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MUSEU D'HISTÒRIA DE CATALUNYA
Museum
(Museum of Catalonian History; ; 93 225 47 00;
www.mhcat.net
; Plaça de Pau Vila 3; adult/child per-
manent exhibition only €4/3, permanent & temporary exhibitions €5/4, 1st Sun of month free ;
10am-7pm Tue & Thu-Sat, to 8pm Wed, to 2.30pm Sun; Barceloneta)
The Palau de Mar ( ) build-
ing facing the harbour once served as warehouses, but was transformed in the 1990s. In-
side is the Museu d'Història De Catalunya, something of a local patriotic statement, but
interesting nonetheless.
The permanent display covers the 2nd and 3rd floors, taking you from the Stone Age
through to the early 1980s. It is a busy hotchpotch of dioramas, artefacts, videos, models,
documents and interactive bits: all up, an entertaining exploration of 2000 years of
Catalan history. See how the Romans lived, listen to Arab poetry from the time of the
Muslim occupation of the city, peer into the dwelling of a Dark Ages family in the Pyren-
ees, try to mount a knight's horse or lift a suit of armour.
When you have had enough of all this, descend into a civil-war air-raid shelter, watch a
video in Catalan on post-Franco Catalonia or head upstairs to the first-rate rooftop restaur-
ant and cafe, 1881.
Outside the museum, you'll find a string of elegant open-air restaurants serving up clas-
sic seafood dishes.
PAILEBOT DE SANTA EULÀLIA
Ship
( Moll de la Fusta; adult/child incl Museu Marítim €4/free; noon-7.30pm Tue-Fri, 10am-7pm Sat & Sun;
Drassanes)
Along the palm-lined promenade Moll de la Fusta is moored a 1918 three-
mast schooner restored by the Museu Marítim. You can see it perfectly well without going
aboard, and there's not an awful lot to behold below decks. On occasion it sets sail for
demonstration trips up and down the coast.
TRANSBORDADOR AERI
Cable Car
(
www.telefericodebarcelona.com
;
Passeig Escullera; 1 way/return €10/15; 11am-7pm, closed Jan-mid-
Feb; Barceloneta, 17, 39 or 64)
This cable car strung across the harbour to Montjuïc
provides an eagle-eye view of the city. The cabins float between the Torre de Sant Se-
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