Barcelona is well-served by land, sea and air links. Getting there is easy. The airport underwent a complete refit ten years ago, and plans are currently underway to build a new runway. The high-speed train (AVE) which will connect Barcelona with the European rail network and Madrid, is expected to be operational by 2006.
By air The airport is located 12 kilometres outside the city, direction south. Most European airlines, and many international ones, operate flights from its international terminal. Regular domestic flights: Corunna, Alicante, Almeria, Asturias, Bilbao, Gran Canaria, Granada, Ibiza, Jerez, Lanzarote, Leon, Madrid, Malaga, Minorca, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona, San Sebastian, Santander, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Tenerife, Valencia, Valladolid, Vigo, Vitoria, Zaragoza. European Union: Amsterdam, Athens, Belfast, Bergamo, Berlin, Birmingham, Bologna, Bristol, Brussels, Bordeaux, Cologne, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Stockholm, Exeter corregir catalŕ, Florence, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Leeds, Lisbon, Liverpool, London, Luton, Luxembourg, Lyon, Manchester, Marseille, Milan, Munich, Naples, Newcastle, Nice, Oporto, Oslo, Palermo, Paris, Pisa, Rome, Stuttgart, Turin, Venice, Verona, Vienna. International: Algiers, Atlanta, Aswan, Basel/Mulhouse, Bogota*, Buenos Aires*, Cancun*, Caracas*, Casablanca, Chicago*, Cairo, Istanbul, Geneva, Guatemala*, Guayaquil*, Johannesburg*, Kelfavik, Kiev, Havana*, Lima, Malta, Managua, Mexico*, Miami, Moscow, New York, Panama*, Prague, Quito*, Rio de Janeiro*, San José Costa Rica*, San Juan Puerto Rico*, San Pedro de Sula*, San Salvador*, Santiago de Chile*, Santo Domingo*, Sao Paulo*, Sharm el Sheik, Tel Aviv, Tunis, Warsaw, Zurich * (Via Madrid)
By train The city’s main railway stations are: Barcelona Sants Station Pl. Paďsos Catalans s/n (08014) Barcelona’s main railway station runs the following services: - International passenger trains Eurocity “Catalan Talgo” Barcelona-Montpellier, Eurocity “Joan Miró” Barcelona-Paris, Eurocity “Pau Casals” Barcelona-Zurich, Eurocity “Salvador Dalí” Barcelona-Milan. Daily connections between Barcelona and the French border (La Tor de Querol and Cerbčre). - National passenger trains Euromed to Valencia and Alicante. Trains to the beaches to the south of Barcelona: Costa del Garraf and Costa Daurada. Trains to the Maresme coast and Costa Brava (Blanes, Figueres). Train to Barcelona Airport. Commuter trains C2 (Sant Vicenç-Maçanet), C3 (L’Hospitalet-Vic), C4 (Sant Vicenç-Manresa) - Access to all Spanish long-distance trains. Estació de França Av. Marqučs de l’Argentera (08003) Long-distance national and regional trains. Information and ticket sales: daily 7.30 h - 22 h Tel. 934 963 006 | Fax 934 964 007 Passeig de Grŕcia Station Trains to the French border at Cerbčre. Trains to the beaches to the south of Barcelona (Garraf and Costa Daurada). Direct trains to Montpellier for connections to Paris and Geneva. Direct trains to Port-Aventura. Tel. 934 880 236 Plaça de Catalunya Station Trains to Manresa, Mataró, Blanes, Lleida, Vic, Puigcerdŕ and La Tor de Querol (connection with SNCF/French railways to Toulouse and Paris). Trains to the Costa del Maresme and Blanes. Commuter trains C2 (Sant Vicenç-Maçanet), C3 (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat-Vic), C4 (Sant Vicenç-Manresa).
By sea Barcelona has become the Mediterranean’s foremost cruise ship harbour. It has eight passenger terminals, five for cruise liners and three for ferries. It operates services to the Balearic Islands and the main Mediterranean ports. Ferries depart daily for the Balearic Islands and there is a direct service to the port of Genoa.
