How to get from Girona to Costa Brava. How to get to the Costa Brava. Airport terminals: terminal diagrams
Girona Airport is ideal for those who need to visit Girona, Costa Brava (Lloret de Mar) and Barcelona. Those planning to ski in Andorra also choose this airport.
Girona - Costa Brava International Airport is located 12.5 km southwest of the city of Girona. The airport was built in 1965, but until recently it had low passenger traffic.
In the early 2000s, Ryanair's decision to use Girona Airport as its hub saw a surge in passenger numbers. Following this, the airport infrastructure also developed. Several restaurants and shops have appeared where you can buy local delicacies: wine, sweets, the famous Spanish jamon (cured meat) and candy. There is a bookstore and souvenir department. There is a tourist office in the arrivals hall, where they will give any information (the staff speaks English). From here you can go on a sightseeing tour of Girona.
The bus schedule to Girona and Barcelona is coordinated with the arrival and departure times of planes. In addition, you can always use a taxi. There is a car rental service at the airport. There is a place for parking, both short-term - directly in front of the airport building, and for long-term - 5 minutes away.
Girona Airport (Aeroport de Girona - Costa Brava) (IATA GRO, ICAO: LEGE) is an international airport in northeastern Catalonia (Spain) 12 km from the city of Girona. At the time of writing, a visit to this airport was only in the plans. Now we have been to Girone twice already. The first time in August 2009, on a flight from Bremen, the second time in April and May 2012, on flights from Tallinn. If I'm not mistaken, this is our eighth Ryanair airport and the tenth in Europe overall.
Girona Airport goes by different names, which can lead to confusion, especially when booking flights. In Spanish it is spelled Girona, but in Catalan it is written Gerona, so the names are used interchangeably. There are also other options, for example, Ryanair calls the airport Barcelona-Girona Airport. While other airlines call it Gerona-Costa Brava or Girona-Costa Brava.
The airport was built in 1965 and had a runway measuring 2,200 by 45 meters, as well as parking for nine medium-sized aircraft. Later, a power plant, a control tower and a weather station were built, as well as a one-story passenger terminal with an area of 2,600 square meters. m. On the airfield itself, a taxiway appeared, parallel to the runway.
It was classified first as administrative, that is, as local. In 1969, the aircraft parking area was further expanded and the taxiway was lengthened. In the same year, due to an increase in traffic volumes, construction of a new terminal began. In 1975, work began to expand and adapt the runway to accommodate large jet aircraft. In the early seventies, the number of charter flights initially increased sharply, but since 1978 most of them have been transferred to Barcelona Airport. This led to a decrease in air travel, especially after 1983.
Everything changed dramatically in the early 2000s, when Ryanair decided to make Girona Airport one of its hubs. This led to a sharp increase in passenger traffic. Over the next six years after the arrival of Ryanair, the number of passengers carried increased more than 10 times. Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) is used by Ryanair for flights to Barcelona, as it is located 92 km north of the city. Barcelona can be reached directly by bus or taxi, or by train from Girona train station.
Departure from Girona (Barcelona-Girona Airport)
Check-in for domestic and international flights is carried out on the lower level of the passenger terminal building, where 18 check-in counters are located. The airport terminal is not very large in size and is not difficult to navigate. Ryanair is the airport's flagship carrier and its check-in counters are visible from afar. The only caveat is that the electronic board does not indicate the boarding gate number, only the check-in counter.
Our flight (May 11, 2012) from Barcelona-Girona Airport to Tallinn was early (departure at 6.55) so the check-in area was relatively empty. Check-in counters 1-4, on the left side of the terminal, are used to check baggage and hand luggage for weight. There is no registration at these counters, but only electronic scales.
The visa-check procedure, mandatory for Russians, is carried out in a separate window on the right side of the terminal, next to check-in counter number 18.
After visa-check and baggage check-in, you need to go up the escalator to the next level of the terminal, where the checkpoints ("feel") are located before entering the departure area. Here you need to remember that the line to the security check area begins literally right behind the escalator. If you have free time before departure, it is more convenient to spend it on the lower level of the terminal.
On the upper level from the escalator to the security check area there is only a queue of departing passengers, and you can sit behind the security check area, but there are not many places. Only one dutik was seen, and that one was small. The number of the required (and let me remind you there are 10 or 12) gate for boarding appears on the board only 15-20 minutes before departure. If you go through the inspection too early, then there is nothing to do at the top and you constantly need to monitor the electronic scoreboard. We didn’t have such a problem, since the flight was early, we barely had time to go through all the procedures when boarding was announced. They didn’t even go into the dyutik.
At Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) there was no weight check of hand luggage, but each (!!!) bag or suitcase was checked for size through the counter before being allowed to board. Let me remind you that if the size of hand luggage exceeds 55x35x25, i.e. If your suitcase or bag does not fit into the rack, you will have to pay for your luggage at a greatly (!) inflated rate, and even have to carry it to the plane yourself.
Arrival to Girona (Barcelona-Girona Airport)
Arriving at Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) is simple and straightforward. The terminal is not big and everything happens very quickly.
Regardless of the flight, passengers arrive on the 0th floor of the passenger terminal building, where two baggage claim halls are located. Hall 1 serves domestic flights, flights from the UK and Ireland, as well as from countries included in the Schengen agreement. Hall 2 is intended for passengers arriving from countries outside the Schengen Agreement. The baggage claim halls have direct access to the arrivals hall.
In addition to Barcelona, Girona Airport has good connections with the resorts of the Costa Brava and Costa del Maresme. Thanks to its proximity to the French border (only 40 minutes' drive), the airport can be used when planning trips to the Pyrenees and ski resorts of Andorra. More detailed information on options (cost, schedule, etc.) on the airport website in the Transport section. The page contains a lot of links to other pages of the site with options for leaving and coming.
Bus Girona (Barcelona-Girona Airport) - Barcelona.
In August 2009, after arriving at Girona-Girona Airport-Barcelona, we were primarily interested in Barcelona, so we will dwell in more detail on the budget transfer (and this is a bus) to Barcelona and back. The bus is the easiest and cheapest way to travel between Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) and Barcelona city center. The carrier company is not owned by Ryanair, but the flight schedule is coordinated with Ryanair's arrival and departure flights. Schedule Girona (Barcelona-Girona Airport)-Barcelona. and Schedule Barcelona - Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) Schedule 2009, for example, it is better to look at the current ones using the links on the website of Girona Airport - Barcelona.
The airport bus goes from Barcelona to the Estacio Nord bus station. Travel time is approximately 1 hour 10 minutes. The ARC DE Triomf metro station (red line 1) is a five-minute walk from the stop. The cost of a one-way ticket then was €12.0 ( May 2012 - €15.0), round trip €21.0 ( May 2012 - €25.0). Tickets were not pre-sold. You could only buy a ticket on the spot - you had to stand in a short (or long, depending on your luck) line at a special window in a booth next to the bus parking lot. Tickets were sold only in cash, no bank cards. In general, during our trip to Spain in 2009, which began at Girona airport, we repeatedly had the opportunity to make sure that the Spaniards have a cool attitude towards bank cards; they somehow prefer cash.
You can also take a bus from Barcelona-Girona Airport to the city of Girona.
Rent a car at Girona Airport - Barcelona.
Our second visit (April 27, 2012) to Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) was calculated taking into account car rental. The car was ordered in advance from the website of Ryanair, which in turn cooperates with HERTZ. The HERTZ office, like the offices of other renta-car companies, is located in the arrivals hall, visible literally immediately as you enter the terminal.
We had a booking voucher in hand and the entire registration procedure took literally a matter of minutes. To receive a car, the HERTZ Agent needs to present your license (we had international ones), a voucher and a bank card. You are given a contract and car keys. At the time of booking, the cost of the rental, the cost of a tank of gasoline and the amount assigned for returning the car to a location other than where it was issued are debited from the account.
I will give the financial result of renting a car from HERTZ at Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) - Barcelona. Renting an Opel Astra class car from HERTZ through Ryanair for two weeks cost €259.0. The amount charged for fuel is calculated as a full tank at a very inhumane price. In fact, instead of the Astra, we got a diesel Opel Meriva and for fuel we were charged 54 liters at €2.55. The return fee is €17.70.
Even before the trip, having received a rental voucher from HERTZ and carefully read it, we were surprised to find that the declared cost of renting a car did not include CDW and TP insurance (analogous to our CASCO). We decided that we would talk about this on the spot, when we received the car at Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport)-Barcelona. The result of the negotiations on the spot surprised us even more - it turned out that for some unknown reason, it was impossible to pay for insurance on the spot, canceling the reserve and placing a new order was also impossible... Well, what was completely surprising was that the car was given to us without insurance. And no franchise blocks.
As a result, after returning the money written off for a tank of fuel, renting an Opel Meriva car for 14 days at the Girona-Girona Airport-Barcelona cost us only the same €259.0, i.e. less than twenty euros per day. And taking into account the fact that there was another person traveling with us and he compensated for 1/3 of the costs of both renting a car and gasoline, everything turned out very humanely. By the way, the refund of the written-off funds occurred quickly, no later than a week after the return of the car. What more can be said? Just one thing - fly Ryanair and use HERTZ services.
The cars of renta-car companies are waiting for their owners in a separate parking lot; to get there you need to go through a regular parking lot located closer to the passenger terminal of Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport). However, the HERTZ agent who registers the car will kindly tell you where to go.
Now a few words about returning the car. First, there are NO refueling stations in the area adjacent to Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport). You need to take care of replenishing the fuel tank in advance; the nearest REPSOL gas station is located on the N-II highway about five kilometers before the turn to the airport, in the direction of travel from Girona.
The second relates to HERTZ and perhaps to the time defined as "off season". More specifically, at the beginning of May 2012, the acceptance of the car at Barcelona-Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) is carried out by a specially trained person who arrives at 11:00 a.m. (11:00 a.m.). It is unknown how long he works, but when we took the car on April 27, after arriving at 15:00, the booth in the parking lot where the HERTZ representative should sit was locked. Despite the fact that the opening hours are stated from 8.00 to 20.00. The result is that we simply parked the car in the parking lot, next to the HERTZ booth, and took the keys to where they were issued.
To get to the rental car parking lot at Barcelona-Girona Airport, you need to drive between the parking lot and the airport terminal, almost making a circle. There are traffic signs on the asphalt, and there are also signs along the road on the side of the road. Entrance to the renta-car parking lot is through a barrier that rises automatically when approaching.
For now, that's all about renting a car at Barcelona-Girona Airport-Barcelona...
Taxi at Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) - Barcelona.
For those who are interested in the possibility of leaving or arriving at Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport)-Barcelona by taxi, I can say the following. Taxis at the airport are minivans or minibuses like Mercedes-Vito and the like. The cost of travel for known settlements is fixed or at least predictable. Thus, the cost of a trip from Barcelona-Girona Airport (Barcelona-Girona Airport) to the city of Girona is stated as €25.0 for a one-way flight. Mikriks are multi-seat, so if you get a group of people willing, you’ll end up with less for each person. We were traveling together, in fact it turned out that way, the meter clicked at the end of the road - €24.55. Fare category -3.
From Girona, from a hotel in the Salt area, taking into account the early time (5-00 am) and ordering a taxi by phone, the cost of a trip to Girona-Girona Airport-Barcelona amounted to almost €30.0. Fare category -4. That's how it showed on the meter.
Girona is not very popular among tourists as an independent city, however, people often come here from Barcelona. Girona Airport also receives passengers arriving in the capital of Catalonia, because the distance between Girona and Barcelona is only 90 kilometers. In winter, the tourist flow is directed to the ski resorts of the Principality of Andorra, the distance to the border with which is just over 100 kilometers. Transport links between settlements are well developed.
Girona Airport is called Costa Brava and is most often used as an alternative to El Prat Airport. It is located 10 kilometers from the city in the direction of the southwest. Passenger traffic is approximately 6 million people per year.
- Airport address: 17185, Vilobi de Onyar, Girona.
The main carrier of the airport is Rayanair. It is thanks to this low-cost airline that Girona Airport managed to increase the flow of passengers.
Airport online scoreboard
How to get to Girona airport
If you are vacationing on the coast or visiting Barcelona, and your flight is from Costa Brava Airport, you don’t have to worry about how to get to the airport. There are quite a few ways, it all depends on how comfortable the trip should be and what its cost will be.
The easiest way to get to the airport is by driving your own car or renting a car. You can choose a direction and follow it using a map or navigator:
- from the border with France and southern Spain - highway AP7/E15 (toll road);
- from Madrid and Barcelona - highway N-II (toll free);
- from Girona - highway C-25 (toll free).
Universal car rental services allow you to rent a car at one airport and return it at another. Details can be found directly below. Another easy way to get to the port of Girona is to use regular bus services:
- from Girona all the way to the airport route 607(fare - 10 euros, travel time - 30 minutes, the route is 24 hours a day, departs every hour from the bus station except 01:00, 02:00, 03:00, 04:00, 10:00, 20:00);
- from Barcelona to Girona airport routes 602, 604(fare is 16 and 17 euros, route 602 runs from Barcelona Airport and stops at the Northern Bus Station, route 604 starts from Carrer d’Ali Bei next to the gas station).
- You can get there from Costa Brava 661 route, which runs from Perpignan to the Costa Brava. The same bus can take you to France.
The bus stop at the airport is located on level 0. Another great way to get to Girona airport is to buy a train ticket. The final station will be the city station, from which you can take a bus to the airport itself. Of course it will take much longer.
Taxi is the fastest and most expensive way to get to the airport. The price per kilometer ranges from 0.68 to 0.75 euros. The fare from Girona will be at least 24 euros, from Barcelona - 127 euros, and from Andorra - 275 euros.
Note! On weekends and evenings, rates increase, so be prepared to overpay 30-40 euros!
How to get from Girona Airport to Barcelona
Since this airport is often used for flights to Barcelona, independent tourists need to know how to get to the capital of Catalonia on their own. There are a lot of ways.
- Rent a car. There are five offices of car rental companies in the terminal building. To get to Barcelona, you need to take the N-II highway.
- Tourists who want to save money can go down to level 0 of the terminal and take the bus to Barcelona (route 604). Trains depart from the city's railway station to Barcelona. This route will take at least 2 hours.
- Sagales buses depart from the airport to the center of Barcelona. They stop there, at level 0.
- The length of the route from Girona Airport to Barcelona is 90 kilometers. The fastest way to cover this distance is by taxi. The cost will be about 130-150 euros.
You can view the public transport schedule and also purchase a ticket to your desired destination. The site is in Russian.
Car rental at the airport
For those who wish to travel by car during their holidays in Spain, there is the possibility of renting a car at Girona Airport. To avoid getting into an unpleasant situation, we recommend booking a car in advance. This can be done via the Internet without unnecessary hassles.
Airport terminals: terminal diagrams
Large airports are difficult to navigate, but Barcelona Girona Airport is not. It is located in one terminal building on two levels.
- The zero level is the arrivals hall, there are several cafes and companies that rent cars.
- The first level is the departure hall.
Finding your way around this small port is quite convenient. Information signs are accessible even to those who speak little Spanish. If you want to get acquainted with the passenger terminal in more detail, there is an excellent interactive map on the official website of the airport.
Additional services
Girona Airport offers a full range of standard services:
- luggage office;
- shops and duty free;
- restaurants and cafeterias;
- changing rooms for babies;
- holding conferences (capacity up to 150 people, hall on level 1);
- ATMs (located on level 0).
Tax Free
Those who have made large purchases in Spain must apply for a Value Added Tax (VAT) refund at the airport. All persons flying to third countries and not residing in the territory of the country and the European Union have the right to this. This rule also applies to Spanish citizens.
The minimum purchase receipt must be 90.15 euros. To request a refund, you will need to present:
- purchased items;
- stamped checks;
- passport or identity document;
- boarding pass for the flight.
To put all the necessary customs stamps, you need to go to the Guardia Civil department at the zero level of the passenger terminal and present all the documents listed above there.
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Girona Costa Brava Airport (GRO), the eighth largest airport in Spain by passenger traffic, is located 12 km south of the city of Girona and 103 km northeast of Barcelona.
Air tickets from Russian cities to Girona are usually cheaper than to Barcelona, and, most importantly, From here it is easier and faster to get to many resorts on the Costa Brava and Maresme(to Blanes, Lloret de Mar, Tossa, Santa Susanna, Calella), to Perpignan in the south of France, to the ski resorts of Andorra and the Pyrenees.
For tourists traveling to Spain with a flight to Costa Brava Airport, we have prepared a “cheat sheet” - which transport is more convenient and cheaper to travel to their holiday destination.
Girona Costa Bravo Airport building.
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From a small airfield to a large transport hub
The first airplane landed in the vicinity of Girona in 1913, and in 1934 the Cerdanya airfield appeared for communication between the towns of Catalonia and the Pyrenees.
Girona Airport was built in 1965 for domestic flights. A single-story passenger terminal and runways for large aircraft appeared later.
Convenient location - close to coastal and ski resorts region - the first to evaluate the charter airline from the Netherlands, Raynair. Now Costa Brava is one of its key transport hubs.
Girona Costa Brava Airport is one of the key transport hubs for charter airline Raynair.
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Since 2003, the airport has been accepting international flights and is one of the five largest in Spain.
Flight geography
Ryanair accounts for the bulk of flights- it carries passengers from Stockholm, Bratislava, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Madrid, Paris. Regular and seasonal flights are operated by the Polish Wizz Air (Budapest, Krakow and Gdansk, Kyiv), the Belgian Jetairfly (Brussels), and the British Thomsonfly (Birmingham, London, Manchester).
Boarding a plane of the Polish airline Wizz Air.
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Until recently, people flew from Russia to Girona only with transfers in Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf on planes of Czech (Smart Wings) and Dutch (Transavia) airlines.
Direct flights from Moscow
In May 2016, the low-cost airline Pobeda received permission to fly to Girona-Costa Brava Airport. So far, 2 flights have been launched - they depart from Vnukovo on Thursday and Sunday. Travel time is 4 hours 45 minutes, and the cost may vary. In July, a one-way ticket could be purchased in advance for 8,746 rubles; in August and September, a round trip flight would cost 29 and 16 thousand.
Low-cost airline Pobeda aircraft.
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Flights with transfers
From Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg and other cities you can fly with one or two connections in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, Prague, Munich.
Airlines Aeroflot and Transaero, Iberia, Estonian, Finnish, Turkish, Swiss airlines, Lufthansa - offer many options. To find the most budget-friendly one, you will have to try- prices vary by 2-3 and even 10 times. It depends on the season, day of the week, ease of connection, time of booking. As of July, tickets from Moscow for connecting flights were sold at prices ranging from 19 to 120 thousand rubles, from Rostov - from 51 to 169 thousand, and from Kaliningrad and Yekaterinburg, on average, for 66 and 96 thousand rubles.
We advise you to take a closer look at the offers of the air carrier Ryanair - it does not operate in Russia, but from Bratislava, Tampere, Lappeenranta, Kyiv, Tallinn, Vienna, Wroclaw, Sometimes you can find a ticket for 19.9 or even 9.9 euros on promotions.
During transfers on connecting flights, refer to the online board in the airport's transit lounge.
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Compact and convenient
The Costa Brava Airport building is two-level. On the first one there are check-in counters, on the second one there is a departure area. In a small area there is everything - counters of travel agencies, offices of car rental companies, a first-aid post, bank branches, a VIP room.
You can drink coffee, snack on fresh buns and specialty pastries, or have a hearty meal at the 24-hour Caffriccio cafe, McDonald's and Subway (from 5 am to 11 am).
You can also have a snack while waiting for your flight.
Photo: flickr.com/fotero
There are two duty-free shops at the airport terminal- Aldeasa with traditional alcoholic drinks, perfumes, cosmetics, jewelry and clothing and Divers with local goods, food and souvenirs.
A detailed map of the airport and online scoreboard can be easily found on the official portal aena.es.
Avdeev, Tula:
“I liked Costa Brava - it’s not crowded. We walked from the plane to the terminal building. There’s nowhere to get lost, there are stops and ticket offices on the square near the exit.”
The bus stop and ticket offices are located near the airport.
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Maslova Katya:
“This year the Medas restaurant opened and there is a delicatessen store attached to it. There was no olive oil in a tin in the ditik, but I bought it in Medas, and the price was reasonable.”
Where we go?
From Girona-Costa Brava there are direct bus routes to Barcelona, Figueres, Blanes, Lloret de Mar, Tossa, Pineda, Calella, Perpignan (France) and Andorra.
There are two companies operating in the region - Sagales (Barcelona Bus) and Sarbus (Sarfa Bus). All stops are located next to the terminal, and there are signs with schedules there.
Bus stop.
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To Girona
Bus number 607 goes to the city bus station every hour from 5:30 to 23:30(one way ticket - 2.75, round trip - 5.25 euros, travel time - 29 minutes).
A trip on Sarfa Bus will be faster (15-20 minutes) and cheaper- 2.15, round trip - 4.1 euros. They depart from Palamos and call at Aeroport Girona at 01:15, 5:45, 09:15, 11:15, 16:45 and 8:45.
The buses are convenient and comfortable.
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From the bus station or Girona train station (they share the same building on Placa d'Espanya) it is also convenient to get to Barcelona and the coastal towns.
To the train station and Barcelona airport
You can get to Barcelona at intervals of 1-1.5 hours by bus number 604 (Barcelona Bus). The first departs at 8:45, the last at 18:30, there are 2 flights at night - at 23:45 and at 0:15.
Barcelona Bus operates both day and night services.
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Bus number 602, which comes from Figueres, stops at the airport at 9:10, 12:25 and 19:55 and goes to the bus station, then -.
To the resorts of the coast
From the airport you can reach most coastal cities without transfers:
- To Blanes in 50 min. and 10 euros on bus number 601 (departs at 8:55). At other times he comes from the bus station. From Blanes you will have to travel early in the morning via Girona, and flights at 10:48, 13:48 and 15:38 go to the terminal.
The picturesque gazebo in the Botanical Garden of Blanes offers a beautiful view of the sea.
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- At 8:55 bus number 603 leaves for Blanes, Santa Susanna and Calella.
Ancient Byzantine church of Crepacore in Santa Susanna.
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- Bus number 605 goes to Calella at 9:00, 16:30 and 00:15 (the journey takes 1 hour 45 minutes) and stops along the way in Blanes, Santa Susanna and Pineda.
The symbol of the city of Calella is the Faro de Calella lighthouse.
Photo: flickr.com/utopiaecologica
- Bus number 661 Blanes – Girona – Figueres – Perpignan departs hourly from 5:30 to 19:30. Two flights (at 5:30 and 14:30) stop in Lloret de Mar.
To Andorra
From Girona Costa Brava Airport to Andorra la Vella the road is shorter than from Barcelona. Novatel buses depart at 10:00 and 20:00 (journey time - 3 hours 30 minutes, ticket - 34 euros).
Paradise for shopaholics - Andorra la Vella.
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To Salou
You can only get to Salou by public transport with a transfer in Barcelona.
Next to Salou is the largest thematic one in Europe.
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Direct buses from BUS Plana depart from morning to midnight with a 1-hour break to the resort of Salou from the second terminal. They do not go to the bus station, but make several stops near the metro stations Passeig de Gràcia 36, Maria Cristina, Palau Real. Duration of the trip - 1 hour 55 minutes, distance - 110 km, ticket - 14.95 euros.
Bus company BUS Plana.
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The smartest thing to do is to go by train - from Barcelona Sants station they run at hourly intervals. It will be more convenient and faster - 1 hour 20 minutes, tickets - from 8.8 to 19.8 euros.
Barcelona Train Station - Barcelona-Sants.
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What is better - taxi or transfer?
It is customary to order a taxi in Spain by phone. If the trip is long, you will have to discuss the cost of waiting, tariff, return fee, and not every driver will agree to go, for example, from Tossa de Mar to Costa Brava airport.
Maria, Nizhnevartovsk:
“We arrived late, and there were three more flights in one day, so we decided to spend the night at the Viloby Park hotel. Modest, but clean, all the amenities, the employees speak English with difficulty. For the three of us we paid about 90 euros with breakfast, and we took the morning bus to Blanes.”
If you want to explore Girona (and it's worth it), it makes sense to take a taxi to the city center(35-40 euros) and stay for a couple of days in a hotel or inexpensive hostel.
Bridge over the Onyar River connecting the Old and New Towns.
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Have a nice rest! We look forward to your feedback on your travels in Spain.