Looking for beach recommendations

[Bluestar01]

Where will find nice, enjoyable, family friendly public beaches in Barcelona, Ibiza, Malaga or Palma? Visiting mid of June. Alongside city tours, history, museums wanted to add some beach experiences. Thanks.

[John Bull]

IMHO  beach days would be a waste of valuable sight-seeing time in Barcelona and Malaga, and perhaps on Majorca. They are also a fair taxi ride from the ports.

Best bet would be Ibiza which is very much a resort island. 

 

JB 🙂

[edinburgher]

There are beaches in all of these cities. Perhaps the best way to decide which will be your beach day, is to reseach your ports for sightseeing options to suit all of your personal interests, and plan a beach day in the one which offers the least.

 

Looking at your list, I would personally select Ibiza, but avoiding those beaches where  clubbing is the main attraction, unless of course your family is old enough to be enthusiastic about a  day time clubbing vibe?.

 

At the very top of the Spain Ports forum there is a pinned thread for Palma Majorca and requests for beach info are also quite common questions in the general forum.  Reading this very recent thread might be useful.CC member roger b who lives there has often recommended it, but there may be others which appeal more to be found on the "pinned thread".

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.co.uk/topic/2996830-looking-for-beach-day-pretty-water-ibiza-or-mallorca/#comment-67113854

 

Noting that you are US based (I think)and your mention of "family friendly", just wanting to remind you that topless bathing and sunbathing for women is very much the norm on most European beaches, private and public, although nudist beaches are signposted so you should not stray onto one in error.

 

Edited April 1 by edinburgher

[alserrod]

I think there are a lot of better things to do in Barcelona but.... you have beach just besides old city

 

Just have a look

 

Blue: piers for cruises

Red: one cruise ship in the moment of the picture

 

 

Good to know....

 

after leaving the beach you can walk without T-shirt UP TO FOUR BLOCKS. Over that distance you will be fined (and fines aren't cheap at all)

 

 

If you want more beaches.... 

open Google Maps

Set "Transport lines" ON

search Barcelona

 

you will see there's suburban train besides the beach northbound and southbound.

 

Just look for "Platja de Casteldefells" station (southbound)

or "Ocata" station (northbound)

 

Suburban train run every 15-30 minutes and the trip is so fast...