By Air
Barcelona's airport is 12km southwest of the city at El Prat de Llobregat, was built when the city was a much less popular destination, and is now expanding to cope with the strain. The airport is linked to the city by regular and direct train or bus services. The train (6am-10.40pm; journey time 30min; 2 weekdays, 2.30 weekends and public holidays; info on 934 811 299) runs every thirty minutes to Sants Estacio and - more usefully if you're staying in the Barri Gotic - continues to the station at Placa de Catalunya and on to Arc de Triomf, with the exception of the very last train which terminates in Sants. Buy your ticket from the automatic vending machine at the platform (you don't need the exact change) or at the ticket office. There's also a very useful Aerobus service (Mon-Fri 5.30am-11pm, Sat & Sun 6am-11.30pm; 3) which leaves every fifteen minutes from outside both terminals, stopping in the city at Placa d'Espanya, Gran Via (at c/Comte d'Urgell), Placa Universitat, Placa de Catalunya (in front of El Corte Ingles) and Passeig de Gracia (at c/la Diputacio) - this takes around thirty minutes to reach Placa de Catalunya, though allow longer in the rush hour. There is a second bus connection from the airport that's not as convenient but does run throughout the night at irregular intervals: bus #EN, leaving at 10.15pm, 11.25pm, 12.30am, 1.35am and 2.40am for Placa d'Espanya (just south of Sants Estacio). A taxi from the airport costs roughly 20.50 to Sants Estacio, and 21-22.50 to somewhere more central in the old town. There's a list of current prices posted inside the airport near the baggage reclamation area. There's an information office in each terminal of the airport, as well as exchange facilities and car rental offices
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