Tourist information request

[HMSDingy]

Anybody know of a good site that provides travel info and/or maps for Barcelona, Rome, Venice, Florence, France, Greece & Dubrovnk:confused:

 

Much obliged in advance...:)

[Susan-M]

I like Frommer's Destinations and often refer to it for planning our port days. The index on the left of the page provides links to quite a lot of info, walking tours, maps, etc. For most ports, I take a guide books, but find this site great for initial planning, and have even used it as my guidebook material for some ports. Here's a link for Rome: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/0064010001.html

For other places, use the search box at the top of the page.

[nparmelee]

Besides searching this site for ideas and some details, I also use tripadvisor.com, frommers, europeforvisitors.com, ricksteves.com and a variety of guide books depending on what looks best for which location and for how much time I have for that location. I'm not likely to buy a $10 guidebook for a city I'll only be in for 1 day unless it has really good information that i really want.

[English_in_Spain]

Here are 3 sites with Barcelona information

 

www.aviewoncities.com/barcelona/barcelonaattractions.htm

www.aboutbarcelona.com

www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com

[HMSDingy]

Here are 3 sites with Barcelona information

 

www.aviewoncities.com/barcelona/barcelonaattractions.htm

www.aboutbarcelona.com

www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com

 

Thank you. As we are starting in Barcelona witrh a pre-crusie stay, these sites are very helpful. I had sent a taxi company in Barcelona a request for prices and found them to be quite expensive. They quoted 80 euros from airport to our hotel on Las Ramblas and 60 euros from hotel to cruise port. We were told by others here at CC that a taxi ride from the airport should cost us 25 to 30 euros and even less to the port. Are these prices right?

[English_in_Spain]

Thank you. As we are starting in Barcelona witrh a pre-crusie stay, these sites are very helpful. I had sent a taxi company in Barcelona a request for prices and found them to be quite expensive. They quoted 80 euros from airport to our hotel on Las Ramblas and 60 euros from hotel to cruise port. We were told by others here at CC that a taxi ride from the airport should cost us 25 to 30 euros and even less to the port. Are these prices right?

 

In addition to distance, Barcelona taxis charge according to time of day, number of passengers and number of bags.

 

For example, they charge extra €1 per suitcase, €2.10 for trips to/from the port and €3.10 for trips to/from the airport.

 

See the link below for details.

 

http://www.barcelonayellow.com/content/view/100/

 

Average costs (2 people + 4 suitcases) are approx

 

Airport to Ramblas 25-30 Euros

Airport to Port 30-35 Euros

Central hotel to Port 15-25 Euros (depending where hotel is)

[HMSDingy]

Thank you. Slightly off topic, what are your comments about The Continental hotel?