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Barcelona - El Prat Josep Tarradellas airport, strategic reference of southern Europe, is the second airport in Spain and sixth in the EU in number of passengers, and the largest airport in extension and traffic in Catalonia, and the second with the highest traffic in Spain . This airport, whose IATA code is BCN and its ICAO code is LEBL, is 13 km from the center of Barcelona, Plaza Catalunya. This distance and the numerous means of public transport that connect it with the center and other areas of Barcelona, make it a very accessible airport.
The airport of Barcelona - El Prat has two terminals: the T1 and the T2. Terminal T2 is subdivided into three subterminals: T2A, T2B and T2C. If you have to move between terminals T1 and T2 you can take a free shuttle bus that connects both terminals.
Keep in mind that to move between subterminals of the T2 is not necessary to take the bus, as well as there is no stop at all three, the route can be done perfectly by walk.
It works from 5 am in the morning to 12 pm at night with frequencies of 5 to 10 minutes depending on the hours.
Barcelona airport offers the necessary services so that all passengers find their needs covered and can help them to solve problems that have occurred during their stay at the airport or related to their flights.
At the airport of Barcelona - El Prat there are four tourist offices where you can get tourist information:
Here you can book a parking space at the airport. You have indoor and outdoor parking next to the terminals, low cost parking with free shuttle service and parkings that offer valet service so you do not have to waste time looking for a place. Choose the option that suits you and book in advance.
In the two terminals of the airport, mainly in terminal T1 and T2A, you will find all kinds of stores: food, personal care, sports, duty free, tobacconists and lotteries (tobacco and postage stamps), pharmacies, jewelery and watches, fashion and accessories, children's fashion, electronics and photography, press and magazines, gifts and decoration.
At Barcelona-El Prat airport, of course you can satisfy your appetite in a light or more forceful way in its cafes with take-away food, its breweries and tapas bars, or in its fast food or a la carte restaurants.
If you want to check if a flight has landed or if the flight is delayed, or if you want to know what time a flight takes off, visit the Aena website. Indicate the flight number and you will have the information. If the system can not find a flight with the indicated number, go to google and enter the flight number in the search box. It is possible that you will appear or at least get clues in case the number is not correct.
Within a radius of 10 km around the airport there are more than 350 accommodations (between hotels, apartments and other types of accommodation) and more than 50 hotels. You can have more information, check prices and make a reservation here.
If you are interested in being as close as possible to the airport, these are the closest ones, which are less than 5 kilometers away:
If you need to rent a car and have not booked it before you travel, these are the offices of car rental companies that you will find at the airport:
They are all in terminals T1 and T2B, except FireFly, which only have an office in T2B.