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Barcelona with unique tourist transport options
An essential list of unmissable attractions accompanies a visit by anybody stopping off here. Iconic buildings, squares with stories for novels, panoramic views like something out of a film and more. To help you reach all these spots, Barcelona offers a wide range of unique transport options for tourism, not just taking us to places of interest but also enabling us to discover the city from different perspectives.
Bus Turístic
These are double-decker buses that provide a tour around the city's essential sights. There are three different routes that you can cover using the same ticket, which is valid over two consecutive days. There are a total of 45 stops and you can get on and off as many times as you like. There are also audio-guides in sixteen different languages.
Aerobús
The bus service that connects the city centre with Barcelona El Prat Airport's two terminals. The journey takes 30 minutes and there is a bus every 5 minutes. There are several stops along the route, which terminates in Plaça de Catalunya.
Port cable car
Opened in 1929, this cable car links the port to Montjuïc and offers passengers a magnificent view. The 1,292-metre journey takes 10 minutes.
Las Golondrinas
The Golondrina pleasure boats, legendary traditional vessels, sail along the Barcelona coastline. They leave from the dock opposite the Columbus monument and from the Fòrum marina.
Cuca de Llum
Tibidabo’s new funicular has an advanced and innovative design and a capacity for 252 passengers. During its mere 3-minute journey, you can enjoy a panoramic view of the entire route through its large windows while receiving educational content from its indoor electric screens and tablets.
Tibibus
Access Tibibus, a bus service that takes you to Plaça Doctor Andreu from three points in the city: Plaça de John F. Kennedy, the Sant Genís B:SM car park and Nord station. Once there, you can hop on the funicular.
Montjuïc funicular railway
It climbs up the mountain from the Poble-sec neighbourhood. And it works just like a metro line: it leaves from the Paral·lel metro station and goes to the park's sports and cultural facilities.
Montjuïc cable car
This modern cable car climbs up from the Montjuïc funicular railway station to the highest part of the mountain, with stops at the Mirador de l’Alcalde viewpoint and the castle.