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    Barcelona is promoting the availability of smoke-free leisure spaces to protect the environment, preserve positive community life and protect people's health by banning smoking on all Barcelona beaches, except in beach bars and promenades.

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    Barcelona City Council is committed to promoting sports activities on beaches, under the measures provided for in the Blau Pavilion project, which are always environmentally friendly and compatible with all the other uses made of the city’s beaches. A decree governing the practice of sport is therefore coming into force to ensure the peaceful sharing of beaches by all users.

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    Barcelona’s beaches are designed to facilitate access for people with reduced mobility. What’s more, some beaches also offer bathing assistance services. Learn more.

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    This summer, the Zero Waste strategy is incorporated into the environmental policy of the beaches, with the use of the returnable glass given out at the beach bars.

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