Transportation to Barcelona-El Prat Airport from the City Center
One of the most popular tourism centers in Spain, Barcelona is connected to numerous places in the world through Barcelona–El Prat Airport – one of the busiest airports in the country in terms of passenger traffic. There are several options for the transportation to the airport, located 12 km. away from the city center.
For the transportation to Barcelona - El Prat Airport from the city center, suburban trains, public busses, taxis and rental cars might be used.
It is possible to reach to two terminal buildings of the airport by taking bus lines; A1 and A2 of public busses called Aerobus. Taking off from Espanya and Catalunya squares, these buses are replaced by lines called N16 and N17 after the midnight.
The train line called R2 is preferred by the passengers who would like to reach to the airport through suburban trains. It is easy to reach to the airport from other parts of Barcelona by transferring to this suburban train line.
You might reach to the airport from different parts of the city by taking a taxi or renting a car. It is advisable to ask about the prices prior to using these transportation services since, especially, taxi prices in the city are relatively expensive.
Contact Information for Barcelona Airport
The address: Barcelona–El Prat Airport Barcelona, Spain
The phone number: +34 91 321 10 00
The fax number: +90 (232) 274 64 54
Transportation from Vigo Peniador International Airport to the City Center
Vigo is the largest city in the Galician Region in Spain, and Vigo Airport, which handles more than one million passengers a year, is located 15 km from the city centre. There are bus, taxi and private car options to go from the airport, also known as Vigo-Penaidor, to the city.
Bus number 9A belonging to Vitrasa, one of the public transportation companies, departs from Vigo Airport to Praza Eugenio Fadrique in the city center every half hour. In addition to the bus that departs right next to the arrivals terminal, Vitrasa's 4C and 23 buses go to Vigo Bus Station.
From here you can go to many Spanish cities such as Madrid, Salamanca and Bilbao, as well as to Portugal. Bus number 9A also passes through the Urzaiz stop of the Vigo-Urzaiz train line. It is possible to reach famous Galician cities such as A coruna and Santiago de Compostela by transferring from here to the train.
Buses departing from Vigo Airport operate until 23.07 at night. Then there is an express bus until 23.25, but then there is no other means of transportation other than a taxi or private vehicle until the morning.
If you want to go from Vigo Airport to the city center faster, you can choose the taxis of companies such as Radio Taxi Vigo and Central Radio Taxi. It is possible to reach your destination from the airport 24/7 by taxi, both privately and shared.
There are known car rental companies such as Europcar and Alamo at the airport, but renting a car online before your arrival is a much easier and guaranteed option. To reach the city center from Vigo Airport by private car, you can follow the AP-9 highway and reach the city center quickly from Puxeiros Junction.
It takes about 20 minutes to go from the airport to the city center by private car. By the way, in Vigo it is strictly forbidden for small children to travel in a car without a baby seat. For this reason, if you have small children, you should definitely tell this to the car or taxi you have booked.