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Getting Around Cities little of interest for tourists.
Three more lines are planned
Sightseeing and getting around in Spain’s cities is best done in the coming years.
on foot and by public transport – try to avoid driving a car
into the city centres. Barcelona, Valencia and Madrid all have Buses and Trams
efficient underground (metro) systems, as well as overground Buses in Spain can sometimes
railways that link up with the suburbs and airports. Madrid follow an erratic timetable
also has a metro service from the airport to the city. Good city and many do not run after
maps are available from tourist offices, or they can be printed 10pm, although there are
out from the Internet. Municipal websites (www.bcn.cat for some night buses.
Barcelona; www.madrid.es for Madrid; www.valencia.es for In Barcelona the T10 and
T-2Dies tickets are valid on
Valencia; and www.sevilla.org for Seville) provide up-to-the- buses and trams, on the metro
minute information in English on travelling in the cities. and on trains to the airport.
Bus, tram and metro tickets in
Madrid, including tourist tickets,
are interchangeable. If you do
not have a ticket, you can pay
the driver directly. Most buses
run from 6am until 11:30pm.
Night buses (called buhos) run
less frequently and always pass
by the Plaza de Cibeles. The price
is the same as for day tickets.
Valencia has a good bus
network, and buses are the
preferred way of travelling
for locals. If you are out and
about a lot during the day, get
a ten-journey bono (voucher).
You can view a map of the
Walking on Las Ramblas, Barcelona routes on the EMT website
(www.emtvalencia.es). The
Metro stations or at the airport. The tram runs from the Pont de
The best way to see Barcelona metro runs every day from Fusta (Wooden Bridge), near
over a couple of days is to buy 6am to 1:30am. the Serrano Towers, around the
a T10 ticket. Once you validate a The Metro de Valencia, city and to the beaches at Las
T10, you can make 10 combined operated by Ferrocarrils de la Arenas and La Malvarrosa.
journeys on the metro, buses, Generalitat Valenciana (FGV), is Buses are the easiest and
trams and local trains for 75 best used to get to and from cheapest way to get around
minutes. The more expensive the beach, since it does not go Seville and to the main sights.
T-2Dies gives you unlimited near the town centre. It also The bus network is comprised
transport for two days until the tends to skip other important of circular (C-1, C-2, C-3, C-4,
end of service. The Barcelona destinations, such as the City C-5 buses) and line routes
metro run by Metro de of Arts and Sciences. The metro (north, south, east and west).
Barcelona is open from 5am to will also get you to many places
midnight Sundays to Thursdays, around Valencia, beyond the Trains
until 2am on Fridays and for 24 city centre. A metro ticket to
hours every Saturday. any station within the city limits If you are heading out of
Metro de Madrid is the third- is the same price. Barcelona to nearby beaches or
oldest system in Europe (1919) Metro de Sevilla’s first line mountains, you can take a train
after London and Paris. Its 13 opened in 2009, linking the from Plaça Catalunya, Passeig
lines serve the whole city and centre with the city’s outlying de Gràcia, Estació de França
are divided into various zones suburbs, and as such it is of or Estació de Sants. The local
depending on different areas of relatively little relevance to overland train services are
the city and surrounding area. visitors – these areas contain run by Ferrocarrils de la
You can buy a single ticket for Generalitat de Catalunya
Zona A or a ten-journey ticket; (FGC) and the main
this allows travel on both line trains are run by
metro and buses. Tourist tickets RENFE (see p628). T10
providing between one and and T-2Dies tickets can
seven days’ unlimited travel also be used on local
can be purchased at train One of Barcelona’s taxis trains within the city area.

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