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Price categories indicate the El Prat Airport
Daily Costs cost of a main course: (Barcelona)
Budget: Less than €80 Rental cars Major car-rental
» Dorm bed: €20–30 € less than €10 agencies have concessions at
» Double room in hostal (budget €€ €10–20 arrival terminals.
hotel): €55–65 (more in Madrid €€€ more than Buses Cost €5.90 and run
and Barcelona) €20 every five to 10 minutes from
» Self-catering and lunch menú 6.10am to 1.05am; it’s 30 to 40
del día (daily set menu): €10–15 minutes to the centre.
» Use museum and gallery ‘free Sleeping Trains Cost €4.10 and run
admission’ afternoons every 30 minutes from 5.42amto
Casas Rurales Comfy village 11.38pm; it takes 25 to 30
Midrange: €80-175 houses or farmhouses for hire in minutes to reach the centre.
» Double room in midrange the countryside. Taxis Cost €25 to €30 and
hotel: €65–140 Hostales Simple guesthouses reach the centre in 30 minutes.
» Lunch and/or dinner in local that have ensuite rooms.
restaurant: €20–40 Paradores State funded
» Car rental: per day from €25 lodging often in castles, ex- Mobile Phones (Cell
monasteries or old mansions. Phones)
Top End: More than €175 Pensión Inexpensive, extremely
» Double room in top-end hotel: basic guesthouses,often with Local SIM cards are widely
€140 and up (€200 in Madrid, shared bathrooms. available and can be used in
Barcelona and the Balearics) European and Australian mobile
Price categories indicate the phones, but are not compatible
» Fine dining for lunch and cost of a double room with with many North American or
dinner: €150–250 private bathroom in high season: Japanese systems.
» Double room in parador
(luxurious state-owned hotel): BARCELONA ELSEWHERE
€120–200 & MADRID Internet Access
€ less than less than Wi-fi is available in most lodgings
€75 €65 and cafes (and is usually free).
Eating €€ €75– €65–140 Internet cafes are rare.
Tapas Bar Tapas and 200
drinks;open longer hours than €€€ more more
restaurants. Money
than than
Taberna Rustic place serving €200 €140 The most convenient way to
tapas and raciones (large tapas). bring your money is in the form
Panadería Bakery; good for of a debit or credit card, with
pastries and coffee. Arriving in Spain some extra cash in case of an
Vinoteca Wine bar where you emergency.
order by the glass. Barajas Airport (Madrid) Many credit and debit cards can
Cervecería Beerhall; the place Rental cars Major car-rental be used for withdrawing money
from cajeros automáticos
to go for snacks and draft beer agencies have desks in the (ATMs) that display the
(cerveza). airport at arrival terminals. relevant symbols such as Visa,
Marisqueira Eatery Metro & buses Cost around MasterCard, Cirrus etc. There is
specialising in seafood. €5 and run every five to 10 usually a charge (around 1.5%
minutes from 6.05am to 1.30am; to 2%) on ATM cash withdrawals
30 to 40 minutes to the centre.
abroad.
Taxis Cost €30 and reach the
centre in 20 minutes.
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