Barcelona is one of the best cities in Spain to enjoy a boat trip. In Barcelona, you will find more than 200 offers including private boat trips, group boat trips, boat rentals, guided boat trips or speedboat trips.

In almost every coastal spot of Barcelona, you will be able to enjoy a boat trip. We will show all the available offers, to make the selection easy for you.

We leave you here a short video so that you can see different types of boat trips along the Barcelona coast.

If you are on holiday in Barcelona and you are seeking leisure and tourism activities, we propose boat trips for groups. We are talking about group boat trips that, on most occasions, are scheduled several times a day. In general, boat trips are organized between spring and autumn:

- Catamaran trips: Departing from the city’s famous Olympic harbour, they are organized catamaran trips with a duration from 25 to 90 minutes. These full-sized boats have a capacity of up 100 people. These types of boat trips usually sail across Port Vell and give you a full view of the Barcelona Skyline. In longer catamaran trips, they usually sail off to the neighbouring city of Badalona. You will also find 2 or 3-hour catamaran trips including a paella lunch. For those who seek to have a good time aboard or celebrate a birthday or a stag/hen party, there are 3-hour catamaran trips that include music, drinks, barbecue and water activities. Make a reservation here.

If you are staying in Barcelona between January and March, we recommend that you go to Palamós (Girona), which is a little more than one hour away from Barcelona, to enjoy the typical Gaironada, a gastronomic experience that includes a sea urchin tasting on board. There are special children offers. Besides, these boat trips are carried out in traditional Latin sails sailboats, which will make this experience even more special to you.

Where will you find sailboats trips in Barcelona?

Departing from Puerto Olimpico, Port Forum, Badalona o or Vilanova I la Geltrú, you will have the possibility of doing 2 or 3-hour sailboats trips. And if you are departing from Vilanova, you will be even allowed to take the helm.

During the off-season, you will find very affordable options. Sailboards sunset trips are one of the most demanded tours. These sailboards usually have a capacity of 7-12 people, apart from the skipper. You will also be able to enjoy themed sailboat trips: birthday parties, Carnival, sunsets, stag and hen do parties... Pure enjoyment on the Barcelona sea.

You will be able to sail in an ecologically-friendly boat and combine it with a bike tour and cable car travel. Another possibility is to combine a guided tour and a boat trip departing from Barcelona to Lloret de Mar or Tossa de Mar.

And if you seek an extra adrenaline rush, you must try the monster boat, a 450 hp motorboat that will make you vibrate with its twists, skids and stops at full speed. Monster boat trips usually last for 20 minutes.

If you are seeking a private boat trip to share the experience with your family, partner or friends, or to celebrate a birthday party, anniversary, stag/hen party or teambuilding, you will find a lot of possibilities available all year long in Barcelona.

- The sailboat is the star vessel to carry out this type of private boat trips. You will be able to choose private boat trips from 2 to 8 hours, and sometimes, if they are scheduled during autumn and winter, the prices will be cheaper. Departures can be set on Barcelona, El Garraf, Vilanova, Sitges, Calella, Castelldefels or Badalona. Make a reservation here.

There are available 3, 4 and 8-hour private boat trips for birthday and bachelor and bachelorette parties that also include food. You also are permitted to bring your own music, additional food and drinks, decor, etc. Feel free to organise a themed party.

For big groups, there is the possibility of 4-hour sailboats trips for 30 or 65 people. This is a highly recommended activity for teambuilding. Schooner trips are another alternative for up to 30 people groups.

Departing from the Olympic Harbour, you will also find chill out sunset boat trips in the evening. A 2-hour sailboat trip with a capacity of up to 9 people.

For wine lovers, you will also find a package that combines a 3-hour sailboat trip and a visit and tasting in the Alella’s Marfil winery, one of the most famous of the province. Wine tasting will be accompanied by a delicious food pairing.

If you seek to surprise your partner and giving him or her away a unique anniversary or are thinking about finally propose to them, these sailboat trips are just perfect for it. Departing from Barcelona’s Olympic Harbour and from Vilanova, you will be able to embark on a 2-hour sunset boat trip, where tasting with cava and celebrating your love. There are also available boat trips including dinner or even overnight aboard. For those who prefer dawn rather than sunset, they will be able to enjoy a dawn boat trip including a delicious gourmet breakfast at the end of the trip. And if you want to book the full package, which includes a sunset boat trip, dinner, overnight and breakfast, you will find a luxury sailboat in Barcelona where you can also enjoy this incredible experience.

Departing from Barcelona, you will be able to do a weekend boat trip or even a whole week boat trip traveling along the Costa Brava or the Balearic Islands.

If you prefer catamaran trips, you are offered group catamaran trips up to 100 people, romantic catamaran trips and even catamaran regattas for teambuilding experiences.

- Yachts. In Castelldefels you will find catamaran trips of up to 5 people, including food and a photo report. For groups of up to 10 people, there are luxury boat trips for 4, 6 or 8 hours. And for those who want to enjoy an extra touch of special, there is available a 4-hour boat trip that includes massage and food, so that you can relax offshore.

Yachts that also include skipper services are also available for rental in Barcelona. In El Masnou, you will be able to enjoy a 3 hour-and-a-half boat trip, which is especially designed for birthday parties. Here you will also be enabled to book a luxury yacht trip and romantic dinner package. Groups up to 9 people will be able to sail in a yacht for 4 hours departing from Barcelona. Make a reservation here.

And if you are looking for options to rent a boat to sail on your own, you will have to choose one according to the type of license you have or consider if you will any type of license at all.

In Calella, Vilanova and Barcelona you will be able to rent speedboats up to 4 or 5 people, for which it is not necessary a certification, during 2, 4 or 8 hours. In Calella, you will be able to rent a 5-meters-in-length Hobie Cat to sail on your own together with 4 people. Make a reservation here.

For those who have the Spanish PNB (Basic Navigation Skipper) or the PER [Recreational Vessel’s Skipper], you will be able to rent a sailboat for up to 10 people in Castelldefels, Barcelona or Sitges. In Castelldefels, you will also be enabled to rent a Dufor 410 sailboat with a capacity of up to 12 people. Rentals are usually scheduled for the whole day.

-If you prefer motorboats, Sitges and Barcelona offer luxury yacht rentals for 8 hours, several days or even weeks. Make a reservation here.

As you can see, Barcelona offers all the possibilities you can think of to enjoy boat trips.