Castelldefels

If you get hungry, there are many restaurants within a six-minute drive of Playa de Castelldefels.  The Mediterranean restaurant Fosbury Café is located behind Playa de Castelldefels Beach and features snacks, rice, meat dishes, desserts, and breads – it also has waterfront terraces with seating and DJs.  Cheche Restaurant offers prawns, fried calamari, coca bread with vine tomato, and grilled razor clams in an elegant setting with modern decoration and an open kitchen.  Kuk Pizzeria Bar is a pizza restaurant that is a popular dining destination for tourists and locals, serves pizza, empanadas, pies, rolls, and chicken pockets, and has a nice bar.  Another good restaurant near Playa de Castelldefels is Restaurant Salamanca, a seafood restaurant with a nice menu including fried fish, green salad, grilled barat, desserts, and beer.  Restaurant Salamanca also has a list of local and international wines to complement with the food.

If you are looking for a hotel near Playa de Castelldefels, you can drive 30 minutes to the 5-Star Mercer Hotel Barcelona is located in the Gothic Quarter of Barcelona and has 28 rooms and suites in a unique historical setting.  Mercer Hotel Barcelona is well-equipped with amenities including a pool, poolside bar, rooftop bar, lounge, and restaurant.  Grand Hotel Central is a 5-Star pet-friendly hotel that is situated in the center of Barcelona and has a very popular infinity pool which provides amazing city and beach views – it also features a pool, rooftop bar, Mediterranean restaurant, spa, sauna, and fitness center with gym.  If you are looking for affordable hotels near Playa de Castelldefels, the 4-Star Hotel Medinaceli was built in the old palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli, welcomes pets, and provides bicycling tours – and Hotel 54 Barcelona is a 3-Star hotel with a nice bar and nightclub.  Hotel 54 Barcelona also has a common area with a kids’ play area, snack bar, and sunbeds.

Playa de Castelldefels offers many amenities including lifeguards, restrooms, showers, water sport equipment rentals, handicap accessible features, wooden walkaways along the sand that lead to the water, and a playground. 

There are many fun activities at Playa de Castelldefels including swimming, windsurfing, fishing, boating, sunbathing, and beach walking. 

Getting to Playa de Castelldefels is very easy – there is a paid parking lot at 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona that charges €5 for a day and is within walking distance to the beach. 

If you are looking for attractions near Playa de Castelldefels, you can drive 30 minutes to Aquarium Barcelona that contains 35 aquariums that are home to 11,000 animals representing 451 species including sharks, rays, penguins, and other large fish.  Picasso Museum is an art museum that houses an extensive collection of a total of 4,251 artworks by the very famous Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and was opened in 1963, becoming the first museum dedicated to the legendary painter’s work.  If you like escape rooms, Room of Riddles - Escape Room Barcelona features an Art Collector Room and The Harbour Master which you will have to escape solving riddles and doing team building exercises.  Another great attraction near Playa de Castelldefels is Arco de Triunfo de Barcelona, a historical triumphal arch-shaped monument that was the main gate access for the 1888 Barcelona World Fair and you can click Instagram-worthy pictures here.