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Bus 46orTaxi, fixed fare to the cruise port?

The short answer

For one traveler the Bus 46 is cheaper by €43.10. That does not change up to 8 travelers.

The Taxi, fixed fare to the cruise port is quicker: 20 min against 35 min. The Bus 46 varies between 31 and 43 minutes.

Bus 46: 05:30–23:50. Taxi, fixed fare to the cruise port: Runs all night.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersBus 46Taxi, fixed fare to the cruise portDifference
1€2.90€46€43.10
2€5.80€46€40.20
3€8.70€46€37.30
4€11.50€46€34.50
5€11.50€92€80.50
6€11.50€92€80.50
7€11.50€92€80.50
8€11.50€92€80.50

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
bus · TMBBus 46
From
Terminal 1 arrivals, level 0; Terminal 2B and T2C; also the long-stay car park
To
Plaça Espanya, via El Prat de Llobregat, Bellvitge and the Gran Via through L'Hospitalet
Luggage
An ordinary city bus with no racks and no luggage rule.
Runs
05:30–23:50
Journey
31–43 min

The cheapest way off the airport for one person, at EUR 2.90, and the slowest: 31 to 43 minutes to Plaça Espanya on TMB's own scheduled times between the two stops, then a metro to the center.

Accepts every ticket the airport metro refuses, including a shared T-familiar; the TMB single works here and not on the L9 Sud from the airport.

It serves both terminals directly and does not need the shuttle.

TMB does not publish a journey time for it; the range here is its scheduled departure at Aeroport T1 against its scheduled passing time at Paral·lel – Plaça Espanya on the same day.

After 23:50 there is no bus 46 until 05:30. The night buses N17 and N18 take over from T1, but AMB does not publish their fare.

Bus 46: price for every party size →

See TMB's 2026 fares
taxi · Barcelona metropolitan taxis, regulated by AMB (IMET)Taxi, fixed fare to the cruise port
From
Taxi ranks outside each terminal
To
Moll Adossat, the cruise terminals south of Montjuïc
Luggage
Included in the fixed fare.
Runs
All night
Journey
15–30 min

This is the only fixed taxi fare AMB publishes for any airport journey. Every other taxi ride from the airport is metered with a EUR 21.00 published minimum and no ceiling, which is why no other taxi option is listed here.

AMB does not publish a journey time for this route; the figure here is an estimate for the roughly 10 km by road, not a stated duration.

Taxi, fixed fare to the cruise port: price for every party size →

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