Travelling to Barcelona by car, bus or train

By car, by road

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Connect the GPS of your car or mobile phone, and let yourself go. If by chance you do not have it or if for some reason you do not want to activate it, or in case a solar storm leaves the satellites temporarily unusable, we indicate here the main accesses to the city of Barcelona.

AVINGUDA MERIDIANA: This is the access from the North of the city. Connects with the motoway (autopista) C-33, and the C-33 connects with the A-P7, main motorway (autopista) that leads to the North of Catalonia and France. La Avinguda Meridiana takes you to Plaça de les Glòries, which connects with the Avinguda Diagonal, Aragó street and Gran Vía.

GRAN VIA: Crosses the city from South to North. In the South connects with the motorway C-31 (the C31 connects with the C-32). In the Norht with the motoway C-32. Gran Vía leads to Plaça Espanya, Plaça Universitat, Plaça Catalunya and Plaça de les Glòries

AVINGUDA DIAGONAL: Connects with roads and motorways to the South and East of Spain AP7, A-P2, A-2/N-II and N-340.

LES RONDES: These are fast ring roads with access to different places of the city. There are three.

• Ronda de Dalt: Runs roughly north-south and lies west of the city on the mountainside. This is the fastest route to and from the airport and the autopista north to France.
• Ronda del Litoral: Completes the ring around the city, following the coast.
• Ronda del Mig: Runs diagonally across the city from south-east to north-west.

By bus (coach)

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You can get to Barcelona by bus from several European countries. There are several companies that offer long-distance bus transportation service. Among them we highlight FlixBus which was born in 2013 bringing the low cost concept to the private road transport sector, without forgetting other important aspects such as comfort, safety and environmental protection. With FlixBus you can get to Barcelona from most European countries.

Buy a ticket with FlixBus

By train

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Currently, with high-speed trains (AVE, in Spain and TGV in France), you can reach Paris in 6h 20min, Lyon in 4h 55min, Toulouse in 3h15min and Marseille in 4h 40min. Other cities with stops on the routes from Barcelona to France in high-speed trains are: Figueres, Girona, Perpignan, Narbonne, Agde, Sete. Béziers, Montpellier, Nîmes, Avignon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille, Valence, Lyon and Paris. From Paris and Lyon you can change trains to the French high-speed network to reach cities in other European countries (London, Brussels and Geneva) and other cities in France.

The AVE and TGV trains leave in Barcelona from Sants station which can be reached by metro lines L3 and L5. To check schedules, prices and buy tickets online, visit the renfe website or the Sncf.