Survival Guide - Discover Barcelona: Experience the Best of Barcelona - page 572

Getting Around Barcelona
Barcelona has abundant options for getting around town. The excellent Metro can get you
most places, with buses and trams filling in the gaps. Taxis are the best option late at night.
Metro & FGC
The easy-to-use TMB Metro ( 010; www.tmb.net ) system has 11 numbered and colour-
coded lines. It runs from 5am to midnight Sunday to Thursday and holidays, from 5am to
2am on Friday and days immediately preceding holidays, and 24 hours on Saturday.
Tickets & Targetes
The Metro, FGC trains, rodalies/cercanías (Renfe-run local trains) and buses come un-
der one zoned-fare regime. Single-ride tickets on all standard transport within Zone 1
cost €2. You can save money by purchasing a Targeta T-10 ticket (10 rides for €9.25).
Bus
Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB; 010; www.tmb.net ) buses run along most
city routes every few minutes from between 5am and 6.30am to between around 10pm and
11pm.
Taxi
Taxis charge €2.05 flag fall plus meter charges of €0.93 per kilometre (€1.18 from 8pm to
8am and all day on weekends). A further €3.10 is added for all trips to/from the airport, and
€1 for luggage bigger than 55cm x 35cm x 35cm. The trip from Estació Sants to Plaça de
Catalunya, about 3km, costs about €11.