Barcelona Beaches - Barceloneta from hotel W to Port Olímpic

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Barceloneta is the main tourist Beach area in Barcelona. Barceloneta is a former fishing village that today has a lot of tourist rental flats and over priced apartments because of it's proximity to the beach. This makes it the Barceloneta Beaches some of the most crowded in Barcelona during the summer.

However, the the downsides of Barceloneta beaches are compensated by an abundance of entertainment and seafood options. The most popular places to eat fresh seafood and cocktails are the chiringuitos (Bars on the Beach in a hut). For entertainment you can try water sports such as windsurfing and kitesurfing in Sant Sebastian Beach.

The Barceloneta Seafront and promenade is divided into several beaches:

Playa de Sant Sebastian: Is the beach next to the Hotel W, a high-end hotel that hosts terrace and pool parties. A Nudist (clothing optional) beach
Playa de Sant Miquel: Runs from Passeig de Joan de Borba to the breakwater and has the rusty stack of cubes sculpture on the beach called La Estrella Herida
Playa de Barceloneta: Runs from the first breakwater to the larger second breakwater infront of Barceloneta park. The breakwater has open air free to use gym equipment on it
Playa de Somorrostro: From the second breakwater (Espigó del Gas, Barcelona) to Port Olympic (Port Olímpic, Barcelona) and has the famous beah front nightclubs of Carpe Diem, Opium and IceBarcelona.

Before the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics what is today the beach and littoral area of Barcelona was railway sidings and wasteland occupied by squatter settlements in former industrial ruins. The seafront of Barcelona was extensively redeveloped for the 1992 Olympics. The beach is artificially supplemented with dredged sand.

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Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta is a broad boulevard that is popular with skaters and runs along the beach front from Barceloneta to Port Forum.

I have devided the beach areas of barcelona into two sections, those in the barceloneta fishing village and Poblenou Beaches north of Port Port Olímpic being more favoured by residents of Barcelona.

Note: Since 2021 it is not allowed to smoke on the beach or in the sea of any of Barcelona city beaches.

WARNING: All of the beaches in Barcelona suffer from pickpockets and bag thieves. So do not for one minute leave your belongings out of site nor fall asleep or you will wake up with no bag or wallet. Bag thieves operate with impunity on these beaches and will run off with your bag. If you want to go to a beach where this is not an issue I recommend Castelldefels Platja which is only 20 minutes on the train from the centre of Barcelona.

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There are multiple bicycle anchorage points along the beach front in Barceloneta although I this part of town is famous for pickpockets and a bicycle theft so even if it is chained up, it may get stolen. In Summer when the beaches get busy you may not be permitted to take a bicycle onto the sand.

Remember that beachwear is not permitted to walk around the streets of Barcelona. so if you stray to far from the beach you in a bikini or without a t-shirt you may get fined.

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Address: Passeig Maritim de la Barceloneta s/n, Barcelona, 08003

Nearest TMB Metro is Barceloneta or Ciutadella Vila Olímpica on the Yellow (L4) line. Use a T-Casual or Hola-Barcelona travel card.

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