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( 93 268 78 78; www.museuxocolata.cat ; Plaça de Pons i Clerch; adult/child under 7yr/senior & student
€4.30/free/3.65; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat, to 3pm Sun & holidays; Jaume I) Chocoholics have a
hard time containing themselves in this museum dedicated to the fundamental foodstuff -
especially when the entry ticket is a chocolate bar!
Under the Gothic arches of what remains of the convent's one-time cloister is a pleasant
cafe-bar, the Bar del Convent Offline map Google map ( 10am-9pm Mon-Thu,
11am-11pm Fri, 1pm-midnight Sat) - particularly good for people with children. Kids often
play football in the cloister grounds. You enter at Carrer del Comerç 36.
ARXIU FOTOGRÀFIC DE BARCELONA
Gallery
( 93 256 34 20; www.bcn.cat/arxiu/fotograic ; Plaça de Pons i Clerch; admission free; 10am-7pm
Mon-Sat; Jaume I) On the 2nd floor of the former Convent de Sant Agustí is the modest
exhibition space of this city photo archive. Photos on show are generally related to the
city, as the photo collection is principally devoted to that theme, from the late 19th century
until the late 20th century.
MUSEU DEL REI DE LA MAGIA
Museum
( 93 319 73 93; www.elreydelamagia.com ; Carrer de l'Oli 6; with/without show €12/5; 6-8pm Thu,
with show 6pm Sat & noon Sun; Jaume I) This museum is a timeless curio. It is the scene
of magic shows, home (upstairs) to collections of material that hark back to the 19th-cen-
tury origins of the shop (everything from old posters and books for learning tricks to ma-
gic wands and trick cards) and the place for budding magicians of all ages to enrol in
courses. Seeing is believing.
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