By Plane, Barcelona

Barcelona El Prat is Barcelona's main gateway if you chose to come by plane. Since the new terminal was constructed in 2010, low-cost airlines have taken over the older structures and lowered the fares to this airport. However, the lower fares are available from two other nearby airports, Reus and Girona. Europe's leading low-cost airline Ryanair uses all three airports, but prices and frequencies are usually most favourable at Girona. I got a cheap Ryanair ticket from Bremen to Girona and flew back via London/Stansted. The trip from the airport to Barcelona's city centre takes around 1 ½ hours and costs 12 EUR (21 EUR return). Bus tickets are available from a counter close to the bus stop at Girona Airport. The buses are scheduled in accordance to Ryanair's schedule and buses wait for incoming flights. The bus stop in the city centre is at the coach terminal at the Estació del Nord coach terminal, close to the Arc de Triomf.

Barcelona's airport is big, it has 3 terminals: A; B & C.
We flew in with Brussels Airlines as we had the chance to purchase some promotion tickets.
I always try to remember when checking in to ask for a seat at the window and not just above a wing, but with small planes like these it seems to be almost impossible to have a full view.
Also... accordingly the time of the day and your direction, will determine if you will have a nice view or just the sun in your eyes `-)

It is possible that your plane is not going to taxi all the way to the gates. In that case you will be picked up by a bus that gets you to the terminals or, when leaving, that will get you to the plane.
The busses are mostly overcrowded as they want to push as much passengers into it to safe a second trip.
Seats are hardly available.
It is polite and a proof of good manners if you offer your seat to a parent with a baby.

To be able to enjoy every minit of this trip we went (we is our group of students, learning the Spanish language) by plane.

We had our own guide and bus and.....our prof. had lived in Spain for over 10 years.

At the Airport I saw this plane and I love those fantastic fins.It made me think of Mrs. Prime Minister (now Lady) Thatcher who once, at a reception at an Airport saw a scale model and found it so disgusting that she threw a tissue over the little, funny fin!

How ridiculous......

I love them, see these gulls and the whale/dolphin!!

I found an incredibly cheap ticket from Ancona to Barcelona with spain air 31,50€.
For the ones who flyght from italy, you can check www.evolavia.com.Sometime you find only a cheap one way ticket, it happens to me, in that case you can consider to come back by bus or train, I came back by bus www.eurolines.com and it costed about 80 €, yes, more than the one way flyght.

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The easiest for me to get to Barcelona is by airplane, and so we arrived to Barcelona airport. Seems it is not very big airport and rather modern one probably since the Olympic games held here many years ago. When we arrive as well as when we check-in it was rather quick, especially as we used self check in counters.

The train (RENFE/Rodalies line R2) to Barcelona airport stops quite a way short of the airport, but the airport company provides bus transport to the terminals. Remember to add 10 minutes to your travel times to cover the extra distance.
The Corte Inglese map might show this connection as line as R10, but it is definitely R2

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From Paris I flew in to Barcelona via Vueling airlines. Fare was reasonable I think I've paid EUR59 online.

Snacks is available onboard at reasonable price. Crews are friendly and nice aircraft. Vueling is flying from Orly airport Paris not CDG, and landing at the Terminal 3 of Barcelona airport. Aeroport bus is waiting at the parking area below the airport that will take you to the centrum - Plaza Espagna or Plaza Catalunya.

I took the same Vueling flight going to Amsterdam but a bit expensive this time at EUR 79 I think. Be sure to click on the baggage if you have extra luggage not on the acceptable size and weight for handcarry, you'll pay additional though like EUR10. But if you did not pay this online, you'll pay more at the airport, like EUR20 - which I did. I wonder because in Orly Paris Vueling accepted by luggage as a handcaryy, but in Barcelona they made me pay EUR20 using a credit card - cash is accepted but you have to go to another window, not the check in counter.