Barcelona travel tips – make the most of public transport
Barcelona has a public transport system is a real treat for visitors to this beautiful city.
The fully integrated system allows about cheap and easily accessible 24 hours a day. The Transporter city of Barcelona, organization responsible for coordinating not only the city subway and bus system, but also trams and local trains.
By far the quickest way to travel to the Catalan capital is the realexcellent subway system, with an easy path, colored paper as an aid blessed them more used to try to decipher the map of the London Underground to follow. There are more than enough stations – are never far from you where your wanderings take – and is easily identifiable by blue signs with the letter M in a red diamond. A single journey will cost 1.25 – but, as we shall see below – there are some very good deals to be had.
Bus routes- And there are more than 80 citations on the city – maybe not as fast as the Metro but certainly offer a convenient way to see the many architectural product – the bizarre architecture of Gaudi, inspired by the classic production inspired the city has to offer. The bus stops at a red sign with brown benches under a small roof and almost all the buses in Barcelona is now accessible for wheelchairs, many with wheelchair lifts. For late nights,Barcelona is a full service Nitbus night operation up to 4.30 in the morning and go beyond the most popular nightlife – some even taking to the airport.
You can get free tickets to all city buses and subway lines – including Nitbus – about tourist offices and subway stations – and hotels often do not. Tourism and travel cards, there is a significant price savings to customers IMM Services Center, Metrostations, newspapers and magazines, tourist offices and retail outlets also sell Lottery. A two-day unlimited pass costs EUR10.70 EUR14.30 use a three-day and short EUR23.10 five days – and I remember that was valid for the IMM service.
Of course part of Barcelona taxis for those who preferred mode of transport or equipment they need in the mountains. Taxis in Barcelona are easily recognizable by their black and yellow and, of course, the greenthe light in the roof with their 'free' – Lliure in Catalan. If the light is yellow, so taxi is not available for rent or occupy. Currently, there is a minimum price of 1.80 euros, at EUR0.82 per kilometer tariffs, EUR1.04 per kilometer at night and on weekends. It 'clear that, so expect more equipment, and if you want to travel from the airport by taxi, the minimum charge is EUR15.00, with EUR 1 for each machine.
As for taxis,It 'should also remember that many of the center of Barcelona, just pedestrians and access to buses, there are a couple of places you can not taxi.
Barcelona is rightly considered one of the most fashionable of Europe – combining as it does, beach and city, both ancient and modern, locally and internationally. Fit as a city for public transport systems means that visitors can more often than you really need this.