WORKSHOPS
The 9 best workshops aboard you can get aboard today, with what each costs, how long it stays out and who it suits. Number one is first for a reason; start there.
Meet your professional skipper at Port Olimpic for a three-hour sailing lesson on an 8-meter boat. Choose beginner, intermediate, or advanced instruction, then practice steering, rope work, safety, and boat handling in a group of no more than seven.
“Had a great day the captain was really helpful and answered all my question, highly recommended.”
Meet your English- or Spanish-speaking skipper at Port Olímpic for a 1.5-hour sunset sail along Barcelona’s coast. Relax with drinks and snacks, help sail, or swim if conditions allow. On Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, you can add a bartender-led gin tonic workshop before departure.
Set sail from Port Olimpic for a 2 to 2.5 hour sunset cruise along Barcelona’s coast. Before departure, learn how botanicals and presentation shape a Spanish molecular Gin and Tonic. Enjoy drinks, snacks, skyline views, and, sea conditions permitting, a swim. You can also take the helm under the skipper’s guidance.
“By far the highlight of our time in Baraclona. Really recommend this to anyone who comes to Baraclona.”
Spend two hours sailing off Barcelona with a bilingual bartender and captain. You will make three kinds of sangria, taste fuet, cheese, olives, and chips, and enjoy wine, cava, beer, and soft drinks. Sunset departures offer city views in changing light. The group is limited to a small number of adults.
“Super fun! Book worthy we enjoyed the experience from start to finish. Thank you guys 👯♀️🥂📸”
Join Sailing Tours Barcelona for a two-hour cruise from Marina Vela, limited to 10 people. Jon guides you through hands-on cocktail making while the captain sails past Port Vell, W Barcelona, Montjuïc, Barceloneta, and the Sagrada Família. Drinks, snacks, water, and soda are included, with sunset departures especially appealing.
Spend about two to two and a half hours aboard a small sailing boat from Marina Vela. You’ll make and taste sangria, enjoy tapas, seafood conserves, charcuterie, and drinks, then view Barcelona’s port, Hotel W, Montjuïc, Columbus Monument, Barceloneta Beach, and the Sagrada Família from the Mediterranean.
“The perfect excursion! (And the sangria was wonderful!) I’ll never not do this when I travel to Barcelona—so fun!”
Take the helm of a small sailing dinghy in Fornells Bay, Menorca, with an English or Spanish-speaking instructor beside you. You will learn wind basics through hands-on practice, not a long classroom talk. Sessions are semi-private for up to two people in July and August, and private in the quieter months.
“brilliant experience, youl'll feel safe and you'll be well taken care of. 5 of 5”
Join Wet & Salty LTD aboard the sailing yacht Less Stress for four hours along Barbados’s South or West Coast. An English-speaking ASA instructor teaches basic sailing if you want it, or lets you relax on deck. The trip includes a swim, snorkeling, snacks, water, and non-alcoholic drinks for groups of up to six.
“We really enjoyed our time — everything was smooth and well-organized. The person sailing the boat for us was friendly, and very knowledgeable”
Join a small-group sailing trip from Barcelona for a hands-on workshop with a bilingual bartender. You’ll make and drink two sea-inspired cocktails while taking in the city skyline, with snacks, wine, cava, beer, soft drinks, and water included. The tour runs in English or Spanish, summer and winter.
Sunset, snorkel, or the whole boat.
