From Girona center to Girona airport. Barcelona - Girona, how to get there (airports, city centers) From the center of Girona to Girona airport

29.02.2024

Barcelona and Girona are two different cities located about 100 kilometers apart.

However, those who want to visit Barcelona sometimes fly to Girona, and also vice versa - they fly to Barcelona, and then go to Girona.

The thing is that sometimes getting to Girona is cheaper than flying directly to Barcelona and vice versa.

Both airports serve both local and international airlines, including low-cost airlines: Ryanair flies to both Girona and Barcelona; Wizz Air to Barcelona; Pobeda airline - to Girona. Cheap tickets to Girona and Barcelona...

Barcelona - Girona, how to get there

From Girona Airport to Barcelona Airport (from Barcelona Airport to Girona Airport)

The distance between the airports is 106 kilometers.

Girona International Airport is called: Girona-Costa Brava Airport / Aeroport de Girona - Costa Brava.

Barcelona International Airport is called: Barcelona El Prat Airport, also known simply as Barcelona Airport (Aeroport de Barcelona-El Prat).

Taxi/Transfer

The easiest and fastest way to get from Girona airport to Barcelona airport and vice versa is by taxi. You can order a taxi/transfer in advance, from home. At any time of the day, at the airport, a driver will be waiting for you with a sign with your name and surname written on it. To order a taxi, just provide your flight details!

Automobile

The most convenient way to travel independently in Spain is by car. You can rent a car in advance, from home, and the car will be waiting for you immediately upon arrival.

Public transport

Buses are the only direct public transport available from Girona Airport to Barcelona Airport (or from Barcelona Airport to Girona Airport).

Bus number 602 in the direction of Figueres - Aeroport del Prat runs daily and passes through Girona Airport.

Buses run several times a day. The one-way fare is 17 euros. Travel time from 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours 5 minutes. The travel schedule depends on the seasons, day of the week, as well as working days - non-working days, holidays and festivals.

We recommend checking the current bus schedule and fares directly before your trip on the carrier’s website.

From Girona and Barcelona airports to city centers (from Girona and Barcelona centers to airports)

Taxi/Transfer

Automobile

Public transport

Buses are the only direct public transport available from Girona and Barcelona airports to city centers (or from city centers to Girona and Barcelona airports).

Bus number 602 runs from Girona Airport to the center of Barcelona and from Barcelona Airport to the center of Girona.

Bus number 604 runs from Girona Airport to the center of Barcelona and from the center of Barcelona to Girona Airport.

Buses run daily, several times a day.

The cost of travel from Barcelona airport to Girona center and from Girona center to Barcelona airport is 19 euros. Travel time 1 hour 55 minutes - 2 hours 35 minutes.

The cost of travel from Girona airport to the center of Barcelona and from the center of Barcelona to Girona airport one way is from 16 euros, when purchasing a round-trip ticket - 25 euros. Travel time is 1 hour 20 minutes.

We recommend checking the current bus schedule, stops and fares directly before your trip on the carrier’s website.

From Girona center to Barcelona center (from Barcelona center to Girona center)

You can find out how to get from Girona airport to the center of Girona.

You can find out how to get from Barcelona airport to the center of Barcelona.

Taxi/Transfer

Public transport

Public transport includes buses and electric trains (trains).

Buses

Bus lines between the two cities are operated by Sagales and Alsa.

Buses run daily. Sagales several times a day. Alsa bus - once a day. The fare is 15 euros, travel time is 1 hour 20 - 1 hour 50 minutes.

We recommend checking the current bus schedule, stops and fares immediately before the trip on the carriers’ websites: Sagales website, Alsa website.

Electric trains (trains)

Both high-speed trains AVANT and AVE from Renfe and commuter trains from Rodalies de Catalunya (lines R11 and RG1) run between the cities.

Electric trains (trains) run daily. The fare starts from 8.40 euros, travel time from 39 minutes to 2 hours 13 minutes.

From Barcelona and Girona to France, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Portugal and some other European countries can be reached by FlixBus. View all bus directions and buy a ticket

Where to stay in Barcelona! All accommodation facilities in Barcelona (hotels, apartments, hostels, etc.) are available

The budget airline Pobeda operates flights to Girona, offering tickets starting from 3,000 rubles, as well as planes of several foreign low-cost airlines, including the largest in Europe - Irish Ryanair
In particular, from Girona Airport (Girona-Costa Brava Airport, code - GRO) it is faster and cheaper to get to some coastal cities, for example, Lloret de Mar, popular among tourists, located 29 kilometers from the airport.

From Girona-Costa Brava Airport there are also buses to Barcelona (92 km): both to terminals T1 and T2 of the airport, and to Barcelona Nord bus station.

Arriving tourists can get to the city of Girona by passing buses, by a special shuttle bus or by taxi. The bus schedule and how to order a transfer will be described below. You can read how to get to the airport from Girona from the station.

Passenger traffic at Girona-Costa Brava Airport is relatively small, the terminal is compact, and all departure and arrival procedures go quite quickly.

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Map of the arrivals hall at Girona Airport

The arrivals hall, located on the ground floor of the building, is shown on the left half of the terminal.

The route after disembarking from the plane is shown in red numbers on the diagram of the arrival hall:

1.Passport control. Arriving air passengers will get there if they follow the “Baggage” signs.

2. Baggage claim. The baggage carrier number for your flight is shown on the electronic display. To avoid mixing up your suitcases, check the number of the luggage tag on your suitcase with the number on the tear-off coupon you received when checking in your luggage.

3.Customs control. The green corridor, intended for passengers who do not have declared goods, is marked with a “Nothing to declare” sign with the appropriate color design. You should go to the red corridor if you have items to declare.

More details about the actions of passengers at the listed stages can be read.

After passing through customs control, passengers enter the greeting room. There, near the exit from the baggage claim area, there are several car rental offices.

For passengers continuing their journey by bus, red arrows show how to get to the bus station. Those wishing to take a taxi can find them near the airport exit.

You can have a snack in a small cafeteria located at the end of the hall, or in the restaurant of the departure hall on the same floor at the opposite end of the building.

There is unlimited free Wi-Fi in the terminal.

How to get to Girona

If your further route runs through Girona, you can take bus number 607, which will take you to the bus station in the city center.

A ticket to Girona costs 2.75 euros. Distance to the city - 12 km. Duration of the trip - 25-30 minutes.

Bus schedule No. 607 to Girona and back for the period from 10/30/17. to 03.24.18.

The original schedule and notes to it can be found.

The bus station in Girona is located next to the railway station, from where you can take regional or high-speed trains to Paris, Barcelona, and a number of other cities.

If for some reason you are forced to spend the night at the airport, you can see prices and locations of nearby hotels on the map below.

Transfer

Sometimes, when you are flying with a large group or with children, the plane arrives at night, etc., it becomes necessary to order a transfer. It’s better to do this in advance than to look for the right taxi option on the spot. You have the opportunity to provide child seats, choose the appropriate class of car, including a minivan or minibus. For example, the KiwiTaxi booking service offers 12 car classes.

When ordering a transfer, there is a fixed price, which will not be affected even by traffic jams. You can pay for your trip online in any currency, including with a ruble card, and if circumstances change, you can cancel the order or make adjustments.

A trusted driver (Russian-speaking if possible) will meet you in the arrivals area of the terminal with a name sign, deliver you to the address specified when placing your order, and help with your luggage and check-in to the hotel if you do not know the language.

24-hour Russian-speaking customer support service is ready to answer any question.

Take advantage of a comfortable and inexpensive KiwiTaxi transfer from the airport.

After processing the tax free refund and registering for the flight, you can go through pre-flight inspection. Before doing this, do not forget to pack all items prohibited for transportation in the aircraft cabin in your checked-in baggage: sharps, drinks and perfumes with a capacity of more than 100 ml, etc. The departure area with boarding gates is located on the second floor. Passport control awaits you there.

In the departure area there are several shops, cafes and restaurants, including fast food: McDonald's and Subway. Please monitor your flight information on the electronic display boards as departure times and gate numbers may change.

Official website of Girona Airport Girona-Costa Brava.

For tourists traveling through Moscow, articles with information about Moscow airports may be useful.

From them you can find out the cost of travel for each type of transport, the schedule and stop locations, frequency, route diagrams, prices for parking personal vehicles and parking locations. Detailed explanations are given about the actions of air passengers at the airport and the work of support services in the terminal.

Girona Costa Brava Airport (GRO), the eighth largest airport in Spain by passenger traffic, is located 12 km south of the city of Girona and 103 km northeast of Barcelona.

Air tickets from Russian cities to Girona are usually cheaper than to Barcelona, and, most importantly, From here it is easier and faster to get to many resorts on the Costa Brava and Maresme(to Blanes, Lloret de Mar, Tossa, Santa Susanna, Calella), to Perpignan in the south of France, to the ski resorts of Andorra and the Pyrenees.

For tourists traveling to Spain with a flight to Costa Brava Airport, we have prepared a “cheat sheet” - which transport is more convenient and cheaper to travel to their holiday destination.

Girona Costa Bravo Airport building.
Photo: flickr.com/fotero

From a small airfield to a large transport hub

The first airplane landed in the vicinity of Girona in 1913, and in 1934 the Cerdanya airfield appeared for communication between the towns of Catalonia and the Pyrenees.

Girona Airport was built in 1965 for domestic flights. A single-story passenger terminal and runways for large aircraft appeared later.

Convenient location - close to coastal and ski resorts region - the first to evaluate the charter airline from the Netherlands, Raynair. Now Costa Brava is one of its key transport hubs.

Girona Costa Brava Airport is one of the key transport hubs for charter airline Raynair.
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Since 2003, the airport has been accepting international flights and is one of the five largest in Spain.

Flight geography

Ryanair accounts for the bulk of flights- it carries passengers from Stockholm, Bratislava, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Madrid, Paris. Regular and seasonal flights are operated by the Polish Wizz Air (Budapest, Krakow and Gdansk, Kyiv), the Belgian Jetairfly (Brussels), and the British Thomsonfly (Birmingham, London, Manchester).

Boarding a plane of the Polish airline Wizz Air.
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Until recently, people flew from Russia to Girona only with transfers in Amsterdam, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf on planes of Czech (Smart Wings) and Dutch (Transavia) airlines.

Direct flights from Moscow

In May 2016, the low-cost airline Pobeda received permission to fly to Girona-Costa Brava Airport. So far, 2 flights have been launched - they depart from Vnukovo on Thursday and Sunday. Travel time is 4 hours 45 minutes, and the cost may vary. In July, a one-way ticket could be purchased in advance for 8,746 rubles; in August and September, a round trip flight would cost 29 and 16 thousand.

Low-cost airline Pobeda aircraft.
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Flights with transfers

From Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Yekaterinburg and other cities you can fly with one or two connections in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Brussels, Frankfurt am Main, Prague, Munich.

Airlines Aeroflot and Transaero, Iberia, Estonian, Finnish, Turkish, Swiss airlines, Lufthansa - offer many options. To find the most budget-friendly one, you will have to try- prices vary by 2-3 and even 10 times. It depends on the season, day of the week, ease of connection, time of booking. As of July, tickets from Moscow for connecting flights were sold at prices ranging from 19 to 120 thousand rubles, from Rostov - from 51 to 169 thousand, and from Kaliningrad and Yekaterinburg, on average, for 66 and 96 thousand rubles.

We advise you to take a closer look at the offers of the air carrier Ryanair - it does not operate in Russia, but from Bratislava, Tampere, Lappeenranta, Kyiv, Tallinn, Vienna, Wroclaw, Sometimes you can find a ticket for 19.9 or even 9.9 euros on promotions.

During transfers on connecting flights, refer to the online board in the airport's transit lounge.
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Compact and convenient

The Costa Brava Airport building is two-level. On the first one there are check-in counters, on the second one there is a departure area. In a small area there is everything - counters of travel agencies, offices of car rental companies, a first-aid post, bank branches, a VIP room.

You can drink coffee, snack on fresh buns and specialty pastries, or have a hearty meal at the 24-hour Caffriccio cafe, McDonald's and Subway (from 5 am to 11 am).

You can also have a snack while waiting for your flight.
Photo: flickr.com/fotero

There are two duty-free shops at the airport terminal- Aldeasa with traditional alcoholic drinks, perfumes, cosmetics, jewelry and clothing and Divers with local goods, food and souvenirs.

A detailed map of the airport and online scoreboard can be easily found on the official portal aena.es.

Avdeev, Tula:

“I liked Costa Brava - it’s not crowded. We walked from the plane to the terminal building. There’s nowhere to get lost, there are stops and ticket offices on the square near the exit.”

The bus stop and ticket offices are located near the airport.
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Maslova Katya:

“This year the Medas restaurant opened and there is a delicatessen store attached to it. There was no olive oil in a tin in the ditik, but I bought it in Medas, and the price was reasonable.”

Where we go?

From Girona-Costa Brava there are direct bus routes to Barcelona, Figueres, Blanes, Lloret de Mar, Tossa, Pineda, Calella, Perpignan (France) and Andorra.

There are two companies operating in the region - Sagales (Barcelona Bus) and Sarbus (Sarfa Bus). All stops are located next to the terminal, and there are signs with schedules there.

Bus stop.
Photo: flickr.com/heatheronhertravels

To Girona

Bus number 607 goes to the city bus station every hour from 5:30 to 23:30(one way ticket - 2.75, round trip - 5.25 euros, travel time - 29 minutes).

A trip on Sarfa Bus will be faster (15-20 minutes) and cheaper- 2.15, round trip - 4.1 euros. They depart from Palamos and call at Aeroport Girona at 01:15, 5:45, 09:15, 11:15, 16:45 and 8:45.

The buses are convenient and comfortable.
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From the bus station or train station of Girona (they share one building on Placa d’Espanya) it is also convenient to get to Barcelona and the coastal towns.

Girona is famous for its fortresses. Walking along them, you will be able to see the entire Old Town from above. The main attraction of the city is the Gothic cathedral (XI-XVII centuries) with the largest nave in the world (ø 22 m) and the cathedral museum of medieval art Museu-Tresor de la Catedral. The most picturesque place in Girona is the embankment of the Onyar River.

To the train station and Barcelona airport

You can get to Barcelona at intervals of 1-1.5 hours by bus number 604 (Barcelona Bus). The first departs at 8:45, the last at 18:30, there are 2 flights at night - at 23:45 and at 0:15.

Barcelona Bus operates both day and night services.
Photo: flickr.com/jameswy_wang

Bus number 602, which comes from Figueres, stops at the airport at 9:10, 12:25 and 19:55 and goes to the bus station, then -.

To the resorts of the coast

From the airport you can reach most coastal cities without transfers:

To Blanes in 50 min. and 10 euros on bus number 601 (departs at 8:55). At other times he comes from the bus station. From Blanes you will have to travel early in the morning via Girona, and flights at 10:48, 13:48 and 15:38 go to the terminal.

The picturesque gazebo in the Botanical Garden of Blanes offers a beautiful view of the sea.
Photo: flickr.com/felix2510

At 8:55 bus number 603 leaves for Blanes, Santa Susanna and Calella.

Ancient Byzantine church of Crepacore in Santa Susanna.
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Bus number 605 goes to Calella at 9:00, 16:30 and 00:15 (the journey takes 1 hour 45 minutes) and stops along the way in Blanes, Santa Susanna and Pineda.

The symbol of the city of Calella is the Faro de Calella lighthouse.
Photo: flickr.com/utopiaecologica

Bus number 661 Blanes – Girona – Figueres – Perpignan departs hourly from 5:30 to 19:30. Two flights (at 5:30 and 14:30) stop in Lloret de Mar.

To Andorra

From Girona Costa Brava Airport to Andorra la Vella the road is shorter than from Barcelona. Novatel buses depart at 10:00 and 20:00 (journey time - 3 hours 30 minutes, ticket - 34 euros).

Paradise for shopaholics - Andorra la Vella.
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To Salou

You can only get to Salou by public transport with a transfer in Barcelona.

Next to Salou is the largest thematic one in Europe.
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Direct buses from BUS Plana depart from morning to midnight with a 1-hour break to the resort of Salou from the second terminal. They do not go to the bus station, but make several stops near the metro stations Passeig de Gràcia 36, Maria Cristina, Palau Real. Duration of the trip - 1 hour 55 minutes, distance - 110 km, ticket - 14.95 euros.

Bus company BUS Plana.
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The smartest thing to do is to go by train - from Barcelona Sants station they run at hourly intervals. It will be more convenient and faster - 1 hour 20 minutes, tickets - from 8.8 to 19.8 euros.

Barcelona Train Station - Barcelona-Sants.
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What is better - taxi or transfer?

It is customary to order a taxi in Spain by phone. If the trip is long, you will have to discuss the cost of waiting, tariff, return fee, and not every driver will agree to go, for example, from Tossa de Mar to Costa Brava airport.

Maria, Nizhnevartovsk:

“We arrived late, and there were three more flights in one day, so we decided to spend the night at the Viloby Park hotel. Modest, but clean, all the amenities, the employees speak English with difficulty. For the three of us we paid about 90 euros with breakfast, and we took the morning bus to Blanes.”

If you want to explore Girona (and it's worth it), it makes sense to take a taxi to the city center(35-40 euros) and stay for a couple of days in a hotel or inexpensive hostel.

Bridge over the Onyar River connecting the Old and New Towns.
Photo: flickr.com/12513023@N02

Have a nice rest! We look forward to your feedback on your travels in Spain.

Girona Airport on the map - Spain. Convenient satellite diagram for exploring the territory of the airfield of the community of Catalonia, below is a Google map of Girona airport with search, coordinates. Methods discussed earlier