Platja de la Nova Icària

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Platja de la Nova Icària beach with people in summer after COVID 19 on June 26, 2020 in Barcelona, Spain.

The southernmost and busiest of El Poblenou's beaches, this broad golden trip gets lively in warmer months, when a couple of xiringuitos grace the sand, and has views across to the Port Olímpic.

Across the Avinguda del Litoral highway is the Plaça dels Campions, site of the rusting three-tiered platform used to honour medallists in the sailing events of the 1992 games. Much of the athletes’ housing-turned-apartments are in the blocks immediately behind Carrer de Salvador Espriu.


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