Transportation from the City Center to Santiago De Compostela Airport
Santiago–Rosalía de Castro Airport, also known as Santiago De Compostela Airport, is an international airport serving the Galicia region in northern Spain. While its previous name was Lavacolla Airport, with a change made in 2020, the airport was named after the Galician poet and writer Rosalía de Castro.
Santiago De Compostela is a world-renowned tourism destination in terms of faith tourism. This airport, which serves such a large and touristic area, can be reached by many different vehicles from the city. The most economical of these are the airport buses operated by the Monbus company.
The bus departs from the city center of Santiago and arrives at the airport by collecting passengers at different stops. This bus journey takes about 20 minutes. Only cash payment is accepted on buses and payment can be made to the driver.
Only city residents and taxis can enter the city center of Eşki. If you are staying in the old city center, you are very lucky. A taxi from your hotel will pick you up at the hotel's door and drop you off at the airport quickly.
If you have large suitcases or a family with children, this will be a great convenience for you. Although this trip has a predetermined cost, there may be an extra cost to call a taxi or enter the old city center. You can confirm this by asking the receptionist of your hotel.
If you are a large group, you can also arrange a private transfer through your hotel's reception. However, if these vehicles are large, they may not come right in front of the hotel, depending on the location of your hotel. The receptionist will arrange for you where to meet. It takes an average of 15 minutes to arrive at the airport, which is approximately 13 km away, by passenger cars.
Transportation to the City Center from Barcelona-El Prat Airport
One of the most popular tourism centers in Spain, Barcelona is connected to various 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 the city center from Barcelona - El Prat Airport, suburban trains, public busses, taxis and rental cars might be used.
There are two separate bus lines taking off from two terminal buildings of the airport. Public busses named Aerobus might be preferred for an economic journey to the city center. The bus lines called A1 and A2 are leaving at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 buildings respectively. Both lines are leading to Espanya and Catalunya squares in the city center. Operating between 06:00 am and 00:00 am, these busses are replaced by bus lines called N16 and N17 after the midnight.
You might reach to the city center by taking the suburban train line, R2 at the airport. You might transfer to other train lines to reach to other parts of the city inexpensively.
By taking a taxi at the terminal exit, you might easily reach to any part of the city. It is advisable to ask and negotiate about the prices prior to taking the taxi. The transportation to the city center by taxi approximately lasts 30 minutes.
It is possible to rent a car through car rental offices inside the airport or online booking services. You should keep in mind that the city is facing a traffic problem.
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