Barcelona has boomed since the early 1990s, when preparations for the Olympic Games wrenched it into modernity, and today it remains well in the vanguard of other Spanish cities in terms of prosperity, stability and cultural activity. It's a confident, progressive city, looking towards the rest of Europe for its inspiration and its innovations - the classic tourist images of Spain seem firmly out of place in Barcelona's bustling central boulevards and stylish modern streets. And style is what brings many visitors here, attracted by enthusiastic newspaper and magazine articles which make much of the outrageous architecture, user-friendly city design, agreeable climate and frenetic nightlife. Even the medieval Gothic quarter and its once-notorious red-light area have been swept up by the citywide renovation programme, which is still running at full tilt. Antoni Gaudí is the most famous of those who have left their mark on Barcelona in this way: his Sagrada Família cathedral is rightly admired, but just as fascinating are the (literally) fantastic houses and apartment buildings that he and his contemporaries designed. In art, too, the city boasts a stupendous legacy, from important Romanesque and Gothic works to major galleries containing the life's work of the Catalan artists Joan Miró and Antoni Tapies, and a representative collection of the work of Pablo Picasso. As the new millennium starts Barcelona has continued to blossom from provincial city to putative European capital. Surely, Barcelona is the city, which deserves your attention. Check it out!
Airport info:
Аэропорт: Barcelona Airport, Terminal 2B
www:
www.aena.es
City center connection:
Car: Barcelona is 13 KM away. The best alternative is to take the highway C-246 from Castelldefels. It will take about 15 min. to get to the airport.
Train: Take the Mataro-Line
The Station ¨Cercanias de Renfe¨ is connected with the terminal building of the passengers.
Times: From Sants Station 05:43 - 22:16 o'clock, from the airport 06:13 - 23:40 every 30 minutes.
IT WILL TAKE 17 MIN. TO SANTS STATION, 23 TO PLAZA CATALUNYA, 26 TO ARC DE TRIOMF AND 30 MIN TO CLOT-ARAGO.
PRICES: NORMAL TICKET 2.20 E. THE AIRPORT STATION IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE SYSTEM (ZONE 1) OF THE METROPOLITAN ZONE OF BARCELONA.
Taxi: The taxi stop is at the exit of the terminals. Stops: In front of the terminals A, B and C.
Prices during the week about 12.90 EUR to Plaza Catalunya, 15.50 EUT to La Sagrada Familia, 19.00 EUR to Plaza de España and Sant Cugat del Valles, 25.50 EUR sturdays and holidays and night (00.00 - 6.00) For suitcases you have to pay 0.85 EUR.
Bus: Line 105 El Prat - Airport
Busstop: Terminal B (in front of Joan Miro wall and the corner of terminal B next to entrance bloque tecnico) and C.
Times: From airport 06:20 - 21:50, from El Prat 06:05 - 22:00 every 30 min.
Price 1.05 EUR
Line 106 Plaza de España - Airport
Busstop: Terminal B and C
Time: From airport 22:15, 23:35, 00:50, 02:05 and 03:20. From Plaza de España 22:55, 00:10, 01:25, 02:40, 03:50.
Price: 1.05 EUR
