Barcelona cruise port terminals: where each one is and how to find yours

Barcelona's cruise terminals sit on two wharves. Five are on the Adossat wharf, 2 to 3.9 km from the city, and one is in the World Trade Center on the Barcelona wharf, 400 m away. The terminal a ship uses can change from one call to the next, so the one you need is the one your cruise line gives you.

If you only need your terminal's own page, they are here: Terminal A, Terminal B, Terminal D, Terminal E, the MSC terminal and the World Trade Center terminal.

Which cruise terminals does Barcelona have?

Six terminals take cruise ships in Barcelona as of November 4, 2026. Terminals A, B, D Palacruceros, E Helix and the MSC terminal are on the Adossat wharf, between 2 and 3.9 km from the city. The World Trade Center South terminal is the only one on the Barcelona wharf, 400 m from the city, and takes medium-sized ships.

The port's overview page still says it has seven international terminals, but it lists these six. The seventh, Terminal C, stopped operating on November 1, 2026.

Terminal	Wharf	Distance to the city	Passengers	Who has priority, as the port states it	Transport the port lists
A	Adossat	2 km	4,500	Run by Creuers del Port de Barcelona under a port concession. No line named.	Shuttle bus and taxi rank
B	Adossat	2 km	4,500	Run by Creuers del Port de Barcelona under a port concession. No line named.	Shuttle bus and taxi rank
D Palacruceros	Adossat	2.5 km	4,500	Private concession, preferential use for Carnival group ships	Shuttle bus and taxi rank
E Helix	Adossat	3 km	6,000	Private concession, preferential use for Carnival group ships	Shuttle bus and taxi rank
MSC, letter H	Adossat	3.9 km	6,500	Owned 100% by MSC Cruises	Shuttle bus and taxi rank
World Trade Center South, letter S	Barcelona	400 m	1,400	Ships up to 253 m long	Taxi rank

Distances, capacities and transport come from each terminal's page on portdebarcelona.cat, read on November 4, 2026. The operator of Terminals A and B comes from the port's news of October 30, 2026.

How do I find out which terminal my ship uses?

Your cruise line tells you, in your documents or its app. Holland America's Barcelona page says its ships can berth at Terminal D or E and that the terminal "is not provided until the week of the ship's arrival." For a second check, the port's monthly forecast prints a terminal letter against each call, and our calendar shows it.

• The letters. The forecast uses A, B, D and E, then H for the MSC terminal and S for the World Trade Center South terminal. The port's own timeline also calls them Terminal H and Terminal S.
• How far ahead. The forecast we hold assigns terminals through November 30, 2026. Sailings after that show no terminal on our pages until the port publishes the month.
• It can change. The port calls all its forecast data indicative and says it may vary for operational or weather reasons. Your line's word on the week of sailing wins.
• On the day. The port keeps a page of cruise ships calling today, and it publishes a 7-day forecast it calls the most accurate for the coming days.

Each terminal page on this site lists the departures the forecast assigns to it.

Which cruise lines use which Barcelona terminal?

Only three terminals have a line or a group attached, as the port states it. D Palacruceros and E Helix are private concessions with preferential use for Carnival group ships. The MSC terminal is owned 100% by MSC Cruises. Terminals A and B are run by Creuers del Port de Barcelona, and the port names no line for them.

Two Carnival group lines say the same on their own pages. Holland America says its ships berth at D or E. Cunard says its Queens usually dock in Terminal D.

We do not pin a line to Terminal A, Terminal B or the World Trade Center terminal, because the port does not. One month of the forecast is too little to call it a pattern, and the letter for your own sailing is the only one that counts.

The terminals one by one

Terminal A

Terminal A is on the Adossat wharf, 2 km from the city, with 6,500 m² inside and room for 4,500 passengers. The port says it was completely renovated in 2008 so that, with Terminal B, it could take the largest cruise ships, and it has luggage conveyor belts and access doors on the pier. The port lists a shuttle bus and a taxi rank.

Creuers del Port de Barcelona runs it under a concession. The port plans to demolish it once the new Terminal C opens, which is covered below.

The port's forecast puts 11 of the departures we list at Terminal A. Terminal A page.

Terminal B

Terminal B is also on the Adossat wharf, 2 km from the city, with 6,500 m² inside and room for 4,500 passengers. It opened in 2005 and can take ships of up to 140,000 tons, the port says, with four baggage belts and two walkways to the ship. The port lists a shuttle bus and a taxi rank.

Like A, it is run by Creuers del Port de Barcelona and is due to be demolished once the new Terminal C opens.

The port's forecast puts 3 of the departures we list at Terminal B. Terminal B page.

Terminal D Palacruceros

Palacruceros is 2.5 km from the city. It runs under a private concession with preferential use for Carnival group ships, and the port says Costa Crociere paid for all of it. It opened in 2007, has 10,000 m² on four levels and room for 4,500 passengers, and is authorized for ships powered by liquefied natural gas.

Holland America gives its port address as C/ Moll Adossat, s/n, 08039 Barcelona, and warns that it is not a mailing address. Cunard says its Queens usually dock here.

The port's forecast puts 2 of the departures we list at Terminal D. Terminal D page.

Terminal E Helix

Helix is 3 km from the city and is the second terminal with preferential use for Carnival group ships. It opened in 2018, has 12,500 m² inside and room for 6,000 passengers, and is also authorized for ships powered by liquefied natural gas. The port says it has the first public car park in the Port of Barcelona.

Holland America gives its port address as Moll Adossat, 160, 08039 Barcelona. The car park the port lists here is Parking Barcelona Port.

The port's forecast puts 14 of the departures we list at Terminal E. Terminal E page.

MSC terminal

The MSC terminal is the farthest out, 3.9 km from the city. The port calls it the first cruise terminal owned 100% by MSC Cruises and says it takes MSC ships of all sizes, up to 362 m long. It has 11,500 m² inside, room for 6,500 passengers and a LEED Gold certificate, and the port lists a shuttle bus and a taxi rank.

The forecast marks it H. In the port's November 2026 forecast, every ship at H is an MSC ship. The Cruise Bus's own stops page names Terminals A, B, C, D and E but not this one, so if you sail with MSC, ask MSC how its passengers reach the city.

The port's forecast puts 21 of the departures we list at the MSC terminal. MSC terminal page.

World Trade Center terminal

This is the South terminal of the World Trade Center Barcelona, the only cruise terminal on the Barcelona wharf. The port puts it 400 m from the city, "just 5 minutes from the city centre", and says passengers can walk into town. It takes up to two medium-sized ships of up to 253 m, with room for 1,400 passengers, and the port lists a taxi rank but no shuttle.

The port plans to close it at the end of 2026, which is covered further down.

The port's forecast puts 2 of the departures we list at the World Trade Center terminal. World Trade Center terminal page.

What is the Cruise Bus?

The Cruise Bus is the shuttle between the Adossat wharf terminals and Portal de la Pau, next to La Rambla and the World Trade Center. Transports Ciutat Comtal, part of the Moventis group, runs it. Its website sold a one-way ticket for €3.50 and a day ticket for €5 on November 4, 2026, and the port's transport page quotes the same €3.5 and €5.

• Day ticket. The Cruise Bus says it covers any number of trips, but only on the date printed on it.
• Timetable. Neither the Cruise Bus site nor the port's transport page showed a timetable on November 4, 2026.
• Not for the World Trade Center. The port says that terminal is a step from public transport and within walking distance of the center. The shuttle serves the Adossat wharf.

The port to city center guide covers the Cruise Bus, taxis and walking in detail, for a port day and for embarkation day.

Can you drive to a Barcelona cruise terminal and park?

You can drive up to drop off or pick up passengers and luggage, but you cannot park in the cruise area, the port says. It lists car parks in and near the port instead, among them the World Trade Center Barcelona car park, Parking Barcelona Port at Terminal E, Telpark Barceloneta Port Vell and three BSM car parks.

Holland America adds that cruise parking is next to Terminals D and E. The port's page does not print prices, so check each car park's own site.

What changed on November 1, 2026?

Terminal C stopped operating on November 1, 2026, the port announced on October 30, and the building will be emptied and demolished. A new, public Terminal C will be built on the same site, and Terminals A and B will be demolished once it opens. The plan takes the Adossat wharf from seven terminals to five, under a July 2025 agreement with Barcelona City Council.

• The new Terminal C. It covers 11,253 m², with solar panels and shore power for ships. The port puts the whole project at €104.5 million, over €50 million of it for the building, and Creuers del Port de Barcelona builds it under a concession that now runs to 2050.
• Terminal G. A joint venture of Royal Caribbean Group and Cruise Terminals International is building a new Terminal G on the Adossat wharf. The port's timeline has it operating in 2027.
• The five that remain. The port's July 2025 announcement names them as D, E, G and H, which are private, and the new C, which is public.
• The dates move. The July 2025 announcement had the new C entering service in 2028 and fully running in 2030. The port's agreement page now says 2030, with three berths. Its October 30, 2026 news expects work on the old A and B berths to start in late 2029.

None of this changes how you board today. Your documents still name the terminal, and the forecast still prints it.

Will the World Trade Center terminal keep taking cruise ships?

Not for long, on the port's plan. Its page on the agreement with the City Council says Terminal S, the World Trade Center South terminal, closes in the fourth quarter of 2026, and that cruise operations at the Barcelona South wharf are expected to end by the end of 2026. All cruise activity then moves to the Adossat wharf.

The port's November 2026 forecast still shows ships at S, and the terminal's own page was still online on November 4, 2026. If your sailing is in 2027 or later and your documents say World Trade Center, ask your line to confirm the terminal.

Where to go next

• Arriving by air. The airport to cruise port guide compares the taxi, the Aerobus, the metro and line transfers.
• Staying the night before. See hotels near the cruise port.
• Checking your ship. The calendar shows every ship in port, with the terminal letter wherever the port has printed one, and all cruises lists every departure we have.