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Barcelona El Prat Airport to Barcelona

3 ways to get from Barcelona El Prat Airport to Barcelona

Barcelona El Prat Airportterminal kerbsideBarcelonaany address
Fastest
0h 30 by bus
From
from €5.90 by metro
Distance
16 km by road
Operators
Aerobús · TMB · Rodalies de Catalunya
  • Transfer ~0h 21 est. drive
  • Bus 0h 30
  • Metro 0h 32
Barcelona El Prat AirportBarcelona
  • Transfer~0h 21 est.
    terminal kerbsideany address
  • Bus0h 30
    T1 (A1) and T2B-T2C (A2)Plaça Catalunya
  • Metro0h 32
    Aeroport T1 and T2 (metro), Terminal 2 (Rodalies)Zona Universitària and Barcelona Sants
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Which one to take

You want the shortest journey
Bus
0h 30 to Plaça Catalunya
You are counting the cost
Metro
from €5.90

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Transfer~0h 21 est. drive
Barcelona El Prat Airportterminal kerbsideBarcelonaany address

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Before you land

The parts people get wrong. Each one links to where we checked it.

  • Easy to get wrong

    A1 and A2 are the same service to different terminals: A1 starts and ends at Terminal 1, A2 at Terminals 2B and 2C. Taking the wrong one means an inter-terminal shuttle at the far end.

    aerobusbarcelona.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    L9 Sud does not reach the city centre. It runs from the two terminals to Zona Universitària, and a change is needed at Collblanc, Torrassa, Can Tries–Gornal or Zona Universitària for anywhere central.

    tmb.cat · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    Ordinary metro tickets do not work at the airport. The single ticket, the T-casual and the T-grup are all explicitly invalid there — only the dedicated Airport Ticket is accepted, and arriving without one means buying it before the barriers will let you out.

    tmb.cat · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    No Aerobús line stops at Barcelona Sants. For the mainline station the train or the metro is the connection, not this bus.

    aerobusbarcelona.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Where to go

    The two rail options start in different places: the metro has a station at each terminal, while the Rodalies station is at Terminal 2 only. From Terminal 1 the free 24-hour inter-terminal shuttle is the way to reach the train.

    aena.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    The Plaça Universitat stop only works one way. It is served on the run from the airport into the city and not on the way back out.

    aerobusbarcelona.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Easy to get wrong

    A Rodalies ticket does not let you change onto the metro, the tram, the city bus or FGC, and it has to be bought before boarding and used within two hours of validation.

    rodalies.gencat.cat · checked 2026-09-07

  • Tickets

    Tickets are sold online, at machines around the city and the airport, by staff at the stops and on the bus itself. Cash is accepted with a maximum of €20 in change.

    aerobusbarcelona.es · checked 2026-09-07

  • Tickets

    The voucher printed on an Aerobús combined ticket can be redeemed at any metro station in Barcelona except the two airport stations, which is exactly where an arriving passenger would try to use it.

    aerobusbarcelona.es · checked 2026-09-07