Barcelona Sants Railway Station is the city's busiest rail hub and the starting point for many…read morehigh-speed AVE journeys. We arrived via Metro Line 3, which connects directly to the station. From there, the signage made it easy to navigate to the high-speed train area on the upper levels. Before boarding, there is a baggage screening checkpoint, followed by a boarding line where tickets are checked. Once you clear both, you head down a level to reach the platforms and board your train. The process is generally smooth and organized, though at peak times the lines can get long (really long), so it's worth arriving with some extra time. The station itself is more about function than charm, but it has all the essentials: shops, cafés, luggage storage, and car rental desks. Accessibility is decent with escalators, elevators, and ramps, though maneuvering through crowds with luggage can still be a little challenging. Overall, Barcelona Sants does its job well as a modern transport hub. It may not be the most atmospheric station in Europe, but it's easy to reach by metro, clearly signposted, and efficient for catching high-speed trains.

I rolled into Barcelona Sants Estació from Paris to begin the second leg of my trip in Barcelona…read more Train stations tend to be chaotic, and they're prime spots for people to get pickpocketed, so I like to spend at little time in them as possible, and constantly be moving while there. This is the main train station in the city, and as such it's quite large with several different areas and connections. I was a little confused once we arrived as I needed to find the Metro, but after orienting myself it was no issue. Besides that, Barcelona Sants Estació is really no frills. It got me where I needed to go, and at the end of the day that's all that matters.

Yelp 100 Challenge 2018 107/100 !…read more This is a light blue colored historic streetcar from the 1900s that you can take up to Monte de Tibidabo. I think it might be one of the oldest trams still in commission and you definitely feel it's age. It is perhaps the slowest means of transportation especially considering it runs on one track and has to make its way up the mountain. The other thing that detracts from this experience is the ticket price of roughly 5 euros. I've read the bus is another option but if you're big on history or really love trams then you can try it once. We boarded from near the avenida Tibidabo metro station.

This is a slight attraction in its own right, but the main draw is the view from the top when this…read moreis finally over. The cable car moves at a snails pace, which I guess is part of the charm. Take it to the top of Tibidabo for the park and views of Barcelona.

This was the meeting point for our Tour Bus to Montserrat. We took a taxi and it was about 10…read moreminutes from the Sagrada Familia area. The station is located close to the L1 metro and Arc de Triomf. This is the station for domestic travel. Over 30 platforms and somewhat busy on a Friday morning around 8:30. The information booth/waiting area with bus arrival/departure times information as well as small cafe are located close to Platform 17. Helpful people at the information booth as we had some questions about our tour meeting point which ended up changing to a different platform. Looks solid for travel by bus options.

popular destinations during peak season may require pre-purchase online or at the station...summer…read morevisit and finding no issues...traveling to tossa de mar from barcelona which is a popular destination during the summer...while the immediate bus wasn't available, was able to buy tickets for the next bus which wasn't a long wait...once at the station, look at the departure schedule for various bus companies...destination and bus schedule monitors are located throughout the station...go to the specific window for that bus company displayed on the monitor and buy your tickets...u.s. credit cards accepted...large luggage can be stored under the bus...when you arrive at your destination, you can pre-purchase your return tickets if needed...if you need to leave earlier or later, you can easily exchange your tickets for a different time if seats are available...

This station is a pretty good hub from the regional trains coming from the maresme and the red line…read more(L1) metropolitan network. Also if you are going to the airport, you can catch the train here, and just pay one zone ( with the t10 card). I also really appreciate that it has a small bar inside with one really smart detail: it has access from outside and from outside the gated station area.

This station is on the FGC railway line out of Plaça Catalunya station in the centre of Barceona,…read moreand serves the well-heeled suburb and tourist centre of Sant Cugat del Vallès. It is located to the west of the town's compact centre, an easy 5-10 minute walk to the shops and monastery. The line was extended from Sarria, to the south, to Sant Cugat in 1917, and north to Terrassa in 1919. It became a junction when the line to Sabadell opened in 1922. The lines are all built to the European Standard gauge (unusual in Spain which tends to use either its own broad gauge or the narrow metre gauge). The station has two platforms and has level access throughout: the main entrance is through a modern extension, with the attractive original station building next door now home to a café-bar as well as the main ticket office. There are also plenty of automatic ticket machines. Local town bus services run from stops in Avenida Lluís Companys (turn left out of the main exit). Sant Cugat is the junction for services S1 to Terrassa and S2 to Sabadell-Rambla which together provide a 10-minute interval service off peak and every three or four minutes in the rush hour. In the peaks, additional services operate to Sant Cugat itself (service S5) or continue to Universitat Autònoma (service S55) on the Sabadell line. Trains take around 20 minutes from Barcelona. Note There is another station in Sant Cugat, 2km away, on the RENFE line 7 from Barcelona Sants station, named Sant Cugat del Vallès. The service is roughly half-hourly and takes about 40 minutes from Barcelona.

Eclipsed for the past thirty years as Barcelona's main station by the subterranean sprawl of…read moreBarcelona Sants, the França terminus station is nevertheless the much more attractive of the city's two main stations, and worth a look in its own right as a piece of early 20th-century architecture. Built in the 19th century as the main terminus for trains arriving from France (as the name suggests), it was rebuilt and reopened in 1929 for the International Exhibition held in Barcelona that year. With two huge, curving train sheds covering 12 platforms and a grand vaulted concourse with a polished marble floor, the whole project was conceived on a grand scale in a restrained fusion of the art nouveau and classical styles (although the external façade is a little too restrained for my taste). The construction of the east - west line through the centre of Barcelona via the modern Sants station in the 1970's rendered França somewhat redundant. Although it is close to Cuitadella Park and the trendy Barceloneta sea-front quarter, it is rather further from the current commercial centre of the city, although it is more convenient for the old Gothic Quarter. It isn't even connected to Barcelona's metro system Barceloneta station is a good five minute walk away, via the back streets to the west of the station - but the half hourly airport shuttle (line C10) will also take you into the centre. To-day, the station is the starting point for express trains to Madrid, Valencia and other Spanish cities, medium-distance services to other parts of Catalonia, the half-hourly train to Barcelona Airport (all which also pass through Sants) and a few overnight trains to and from France. The main concourse contains the ticket office, information centre, left luggage facilities and an incongruously huge cafeteria. The platform concourse also contains a quaint scale model of the station, complete with toy trains. Although beautifully maintained, the small number of passengers who use the station seem completely lost in its vast, echoing public spaces. But that also makes it easier to appreciate as a piece of public architecture, and the absence of crowds and queues makes arriving or departing by train a rare and pleasurable experience.

Arriving at this station early on a recent Thursday morning on my way to Primavera Sound festival…read morewas a highly confusing experience, entirely because I thought we were going to arrive at Estació de Sants (a station further north). Imagine my concern when I picked up a map from the information desk, found Estació de Sants on it, went out on to the street and couldn't make head nor tail of where I was! Thankfully after 10 minutes of confused wandering I asked a passerby for help and was surprised and very pleased to discover I was already near the guesthouse. Perfect! Estació de Franca was very convenient for my trip - just a few minutes walk away from Barceloneta Metro station, close to where I was staying and not far from the Barri Gothic and La Ramblas either. It's not a massive station either so finding my train home was easyhandy when there's only one overnight train per day to Paris - missing it would have been a calamity!

Parc de Montjuic is a public park that overlooks the city of Barcelona and the Mediterranean Sea…read more It was an example of town planning and architecture for the 1929 International Exhibition. Today it contains museums, the Olympic Ring from the 1992 Olympic Games, a castle, gardens, a fountain, cable car, and more. A tour guide drove my husband and me to this park. We enjoyed the panoramic views of the city buildings and the sea. Our tour guide explained that a Jewish cemetery was built into the hill. Overall, I would not call Parc de Montjuic a must-see, but it was nice to see.

So Montjuic park has this cable car lift. Let's gooooo! Want to hover above the Barcelona like an…read moreeagle? Step right into this glass pod of mild vertigo and great views. This is the cable car you have to take to get up to Montjuic Castle. This is a must do for the views.