Barcelona METRO GUIDE & HACKS | How to use METRO? How to buy tickets? Which METRO CARD to buy!

[@BombardierBraxton]

I remember watching all your videos before I moved to Barcelona, now that I live here have to say all your tips are SPOT ON... you did an amazing explication, going to send this to all family and friends that will come to visit so they can be informed too

[@PickaPictour]

Oh wow!! Thanks a lot!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@AsadAli-gp1dp]

Hi dear friend ❤❤❤ I see your all video so nice I am Asad Singapore

[@TracyKMainwaring]

I love that you admit locals don't even know where to get out of the stations/where the exits end up. This happens in Toronto too--which side of the intersection will you pop up at, no one knows LOL! Just get outside, fresh air, and figure it out from there!

[@PickaPictour]

😂😂😂😂it’s true 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️😅😅😅

[@Przemk0]

Great long video and one of the first which actually states that T-usual is one of the best options. Other videos are promoting Hola Barcelona Card without any comparison with other cards. I think T-usual is great for 3+ days trip, while for 1-2 days I would say T-casual or T-familiar could be better.

[@PickaPictour]

🙌❤️❤️❤️

[@dm-31024]

Thank you for this 🙏. God bless you.❤

[@PickaPictour]

😘😘😘😘😘

[@ProOrigami]

Very informative video. I think it covers everything. I'm ready for my trip! Thanks :)

[@PickaPictour]

Yayyyyyy!!! 😬😬😂👍

[@SchwSchw]

I have used the Barcelona Metro countless times and still learned so much from this video. And yes, to tram, bus and train how-to videos! Thanks for your cheerful and informative content ❤

[@PickaPictour]

Thank you!!!!!

[@mimimarusig957]

Hi, great series of videos, loving it, very informative! I'm visiting shortly...how do you travel to the airport in between 0.00 and 5.00 hours if the metro / busses are not running, any suggestion?

[@ongchiplee]

Greetings from Taiwan! Love all your information. ❤

[@PickaPictour]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Gio-2652]

a perfect explanation❤

[@PickaPictour]

❤️❤️❤️thank you!!!

[@andreschusan6086]

Saludos, Me gusta este canal y la cuidad de Barcelona, mucho!

[@PickaPictour]

Gracias!! Cada semana cosas nuevas :)

[@daydream3rr]

14:14 funny that its actually not that long, but man it actually feels like you walking there for like a 10 minutes lol

[@PickaPictour]

In summer is a nightmare 🥵🥵🥵🥵

[@1charmaineb]

Thank you so much for this! Wow. I'm from nyc and i am a lil intimidated by our metro. This video helps alot

[@PickaPictour]

@@1charmaineb hahaha this is gonna be a piece of cake for you!

[@LiveLoveLaugh22]

Very helpful, thx 🌸

[@PickaPictour]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alionasmood3840]

That was very helpful, thank you a bunch! Maybe you know if we want to have a day trip to Blanes and a day trip to Monserrat, which ticket will work for us? As T-casual for 4 zones costs a lot .... Thank you in advance!

[@PickaPictour]

To Blanes, you just buy one ticket for zone 4 and that's it. For Montserrat you buy the ticket to Montserrat, not t casual. 🤷

[@Rozorozo-21]

Thank you for your great video. We are arriving at Barcelona Airport T1. Thinking of getting the shuttle to T2 but interested to know how easy is it to find a machine to buy card for the T-Familiar or a T-Casual each depending on how many trips we will be making? I have read there is a train that goes to Sants Station, is it easy enough to find when we arrive on the shuttle from T1 and we can use these T cards on this train? We would then transfer to the Metro to get to Verdaguer. From T2 via train then metro is it one trip or two? Thanks

[@PickaPictour]

In the train stations or metro stations you will find the machines. Yes train from terminal 2 easy to find and you can use the same cards. Is only 1 trip all you can do in 75mins since first validation.

[@Rozorozo-21]

@@PickaPictour thank you so much for clarifying that is so helpful.

[@VinayKumar-qb8rs]

Hello, im travelling to barcelona this week. I stay for 3 days. i may do 10-15 trips over all including airport transfer. Which one is better for me ? T-Casual or 3 day Pass. Please note that i will be travelling from airport to/from my hotel by bus (I think L43). Will the T-Casual cover this bus transfer from airport? and which option is best for me? Thanks in advance

[@PickaPictour]

Y casual is just 10 trips 🤷‍♀️

[@jeremythebeer8609]

I'm looking for a super-easy + no fail experience. I'm assuming that's the Hola Barcelona card (5 days in my case). Our hotel is closer to the airport.

[@PickaPictour]

Yes!!

[@22jerry]

Buying the T-usual card only in Zone 1 is enough to come around as a tourist right? The zones 2-6 are rather outside of Barcelona?

[@PickaPictour]

Yes!!

[@aghatarowena6312]

I'm going to Barcelona this weekend and your videos have been really helpful, thanks! Do you know if I can get a t-usual as a tourist? I saw that they demand an id, would a french id work or just a passport (if it even works for a tourist). Thank you so much :)

[@PickaPictour]

Yes passport works :)

[@aghatarowena6312]

@@PickaPictour thanks! 💖 Just one more question, can I do it in the metro bornes, like the other tickets?

[@phoenixUPC]

@aghatarowena6312, French ID or passport would work, no problem. Besides, in the couple of times per month that I run into people checking all the tickets when you are exiting a metro station, they only checked whether the ticket I had was valid and validated. So far, in more than 10 years, they never asked my ID to check if it matches the number on the ticket. Probably they are more strict if you have one of those reduced fee tickets for elderly or people with disabilities, but for T-Usual, I was never asked. What do you mean by, if you can do it in the metro "bornes", like the other tickets?

[@TracyKMainwaring]

This has been very helpful! I clicked on the link for the metro map and it came up with an error. I'm particularly interested in the funicular and aerial tram on Mont Mujuic (the port cable car is totally different right?).

[@PickaPictour]

Yes the port cable is private but the fonicular to montjuic that is included, check the website from the public transport to get the map :)

[@MH-sw9fy]

What are the best metro station to visit. not just the main ones, but there are some more interesting ones. here are some ideas; such as which is the deepest, it is Torressa or is there one deeper. Parallel has a funicular at the end of the line, which station has the most platforms. which is the longest / shortest interconnect between line Diagonal must be the longest, but is it? We want to know!

[@PickaPictour]

@@MH-sw9fy oh wow, I need to think about it!!

[@mrnamdar]

Hi, thankyou for making such a nice vdo. Can we buy T-casual card from outside Terminal 2B? I want to take N19 bus from T2 to Alberg Centre Esplai.

[@PickaPictour]

Mmm I think you can buy the single ticket at the bus, the machines to buy the tcasual are in the metro station...

[@johnangelis703]

Can we use the T-usual and the T-Casual to interchange with metro, Rodalies and FGC lines?

[@PickaPictour]

Yes!

[@beatajunger8105]

Great video. :D Thank you. Let me ask where can I find a map about zones (if I buy a t-usual)? It is very difficult to separate the zones, I found different maps. :)

[@PickaPictour]

Where do you have to go? It's in the official website the map :)

[@beatajunger8105]

@@PickaPictour Sant Just Desvern

[@PickaPictour]

@@beatajunger8105 that is zone 1 🤷

[@beatajunger8105]

@@PickaPictour Thank you very much!

[@arielmontes6404]

I still have a question: if I pay with a contactless bank card when entering, I noticed in your video that you mentioned I shouldn’t tap it again when exiting. I’m wondering, how do they calculate how much to charge me if they don’t know how far I’ve traveled?

[@PickaPictour]

You mean contactless metro card, not credit card. We only have one fixed price is zone 1, so it’s always the same price :)

[@eliapink396]

Can you do a video about students? I’ll be there in september, studying at UAB, in Bellaterra. Or anything helpful?☺️

[@PickaPictour]

Yes next week coming!!

[@jumanahaseen8816]

Hi which card should I buy from villadecans to la sangrada familia ?

[@PickaPictour]

All the ones I mentioned but you just have to check the zone

[@annaleleko3967]

Hello! Thanks so much! Let me know if I understood correctly: We booked an apartment in Calella, so at the airport, in terminal 2, I can buy a T-familiar for zone 5 and get from the airport by train? No need to buy a separate ticket from the airport to the city (5.50)? And as far as I understood, there is no direct train to Calella, I will have to change trains at Sants - will this count as another trip? Airport - Sants, Sants - Calella? Is this transfer included in the 75-minute allowed change of transport? Thanks in advance!

[@PickaPictour]

Hi! From the airport terminal 2 you can take the R2. Then you will have to combine to R1 Calella. This way you don't need to buy the airport ticket because t-familiar allows you to travel by train from airport. And if you buy for zone 4 I think for Callela, yes you can get there with the same ticket :) awesome!!

[@annaleleko3967]

​@@PickaPictour Thanks! you just save more than 20Euro for me

[@phoenixUPC]

Actually, if you are just planning to pass through Barcelona, with little or no use of metro/buses; I'd recommend considering the Renfe Abono recurrente for 10 euros per person (you can't share), which gives you unlimited rides in all Renfe commuter trains in all 6 zones of Rodalias de Barcelona. This might be cheaper than the T-familiar for 5 zones depending on how many you are, and it would give you the option to travel to nearby towns such as Blanes (+ bus to Lloret de Mar), Mataro, etc with the train essentially for free. You can buy this ticket at the machines at the train station in terminal 2. When you change trains in Sants, you don't need to exit the ticket controlled area, you just need to switch platforms (very likely from platform 13/14 to platform 9/10 iirc), so the 75 minute window doesn't matter. And as long as you don't exit the ticket controlled area for a McDonald's breakfast or checking out the sunglasses they have on offer at Parfois, it won't count as a separate trip. But if you exit the ticket controlled area, even within the 75 minute window, it WILL count as another trip when you re-enter. (with metro and Renfe it counts every time you scan your ticket. the 75 minute window is for switching from metro to bus/tram/train or from bus to another bus/tram/metro/train) If you buy the Abono, you don't care, since it allows unlimited* rides. What happens with the train is from time to time there will be a Renfe worker on board the trains checking everybody's ticket to see if it allows you to be in the zone you are currently in. And more importantly, when you are exiting the train station in Calella or Sants etc, you need to scan your ticket again to open the sliding doors, and if your ticket doesn't have the required zones, you will be stuck in the station or you will have to try to piggy back with someone else exiting and hope that you won't get noticed by security or station manager. If you decide to buy the Abono and later want to visit Barcelona and use the metro/buses/etc, you can buy a T-familiar for a single zone.

[@emgi10]

im travelling with my family. 2 adults and 2 kids. airbnb in villasar de mar. will the t-familiar be good for our 1 week in barcelona?

[@PickaPictour]

T-familiar is only 8 trips ok?🤷

[@pietzaken2220]

Good stuff! the only thing what i now want to know is; how tot get the t usual, becouse for that i need to upload an id number and trough the tmb site, mine id (from the netherlands) does not seem to work. Hope you can give me an answer

[@PickaPictour]

In the machines, you are supposed to give your passport number… you can ask the guy at the station if that works…

[@pietzaken2220]

@@PickaPictour ahh i tried to do it online, becouse not yet in barna. Thanks for the fast reaction!

[@champion4000]

Thanks for this helpful video. A question please: 1) Can the T-usual (30 days) and T-casual be used on the Aerobus from City Centre to El Prat Airport?

[@PickaPictour]

No, aerobús is a private company :(

[@octav9393]

Hello, Im a bit confuse, coming from T2 Aiport terminal to Sagrada familia stadion, will be the Airport ticket 5,5 € or T-casual 10 journeys, 12,15 € (though says is not valid for L9S), Thanks,

[@PickaPictour]

Airport + tcasual :) both

[@Louise-hv6xi]

What is the way to travel from passeig de gracia to montmelo its for the formula one racing? Everywhere is saying the green line l2 but were struggling to locate this

[@PickaPictour]

You need to take the train, not the metro. In Passeig de gracia train station, the R2 👍

[@korayanif8201]

hi tnx for the video but i have a question. can i use t usual to Airport-city center and city center-airport. if it is like that t-usual is very affordable bcs if u use two times from and to the airport it will be 2*5.5=11euros. 21.25-11=10.25eu it is cheaper than t casual

[@PickaPictour]

@@korayanif8201 yes!!

[@VanessaLisette]

Can you buy tickets at the iryo Barcelona-Sants station? I am taking the iyro train from Madrid for a day trip in Barcelona.

[@PickaPictour]

You can buy at Sants station :)

[@tommo2792]

Hola! Thanks a lot for the video. It is very helpful and explained a lot to me. When visiting Barcelona I would like to buy a T-usual ticket because it is more economical for me. However, I don't have a passport because I travel using an Polish ID card. Is this enough to buy T-usual?

[@PickaPictour]

Yes!

[@Przemk0]

@tommo2792 I jak wyglądał zakup T-usual? Było pole na wpisanie numeru ID, który wydrukował się na karcie i już?

[@tommo2792]

@@Przemk0 jest pole gzie trzeba wpisać nr ID, więc wpisałem tam cyfry z nr dowodu osobistego. Drukuje się to potem z drugiej strony karty.

[@arbo3495]

So instead of buying a hola Barcelona card for 4 days it would be better to buy a t mobilitat card plus two trips to and from the airport?

[@PickaPictour]

Exactly!

[@AxeGooogle]

Hi, can I make multiple trips on metro line 9 sub between the Barcelona Airport and city with the T-usual card on several days? Thanks

[@PickaPictour]

@@AxeGooogle yes!

[@PickaPictour]

@@AxeGooogle always check with somebody at the moment of buying but yes

[@AxeGooogle]

@@PickaPictour Thanks for confirming that I can take multiple trips between Barcelona Airport and city centre using T-usual card. I’ll be in Barcelona for 2 weeks starting end September. It’s comforting to know that T-usual is the card for me as I will need to travel between the airport and city centre on 3 days. The T-card costs 21.85 euros. Is there a discount if I buy it online? Can the e-card be installed in any smart phone? Thanks

[@Flashy7]

I have a question: the T-usual 30 day card is 21 euros and the 4 day Barcelona Travel Card is 30 euros? Airport is included, only Zone 1, all the vehicles (funicular yes, cable car no), then what is the difference?

[@PickaPictour]

One thought for residents another for tourists 🤷‍♀️

[@nonhlanhlapolitesibanda191]

Can you use the T-usaul for all different transport methods including airport?

[@PickaPictour]

Yes!

[@nonhlanhlapolitesibanda191]

Thank you 😊

[@tubero37]

la T-casual no esta disponible para turistas de fuera de la EU. Yo tengo pasaporte norteamericano y solo me ofrecen la tarjeta Hola Barcelona por 5 dias por 80 euros. La informacion que das es para turistas europeos?

[@PickaPictour]

La tcasual la puede comprar cualquier persona del mundo :)

[@tubero37]

@@PickaPictour me parece que no es así. Requieren que se de uno de alta y para darse de alta piden el DNI o NIE, o un pasaporte de la Unión Europea.

[@PickaPictour]

Será para la tusual…

[@jaykfeatherwood3901]

Hi :) Thank you for all the infos ! We wanted to know if u knew an app that covers about the entire city transportation, as métro train bus etc.. is there such a thing ? Thanks for ur consideration

[@PickaPictour]

Yes Google maps :)

[@99danasaad]

Hi sweetie girl, thank you for your helpful videos. Can you advise me what is better (renting a car or using a public transportation), we are a family (5 people: me and my husband, a daughter 24 years old, a son 20 years old, another son 15 years old) arriving in June 14 to Barcelona airport and departing in June 19 from Girona airport,our booked accommodation in Blanes ???

[@PickaPictour]

Hi! Well mmm Blanes is veryyyy far away from Barcelona, like 1hour by train, and parking in the city for the whole day is around 30-50€ I believe. More or less the same price like the train tickets. Renting a car in a good option but keep in mind it's very uncomfortable to be in the city with one... 😬

[@99danasaad]

@@PickaPictour so which tickets are suitable for us? Which ones would be best to cover our transportation from Barcelona airport, Blanes, Barcelona city, and also Girona airport? Appreciate your help 🙏🏻🥰

[@PickaPictour]

​Blanes is zone 5 :) T-Casual 10trips t-usual unlimited t-grupal unlimited as well, all for zone 5. For Girona is a different ticket and train. Enjoy!!​@@99danasaad

[@99danasaad]

@@PickaPictour Thank you so much 🙏🏻🥰 Can you please tell me what tickets are valid for Girona ? Because our flight will be from Girona in 19/6 at 8 am, so which public transportation can we get from Blanes to Girona airport at early morning (around 3 or 4 am) to be at the airport on time?

[@PickaPictour]

@@99danasaad only the Girona tickets! Just buy tickets to girons

[@NQ456Gem]

Hi, if I buy the 24h ticket at 1PM. So, the ticket will expire at 1PM next day?

[@NQ456Gem]

And I can use credid card to pay ơn the bus?

[@PickaPictour]

@@NQ456Gem yes!

[@PickaPictour]

@NQ456Gem yes!

[@divabetty1359]

Whats mean t esual zone 1 2 3 ,? Please

[@PickaPictour]

Barcelona city centre is zone 1, you can check the zones in google

[@AsadAli-gp1dp]

❤❤❤ Asad Singapore

[@PickaPictour]

Loved Singapore!!!

[@yefei5997]

L10 nod Gorg

[@markoshea8993]

Hi - with the prices is there any reason to buy a 4 or 5 day Hola Barcelona instead of T-Usual? It appears T-Usual is cheaper. Just wonder if I’m missing something

[@PickaPictour]

T-usual is cheaper yes, and personal. It has your id number in the card. Also you have t-grup for q group of people traveling together :)

[@markoshea8993]

@@PickaPictour hey thank you so much for the response. Bike rental was a cool option to explore the city as well, just got back

[@PickaPictour]

@@markoshea8993 yes! Bike is super fun and easy in Barcelona!

[@SebSy-lh5lg]

Can I use t usual in Tibidabo?

[@PickaPictour]

Sure, it's zone 1 :)

[@Chinedu311]

How to use the familiar, scan it multiple times for the number of people?

[@PickaPictour]

Yes! 8 times :)

[@SchwSchw]

And who must you scan it for? At what age do children pay?

[@PickaPictour]

@@SchwSchw children from 4yo :)

[@SchwSchw]

@@PickaPictour Sorry. One more question. Can you buy something like the T-usual for your child? Is it the same price as adults?

[@PickaPictour]

@@SchwSchw yes same price 🤷 how many days in Barcelona?

[@sergi5898]

There are more than 6 lines... 😅

[@PickaPictour]

Yes😂 but those are the most important ones for tourists

[@sbkpilot1]

Why would anyone pay 40 euros for a 5 day card if I can get a 30 day t-usual card for 21.35? Maybe I am not understanding something correctly

[@PickaPictour]

Because the 5 day card is thought for the tourist and the Tusual for residents

[@sbkpilot1]

@@PickaPictour thanks, I was told anyone can buy the T-usual including tourists, just need to put in the passport number, is this correct?

[@PickaPictour]

@sbkpilot1 I think with passport you can do it 🤷‍♀️

[@moinmadhani9495]

Hi there, ill be in Barcelona this week, I have flight in the morning and need to reach airport terminal 1 at 5am i am staying near la sagrada familia what transportation options are best for me? Thanks

[@PickaPictour]

Metro starts at 5am so... Taxi?

[@sergi5898]

For the next time, there are some bus lines!

[@PickaPictour]

The nit bus to the airport, I don't recommend :(

[@miguelvigar3638]

El metro está lleno de carteristas todos los días y en sus calles mucho cuidado no dudarán en sacarles un 🗡️

[@jooies3]

don't come to barcelona it is massified and already full of tourists 🤢🤮🤮

[@PickaPictour]

I hope you don't go on holidays as well! Stay home!!