Port Sitges: Well maintained marina with good and friendly service. 20 minutes walk into Sitges and another 40 minutes into Barcelona. The area is much quieter and with more natural beauty than Barcelona though, and so a more comfortable port for longer stays. The winter can see some surge in the marina.

Decent boatyard with travel lift, though smaller than that of nearby Castelldefels. Private work on the hard and staying aboard is possible. Most boats will find that using the travel lift will require detaching the backstay (even my 29-footer).

One Ocean Port Vell

Berthed there 2016/17 for 12 months at a sensible rate. Come this year’s renewal, they have completely changed their tariff structure to accommodate the demands of their superyacht clients. Quite complicated, but higher rates now assume only transient visit of 1-3 perhaps 5 months. There is no discount/advantage for a 12-month berth.

The upshot is that my 12 months berthing fee increased by circa 80% making it cheaper for me to berth in Palma Mallorca.

Port Ginesta is reasonably priced for a marina, so close to the airport.

Posted on behalf of Tony Hall (UK):
Puerto Olimpico de Barcelona

29 June 2015: A difficult entrance to find and you need to watch for the port & starboard sticks showing you the line to follow and then its a sharp right into the harbour entrance. The fuel pontoon is where you stop to register and be allocated a berth. Space is however tight and during the summer when I visited it was busy not only with yachts but jet skis for hire. For my 32ft yacht and me it was €37.40 per night and an €85.00 deposit for an electric adapter for the special plugs they have.

Once in the berth, the shower block was the next thing to find. It looked like it had not been updated since the Olympics the marina was built for, whenever that was. My first visit ended with the water being cut off. Luckily I was only having a shave – others were in a right lather.

Second visit all went smoothly but not the cleanest of facilities and heavily used with the number of boats it took. Great position though, bars & restaurants all around the marina, a good supermarket within walking distance and a 30 min bike ride to the new Basilica that has been under construction for years & still needs finishing. Just a tip you can book your visit online and I suggest you do that if you can. I had to queue for my ticket and then come back 3hrs later to actually get inside.