Sitting pretty along the shores of the Mediterranean as an old Spanish song proclaims (Que bonita es Barcelona, tierra del Mediterraneo), Barcelona, the capital of the Catalonia region of Spain, is… ...

Cruise port location One of the biggest in the world, with nine terminals, Barcelona cruise port is south of the centre, just over a mile from the bottom of La Rambla, the city’s legendary avenue.

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Port of Barcelona President Lluís Salvadó, said the terminal's closure will help "eliminate the negative externalities" of cruise tourism, as outlined in a 2018 agreement with the city council.

Barcelona is Europe’s biggest cruise port. Over 2.3 million passengers passed through in 2022 – a nearly 350% increase on 2021 figures, according to port data.