‘A plague of locusts’: Barcelona battles port authorities to curb cruise tourists
Councillors and residents hope to limit the number of daytrippers arriving by boat to preserve the city’s streets and character.
The ships, at times dwarfing the average apartment building, begin lumbering into Barcelona while much of the city is still asleep. Stretching as long as five buses, some come to embark or disembark passengers, while others disgorge thousands of daytrippers keen to glimpse the city’s modernist architecture and stroll the narrow streets of the gothic quarter.
