Argeles Sur Mer & Barcelona

[Bootser]

Heading off on Wednesday morning to Argeles Sur Mer via Barca Airport/Hire Car.

 

Anyone experience of picking up pre booked hire car from Avis at Barca Airport? Any idea where it is location wise? I've had previous experience of thisfrom various airports which has ranged from very straightforward to bedlam.

 

We spend 12 nights in Argeles and then drive back to the airport, drop car off and spend two nights in Novotel, Barcelona. Best option for getting from airport to hotel? (Four of us) Taxi or public transport?

 

Moltes gràcies/ Merci beaucoup

[muleskinner]

You can get a train from the airport to the city, cab will be about 25 euro iirc.

[Nerik]

I had rented a car from AVIS in Barcelona but that was back in 2005. Can't remember much, but that is a good thing as I would had it been complicated!

[Maldini]

Train to the airport is the easiest way. You get it from Passeig De Gracia which is right in the middle of the city centre just beside Placa De Catalunya and 3 minutes from the top of La Rambla.

[£440,000]

I've always got the bus from airport to centre. Cheap and regular service.

[RP]

Technically, taxi is the easiest way ... cos they go from right outside your hotel/apartment door straight to the terminal.

[Maldini]

Technically, taxi is the easiest way ... cos they go from right outside your hotel/apartment door straight to the terminal.

 

You make a good point

[RP]

And if there's a few (four?) passengers, cost difference might not be great.

 

If your hotel is next to the train station, the pendulum swings back that way a little.

 

So many unknowns.

[Bootser]

Taxi it is then.

 

Many thanks. I look forward to the Avis agent trying to sell me more insurance.

[charlie clown]

Depends where your hotel is but, as has ben stated abovee, taxi, train or bus are all options. On our arriaval just a few wekes back we got the train in from the airport to the city centre and we waited a lot longer than we expected to at eth airport terminal for the train and it wasn't that fast either. If you need that option you need to give yourself about an hour and quarter at least.

 

The buses go from Placa d'Espanya and are more regular than the trains.

 

Taxi is the most convenient but marginally pricier depending on how many people and cases etc, you have. We paid EUR 35 incl. a small tip from our hotel (near Rocafort metro stop) for me & the missus plus cases. That was mid-morning and took 25 minutes.

 

 

 

One other thing - get your selves the travel passes (available in all metro station tickets machines). We saved a small fortune with having those. Much better than the Barca cards which supposedly get you in to some attractions FOC as well but most times we tried ours apart from one bog stadnard buses and metros it wasn't an option so we though we paid extra from those with no real benefit. The travel card is the better option of the two.

[Bootser]

Depends where your hotel is but, as has ben stated abovee, taxi, train or bus are all options. On our arriaval just a few wekes back we got the train in from the airport to the city centre and we waited a lot longer than we expected to at eth airport terminal for the train and it wasn't that fast either. If you need that option you need to give yourself about an hour and quarter at least.

 

The buses go from Placa d'Espanya and are more regular than the trains.

 

Taxi is the most convenient but marginally pricier depending on how many people and cases etc, you have. We paid EUR 35 incl. a small tip from our hotel (near Rocafort metro stop) for me & the missus plus cases. That was mid-morning and took 25 minutes.

 

 

 

One other thing - get your selves the travel passes (available in all metro station tickets machines). We saved a small fortune with having those. Much better than the Barca cards which supposedly get you in to some attractions FOC as well but most times we tried ours apart from one bog stadnard buses and metros it wasn't an option so we though we paid extra from those with no real benefit. The travel card is the better option of the two.

 

Cheers James - I think the taxi suits best and the outlay isn't much more expensive than the train/bus/metro route. Is the card you're mentioning the T10 - does seem good value.

 

PS - I still have the Booster Made For Walking CD which still gets played!