How to arrive

Strategic location

The road network

Lleida constitutes the strategic centre of various roads that cross the land from north to south and from east to west. It is an obliged, natural transit point between the Mediterranean coast and the interior of the country.

Access to Europe

Lleida's strategic location confers the city a quick, easy access to the main European cities and business centres.

The Railway Network

The High Speed Train (AVE) connects Lleida with the most important cities in Spain via the Madrid - Zaragoza - Llegida - Tarragona - Barcelona route. Soon the city will also be connected to the main European rail networks via the communication with France via Girona and Figueres.

Air Communications

With the Lleida-Alguaire airport, Catalonia has a new aerial point in the west of the territory. This will increase the competitiveness of the Lands of Lleida and help the region to: promote tourism, attract investment, export agri-food products and generally foster its external projection.

How to arrive

By plane

Barcelona-El Prat: a 160 km. Accessible by car, bus and train (from Barcelona-Sants station).

Barcelona-El Prat Airport, simply known as El Prat airport, is located 12 km (7.5 mil) southwest from Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, lying in the municipalities of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans and Sant Boi. The airport is the second largest in Spain behind Madrid Barajas Airport and the largest in Catalonia. It is a main base for Spanair and Vueling and a focus city of Air Europa and Iberia. The airport mainly serves domestic, European and North African destinations, also having flights to Southeast Asia, Latin America and North America. The Barcelona Madrid air shuttle service, known as the Puente Aereo (in Spanish), or Pont Aeri (in Catalan) literally Air Bridge, was the worlds busiest route until 2008, with the highest number of flight operations (971 per week) in 2007. The schedule has been reduces since February 2008, when a Madrid Barcelona high-speed rail line was opened, covering the distance in 2 hours and 40 minutes, and quickly became popula. In 2010, over 29.2 million passengers used Barcelona Airport, a 6.5% increase compared with 2009, making it the 10th busiest airport in Europe.
http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-Barcelona/en/Page/1045569607495/1045569607347/

The Lleida-Alguaire airport is located 15 km from Lleida city. It occupies a key site in the north-east of the Iberian Peninsula at the confluence of a network of different transport systems that connect the airport to the most important industrial and tourist nuclei in the north-east of Spain. The High Speed Train (HST) has produced important savings in the time required to travel between Lleida and such cities as Barcelona, Zaragoza and Madrid.
http://www.aeroportlleida.cat

How can you arrive in Lleida by bus? http://www.alsa.es/portal/site/Alsa/menuitem.9cf3fbea2eb6a6b56a506a50421000e5/?portal.alsa.request.locale=en_GB&searchType=airport&vgnextoid=6d09f4b6040f8110VgnVCM1000002401005eRCRD

Lleida Bus Station
Saracíbar, 2 • 25002 Lleida (Segrià) • Tel. 973 268 500

By car

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

Distance in kilometers

By train

Lleida Pirineus Railway Station
Pl. Ramon Berenguer IV s/n • 25006 Lleida (el Segrià)
http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/index.html

Renfe. Futher information and reservations

Tel. 902 24 02 02

The journey in AVE or AVANT train is about 1 h from Barcelona-Sants, 31 min from Camp de Tarragona, 2h and 18 min from Madrid-Atocha and 45 min from Zaragoza-Delicias.

To check schedules and availability: http://www.renfe.es

A special discount (30% off) for participants travelling by AVE is available by presenting a ticket discount at any sales point (not valid in internet).

By taxi

Tele Radio Taxi Lleida
Tel. 973 203 050