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day, Saturday and Sunday of the month, while the characteristic cafés of narrow
Carrer de
Petritxol
(off Plaça del Pi) are the places to head to for a cup of hot chocolate -
Dulcinea
at
no.2isthetraditionalchoice-andabrowsearoundthestreet'scommercialartgalleries.The
most famous is at c/de Petritxol 5, where the
Sala Pares
was already well established when
Picasso and Miró were young.
Plaça Sant Felip Neri
Liceu
In the narrow streets close to the cathedral, behind the Palau Episcopal, you'll stumble upon
Plaça Sant Felip Neri
, scarred by a bomb dropped during the Civil War and now used as a
playground by the children at the square's school. Antoni Gaudí walked here every evening
after work at the Sagrada Família to hear Mass at the eighteenth-century
Església de Sant
FelipNeri
. Many of the other buildings that now hedge in the small square come from other
parts in the city and have been reassembled here over the last fifty years. It's a charming spot
and in summer you can eat outside at the restaurant of the boutique
Neri Hotel
,
which sets
out candlelit tables in the square.
Museu del Calçat
Pl. Sant Felip Neri 5 • Tues-Sun & hols 11am-2pm • €2.50 • 933 014 533 • Liceu
One of the buildings flanking Plaça Sant Felip Neri - the former headquarters of the city's
shoemakers' guild (founded in 1202) - now houses a quirky one-room footwear museum.
The
MuseudelCalçat
contains original footwear dating back to the 1600s, as well as oddit-
ies like the world's biggest shoe, made for the city's Columbus statue at the bottom of the
Ramblas.
Museu Moto
C/de la Palla 10 • Mon 4.30-8.30pm, Tues-Sat 10am-2pm & 4.30-8.30pm • €6 • 933 186 584,
museu-
moto.com
• Liceu
Barcelonahasoneofthehighestnumbersofmotorbikespercapitaintheworld,soitisfitting
that it is now home to the
Museu Moto
. The museum's permanent collection features forty
motorcyclesmadebysomeofthe150manufacturersthathaveoperatedintheregion,includ-
ing a 1904 Villabí (the first motorbike made in Catalunya) and a Bultaco Sherpa T that was a
gift to King Juan Carlos I of Spain. The bikes are beautiful and their accompanying descrip-
tions (translated into English) are informative but not tiringly technical.
