortune for themselves is likely to be ... sex to create the public impression of a conventional lifestyle. The. greening. of. China. China is currently the ...

... simple homegrown syllabaries (phonetic scripts) known as hiragana and katakana, each of which consist of 46 basic characters plus the Chinese characters (kanji). Knowledge of just under 2,000 of these (plus their numerous compounds) is ...

... Venice, a Portable Reader (revised 1995). Literary extracts by celebrated visitors. Ian Littlewood, Venice: a Literary Companion (1991). Informed, literary presentation of lesserknown Venice. Mary McCarthy, Venice Observed (1961 ...

... times (5am–midnight), every 10 minutes during non-peak hours; NJ Transit commuter train schedules vary. The total cost is about $12.50. LaGuardia Airport (tel: 718-533 3400; www.laguardiaairport.com) is located in Queens, 8 miles (13km) ...

... Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a contemplative and aromatic 39acre plot of ... free; Subway: B or Q to Prospect Park, 2 or 3 to Eastern Parkway, or B, F, Q, and S to Prospect Park Station; [map] H2 ... A tree grows in the Bronx One of the world's.

... Royal Caribbean, with contemporary fleet of large ships. Costa Cruises, US: 200 South Park Road, Suite 200, Hollywood, FL 33021, tel: 1-800-GO COSTA, www.costacruise.com; UK: tel: 0800 389 0622, www.costacruises.co.uk Italian-run ...

Insight Guides. their agreements shortly before their attack on the mainland. A monument marks the spot. At 2,400m (7,900ft) the road reaches two sky-watching institutions, the Observatorio Atmosférico de Izaña (http://izana.aemet.es) ...

Insight Guides. Dublin Bus (Bus Atha Cliath) runs services in the Dublin area. For ... fares and schedules, see www.irishrail.ie/dart. The recently expanded Luas ... Metro bus (Belfast City) and Goldline (coach); tel: (028) 9066 6630; www ...

... oui.sncf), Deutsche Bahn (www.bahn.com) and Eurostar (www.eurostar.com) book train journeys across Europe. Warsaw's international railway station is Warszawa Centralna; Kraków's is Dworzec Główny. For train information tel: 19757, 703 ...

... Sky Trek, a high-speed, high-adrenaline canopy tour that involves donning mountain-climbing harnesses and zipping through the trees suspended on strong cables. A more relaxing experience is offered by the Sky Tram gondolas which take ...

Insight Guides. water, and contains a golden sun; the green bottom righthand corner represents Namibia's agricultural potential; and the broad red band in the middle depicts the people's heroism. The flag is the centrepiece of the coat ...

... Gore Vidal, Su Tong, Amy Tan, Arundhati Roy and Jan Morris. Through the year, Glam's regular programme of author and historian talks and community workshops are enjoyed by a large crowd over tea and nibbles. Eclecticism is another ...

Insight Guides. (tel: 360-374 2531; https://forkswa.com), is a run-of-the-mill lumbering ... sea,” as the descriptive panels say. High breakers roll in from the ... Saga. Fact The Makah Museum holds a wealth of detail on the traditional ...

... pretty fountain and statue of the naval commander Jean Vauquelin, the 1858 ... turned into a summer playground with landscaped parklands, urban beaches and ... summer, with a variety of festivals and activities, including an outdoor film ...

... MARSHAN From Place du Tabor , Rue de la Kasbah ( outside the medina ) leads down to Rue d'Italie ( for more ... Evans/Apa Publications Tip If you are.

Insight Guides. Stephansplatz and the Haas Haus Austria Tourism Opposite the Stephansdom looms the contrasting Haas Haus, a large, curved building whose windows reflect a distorted cathedral. This hinge between Graben and Stephansplatz ...

... menu). Open Tue–Sat 1.30–3.30pm; 8.30–11pm. Taberna Alkazar €€€ Mosén ... Montaditos € Plaza de la Reina 10, tel: 96 391 9227; http://spain ... montaditos. El Pilar € Moro Zeit 13, tel:

Insight Guides. Peradeniya. Gardens. About 6.5km (4 miles) southwest of Kandy, the ... crop. The gardens offer a bewildering array of tropical trees and plants ... trio of dancing shows performed every evening around town. Arguably the best ...

... 6 acres (2.4 hectares) of glorious gardens containing a saman tree believed to be more than 350 years old. At 24ft ... Sky Safari zip line tour (tel: 869-466 4259; www.skysafaristkitts.com), where cables allow you to fly through the ...