Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
partures from Plaça de Catalunya are from 5.30am to 12.30am and stop at the corner of Car-
rer de Sepúlveda and Carrer del Comte d'Urgell, and at Plaça d'Espanya.
The A2 Aerobús from Terminal 2 (stops outside terminal areas A, B and C) runs from 6am
to 1am with a frequency of between 10 and 20 minutes and follows the same route as the A1
Aerobús.
Buy tickets on the bus or from agents at the bus stop. Considerably slower local buses (such
as the No 46 to/from Plaça d'Espanya and a night bus, the N17, to/from Plaça de Catalunya)
also serve Terminals 1 and 2.
central Barcelona) between Terminal 1 only and Sitges (€4). In Sitges you can catch it at
Avinguda de Vilanova 14. The trip takes about 40 minutes and runs hourly.
Alsa
( 902 422242;
www.alsa.es
) runs the Aerobús Rápid service several times daily from
El Prat airport to various cities including Girona, Figueres, Lleida, Reus and Tarragona.
Fares range from €8/15 one way/return to Tarragona and up to €28/50 one way/return to
Lleida.
Plana
( 977 553680;
www.busplana.com
)
has services between the airport and Reus (one
way/return €15/27), stopping at Tarragona, Port Aventura and other southwest coastal des-
tinations nearby along the way.
Train
Train operator Renfe runs the R2 Nord line every half-hour from the airport (from 5.42am to
; Plaça dels Països Catalans; Estació Sants), and Passeig de Gràcia in central Barcelona,
after which it heads northwest out of the city. The first service from Passeig de Gràcia
leaves at 5.08am and the last at 11.07pm, and about five minutes later from Estació Sants.
The trip between the airport and Passeig de Gràcia takes 25 minutes. A one-way ticket costs
€4.10.
The airport train station is about a five-minute walk from Terminal 2. Regular shuttle buses
run from the station and Terminal 2 to Terminal 1 - allow an extra 15 to 20 minutes.
