Tourist information centres
Several tourist information in Barcelona - opening hours and where to find
The tourist information provides free city and metro maps, information on events and sights. The free plans are usually sufficient to find your way around Barcelona.
You can also pick up the booked Barcelona Card and the ticket for the tourist bus at the tourist information centers.
As an aftermath of the corona pandemic, the tourist information offices have partially shortened opening times or closed them temporarily over the winter.
Overview and opening times of the tourist information
The largest tourist information centre is located on Plaça Catalunya in the basement, opposite the gray El Cortes Inglés department store building (corner of Pl. Catalunya / C. de Fontanella). There is an escalator at each of the entrances to get to the basement.
In the shop you can get lots of high-quality souvenirs: T-shirts, hats, mugs, calendars, scarves, books and much more.
Our tip: the queues at the advisory counters are often quite long, with a voucher you can also pick up the tickets and cards you have booked directly in the shop at the shop's cash desk. This saves you waiting times.
A stair lift is available for wheelchair users to get to the basement.
Tel .: +34 932 853 834
Metro: Catalunya (L1, L3, C1, L7, S1, S55, L6)
Opening hours
- Daily: 09:00 - 21:00
- 26.12.: 09:00 - 14:30
- 06.01.: 09:00 - 14:30
- Closed on 25.12. and 1.1.
In the arrival halls of terminals T1 and T2B you will find a booth for the tourist information.
In Terminal T1: go out of the security area and immediately to the right after about 50 meters you will find the tourist information. This is right next to the entrance to the airport chapel.
Terminal 2B: the tourist information is located about 50 meters to the left of the exit from the security area in the middle of the hall.
A further tourist information you can find in the lobby of the airport metro in Terminal T1.
Opening hours
- Airport Terminal T1
Monday - Friday: 8:20 am - 20:30
Saturdays and Sundays: 8.30 - 20.30 - Airport Terminal T2
Monday - Friday: 8:20 - 20:30
Saturdays: 8:30 - 20:00
Sundays: 09:00 - 15:00 - Metro L9 at Terminal T1
Mondays - Sundays: 9 - 15:00 - Closed on 25 December and 1 January
This tourist information and shop is located in the town hall, on the left corner as seen from the square.
Metro: Jaume I. (L4), Liceu (L3)
Opening hours
- Temporarily closed
You will find two tourist information offices at the Columbus monument. Both are ideally located if you are arriving by cruise ship.
Mirador de Colom (basement of the monument)
This is located in the basement of the monument and has a small shop. A trip to the approximately 60-meter-high viewing platform is very nice. From up there you can see the Gothic Quarter and the Raval, Montjuïc and the port. You can enjoy a tasting of Catalan wines below. Here you can get the tickets for the Monument a Colom.
Metro: Drassanes (L3)
Opening hours
- Temporarily closed
Cabin at the Columbus Monument and Rambla
At the Columbus monument in the direction of the port there is a tourist information center in a container. This is ideal if you are arriving by cruise ship. The Portbús, the shuttle bus that connects the cruise terminals with the city center, stops just a few meters away. And from here you can walk up the Rambla, take the Bus Tourístic sightseeing bus or use the metro, which gives you free travel with the Barcelona Card.
Metro: Drassanes (L3)
Opening hours
- Temporarily closed
If you arrive by train, you will arrive safely at Sants station. The Tourist Info is located here in the middle of the large hall.
Opening hours
- Monday - Sunday: 9:00 - 15:00
In the middle of the Gothic Quarter, opposite the cathedral, is the "Col·legi d'Arquitectes de Catalunya", the Chamber of Architects of Catalonia. You can recognize the building by the drawings by Picasso, at the gray building.
The Tourist Info is located on the ground floor of the building at Plaça Nova, 5.
Opening hours
- Mondays: 10:00 - 15:00
- Tuesdays: 10:00 - 14:00
- Wednesdays - Saturdays: 10:00 - 20:00
- Sundays: 10:00 - 15:00
The information booths are located throughout the city. Vouchers cannot be redeemed here.
Cabina Barceloneta
Address: c / Doctor Aiguader, s / n (in front of the MHC)
Opening times: temporarily closed
Cabina Colom
Address: Plaça Portal de la Pau, s / n.
Opening times: temporarily closed
Cabina Plaça de Catalunya City Tour
Address: Plaça de Catalunya, s / n
Opening times: 9:00 - 15:00 daily
Cabina Plaça de Catalunya North
Address: Plaça de Catalunya, s / n (in front "El Corte Inglés")
Opening times: 9:00 - 15:00 daily
Cabina Plaça de Catalunya Sud
Address: Plaça de Catalunya, s / n (in front of the "El Triangle" department store)
Opening times: 9:00 - 15:00 daily
Cabina Plaça Espanya
Address: Plaça Espanya / Maria Cristina Av.
Opening times: 9:00 - 15:00daily
Cabina Port Olímpic
Address: Port Olímpic - Moll de Mestral (in front of the Mapfre skyscraper)
Opening times: temporarily closed
Cabina Sagrada Família petita
Address: Plaça de la Sagrada Família
Opening times: 9:00 - 15:00 daily
Cabina Sagrada Família 2 gran
Address: Plaça de la Sagrada Família
Opening times: Mondays & Sundays: 9:00 - 15:00, Tuesday - Saturday 8:30 - 20:00
Cabina Sants
Address: Plaça Joan Peiró, s / n
Opening times: temporarily closed
Cabina World Trade Center
Address: Moll de Barcelona, s / n (in front of the South Harbor Terminal)
Opening times: temporarily closed
All cabins are closed on 25 December and 1 January.The opening times can change due to external circumstances.
All tourist information centers are accessible by wheelchair. Mostly accessible at ground level or via stair lifts.
You can pick up the following booked products at the tourist information office on presentation of the voucher (printed or smartphone):
- Barcelona Card and Barcelona Card Express
- Ticket for the Bus Turístic (can also be redeemed on the bus)
- Hola BCN tickets
- Articket museum pass
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