Barcelona Airport

The wonderful and imposing airport of Barcelona “El Prat”.

Arriving at Barcelona’s new airport leaves more than one tourist open-mouthed: this huge construction of polished glass and modern design impresses and welcomes its guest with elegance and skill.

Popularly known as the Aeropuerto del Prat, its current official name is Barcelona El Prat Airport. The second largest airport in Spain, and first in the community of Catalonia and the Mediterranean coast, this place of passage was honored as the second best airport in Southern Europe at the World Airport Awards 2015, a prize awarded by the English consultancy Skytrax.

Composed of two large terminals, T1 and T2 (it brings together the old terminals A, B and C), and with 3 landing and takeoff zones, the Barcelona airport has managed to become an international airport, tenth in passenger traffic of Europe.

But this airport is more than a mere place of reception and departure: it has been transformed into a real commercial center. The Barcelona airport pampers and cares for its passenger: it offers a wide range of fashion stores, glasses and accessories, pharmacies, lingerie stores and decoration stores, a large number of restaurants and bars with Mediterranean tapas, Italian pizzas , Japanese sushi or even American fast food. He pays great attention to the hygiene and care of public services, keeps his common areas in perfect condition: in short, he lives by and to guarantee the greatest welfare to his client.

In the coming years, the airport plans to make its product offer more sophisticated and include the most prestigious luxury brands among its walls. In addition, the site has 5 Vip rooms, ideal for those who wish to wait for the flight in a pleasant and quiet way.

Even so, the Barcelona airport stands out as a silent airport. This is due to the fact that it has greatly reduced the transmission of messages over the public address system, and instead has incorporated more flight information monitors in the restoration zone, which indicate in advance the boarding gate of each company and flight. This quiet and calm atmosphere is impregnated in its passengers, who tune into this tranquility and quietness, and roam or solemnly wait for the arrival or departure of a flight.

In addition, the El Prat airport is connected to the Barcelona train and metro line. To this is added a constant service of short and long-distance buses and taxis circulating permanently.

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