From the airport to Barcelona centre

🚌 Aerobús · A1 / A2

• 💶 Price: return €13.30 · Return ticket, valid 90 days from the outward journey. Children under 4 travel free. Combined tickets: metro/bus single + Aerobús €10.15; Hola Barcelona card (24 h) + Aerobús €24.35. We could not confirm the current single fare: check aerobusbarcelona.es.
• 🔁 How often: A1: every 5 min in the daytime, every 20 min between about 01:05 and 05:35; A2: every 10 min until 23:00, then every 20 min. Same every day
• 🕔 Last departure: runs 24 hours a day, every day of the year; the operator calls the frequencies indicative (2025/26 service charter)
• 🛫 Leaves from: Dedicated Aerobús stops outside T1 (line A1) and outside T2 (line A2); ticket machines at both
• 📍 Arrives at: Plaça de Catalunya, the end of the line, direct
• 🎫 Ticket: Online, in the Aerobús app, at the machines at T1, T2 and Plaça de Catalunya, or from staff at the stops. Card, phone or cash.

• A1 serves T1 and A2 serves T2: check your terminal before you queue.
• Traffic can slow the bus at rush hour. From Plaça de Catalunya the Ramblas and the Gothic Quarter are a short walk.

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🚇 Metro L9 Sud

• 💶 Price: €5.90 · Airport Ticket (one metro trip between the airport and any station), TMB fares from 15 January 2026. Also valid: Hola Barcelona card. Not valid at the airport stations: single ticket (€2.90), T-casual, T-grup, T-familiar.
• ⏱️ Time: 31 min
• 🔁 How often: about every 7 min
• 🕔 Last departure: journey of about 30 to 32 minutes including the change (TMB). Running hours not confirmed: the L9 runs all night on Saturday and until 02:00 on Friday, other nights it is closed overnight
• 🛫 Leaves from: Aeroport T1 station (in the T1 building) and Aeroport T2 station (next to T2)
• 📍 Arrives at: The L9 Sud does not reach the old centre: change at Torrassa (L1), Collblanc (L5) or Zona Universitària (L3)
• 🎫 Ticket: Airport Ticket from the machines in the metro stations or the TMB app; buy it before you reach the gate.

• A good choice for hotels along L1, L3 or L5; with large bags the Aerobús is simpler.

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🚆 Rodalies R2 Nord

• 🔁 How often: every 30 min on weekdays
• 🕔 Last departure: fare, journey time and first and last trains not confirmed: check the Rodalies app or rodalies.gencat.cat on the day
• 🛫 Leaves from: Aeroport station at Terminal 2. The train does not serve T1: from T1, first go to T2
• 📍 Arrives at: Barcelona-Sants and Passeig de Gràcia. The train does not stop at Plaça de Catalunya
• 🎫 Ticket: Machines at the station, the Rodalies app, or the Hola Barcelona card. A T-casual is not valid at the airport.

• Engineering works sometimes affect the line: check the Rodalies app on the day.

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🚕 Taxi and ride apps

• 📍 Where: Official ranks outside arrivals at T1 and at T2A, T2B and T2C; no booking needed. The taxi is metered, and the tariff table must be displayed on the inside of the right rear window.

• Tariffs from 19 January 2026 to 17 January 2027 (AMB): pick-up €2.80, then €1.35 per km on weekdays 08:00-20:00 and €1.66 per km on weekdays 20:00-08:00, weekends and public holidays.
• Airport supplement €4.60. Minimum fare for a trip starting at the airport, supplements included: €21.00. The total of supplements is capped at €17.10 per trip.
• Fixed fare from the airport to the cruise terminals: €46.00, supplements included.
• There is no official fixed fare to the centre: the metered fare depends on distance and traffic. Ask for a receipt.

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🌙 Landing late at night

The Aerobús runs 24 hours (A1 and A2 every 20 min between about 01:00 and 05:30), so you can always get to Plaça de Catalunya. The L9 Sud runs all night only on Saturday and until 02:00 on Friday. A taxi at night pays the higher tariff (€1.66 per km).

🛫 Going back to the airport

Aerobús: leave from Plaça de Catalunya, A1 for T1 and A2 for T2, 24 hours a day; check your terminal. Metro: the Airport Ticket (€5.90) works from any metro station, a T-casual or single ticket does not. R2 Nord: trains go to T2 only. By taxi the €4.60 airport supplement also applies. The airport advises arriving at least 2 hours before a flight within Europe.

🚌 Sagalés Airport Line · 604

• 💶 Price: €22 · Fare listed by the operator for Girona airport to Barcelona city centre. It does not say whether this is a single or a return: check on booking.
• 🕔 Last departure: times not confirmed: the bus does not run all night, so match the departure to your flight
• 🛫 Leaves from: The bus stop outside the airport
• 📍 Arrives at: Barcelona city centre, direct (the operator does not name the stop on its page)
• 🎫 Ticket: Online at sagales.com or at the airport bus point. Book ahead.

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🌙 Landing late at night

We could not confirm the last bus. After a late landing you may need a taxi or a night in Girona.

🛫 Going back to the airport

Take the Sagalés line 604 from Barcelona; book the ticket in advance and check the departure point in your confirmation. Allow plenty of time for the long journey before a flight.