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El Prat Airport

Wednesday, 18 November 2009 13:19

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The main airport of Barcelona is El Prat which is far away 13 kms away from the center. El Prat is newly renovated in June 2009 with the aim of making the airport a big center for national and international flights. With brand new 2 terminals, modern shops, cafes and restaurants you can even enjoy while you are waiting for your flight.
Although the airport is a little bit outside of the city,it is very well connected with the public transportation. You have different alternatives to get there like train, bus and taxi. Of course, driving is another alternative to public transportation if you would like to. The key point is to know from which terminal your flight is taking off.

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Transportation from/to the El Prat Airport:

By Car: The most sophisticated way if you are not familiar with the roads in Barcelona.To get to El Prat take the C-32 which connects Barcelona-Sitges carriageway or C-31 Barcelona-Castelldefels.If you need to go T1 continue along the C-31 until you reach the B-22 turnoff leading to T1.This would be a 15 minute ride from Plaza Catalunya

By Taxi: It is the easiest way to take a taxi to go to the airport. The approximate fees are:

from/to Plaza España 13,00 €
from/to Plaza Catalunya 15,50 €
from/to Sagrada Familia 19,00 €
from/to  Sant Cugat del Vallès 25,50 €
Remember that each supplement is charged with 1€, you can find the taxis in front of the gates of the terminals.

By Train: Very simple way to reach to the airport/or to city center. You should take Renfe Line 2 and the stops you reach to the center is Estacio Sants, Paseo de Gracia and El Clot.
The cost is 2,80 € and the duration is 20 minutes from Estacio Sants.

By Bus: Again keeping in mind the terminal, it is another good alternative to go to the airport. You can access to the buses from different spots of the city.
T1 and T2: Line 46 (Plaza de España - Airport), Line L77 (Sant Joan Despí-Airport), Line PR1 (El Prat:Renfe Station - Airport), Line N17 (Plaza de Catalunya;Ronda Universitat - Airport)
T1: Aerobus (A1) (T1 - Plaza de Catalunya), Line L99 (Castelldefels - Viladecans - Gavà - Airport)
T2: Aerobus (A2) (T2 - Plaza de Catalunya), Line 105 (El Prat: Av. Onze de Setembre - Airport),

• Inside the airport, there are shuttles that you can take since the area is wide. Have a look at those:

T1-T2 shuttle: from T2 to arrivals (P0) and departures (P3) roadways and the arrivals roadway T1 (P0). Bus comes every 6-7 minutes and the journey lasts 10 minutes.

T1-T2 Renfe suburban train station shuttle: T2 Renfe Station to departures roadway T1 (P3). It is synchronised with Running to coincide with the trains arrival (every 30 minutes). It takes 10 minutes to get from Renfe Station to P3.

T1 and T2-Long stay parking shuttle: There is a linkage between long stay car park and terminals T1 (every 12 min; Stop: arrivals roadway) and T2 (every 10 minutes; Stop: opposite the intermodal building). The servica is offered from 07:00 to 24:00, also at night if requested.

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