- How to get to Barcelona by air
- To Barcelona by land
- To Catalonia by water
The capital of Catalonia, sunny Barcelona cannot but evoke emotions at all. She either immediately likes it, falling in love with herself completely and irrevocably, or pushes tourists away from herself, proving that they were mistaken in a city or even a country. Those who are fortunate enough to be in the first category of travelers plan to return to Barcelona again - at least for a few days, or preferably weeks, to walk along the Rambla, knock at the Boqueria market, stop on the promenade, breathing in the sea air and watching the seagulls. And for this you need to know exactly how to get to Barcelona.
You can arrive in Barcelona in different ways:
- quickly and not at all romantic to fly by plane;
- take the train, looking at the Spanish landscapes outside the window on the way;
- economically accessible by bus;
- sail triumphantly on a cruise ship or, more modestly, on a ferry.
How to get to Barcelona by air
The easiest way to get to the capital of Catalonia and one of the most beautiful cities in Spain is by plane.
El Prat International Airport is located just 10 km from the historic center of Barcelona. Tourists who plan to spend their holidays in the resorts of the Costa Brava also come here. Airplanes of the following companies fly directly from Moscow's Domodedovo and Sheremetyevo airports to Barcelona: "Vueling"; Ural Airlines; Aeroflot; "S7".
Some carriers, such as S7, operate only one flight per week, others fly more often. How to get to Barcelona in summer? It's even easier, because charter flights are added to regular flights.
You can also get to Barcelona using the offers of low-cost airlines - Wizz Air, Ryanair and some others. The cost of tickets for flights of these companies is low, which allows significant savings. One drawback is that you will have to fly with a transfer in European cities.
There is another option for a trip to Barcelona: you can fly by one of the budget airlines to Girona or Zaragoza, and from there take a train or bus to Barcelona.
To Barcelona by land
There are no direct trains from Moscow to Barcelona, but the capital of Catalonia can be reached by train with several changes. There are three train stations in Barcelona, and they all accept intercity and international trains. Barcelona can be reached from some French cities, including Nice and Paris, from Italian Milan, from Swiss Zurich. Barcelona is also connected by rail with many Spanish cities: Madrid, Valencia, Malaga, etc. One has only to remember that tickets for Spanish trains are not cheap, so sometimes it is even more profitable to use a plane.
Many travelers recommend using the bus when talking about how to get to Barcelona. Traveling from Moscow to Barcelona by bus will take about three days and will not bring pleasure to people who value comfort. You can significantly reduce the time spent on the bus by getting to a major European city (Paris, Brussels, Cologne, Prague) by plane or train, and from there to Barcelona by bus.
To Catalonia by water
Barcelona is located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea, so it can also be reached by cruise ship or pleasure boat that departs from European or African ports (Rome, Marseille, Genoa, Tangier, Ibiza, Palma de Mallorca, Melilla, etc.).). Such an unusual route to the capital of Catalonia will be remembered for a long time. While many believe that ferry travel is cheaper than plane travel, this is not always true.
