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Barceloneta
cars offer sweeping
bird's-eye views of
Barcelona and its
coast, while the
old-fashioned Les
Golondrines boats
and the Orsom Cat-
amaran sweep you
around the port
area.
d
Telefèric, from
Torre Jaume I & Torre
San Sebastià
•
Map D6
& E6
•
Adm
d
Les
Golondrines, Portal
de la Pau
•
Map E5
•
roughly 30 mins from
11:30am
•
93 442 31 06
•
Adm
d
Orsom Catama-
ran, Portal de la Pau •
Map E5
•
Call 93
441 05 37 for times
•
Adm
•
DA
A portside
warren of narrow
streets, small
squares and ancient
bars, this traditional
neighbourhood of
pescadors
(fisher-
men) and
mariners
(sailors) seems
worlds apart from
the megamalls and
disco lights of
nearby Port Olímpic.
A refreshing foray
through this tight-
knit community
yields a glimpse into
the way Barcelona was 150
years ago. Older couples still
pull chairs out onto the street to
gossip and watch the world go
by, and small seafood restaur-
ants serve a
menú del dia
of
whatever's fresh off the boat.
Running the length of Barce-
loneta's western edge is Passeig
Joan de Borbó, which is lined
with restaurants serving
mariscs
(shellfish) and paellas.
d
Map F5
Yachts & skyscrapers,
Port Olímpic
&
Pailebot Santa Eulàlia
Bobbing in the water at the
Moll de la Fusta (Timber Quay)
is this renovated, three-mast
schooner, originally christened
Carmen Flores
. It first set sail
from Spain in 1918. On journeys
to Cuba, the ship used to
transport textiles and salt, and
return with tobacco, coffee,
cereals and wood. In 1997, the
Museu Marítim
(see p81)
bought
and restored the ship as part of
an ongoing project to create a
collection of seaworthy historical
Catalan vessels.
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Moll de la Fusta
•
Map L6
•
Open
noon-7pm Mon-Fri (to 7:30pm Sat &
Sun)
•
Adm
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Submarine Ictíneo II
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Boat & Cable Car Trips
See Barcelona's port activity
from a different perspective,
either from the air or the sea.
The
Transbordador Aeri
cable
In 1859, Catalan Narcís
Monturiol invented one of the
world's first submarines, a rep-
lica of which stands on the Moll
d'Espanya. Hard to believe, but in
an earlier version of this wooden,
fish-shaped submarine, powered
by two internal steam engines,
Monturiol made a number of
successful underwater journeys.
Street scene, Barceloneta
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For more on boat and cable cars trips
See p133
