Barcelona Guide
Getting Around
Taxis
Black-and-yellow taxis (with a green roof-light on when available for hire) are inexpensive, plentiful and well worth using, especially late at night. There's a minimum charge of €1.80 (€1.90 after 8pm Sat, Sun & hols) and after that it's €0.82/1.04 per kilometre, with small surcharges for baggage and picking up from Barcelona Sants station and the airport, However, the taxis have meters so charges are transparent – if not, asking for a receipt (rebut in Catalan, recibo in Spanish) should ensure that the price is fair. Most short journeys across town run to around €7.
There are taxi ranks outside major train and metro stations, in main squares, near large hotels and along the main avenues. You can call a taxi in advance, but few of the cab company operators speak English – you'll also be charged an extra €3–4 on top of the fare for calling a cab.