Nearest beach to Barcelona Cruise Port

[sofsolnanny]

Hi all,

          we disembark our ship at Barcelona on 7th July and do not have to check in at the airport until 8pm that night

We would like to spend a couple of hours at the beach--but not sure how to get there from port. Has anyone done this..

Thanks in advance.

[helpthejuggler]

https://www.barcelonaturisme.com/wv3/en/page/1272/barceloneta-beach.html

 

Take a taxi it is not very far

[sofsolnanny]

Thank you .

[evandbob]

The beach area closest to the port and Hotel W was man made, per one of our tour guides.  He suggested we go further down the strip in the other direction for "natural sand".

[sofsolnanny]

Hi Evandbob,

 

                         searching for nearest beach to the port- google gives me Barceloneta. Not fussed on the look of this beach at all. It looks very crowded and no sections of loungers and parasols like they have in at other beaches in Spain and Italy. I will research a bit further down the coast I think.

Thanks for the reply.

[hkto]

Barcelonetta is metro station and neighborhood name. Beach is the same, starting (or ending) at W hotel and stretching to Casino Barcelona. Officially has two names: Barcelonetta and San Sebastian but it's the same stretch. IMHO it's not great, way better beach short train ride away: in either direction from Barcelona. 30 min will get one to Sitges.

[evandbob]

On 5/26/2019 at 5:23 PM, sofsolnanny said:

Hi Evandbob,

 

                         searching for nearest beach to the port- google gives me Barceloneta. Not fussed on the look of this beach at all. It looks very crowded and no sections of loungers and parasols like they have in at other beaches in Spain and Italy. I will research a bit further down the coast I think.

Thanks for the reply.

Yes, crowded, and perhaps not welcoming to tourists as well.  Barcelona suffers from overtourism just like Venice and Borcay, and some locals are not ashamed to show their feelings about what they perceive as too many foreigners in their city.

 

You will probably benefit from moving down the sand I bit, wise decision.