{"id":442,"date":"2015-11-23T12:34:42","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T11:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charmingvillas.net\/blog\/?p=442"},"modified":"2025-03-26T17:52:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T16:52:14","slug":"public-transport-on-the-costa-brava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.charmingvillas.net\/blog\/public-transport-on-the-costa-brava\/","title":{"rendered":"Public transport on the Costa Brava","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post is aimed at helping those who wish to travel to the Costa Brava<\/a> by public transport from Barcelona and Girona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trains on the Costa Brava<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AVE is a high speed train line connecting Barcelona and France. Girona and Figueres are stops on the AVE line. It is a fast and easy way to travel between Barcelona and the Girona province.\u00a0Timetables can be found here; RENFE Timetables<\/a> However if your final destination is the Costa Brava coast then either bus or a combination of train and bus are your only options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As well as the fast AVE train linking Barcelona, Girona and Figueres there is the secondary, slower Regional route. Regional trains from Barcelona also pass through Girona and Figueres to the frontier town of Portbou stopping at many smaller stations along the way. Barcelona to Girona on the AVE takes around 35 minutes and around 1 hour 30 minutes on the Regional. \u00a0Barcelona Regional train timetable<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buses on the Costa Brava<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Teisa<\/a>
Teisa bus Besalu (image credit teisa-bus.com )<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The bus company Sarfa offer routes directly from Barcelona and Girona airports to most of the main coastal towns on the Costa Brava Sarfa Bus timetable<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatively there is the option of taking the train to Girona and then a bus on to your final destination. As well as Sarfa other local bus companies include: Sagales bus timetable<\/a> and Teisa bus timetable<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teisa also have a direct route between Barcelona and Olot stopping at Banyoles and Besalu. Barcelona Besalu bus timetable<\/a> The journey time between Barcelona and Besalu is around 1 hour 40 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n