Wednesday 1 October 2014

Spain, Maritime Barcelona

The Royal Dockyards in BarcelonaA fullsize boat in the Maritime museum of Barcelona

Today is the final day of our vacation in Spain. And tomorrow we are flying back to Russian Federation. My last and best impressions about the city are connected with the Maritime museum, which we have visited today. In the enormous halls of the former shipyard, which is located at the southern edge of the Old Town and at the end of the Rambla street, you can observe numerous vessels of different kinds and sizes. They say that this Royal Dockyards is the largest, most complete old shipyard conserved in the world.

The centerpiece of the museum is a gorgeous fullsize replica of a galley from the 16th Century. This 60-meter-long royal galley Admirals of the Juan de Austria was involved in the Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571, and at that time the Turkish Armada was defeated. As a matter of fact, on the galley rowed 236 people in 59 rowing boat.

The sailors in the hold of the galley

The stern of the galley

Several other boats of different categories, from simple wooden fishing boat to racing boats are presented here.

A sailing vesselAnother sailing vessel

A traditional boatA motor boat
Maritime Museum of Barcelona


Monumento a Cristoforo Colombo is located at the lower end of La Rambla
The 60m Christopher Columbus monument with the viewpoint on the top was constructed in 1888


City sketchesCity sketches

City sketchesCity sketches
Walking around majestic Barcelona


We also have had a trip to Montjuic hill by cableway today. The height of the hill is 184,8 m. Honestly, I was a little bit disappointed by the views from that point, because I expected to see something breathtaking. I think, it would be better go to Park Guell. Anyways, the weather is fine, and I am happy about having spent such great time in Barcelona.


To the upper floorReady to set off

On the wayThe view from the rope-car
The ropeway


The ink imprints of the fish

A skate fish

An impressive exhibition of the fishprints

There are so many kinds of fish...

An amusing kind of art