Guide to Barcelona

Bus Turístic

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Barcelona Bus Turístic is a great way to see the city in any way you want. There are three different routes so you can choose which parts you go and see.

The Blue Route: This route is the longest of the three, it covers places like Casa Batlló and The Olympic Stadium and does a circle round the south east part of the city.

The Red Route: The red route goes through the centre of the city and right up to the hills at the west of the city. It covers The Sagrada Familia, Parc Güell, Tibidabo and the home of FC Barcelona, Daplast.

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The Green Route: The green route goes up the east coast through the Olympic Village along the beach.

The Bus Turístic operates with a hop on hop off policy and you can interchange between any of the routes. The audio tour is in 10 different languages, all the buses are open topped and there is access for people with reduced mobility or impaired hearing.

Times: Buses go between 9 and 9.30 from any stop in the morning. At each stop, the buses come between every 5 and 25 minutes. The journey times for the blue and red routes is approximately 2 hours and only 40 minutes for the green route.

The buses run daily except for Christmas day and New Years day, and the green route only runs from April to September for the summer months.

Fares:

Adult- 23 euros

Child (4-12 yrs)- 14 euros

Infant (0-3)- Free

(You can buy 2 day tickets which must be used on consecutive days for 30 euros (adults) and 18(child) euros respectively)

Tickets allow you to use all routes at any time.

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