Hire a car at Barcelona Airport
You must select the pickup and returning dates/times to continue. The dates you've selected are not valid, change dates.
Barcelona Tourist Info
Barcelona Airport, also known as El Prat Airport, is located south-west of the city of Barcelona, just 10 km from this important city. It´s sited between the city limits of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans and Sant Boi.
Nowadays Barcelona Airport is established as the second largest airport in Spain behind Madrid Barajas Airport, but the first in Cataluña and the Mediterranean coast. Most of the traffic at this airport serves domestic, European and North African destinations and have minor flights to Southeast Asia, Latin America and North America. Between these domestic flights we can emphasize the Barcelona-Madrid air shuttle service importance, also known as the Pont Aeri or Puente Aéreo. This was the world´s busiest route until 2008 and registered the highest number of flight operations (about 971 per week) in 2007.
For all these reasons, Barcelona Airport is considered a main hub base for some airlines like Spanair or Vueling and a focus city for Air Europa or Iberia. Especially after the creation of operating bases from Vueling and Clickair at this airport, the traffic of low-cost airlines has grown significantly.
Check on arrival, depending on your needs, the easiest transportation way:
- Train: the airport is accessible by RENFE commuter train on the line North with main stops at Barcelona Sants railway station or Passeig de Gracia railway station with transfer to the Barcelona Metro system.
- Bus: you can access by the TMB public bus (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona) on line 46 every 18 minutes from Plaça España or a scheduled private bus line from Plaça Catalunya.
- Taxi: you can also find taxi stops available at each terminal.
- Car: just if you drive from or to Barcelona city with your own car, this airport provides you approximately 24000 parking places in its different terminals. It´s a good idea to hire a car on arrival at the airport where there are many companies who offer car rental in the main terminal building. However if you are planning to rent a car, we suggest you; make your reservation in advance to assure you availability on arrival which can save you some money and time.
Bear in your mind, that price may vary depending on the arrival season (high, mid or low season). So, it´s always suggestible make a quick comparison of prices and book your car or accommodation in advance.
Take note of all this advices and now… just enjoy Barcelona!!
Rent a Car at Barcelona Sants Railway station
Barcelona Sants or Estació de Sants is the main railway station in the city where to and from operate RENFE. It’s an important transportation hub in the Catalan province of Barcelona, being the centre of commuter between suburban trains (Rodalies Barcelona) and medium-distance train services. It also connects the main inter-city train station for national and international destinations and from 2008 onwards accommodates the Spanish high-speed train AVE in the city. Take note, nowadays you can reach Madrid from Sants in two and a half hours on the AVE Madrid-Barcelona high speed rail line.
The modern Sants Railway Station was built in the 1970s as part of the first east-west regional line running under Barcelona city centre. It has been built in a modern airport style, with many platforms sited underground in something of a subterranean sprawl.
Situated in the northwest of the city centre is named after Sants, the neighbourhood of Barcelona in which is located (Sants-Monjuïc district). It’s sited at the end of Roma Avenue and between Plaça del Països Catalans and Plaça Joan Peiró, with two entrances, one in each square. It’s easily accessible via metro or bus from anywhere in the city.
Sants station provide a vast range of facilities: disabled access, tourism office, cashiers, pharmacy, various gift shops, telephone rank, flower kiosk, a large cafeteria or a hotel within the station (Hotel Sants). You can also find a police station, just in case, for any advice or help that may be needed.
If you are a tourist or if you visit Barcelona by business can use a car hire services. Just situated at the rear of the station you can collect your car from the different rental companies.
Then plan your route by car to visit the outskirts, the mountains or the coast. We propose you some of the following routes:
- Sun and beach: to suntan in the fantastic coves located in the Costa Brava or the Mediterranean character in Costa del Garraf or Maresme. If you arrive in summer time don’t miss Sitges or Figueres, home of Dalí.
- Culture: discover Romans origin of some Catalan cities as Tarragona or the old city of Girona.
- Cellars route: enjoy the taste of Penedés wines and cava.
- Nature: for the natural and sport lovers you can visit from the Parque Natural del Delta del Ebro to the Pyrenees.
Don’t waste your time, plan your route by car and enjoy Barcelona!!
Car Rentals in Barcelona
Barcelona is located on the Mediterranean coast, in the northeast of Spain. Due to this situation, Barcelona enjoys a Mediterranean climate, so Atlantic west winds often arrive to this city with low humidity. It’s the capital and the most populous city of the Autonomous Community of Cataluña and the second largest city in Spain. The main one, Madrid, is located nearly 621km from this one.
Nowadays Barcelona is largely recognised as a global city (finance, commerce, media, entertainment, artistic and international trade). This exciting city is also an important symbol of the modernist architecture which includes a wide range of Gaudi designs. Gaudi´s works can be divided in some stages: from an urban and social nature applied to the architecture to the most creative and innovative period dedicated to the realisation of the Sagrada Familia temple.
We suggest you a Gaudi walking tour to deep into his main artistic treasures located in Barcelona city: La Sagrada Familia, the Gothic Cathedral (XIII century), the Batlló House, Parc Güell, La Pedrera or the Milà House…
If you like walking and are reasonable fit and healthy, then these walking tours offer you a most wonderful way to experience and the city. You can find a mixture of art and culture from its old city, located in the Gothic Quarter, and the cosmopolitan Olimpic Port, across the famous Las Ramblas avenue. This area is a fantastic place to taste its distinctive cuisine with lot of bars and restaurants where to taste anything from typical Catalan dishes to different exotic foods.
But if you want to visit its surroundings touristic offers, we suggest you rent a car in some of the different rental offices located all around the city (Muntaner, Poble Nou, Sants Railway Station…) or directly from Barcelona Airport. Not far away from the city, if you take your hired vehicle, drive to visit Tibidabo or Monjuic Park, the largest one located on the mountain of the same name.
And finally if you are a football supporter, don´t hesitate to visit the Camp Nou, house of FC Barcelona team.
