Best Beaches In and Around Barcelona

Above: View of Platja de Sant Sebastià from the terrace of Blue Spot.

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Above: Sant Sebastià beach on a quiet November morning.

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Barceloneta beach, above, features the installation L’Estel Ferit (The Wounded Shooting Star) By Rebecca Horn, commissioned for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Tossa de Mar is a little over an hour drive north of Barcelona. In the 12th century the medieval town was walled off and a castle was built on the highest point of Mt. Guardí.

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Sant Pol de Mar