Barcelona Transportation Tips by silvia-m.b

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Getting TO/AROUND: One good option to travel inside Barcelona is by bus NO EXPENSIVE!

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Getting TO/AROUND: When you arrive to Barcelona's airport and you don't want rent a car...What to do? Take the 'aerobus'! A bus from the airport that stop in Barcelona's Downtown. Every 30 minutes you can board an aerobus at the airport or Plaça Catalunya. Tickets are sold in the bus (price only 500 pesetas!), luggage compartment inside, low deck with no steps: no tired!, electronic ramp and aisles adapted to accommodate wheelchairs: Great!, air conditioning and background music...WOW!
More? 93/412.00.00
Which terminal should you go to?
Terminal A: Adria Airways, Aeroflot, Air Algerie, Air France, Air Littoral, Air Malta, Alitalia, British Midland, Crossair, Cubana de Aviación, Czech Airlines, Delta Airlines, Easyjet, Egyptair, Gandalf Airlines, Go fly LTD, Icelandair, Istambul Airlines, Khalifa Airways, KLM, Luxair, Malev, Meridiana SPA, Polympic, Portugalia, Regional Airlines Sabena, Swissair, TAP, Transavia Holland, Tunis Air, Turkish Airlines, VASP, Virgin Airline...
Terminal C: Iberia (puente aéreo: to Madrid) and General Aviation
Terminal B: Other companies

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Getting TO/AROUND: Probably the best way to get around Barcelona's harbour is with 'Rodamolls'. This bus take you! Is an amusing articulated vehicle to take you around the new port area of the city, from Columbus Statue to the modern leisure & shopping area called 'Maremagnum', continuing through the characteristic Barceloneta. A charming ride with the taste and colour of the Mediterranean Sea.
If you buy the ticket for the Tourist Bus you'll have a 20% discount!!!

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Category: Bicycle
Getting TO/AROUND: Another good option to visit the city is by bike! Yes, of course. There are different companies in the city to rent a bicycle.
Aralcar is called this company that is located in La Rambla number 58, Ent. 1ª and offers 50 km of bike road at your service.
One day cost about 1000 pesetas and full day 1.500. If you need it all the week about 6.000 pesetas. More info? 93/301.63.77
There are guides if you need it! Special routes around the city!

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Getting TO/AROUND: Por city Bus goes around the Barcelona's harbour from 8 to 8. Frequency every 20/25 minutes. One way: 200 and Round Trip: 300. Bus route: 3.5 Km

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Getting TO/AROUND: Tomb Bus is your car for the city. This bus offers you a swift, comfortable trip around Barcelona's most select district for shopping, services and entertainment. This bus is a city transport service with all the comforts of the very best cars: a modern, functional design, a comfortable, 18-seat interior, ideal temperature conditions during all the year, good music and soundproofing. With no traffic jams or any other problems of that kind.The bus runs between two squares: plaça Pius XII and Plaça Catalunya, and can be boarded at any of its stops every 5 minutes! More info???
93.412.00.00

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Getting TO/AROUND: Barcelona Globus Turistic: a really nice experience and unforgetable from 150 m. height. Inside the capacity is for 35 pax that can enjoy views during 15 minutes. The Company name is Lindstrand Balloons the same that built the balloon that went around the world with Per Lindstrand. Where is located? Avenue Circumval.lació cruïlla C/ Wellington
Phone? 93/342.97.90, globusbcn@globusbcn.es
Price? 2.000, special prices children, groups, seniors... From 10 to 21 summer time, on weekends until 23h (Cool! Barcelona by night!)
Metro: Ciutadella/Vila Olímpica
Barcelona Globus Turístic

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Getting TO/AROUND: Barcelona Bus Turistic. Probably the best way to visit the city by yourself. With the ticket of 1 day (2.200) or 2 days (2.800, always consecutive!) you can get on and off as many times you want during all the day as in the red route as in the blue. Also you'll obtain special discounts for museums, restaurants, shops, transportation... in the city.
Frequency is really short so you don't need to wait too much. Stops in the most important places to visit in the city: La Pedrera, Sagrada Familia, Park Güell, Pedralbes, Futbol Club Barcelona Stadium, Olympic Ring, Harbour, Olympic Village, Gothic Quarter... Where buy tickets? In the same bus or in the Tourist Information Office.

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Getting TO/AROUND: The famous 'Bus Turistic' now has competence with a new company called 'Barcelona Tours'. Differences???
1/ This 'Barcelona Tours' company is expensier than 'Bus Turistic' company. Ticket 1 day is 2.500 (bus turistic: 2.200), two days 3.100 (bus turistic: 2.800). Child here until 7 is free (bus turistic until 3 years, and from 4-12 years old is 1.300) in 'Barcelona Tours' 1 day ticket children is expensier 1.500 but two days is cheaper: 2.000 (Bus Turistic: 2.600)
2/Stops are almost the same ones for both companies
3/Bus Turistic has inside a guide that explain this different stops, Barcelona Tours is with head phones in 8 languages...more than in the Bus Turistic that's really useful for people with mother tongue not so common, available in: English/American, Catalan, German, Japanese, French, Russian and Italian

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Category: Ship/Boat
Getting TO/AROUND: Travel around Barcelona's Harbour: the city from the sea! Relax and enjoy the sun, sea and incredible views of the city in the luxury and comfort of the Catamaran Orsom. Capacity for 100 pax. Takes approximately: 1h 45 min. Inside bar service. More?
Orsom
Departures next to Maremagnum (harbour)

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