Arrival Barcelona by Train

The main station for national and some international arrivals is Sants Estació , west of the center. Again, there are exchange, information and car rental offices here, as well as a hotel booking service (see "Accommodation"), a police station, left-luggage facilities (approximately 4am-midnight), and telephone and fax outlets. From Sants, it's easiest to take the metro into the center; line 3 runs direct to Liceu for the Ramblas.

Estació de França , next to the Parc de la Ciutadella, east of the center, handles many of the long-distance arrivals and departures: essentially, this means Talgo services from Madrid, Sevilla and Malaga, intercity services from other major Spanish cities, and international trains from Paris, Zürich, Milan and Geneva. Some trains stop at both Sants and França - check the timetable first. From França either take the metro (line 4) from nearby Barceloneta or simply walk into the Barri Gòtic, up Via Laietana and into c/Jaume I.

Other possible arrival points by train are the stations at Plaça de Catalunya , at the top of the Ramblas (for trains from coastal towns north of the city, the airport, Lleida, and towns on the Puigcerdà-Vic line); Plaça d'Espanya (FGC trains from Montserrat and Manresa); and Passeig de Gràcia (trains from Port Bou/Girona).

At the time of writing, the city's new AVE (high velocity) train link with Madrid and France is being planned. The projected completion date is 2004, but this seems unlikely, given that in early 2001 the Generalitat, the city and the Spanish government were still wrangling over the route which the train would take into and through the city

Arrival Barcelona by Air

Arrival Barcelona by Bus

Arrival Barcelona by Ferry

Arrival Barcelona by Car