Nearby airports
Some low-cost carriers, notably Ryanair, use the airports in Girona, nearly 100km to the north, or Reus, around the same distance to the south, instead. The Barcelona Bus service runs a shuttle bus from Estació del Nord in Barcelona to Girona Airport and this ties in with various flight times. A one-way ticket costs €12 and a return ticket costs €21. The journey takes approximately one hour and ten minutes.
For Reus airport, the easiest way is to take the train from Barcelona Sants station to Reus and then the local bus to the airport. The train costs €6.45 and then the bus costs €2. This takes roughly an hour and a half.
By Rail
Several trains per day (including overnight hotel trains) from other parts of Europe (via France) are regular & reliable.
Main Train Stations:
Barcelona-Sants (to the south west of the centre)
Barcelona-Estació de França, Avinguda Marquès de l´Argentera (on the edge of the old town next to the seafront district of Barceloneta)
From/to Estació de França there are several connections per day to Cerbère (France), connecting there on trains towards Marseille and Nice. There are also 2 direct trains a day from Sants and Passeig de Gracia to Perpignan, Beziers, Narbonne and Montpellier in France.
The long-delayed AVE high-speed train line is finally expected to reach Barcelona Sants station on 22nd December 2007. Travel time from Barcelona will be 2 hours 35 minutes non-stop (10 times a day) and 3 hours 15 minutes with intermediate stops (15 times a day).
By Public Transport
The Bus Turístic links all of the Barcelona tourist sites you could possibly want to visit. It has three routes, including a northbound and a southbound line which leave from opposite sides of the Plaça de Catalunya. You can buy tickets valid for one day (€19) or two consecutive days (€23).
The metro can take you to many places. A one-journey ticket cost €1.50, so it's probably best to buy a multiperson 10-ride ticket for €6.90 (called a T-10) or a personal 50-ride monthly ticket for €27.55. These tickets are also valid on the buses and trams. [3]. 1- to 5-day public transport tickets are available which allow unlimited travel on the metro and bus networks (€9.6 for two days). These are excellent value. Be sure to look after them well as bent or damaged cards will not be read by the ticket machines (such cards can be replaced at one of TMB's customer service centers).
Pay attention to the fact that sometimes to get from one line to another, or to another metro type, you need to exit and then enter through a new pay-gate. In this case, if you had a one-journey ticket, you need to get a new one.
The Barcelona Card features unlimited free travel on public transport and free admission and discounts at around 100 visitor attractions. The card is available for purchase for periods of between 2 and 5 days, costing €24 for a 2-day card and €34 for a 5-day card. If you aren't planning on seeing lots of museums then it is cheaper to buy transport only tickets (see above)
Exotic Transport
Tramvia Blau is a an old tram (beginning of the 20th century) connects Av. Tibidabo metro station and Funicular station at the foot of Tibidabo. Costs: 3.10 Euro for two-way trip
Funicular connects the foot of Tibidabo with view point. Costs: 3 Euro for two-way trip.
By Bicycle
Barcelona's bike-sharing program Bicing (started in March 2007) is another option for an environment-friendly in-city transport. Unfortunately, it is just for residents.
Fat Tire Bike Tours, You can either rent a bike from them or take one of their tours. The tour charge is around €22.
You can also rent scooters, mopeds and motorbikes. Make sure you are properly insured.... driving on them in Barcelona is at your own risk.
Barceloneta Bikes is one of the cheapest places to rent a bike in the city. Very close to the harbor and the beaches, this company have different kinds of bikes you can choose to rent, but it doesn't organize tours.
By Car
Like any other large city in Spain, moving around Barcelona by car is both expensive and nervous. Parkings around all major tourist destinations are paid and expensive (€1.5-2.5/hour, €20/day); fines for improper parking are uncompromising (€85 and up). Having a automobile map is essential--find it in before you start driving. Navigating with an average tourist free map is misleading: many streets are single-direction; left turns are more rare than rights (and are badly predictable).
As an example, Gran via de Les Corts Catalanes is technically two-directions, but one direction has only minor traffic: on every crossroad traffic light on the next crossroad turns red just by the time you reach it.
However, getting around by car makes sense if you plan to spend much more time driving around the city than inside it--and ideally if you don't plan to park overnight at all. Note than Non Eu Nationals need to have an International Drivers Licence to drive in Spain.
Barcelona International Airport
Barcelona International Airport (IATA: BCN, ICAO: LEBL), also known as El Prat, is a major transport hub and fields flights from all over Europe and beyond. There are three terminals, A, B and C, all within fairly easy walking distance of each other. Terminal B is used by Spanish carriers (Iberia, Spanair, Air Europa, Vueling) and their partners (eg British Airways), terminal C is for the Puente Aereo (Air shuttle) to Barcelona and terminal A for all other flights. A giant new south terminal is expected to open in 2009 or so.
The airport is only about 10 km away from the city center. Taxis are supposed to use a zone chart for trips into the city, but rarely do, and you can expect to pay up to €25. A cheaper and often faster option is the half-hourly RENFE suburban train calling at Sants (20 minutes), Passeig de Gràcia (25 minutes) and Estació de França (30 minutes) in the city centre. A single ticket is about €2.20, but an under-advertised fact is that you can use the T-10 ticket (€6.90 for ten trips, including all bus and metro transfers made within 75 minutes) instead. You can buy a T-10 from the ticket vending machine at the airport station.
Alternatively, the Aerobús A1 line stops outside all terminal buildings and travels along Gran Via to Plaça Catalunya. Buses depart every 6-9 minutes, the published journey time is 35 minutes (although can take considerably longer during rush hour) and costs €3.90 one-way. Aerobuses stop running at midnight, but you can catch a Nit Bus night bus service instead.
Duty-free shops are open from 6:00/6:30 to 21:30 (few to 22:00)--for late-night departures .
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