Cruise Port Spotlight: Barcelona, Spain

Sitting pretty along the shores of the Mediterranean as an old Spanish song proclaims (Que bonita es Barcelona, tierra del Mediterraneo), Barcelona, the capital of the Catalonia region of Spain, is one of the Iberian peninsula’s top cities. A port of call, embarkation/disembarkation port on Mediterranean cruises, and beginning or ending point of many Trans-Atlantic repositioning cruises to and from Fort Lauderdale and other U.S. ports, Barcelona came into the spotlight during the 1992 Olympics that it hosted. It has much to offer cruise passengers.

By Georgina Cruz

January 18, 2013