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Barcelona Like a Local

By the People Who Call it Home

Author DK Travel
Hardcover
$18.99 US
5-1/16"W x 7"H | 20 oz | 48 per carton
On sale Jun 24, 2025 | 192 Pages | 9780241726587
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Keen to explore a different side of Barcelona? Like a Local is the book for you.

This isn’t your ordinary travel guide. You won’t find La Sagrada Familia and La Rambla in these pages, because that’s not where Barcelonans hang out. Instead, you’ll meet the locals at art studios, family-run bodegas and old pharmacies hosting jazz nights and that’s where this book takes you. Turn the pages to discover:

  • The small businesses and community strongholds that add character to this vibrant city, recommended by true locals.
  • 6 themed walking tours dedicated to specific experiences such as vintage shopping and beautiful beaches.
  • A beautiful gift book for anyone seeking to explore Barcelona.
  • Helpful ‘what3word’ addresses, so you can pinpoint all the listed sights.

Compiled by five proud locals, this stylish travel guide is packed with Barcelona’s best experiences and secret spots, handily categorized to suit your mood and needs.

Whether you’re a restless Barcelonan on the hunt for a new hangout, or a visitor keen to discover a side you won’t find in traditional guidebooks, Barcelona Like A Local will give you all the inspiration you need. 

Looking for another guide to Barcelona? Explore further with our DK Eyewitness or Top 10 guides to Barcelona. 

About Like A Local:

These giftable and collectible guides from DK Eyewitness are compiled exclusively by locals. Whether they’re born-and-bred or moved to study and never looked back, our experts shine a light on what it means to be a local: pride for their city, community spirit and local expertise. Like a Local will inspire readers to celebrate the secret as well as the iconic – just like the locals who call the city home.
Featured in October 2022 edition of National Geographic Traveller's City Break Kit List. -- Angela Locatelli ― nationalgeographic.co.uk
DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world leading illustrated reference publisher and a member of the Penguin Random House division of Bertelsmann. DK publishes highly visual, photographic non-fiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 100 countries and over 60 languages, with offices in the UK, India, US, Germany, China, Canada, Spain and Australia.

DK's aim is to inspire, educate and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics, with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.

Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery and parenting. 

DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the best-selling LEGO® books.

DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series.

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Keen to explore a different side of Barcelona? Like a Local is the book for you.

This isn’t your ordinary travel guide. You won’t find La Sagrada Familia and La Rambla in these pages, because that’s not where Barcelonans hang out. Instead, you’ll meet the locals at art studios, family-run bodegas and old pharmacies hosting jazz nights and that’s where this book takes you. Turn the pages to discover:

  • The small businesses and community strongholds that add character to this vibrant city, recommended by true locals.
  • 6 themed walking tours dedicated to specific experiences such as vintage shopping and beautiful beaches.
  • A beautiful gift book for anyone seeking to explore Barcelona.
  • Helpful ‘what3word’ addresses, so you can pinpoint all the listed sights.

Compiled by five proud locals, this stylish travel guide is packed with Barcelona’s best experiences and secret spots, handily categorized to suit your mood and needs.

Whether you’re a restless Barcelonan on the hunt for a new hangout, or a visitor keen to discover a side you won’t find in traditional guidebooks, Barcelona Like A Local will give you all the inspiration you need. 

Looking for another guide to Barcelona? Explore further with our DK Eyewitness or Top 10 guides to Barcelona. 

About Like A Local:

These giftable and collectible guides from DK Eyewitness are compiled exclusively by locals. Whether they’re born-and-bred or moved to study and never looked back, our experts shine a light on what it means to be a local: pride for their city, community spirit and local expertise. Like a Local will inspire readers to celebrate the secret as well as the iconic – just like the locals who call the city home.

Praise

Featured in October 2022 edition of National Geographic Traveller's City Break Kit List. -- Angela Locatelli ― nationalgeographic.co.uk

Author

DK was founded in London in 1974 and is now the world leading illustrated reference publisher and a member of the Penguin Random House division of Bertelsmann. DK publishes highly visual, photographic non-fiction for adults and children. DK produces content for consumers in over 100 countries and over 60 languages, with offices in the UK, India, US, Germany, China, Canada, Spain and Australia.

DK's aim is to inspire, educate and entertain readers of all ages, and everything DK publishes, whether print or digital, embodies the unique DK design approach. DK brings unrivalled clarity to a wide range of topics, with a unique combination of words and pictures, put together to spectacular effect. We have a reputation for innovation in design for both print and digital products.

Our adult range spans travel, including the award-winning DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, history, science, nature, sport, gardening, cookery and parenting. 

DK’s extensive children’s list showcases a fantastic store of information for children, toddlers and babies. DK covers everything from animals and the human body, to homework help and craft activities, together with an impressive list of licensing titles, including the best-selling LEGO® books.

DK acts as the parent company for Alpha Books, publisher of the Idiot's Guides series.

dk.com/travel View titles by DK Travel