How do I get from Barcelona El Prat airport to Plaça d'Espanya?

Bus 46: €2.90 for one traveler, 31–43 min. It leaves you at Plaça Espanya, via El Prat de Llobregat, Bellvitge and the Gran Via through L'Hospitalet. Bus 46 ends at Plaça Espanya after 31 to 43 minutes and takes every TMB ticket, a single or a shared T-familiar. From here, metro L1 or L3 continues to Plaça de Catalunya.

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Barcelona El Prat airporttoPlaça d'Espanya

Airport to destination · One way · All prices are totals for 1 adult · All service hours

1 way to Plaça d'Espanya

For Barcelona generally we recommend the Aerobús A1 and A2; for Plaça d'Espanya the answer changes.

Recommended

The cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker.

Bus 46

46 · TMB

31–43 min rideEvery 15 min05:30–23:50

Terminal 1 arrivalsPlaça Espanya

Luggage space

€2.90total for 1 adult€2.90 eachBuy ticketOn TMB

Pickup, hours & luggage

Boards at. Terminal 1 arrivals, level 0; Terminal 2B and T2C; also the long-stay car park

The ordinary TMB single, EUR 2.90, works on this bus with no airport supplement; every integrated ticket works too, and a shareable T-familiar (EUR 11.50) is cheaper than four singles. On a single, continuing by metro from Plaça Espanya costs another EUR 2.90; on a T-casual or T-familiar the change is free.

Luggage. An ordinary city bus with no racks and no luggage rule.

Hours. TMB's scheduled times at the Aeroport T1 stop, read for a weekday, a Saturday and a Sunday: first 05:30 and last 23:50 on all three, every 13 to 17 minutes by day and every 20 after 22:00. TMB adds that timetables may vary with disruptions on public roads.

Price for every party size · Fare source

Bus 46 ends at Plaça Espanya after 31 to 43 minutes and takes every TMB ticket, a single or a shared T-familiar. From here, metro L1 or L3 continues to Plaça de Catalunya.

Whether the regulated taxi flat fare covers this address is not recorded here. Agree the fare before you set off. Ride times exclude walking and waiting. Every way from El Prat into Barcelona

Your destination

Straight there.

A big square on the western edge of the Eixample, at the foot of Montjuïc, not the center: metro L1 and L3 run on from here to Plaça de Catalunya.

Barcelona-El Prat

Follow the signs

Terminal 1 arrivals

Bus 46 · 31–43 min

Plaça d'Espanya

Bus 46 serves Plaça d'Espanya. Rodalies R2 Nord does not.

Arriving late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the Bus 46 runs 05:30–23:50. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it. and the board keeps only what is running.

From arrivals to Plaça d'Espanya

Find the stop

Terminal 1 arrivals. Follow the signs from arrivals.

Choose Bus 46

Check the destination and departure board before boarding.

Arrive at Plaça d'Espanya

31–43 min. Continue to your accommodation or follow signs for onward transport.

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A private car into Barcelona: €42 for four

Four pay €11.50 on the cheapest way to Plaça d'Espanya on this page. The car meets you in arrivals and drives to your door. €42 is what Welcome Pickups charges to the centre of Barcelona; it quotes the fare for your own address when you book ahead.

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Continuing by public transport?

Follow the station signs for your onward connection.

Walking to your stay?

Check the address and choose the nearest exit.

Before you travel

Does the Rodalies R2 Nord stop at Plaça d'Espanya?

No. It runs to Barcelona Sants in 20 minutes.

Does the Aerobús A1 and A2 stop at Plaça d'Espanya?

Yes. Both Aerobús lines call at Plaça Espanya on their way to Plaça de Catalunya, a stop shown on the operator’s own line pages. Its fare is the Aerobús’s own; no TMB ticket is valid on it.

Is Plaça d'Espanya inside the taxi fare zone?

Not recorded here. Agree the fare before you set off rather than assuming the airport flat rate applies.

What if my flight arrives late?

Not everything runs around the clock: the Bus 46 runs 05:30–23:50. Outside those hours nothing on this board runs to the center, and taxis are not priced on it.

How far is Plaça d'Espanya from the centre?