Barcelona Beaches - Poblenou from Port Olímpic to Forum

About Barcelona Beaches - Poblenou from Port Olímpic to Forum

Poblenou, besos and Forum is the main residents Beach area in Barcelona. Around the village within the city of Barcelona called Poblenou was and industrial district of factories for manufacturing.

This area of Barcelona underwent a radical redevelopment for the Barcelona 1992 Summer Olympics to provide an athlete's village. Old factories and warehouses have been redeveloped into new office buildings, lofts and art galleries.

The beaches from Port Olímpic to are predominantly used by the residents of Barcelona and in my opinion are better than the beaches in Barceloneta.

Running along the top of the beach is a broad boulevard called Passeig Marítim de Bogatell that has some nice seafood restaurants as well as limited pay parking in the blue zone bays (you have to add money to the metre every two hours and leave the ticket in the windscreen of your car).

The Poblenou Seafront and promenade is divided into several beaches:

• Platja de la Nova Icària: Is the beach next to Port Olímpic, Torre mapfre & Hotel Arts. This beach is best known for it's many beach volleyball courts.
• Platja del Bogatell: is a family friendly beach that is great for visiting with young children. It is less crouded than the Barceloneta beaches and has reasonably priced chiringuitos (beach bars) and beach umbrellas. I recommend Xiringuito Escribà for a typically Spanish sunset dinner or lunch of paella.
• Platja de Mar Bella: contains a small section for nudists. The main section of the beach is gay-friendly. The beach is more sheltered than other Barcelona beaches so on windy days it is popular with wind surfers.
• Platja de la la Nova Mar Bella: is a very quite beach and a good place to read a book. This beach does not suffer from excessive beach sellers.
• Platja de Llevant: Is the last of Barcelona city's beaches and is next to Forum space. This beach also has a fenced Zone where you can take your dog to the beach in summer (Dogs are banned on Barcelona beaches throughout the summer).

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