Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Policía Nacional
(
091)
Tourist Information
A couple of general information lines worth bearing in mind are 010 and 012.
The first is for Barcelona and the latter is for all of Catalonia (run by the Generalit-
at). You may sometimes strike English speakers, but most operators are Catalan-
Castilian bilingual only.
Oficina d'Informació de Turisme de Barcelona
( 93 285 38 32;
9am-9pm)
; Aeroport del Prat
(terminals 1, 2B & 2A; 9am-9pm)
; Estació Sants
(
8am-8pm; Sants Estació);
Town Hall
(Carrer de la Ciutat 2; 9am-8pm Mon-Fri,
10am-8pm Sat, 10am-2pm Sun & holidays; Jaume I)
The main Barcelona tourist information
office concentrates on city information and can help book accommodation. The branch in the
airport's EU arrivals hall has information on all of Catalonia; a smaller office at the interna-
tional arrivals hall opens the same hours. The train-station branch has limited city informa-
tion. There's also a branch in the
ajuntament
(town hall).
Palau de la Virreina Arts Information Office
( 93 301 77 75; Rambla de Sant Josep 99;
10am-8pm; Liceu)
A useful office for events information and tickets.
Regional tourist office
( 93 238 80 91, outside Catalonia 902 400012;
www.gencat.net/
10am-7pm Mon-Sat, 10am-2.30pm Sun;
Diagonal)
Housed in the Palau Robert, it has a host of material on Catalonia.
Getting There & Away
Air
at El Prat de Llobregat. Barcelona is a big international and domestic destination,
with direct flights from North America, as well as many European cities.
Several budget airlines, including Ryanair, use
Girona-Costa Brava airport
, 11km
south of Girona and about 80km north of Barcelona. Buses connect with Bar-
celona's Estació del Nord bus station.
Bus
Long-distance buses for destinations throughout Spain leave from the
Estació del
Nord
(
902 260606;
www.barcelonanord.com
; Carrer d'Ali Bei 80;
Arc de Tri-
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