Barcelona Port Vell

Museu Marítim. The Drassanes Reiales de Barcelona (Royal Shipyards of Barcelona) consists of a series of huge indoor bays in which entire ships could be constructed and stored over the winter. The Maritime Museum traces the evolution of shipbuilding and life on the high seas. The centerpiece is a life-size replica of a 16th-century galley, displaying holographic oarsmen rowing with all their might. Recommended mainly for the nautically inclined. (Av. Drassanes, off the rotary around the Monument a Colom. Drassanes. ☎933 42 99 20; www.diba.es/mmaritim. Open daily 10am-7:30pm. Free audio guide and entrance to museum. €6.50; ages 11-16, students, and seniors €5.20; ages 6-10 €3.25. Museum and Golondrinas port tour €9.60/7.40/5.30. Free Su after 3pm.)

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