barcelona & the sea
The City Coastline
This tour is about Barcelona's connection to the sea. We explain the evolution of Barcelona’s coastline, exploring the impact of major events like the Olympics 1992 and the Forum Barcelona 2004 on architecture, urban development and landscape design. In view of the America’s Cup 2024 in Barcelona, we show the newest projects of the City Council that will transform a large part of the seafront again. The context of the historical development of the city is explored just as the climatic challenges that the coastal line will face in the future.
Tour specifics
This tour includes:
Port Vell + Moll de la Barceloneta
Jordi Henrich, Olga Tarrasó, Rafael de Cárcares
Hotel W Barcelona + Platja Sant Sebastia
Ricardo Bofill
Paseo Marítimo de la Barceloneta
Jordi Henrich, Olga Tarrasó, Rafael de Cácares
Villa Olimpica + Port Olímpico + its new transformation
Oriol Bohigas, Joesp Martorell, David Mackay + Albert Puigdomènech
+ Forúm by bici
Port Forùm
David Baena, Toni Casamor
Zona de Bany
Beth Galí, Jaume Benavent
Pèrgola Fotovoltaica
Jose A. Martínez Lapeña, Elías Torres
Duration: 2,5h or 3,5h
Walking tour or bike tour
Languages: English, German, Swiss-German, Spanish, Catalan
Price: Depending on group size, from 250€ plus VAT
Bike hire: approx. 10€ per person
“Competent and lively, always with an open ear for our questions, the guide Sandy enthused us about Barcelona's architecture. We would have liked to listen to her for longer."
– Heidi Lerch and Marianne Streicher, Zürich, Switzerland
