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The temporary exhibitions are often as interesting as the permanent display. Outside the
museum, you'll find a string of elegant open-air restaurants serving up classic seafood
dishes.
CABLE CAR
TRANSBORDADOR AERI
11am-7pm; 17, 39 or 64, Barceloneta)
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 Sebastià (in La Barceloneta) and Miramar
(Montjuïc), with a midway stop at the Torre de Jaume I in front of the World Trade Center.
At the top of the Torre de Sant Sebastià is a restaurant,
Torre d'Alta Mar
.
SHIP
PAILEBOT DE SANTA EULÀLIA
10am-8.30pm Tue-Fri & Sun,
2-8.30pm Sat; Drassanes)
This 1918 three-mast schooner, restored by the Museu Marítim, is moored along the palm-
lined promenade Moll de la Fusta. You can see it perfectly well without going aboard, and
there's not an awful lot to behold below decks. Admission is free with a paid Museu Marí-
tim ticket. At 10am on Saturdays it sets sail for a three-hour cruise along the coast (adult/
child €12/6). Reserve a spot by emailing reserves.mmaritim@diba.cat.
CHURCH
ESGLÉSIA DE SANT MIQUEL DEL PORT
93 221 65 50; Plaça de la Barceloneta;
7am-1.30pm Mon-Fri,
8am-1.30pm Sat; Barceloneta)
Finished in 1755, this sober baroque church was the first building completed in La Bar-
celoneta. Built low so that the cannon in the then Ciutadella fort could fire over it if neces-
sary, it bears images of St Michael (Miquel) and two other saints considered protectors of
the Catalan fishing fleet: Sant Elm and Santa Maria de Cervelló.
Ferdinand Lesseps, the French engineer who designed the Suez Canal, did a stint as
France's consul-general in Barcelona and lived in the house to the right of the church.
MUSEUM
FÀBRICA DEL SOL
93 256 44 30; Passeig de Salvat Papasseit 1;
10am-2pm & 4.30-8pm
Tue-Fri, 10am-2pm & 4-7pm Sat; Barceloneta)
A relic from the industrial era, this striking Modernista building with its red brick and yel-
low details today houses an environmental education centre, with exhibitions on sustainable
