The city of Barcelona is famous with its golden sand beaches and it would be interesting to mention that there are more than four kilometers of beaches just ten minutes away from the city center and your Barcelona apartment, not to mention the four main beach areas. There are two beaches south of the Port Olimpic and these are San Sebastian and Barceloneta and there are four beaches to the north – Nova Icaria, Bogatell, Mar Bella and Nova Mar Bella. All Barcelona beaches are providing good facilities like showers and life guards, access for disabled people and tables for ping pongs. 
This photo of Marbella
The beaches in Barcelona that are closest to the city center will be enumerated here for the tourists’ convenience. These include the Barceloneta Beach, which could be reached by the yellow line of the metro and there is even a stop named Barceloneta. If you are in the city center, you can just walk for twenty minutes from the end of La Rambla area, pass the Columbus Monument and Port Vell de Barcelona. Since this is the most central beach zone in Barcelona and considered to be the best urban beach on the globe, it is almost always full of people and quite crowded during the summer months. Besides sun bathing and swimming, one can do many other things as well like windsurfing and kite surfing. There are many beach bars there as well, restaurants, cafeterias, etc.
This photo of Sitges
The second most popular beach in Barcelona is Icaria Beach, which could also be reached with the yellow line of the metro and the stop is Ciutadella Vila Olimpica. This beach zone is quite big as well, and comes with fine sand. The third beach that deserves to be mentioned is Marbella Beach, which some consider to be a nudist beach even if it is not officially so. Marbella beach could be reached with the yellow line of the metro and the stop is Pobenou. Actually, the walk from the metro station to the beach will take you twenty minutes and you will need a map since there are no signs. The fourth beach to be mentioned here is Sitges Beach, which is placed outside the city of Barcelona and one will need to catch a train. The train leaves from Sants station and the journey lasts for thirty minutes.
The Bogatell Beach could be reached with the yellow line of the metro as well and it comes with a stretch of pavement, where people can go skating, jogging or riding a bike. The Nova Mar Bella Beach is placed in the northern end of the marina, near a recently developed area. It is close to metro stations Selva del Mar and Besos Mar, again on the yellow line of the metro. Another great option is the Lloret de Mar region, which is approximately one hour away from Barcelona using a bus. There are many nice beaches there as well. All these enumerated beaches are clean and are perfectly maintained, while the water is clear and ideal for swimming and fun.
The author of this post is Estela Ruiz who writes about apartment in Madrid and apartment in Rome.
