Today there are seven beaches with a total of 4.5 km of coastline, but before 1992, Barcelona’s seaside was completely run over by industries and there existed no beach for the use of the city’s populace and tourism.It wasn’t until the city’s redevelopment for the 1992 Olympic Games that the city moved their industries and converted the seaside area into an exemplary leisure area for locals and tourist alike; including the improvement of two beaches and the creation of five new beaches.
According to Discovery Channel, Barceloneta beach is the best urban beach in the world and the third best beach in the world.
I haven’t travelled enough in Spain to know if Barcelona is the *most* beautiful city in the country, but I can say that it’s lovely and one of my favorites in the world….just love all of that Gaudi architecture, Las Ramblas, the Picasso museum, ahhhhh….
You are right, let’s say this city is one of the most beautiful in Spain.:))
Third best beach in twenty years!! That’s impressive