Barcelona’s airport - El Prat de Llobregat, or just "BCN" – is about 15 kilometers outside the city. From here there are several possibilities for a transfer to the inner city: the Aerobus, the buses 46 and N17, by train, by taxi or private transfer.

The airport "Girona - Costa Brava" (GRO) is located about 80 kilometers from Barcelona. Girona is primarily a hub for Ryanair. From Girona you easily travel with a shuttle bus to Barcelona in about 70 minutes.

Reus airport is located about 85 kilometers southwest of Barcelona. Reus is the second minor airport besides Girona that is also served by so-called "low cost airlines." For travelers from Central Europe the connections are mainly Ryanair. They offers flights from Düsseldorf, Frankfurt / Hahn and Memmingen in Germany, from Brussels in Belgium and Eindhoven in Holland. There is currently no connection to Reus from Austria and Switzerland.

You can reach Barcelona by car via three toll motorways. A ring road leads around the city, which merges into the motorways. On the ring road itself, you can usually progress reasonably well apart from the centre of the city. However during rush hour there is also regular congestion at the hubs, eg Plaça de les Glòries.

Barcelona is a major ferry terminal for routes to Genoa, Ibiza and Mallorca. It is also the main port for cruise ships in the Mediterranean: for example, the ships of the Aida, or RoyalCaribbean MSC Cruises begin their voyages into the Mediterranean from here. The piers of ferries and cruise ships are in close proximity to the city centre, the port begins immediately at the end of the Rambla.

Here we describe how to get to destinations throughout Catalonia from Barcelona and from Barcelona Airport El Prat de Llobregat as well as Girona airport. By public transport you can quite as easily and conveniently travel to Lloret de Mar, Girona, Sitges, Castelldefels, Montserrat, Tossa de Mar and many other places. If you are you traveling by car, our tips will surely help you.

By train you will arrive in Barcelona at Sants Estacó Station. Here you will find information about how to get from there to downtown.