Boat hire in Barcelona

Barcelona is the biggest boat rental port on the Spanish mainland: 123 companies, more than Ibiza town. The base is Port Olímpic, with 51 companies within 500 m, followed by Marina Vela and the Nou Passeig de l'Escullera with 10 each, and Marina Port Vell, built for superyachts. It is a group market: 27 companies advertise sailing boats, 22 motor yachts and 17 catamarans, with two- to four-hour trips along the skyline and the beaches of Barceloneta and the Fòrum. No-licence boats are the exception (2 companies): for small day boats, Sitges and Castelldefels, with Port Ginesta, have more.

Fifteen companies advertise skippered hire, and that is the usual way out of the city given the traffic at the harbour mouth. The season runs from May to September; the garbí sea breeze comes in at midday in summer. There are also scheduled boat trips from Port Vell and Port Olímpic.

Indicative high-season prices from the directory's reference table, reviewed September 2026: a no-licence motorboat costs €120–250 a day; a RIB of 6–8 m, €250–650; a 10–12 m sailing yacht, €400–900 bareboat or €600–1,500 skippered; a catamaran, €1,000–2,500; a skippered motor yacht, from €900. Expect 20–40% less outside July and August. Deposits run from €300 to €2,000 and fuel is extra. Each company sets its own prices.