A great space, different, versatile and unique... at Barcelona downtown
The Port Vell, or old harbour, in the Port of Barcelona is a different, multilingual and cosmopolitan world. A port-city in which everything you can imagine is possible.
In recent years, the oldest areas here have been regenerated, transforming the site from an obsolete port facility into the city’s most outstanding multi-purpose area, offering a vast range of leisure and cultural facilities and services.
This profound metamorphosis of the Port Vell has served to integrate the site into the city and into urban life to the point where, every year, 16 million people visit this multi-purpose spot, a point of reference for locals and visitors alike.
Well-communicated and situated in the very heart of Barcelona, the Port Vell is a unique attraction for you to visit and enjoy with family or friends, as well as the perfect setting for organising cultural, business and sporting events of all types and sizes.
- The history of the Port Vell
- The Port Vell is located on the site where Barcelona’s artificial port was first established thanks to extraordinary efforts by a city which lacked a good natural harbour but which had always looked outward to the sea, for Barcelona is a city which boasts seafaring traditions going back two thousand years.
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- The future of the Port Vell
- Discover future plans for the Port Vell
