Certainly, Barcelona is better to walk on foot, enjoying beautiful views of unique architectural monuments and breathing in the historical spirit of Catalonia. However, as a tourist pedestrian, you hardly have time to be photographed near even with some of Barcelona's most popular attractions. But you want to visit Montjuic Hill, Royal Square and legendary museums. And, of course, no one canceled shopping, planned at home. Yes, little does your soul require.
Our advice, do not neglect the services of public transport, and first of all, the Barcelona Metro (Metro de Barcelona). Moving around the city by metro, you will surely have time to visit the main historical places of the capital of Catalonia, enjoy masterpieces of world art of all times, dine in the best restaurant and even go shopping.
Without the Metro you can not do
Metro Barcelona - convenient and fast view transport. The metro can be reached anywhere in the city. The metropolitan in Barcelona is enjoyed by everyone - both merry loud-voiced students, elderly aunts with fans, and distracted tourists from all over the world.
Going for a walk around the city in order to see the maximum number of attractions, do not be lazy to specify the address where the one is located or another cultural monument. Be sure to pay attention to the name of the nearest metro station. As a rule, near the museums, parks, squares there are exits from the subway.
Pros and cons of the Barcelona subway
Certainly, the metro in Barcelona is the fastest and most profitable form of transport, this can not be argued. In addition, the metropolitan of Catalonia is considered to be convenient in operation thanks to a well-thought-out system of landing and disembarking passengers known throughout the world as the Barcelona decision
However, the Barcelona Metro has a number of shortcomings, for example, narrow passage corridors, the absence of escalators and elevators at many stations, as well as unbearable stuffiness.
We will tell you more about all this ...
Cost of fare
Buying tickets in Barcelona the trolley is fully automated, do not look for the windows that are familiar to us. The cost of a one-time ticket for the passage in the metro of Barcelona is 1, 45 EUR. A single ticket is valid for 45 minutes after composting. Going out of the subway, do not rush to throw out the ticket, if the time of its action has not expired. Remember that this ticket is valid for all types of public transport - bus, tram, funicular and others and you can still come in handy.
Also you can purchase a ticket for three or five days with an unlimited number of trips. This option is beneficial for those who stay at a hotel on the outskirts of Barcelona, but in a few days intends to drive the capital of Catalonia along and across.
For those who have planned to enjoy Barcelona a couple of weeks or slightly less, there is an excellent option - a ticket , giving the right to travel on all types of transport (airbus, bus, metro Barcelona) throughout the stay in the country. By the way, the ticket includes a trip to the airport. Detailed information on such a miracle ticket can be found on the information stands of the city.
Opening hours
The Barcelona Metro operates from Monday to Thursday from 5.00 to 23.00, on Friday, Saturday and public holidays - from 5.00 to 2.00, and on Sunday from 5.00 to 24.00
Website: www.tmb.cat
Barcelona solution
The principle of arranging and disembarking passengers, called the Barcelona or Spanish decision, is the The fact that there are three platforms at the metro stations. The platforms are constructed in such a way that passengers can enter and leave the car on both sides. Thanks to this decision, the parking time of the train at the stations is reduced, and there are practically no crashes so familiar to Moscow residents.
It is believed that this principle of landing and disembarking passengers was first realized in the Metro of Barcelona in the 1930s, hence the name - Barcelona decision. However, it is known that in New York and Boston similar stations existed before.
Passengers of the subway to note
Many tourists do not like to use the Barcelona subway because most of the transitions between the stations, according to them, are not very convenient and poorly thought out . These are long and narrow corridors along which the passengers meet each other friend . In addition, sometimes for transition from one station to another passengers are forced to pass not one, but two such unpleasant transitions . And all this in conditions of stuffiness and heat . In addition, many can scare quite steep stairs on stations where there are no lifts troystva - escalators and elevators .
also find it useful to note that the Barcelona Metro, along with modern, fully automated, trains still trains with imperfect system of opening of doors. Do not be surprised if suddenly you have to leave the car, press a special button, and to enter the car, turn up a special lever
Frankly, for those who used the Moscow subway during the rush hour, nothing in the Metro of Barcelona should not scare. So, just be prepared for underground surprises and use the Catalan metro boldly.
Metro Scheme
Being in Barcelona, get a metro scheme. On modern metro schemes, in addition to the nine lines of the metro itself, there is also a funicular line integrated with the underground, and two tram systems: Trambaix and Trambesos. Please note that the Barcelona Metro lines vary in numbers and have no names
Some history
The Metropolitan of Barcelona has been operating since 1924 and is the basis of the city's fast public transport system . The metro system includes 209 stations on 9 lines with a total length of 157 , 5 km . Six of the nine existing Barcelona metro lines are served by TMB (Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona), three others by FGC (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya - Catalan State Railways) . In addition to the already open nine lines of metro ve work on the construction of two more lines - 9 and 10 with a total length of 42.6 km, which will connect Badalona and Santa Coloma de Gramanet with the city of El Prat de Llobregat, the international airport and the Zone of Franca (a total of 52 stations) .