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Wetherspoon is already opening its 2nd and 3rd pubs in Spain! Here's where...
The announcement comes hot on the heels of the company’s first foray into Spanish pubs a month ago
Following the success of its newly opened pub at Alicante Airport in February 2026, UK pub chain J D Wetherspoon is already planning to open two further pubs within the next 12 months, both of which will be in Spain.
The Alicante Airport Wetherspoon, named Castell de Santa Bàrbera after a local castle overlooking Alicante city, was the brand’s first establishment to open in continental Europe and – judging by recent developments –will be far from the last.
Both of Wetherspoon’s newly planned Spain pubs will be located at Josep Tarradellas Barcelona – El Prat airport, showing a definite trend in their choice of locations at busy airports popular with British travellers.
According to a statement from Wetherspoon, “The first of the two pubs is set to open at Terminal 1 in September 2026 and the second, in Terminal 2 in January 2027. They are both airside.”
The new pubs – which do not yet have names but which (if the Alicante pub is anything to go by) will probably be named after local landmarks such as the Sagrada Familia or the Park Güell – will have a combined customer area of more than 5,700 square foot (530 square metres) and have room for almost 600 customers.
“The pubs will be open seven days a week from 5am to 11pm,” explained a Wetherspoon spokesperson. “Food will be served at all times up to an hour before closing.”
Like the Alicante Wetherspoon, the menu will include many meals available in Wetherspoon pubs in the UK, including breakfast dishes, burgers and pizzas, as well as local dishes.
However, unlike the Alicante airport pub (pictured, right), which has a tiled floor and a feel more like a Spanish bar, the new pubs in Barcelona airport will be “partly-carpeted with an individual carpet design and also serve real ale”.Wetherspoon founder and chairman Tim Martin said, “We are delighted to have secured two fantastic sites at Barcelona airport.
“In the short time since opening our pub at Alicante airport has proven popular with travellers and we are confident we can replicate that at our two new pubs in Barcelona.
“We aim to open a number of pubs overseas in the coming months and years, including those at airports.”
The Barcelona pubs will be operated by Ibersol Group, one of the largest franchised brand operators in Spanish and Portuguese travel, who already manage more than 75 outlets across Spain, including international franchise brands such as Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell and Pret a Manger, located in the country’s main airports including Madrid, Barcelona, Málaga, Alicante, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Tenerife.
Image 1: claudiodivizia
Image 2: J D Wetherspoon
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