9 Sailing Tours to Build a Day Around

1.Barcelona Sailing Adventure and Small Group Winery Tasting Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 394 reviews · from $132Our pick

Sail from Port Olimpic toward El Masnou, then visit a family-run Alella winery in a 14th-century house. You’ll tour vineyards and cellars, taste four local wines with Catalan food, and return by luxury minibus. The order may change with weather.

“Really great day. Very small winery but beautiful and well done experience. The sailboat ride back was great! Directions to the boat were horrible. Instead. Go down the stairs to the area with all the boats not to the beach area to the left of the casino.”

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2.E-Bike and Sailing Tour with Wine Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 288 reviews · 5 - 6.5 hours · from $100Best value

You’ll cycle from Barcelona to the Alella wine region with a guide, visit a vineyard and cellar, taste local wines with snacks, then sail back along the coast. Choose car transport instead of the bike if needed. Small groups include up to 10 people, with guides in four languages.

“Fantastic day out! We cycled first which was amazing fun. Stephen was fab! The vineyards were great and wine very yummy! The way back however was a boat trip which was fine however extremely choppy. The guide was great fun however and did put us at ease. We wish we had the opportunity to cycle back. All round a fantastic day out and I would recommend to others. Just maybe consider the car instead of boat, if you get sea sick!”

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3.Sailing Cruise & Vineyard Tour with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 252 reviews · 4 hours · from $159

Sail from Port Olímpic to Alella, then visit Bouquet d’Alella, a small winery in a 14th-century building. A sommelier leads a vineyard and cellar visit, followed by four organic wines with Catalan bread, cheese, meats, and tomato bread. Captains have included Raúl and Roman.

“Favourite part of our trip. Thanks to Roman and the tour guide at the winery. Fun, informative and plenty of wine throughout. Book this activity! Handy tips for if you do book… The meeting point is a little bit confusing - it is run by a company called ABD and they will have a pop up gazebo in the port with ‘Get Your Guide’ on the side. If there are a lot of people on the tour they may flip the order of activities. The sailing is around 1hr45 and for us was relatively smooth. The bus back takes around only 20 mins. The food at the vineyard is excellent,…”

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4.Ebike Tour, Winery, Wine Tasting & Sailing Experience(car option)

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 131 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $108Top rated

Ride an easy coastal route from Port Olimpic to Alella, visit a winery for a vineyard tour and tasting, then return by sailboat. Guides such as Stefano, Robin, and Manuel have earned strong praise, but the schedule may also use a car or van, depending on your selected option.

“The sailing and wine tasting were fantastic Unfortunately since my wife does not ride a bike we took the car option back to Barcelona. Out of over one hundred tours we have done, this is one of the best. Special thanks to the captain, Christopher and driver, Valentino who were great”

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5.Catamaran Cruise, Winery, & Oia Sunset Combo Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 28 reviews · 10 hours · from $212

Spend five hours on a catamaran with swimming stops, a Greek barbecue, Santorinian wine, and snorkeling gear. After the cruise, visit Venetsanos Winery and the Wine Museum, then finish at Oia’s Sun Spirit Bar near the old castle ruins. Niki has guided the land portion for some departures.

“This was BY FAR the best experience we have ever been on!! You get sooo much for such a great rate, and absolutely loved our guide. You could truly tell that he loved his job and really made the excursion for us!! I could not recommend them enough!”

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6.Sailing and Alella Winery Tour with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · 4 hours · from $152

Sail from Port Olímpic to El Masnou, then ride to a family winery in Alella for a vineyard walk, winery visit, and tasting of three wines with cheese, fruit, and other snacks. Your bilingual guide leads the four-hour outing for a maximum of 11 people.

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7.Sitges: Sailboat trip + walking tour and wine cellar tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.7 · 6 reviews · 4 hours

Sail from Port Aiguadolç with a skipper such as Sara, stroll Sitges with a local guide, then visit Celler de l'Hospital and its Malvasia centre. The four-hour private outing ends with wine tasting in an urban vineyard and historic cellar.

“Great trip, sailboat was fab, captain was really cool, walking tour very interesting and wine cellar tour made a perfect end to a lovely morning. Highly recommend this trip when visiting sitges.”

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8.Sitges sailing, walking and winery tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 6 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $169

Spend 4.5 hours in Sitges sailing the Garraf coast, walking past old streets and Indianos houses, then tasting Malvasia wines at Celler de l'Hospital. Guides may include skipper Tony or Sarah, walking guide Claudia, and winery host Raphael. Small groups are limited to 11 people.

“Sarah the skipper of the boat was very knowledgeable and sociable. We loved the very informational tour of Sitges! Raphael was wonderful with the wine tasting.”

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9.Sailing excursion Barcelona and visit to a winery in Alella

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $156

Sail from Port Olímpic to Port of Masnou, then ride by private minivan to a family winery in Alella. Walk organic vineyards, tour the historic farmhouse, taste home-produced wines, and return to Barcelona in about four hours.

“Fantastic trip. Sailboat was amazing and the winery was perfect. The winery has been in the same family since the 15th Century.”

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