MUSEU
DE CERÀMICA AND MUSEU DE LES ARTS DECORATIVES
Palau Reial de Pedralbes
Av. de la Diagonal 686
Tel. 93 280 50 24
Metro L3 (Palau Reial)
Bus 7, 33, 67, 68, 74, 75
Trambaix
Both museums are in the Royal Palace
of Pedralbes, an estate that Eusebi Güell gave up to accommodate
the Spanish monarchs in 1926. The ceramics Museum has a collection
of Spanish decorated ceramics, dating from the early Hispano-Arab
productions through to today, while the Museum of Decorative
Arts provides a tour of the history of the art of the object,
mainly domestic, from medieval times until contemporary industrial
design.
The building is reached by through the gardens, along earth pathways.
We recommend wheelchair users take the widest paths, which have
gradients of 8-10% (the opposite of what the signposting states),
since some of the routes end in stairs due to the slope of the
land. It is a very fresh spot, cut off from the city, where you
can relax to the sound of birdsong. A guided visit can be made
via mobile phone calling 3998 if the operator is Movistar, or
629 003 998 if it is another operator.
Access to the building is via side ramps with an 8% gradient.
It is worth looking at the ceilings, murals, the main stairway
as the Throne Room. The different floors of the building are
connected by a spacious period lift, made of wood with velvet
trimmings. All the rooms in the museum are on level ground, with
the exception of rooms 9, 10 and 11, which are at half-height
and can only be entered by stairs.
On the ground floor there is a correctly adapted toilet.
MUSEU MONESTIR DE PEDRALBES
Baixada del Monestir 9
Tel. 93 203 92 82
FGC L6 (Reina Elisenda)
Bus 22, 63, 64, 78
This monastery of nuns of the Order of Saint Clare, one of
the finest examples of Catalan Gothic, was founded in 1327. The
series of buildings is made up of the church and the monastery,
arranged around the splendid cloister of three floors, which
leads to the main chambers. It houses numerous works of art,
liturgical objects and furnishing that the community has gathered
over the centuries it has remained in the monastery.
The street is irregularly paved with cobbles. The entrance is
via a ramp at the side of the façade, with a 14% gradient.
The building has a spacious lift, and plans are under way to
install another, part of the future enlargement project. Access
to the cloister is via a 10% gradient ramp. To reach some of
the monastery cells there is a small projection, overcome via
wedge ramps.
There is an accessible toilet booth, reached via a ramp.
The most visited museum in Catalonia, it recalls
the history of this hundred-year-old club and shows its fantastic
array of honours gained. There is also an area that deals with
the club today and an audiovisual space. The visit also includes
a look at the first-tem changing rooms.
Access to the museum is via stairs, interior lifts in the stadium
or a very long, external but covered ramp. Inside the museum
there are ramps of several sections and soft gradients, which
link up the two levels. To get to the central area there are
steep steps which can be overcome via provisional ramps. The
toilet facilities have adapted booths, one for each sex. There
is no visual or sound signposting.
