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Barcelona Port Ferry Overview
The Port of Barcelona has a 2000-year history and a great contemporary commercial importance. As well as offering a number of ferry services, The Port of Barcelona is Europe's ninth largest container port and attracts many cruise vessels every year. The port is managed by the Port Authority of Barcelona. The port is 3 square miles and is are divided into three zones, Port Vell (the Old Port), the commercial port and the logistics port (Barcelona Free Port).
Routes are on offer from Barcelona Ferry Port to Mahon, Ciutadella, Ibiza, Palma, San Antonio, Tangier in Morocco, Civitavecchia and Genoa in Italy. Ferry companies operating from the port include Balearia, Grandi Navi Veloci, Grimaldi Lines, Iscomar and Trasmediterranea.
The Port Vell, located next to Barcelona Ferry Port, was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. It is is now a focal point of the city and tourist attraction, containing the Maremàgnum (a mall containing shops, a multiplex cinema, bars and restaurants), an IMAX cinema and Europe's largest aquarium containing 8000 Fish and 11 sharks. |
Book from a choice of 17 ferry services operating from Barcelona |
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| Barcelona Port Directions |
By Car - Due to it's size and location, Barcelona is easily found from anywhere in Spain. Once you enter Barcelona the port is well signposted. Embarkations operations take place at the San Beltran pier for Genoa; at the Paseao de Colon for Buquebus.
By Train - Trains run through Barcelona to locations all over Spain. The nearest metro stop is in Drassanes (green line L3) which connects to national service stations. |
| Barcelona Ferry Operator Addresses |
Iscomar Ferries, Terminal D,
Moll Adossat, s/n, 08039, Barcelona, Spain
Grimaldi Lines, Terminal D,
Moll Adossat, s/n, 08039, Barcelona, Spain
Grandi Navi Veloci, Terminal D,
Moll Adossat, s/n, 08039, Barcelona, Spain
Balearia, Estación Marítima Drassanes,
s/n, 08039, Barcelona, Spain
Trasmediterranea, Est. Marítima,
Muelle de San Beltrán, C.P. 08039, Barcelona, Spain |
| Barcelona Ferry Port Services |
Barcelona Ferry Port offers comfortable modern facilities in each of the ferry terminals located at the port. All terminals offer air conditioned waiting areas with toilets and washroom facilities. The large terminals such as the Trasmediterranea terminal offer other services such as it's own restaurant and bar.
The Port Vell is located next to the port offering a huge range of shops, bars, restaurants and Cafe's as well as an IMAX cinema and Europe's largest aquarium. |
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Barcelona Information
Barcelona is the most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain. Barcelona is a major economic centre with one of Europe's principal Mediterranean ports, and Barcelona International Airport is the second largest in Spain after Madrid-Barajas Airport.
Barcelona is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination and has a rich cultural heritage. Particularly renowned are architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner that have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The city is well known in recent times for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean are located in Barcelona.
Barcelona has a Mediterranean climate, with sub-mediterranean influence, which makes of it not to be the "classical mediterranean climate" with mild, humid winters and warm, dry summers. Barcelona is located in the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, so, the usual west winds, especially in winters, which cause the wet climate in many places of Western Europe, arrive in Barcelona with low humidity, producing no rain.
FC Barcelona is a sports club best known for its football team, one of the biggest in Europe, twice winner of the UEFA Champions League.
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