This was a very well-organized port. Make sure to have a mask to board the cruise bus to the World Trade Center. Tickets are 4.50 Euros round-trip, cash only. From there, it is an easy walk to the foot of Las Ramblas and subway. We took the subway to Camp Neu, which was a hit with our 12 year old. Be prepared to fork out 100 Euros for a Barca shirt, though :) ...
Did not spend time in Barcelona other than flying in and taking a taxi to the cruise ship and then taking a taxi to the train to visit Paris after the cruise. Barcelona is ok - I give it a 3 having spent time there previously e.g. good food, a few sights like La Grade Famillia church and Las rambles area worth visiting / Barcelona Beach / good paella restaurants. ...
The only drawback of Barcelona is the high level of street crime with pick packing and mugging for watches, phones, phones and valuables rife despite the tourist areas being flooded with police and security particularly at night. It does create a feeling of it being a safe place to be ...
We did a 2 day Pre-Cruise and a 2 day Post-Cruise in Barcelona to see all the amazing sights, culture and cuisine ... Love the city and all the sights we took in! ...
Barcelona, Spain - debarked the cruise ship here and stayed a couple of days. Debarkation was just as easy as embarkation. Transfer from the ship to the hotel was pretty smooth except for some reason the people on land got us on the wrong bus to the hotel but figured it out before we left and everyone had to switch buses - would have been easier if they just switched the name cards on the dash of ...
Some really cool historic sites, Sagrada Familia was amazing, the coolest church I have ever seen. We also visited Montserrat monastery which was also amazing and worth the drive. My issue was with the city itself, it is very tired and dirty with the constant smell off urine, which is not surprising considering the lack of public toilets. Same thing down at Barceloneta beach, no change rooms, ...