Barcelona has to be the city in Europe with the most beautiful beaches – most of Barcelona’s existing beaches were expanded or new ones were created during the renovation of the cityscape for the 1992 Olympics.
All of Barcelona’s beaches, whether the popular beaches by the old fishermen’s quarter Barceloneta, e.g. Barceloneta beach, or those by the new district Diagonal Mar, are very clean and offer you the possibility to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city and to get a taste of a holiday environment.
Those who are looking for nudist beaches in Barcelona, have two at their fingertips in the city itself: the beach Playa Mar Bella, meeting point of the gay community, and the nudist beach Sant Sebastia in Barceloneta. The beaches in Barcelona can all be conveniently accessed by Metro or other public transport and offer a wide range of beach bars or ‘chiringuitos’, where you can sip mojitos, caipirinhas and other cocktails until well after sunset.

Beaches from north to south: