Getting Here

Travel to Barcelona

Barcelona is consistently chosen as one of the premier destinations to visit within Spain, getting to Barcelona has never been easier with an abundance of  'low cost' airlines flying into Barcelona and associated airports. The road and rail infrastructure is now one the best in Europe and ferries dock dail at The Port of Barcelona. Once in the city you have the choice of the Barcelona Metro, the distinctive Yellow Cabs or any number of tourist buses. For those who are more energetic Barcelona has increased its dedicated bicycle lanes over the past few years, there are pick up and drop off points throughout the city. 

By Air – Barcelona International Airport but also within an easy drive of Reus, Girona and Perpignan airports. Book direct with www.flightlinebarcelona.com
Perpignan, Gerona, Barcelona and Reus airports all with International air travel facilities for the independent air traveller. Regular taxi and bus services available from all these destinations in Barcelona.

 

By Rail – From Barcelona there are fast connection through to Madrid and Paris (onwards to Brussels and London). Good network from Barcelona throughout Catalonia with high speed links to most major towns via the AVE service – The Eurostar from UK destinations. High speed TGV in France linking Spain to France – timetable available from SNCF in France and the local and National services within Catalunya itself – RENFE - Spanish networks timetable is in multiple languages.

By Road – Barcelona is easily accessed via the Mediterranean autopista AP7. - A system of motorway or autopista routes linking Barcelona with many major towns and cities – along with a network of National roads. Plan your route to Barcelona from this link along with onward travel from Barcelona.

 

By Sea – Barcelona. A major Mediterranean Port with International Cruise liners docking regularly, departing from Barcelona for the Balearic islands of Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza returning to Barcelona or onward throughout the Mediterranean.
Barcelona. A luxury cruise destination.

Getting around Barcelona

Rail  Barcelona- Barcelona has several stations around the city and is served by RENFE or local and longer distance train jouneys - their web page is available in several languages and easily navigated to source your journey details. Look out for special fare deals. The fast train - AVE now departs from Barcelona for Madrid and the travel time in 2 hours 38 minutes - 34 trains each day.





Taxi  Barcelona - Recognized by their colour -the standard yellow and black cabs, are governed by The Metropolitan Taxi Institute (IMT) fares are standardized and shown on the taxi meter – generally only four people are allowed unless you can book a larger vehicle.
There are over 260 taxi stops throughout the city or you can call their central communication in Barcelona on phone 932 235 151
www.taxibarcelona.cat




Metro  Barcelona - Barcelona has a very good metro (subway or underground ) network. It is clean, efficient and relatively quick to get around the city using this method of transport. Generally the stations within Barcelona are automated for ticket sales and the machines in several languages. There are specail rate and season tickets available. For more information see www.tmb.net the Barcelona Metropolitan Transport web portal






TOMBUS Barcelona  - This service, from Barcelona Transport Network, runs from Plaça Catalunya (in front of Banc d’España and the large department store - El Corte Inglés) returning to the El Corte Inglés store at the top end of the Diagonal, making 28 stops throughour Barcelona along the way. See our TOMBUS  Barcelona page for more information.







Bicycle hire Barcelona  - Barcelona is going further to promote green travel by doubling the network of dedicated bike (bicycle) lanes to almost 200km all the new pathways will be at least 1.20 m wide to accommodate wheels and pedestrians comfortably. The Barcelona Ajuntament (Town Hall) have a new public service where you can hire bikes from certain dedicated ´stations´around Barcelona city centre and drop the rental bike off at your destination - 365 days a year - see www.bicing.com.
Bike tours are a great way to see the city at a comfortable pace - see Bike Tours Barcelona.