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If you are a shoe fetish, you should visit the Museu del Calcat (shoe museum) on Placa San Felip Neri in the heart of the Gothic Quarter nearby the Cathedral, Barcelona. The museum shows the historical development of shoe manufacturing, and also displays shoes of famous people like Columbus. The shoe museum is placed in a beautiful renaissance building which used to be the Shoemaker’s guild in the Middle ages.

Placa de San Felip Neri is one of the most peaceful, shady and neat squares in the old city center which once was a medieval cemetery. The Neri hotel has a stylish cafe outside on the square which invites you to have a refreshment and chill for a while. If you wonder why an ancient square smells like strawberries and vanilla, you can just have a look at the gorgeous soap factory “Sabater Hermanos” on the square. The family business sells soaps in 40 different fragrances. A bar of chocolate soap costs about three euro. Right opposite the soap factory is the historic Felip Neri Church which reveals scars from the Spanish Civil War on its Baroque walls caused by bomb explosions and executions. On that tiny square, there is so many fascinating things to discover, however in the end it is a place to relax right in the middle of one of the most buzzing neighborhoods of Barcelona.