Barcelona Taxi services

The taxi service in Barcelona is an affordable way to move around the city.

TIP: Don’t show your lack of experience in Barcelona, or you could visit Barcelona before arriving where you want to go. Tell the taxi driver to go directly and ask for the ticket, with the plate number and trip description in case you think you are paying too much.

Cost:

The basic tariffs are the following:

• T1- night-time, weekdays, from 21.00 to 07.00
• T1- Saturday and bank holidays, from 00:00 to 24:00
• T2- daytime from 07.00 to 21.00
• Minimum fare: 1.30 € (T1, 1.40 €)
• Per kilometre: 0.74 € (T1, 0.96 €)
• To/from the airport: 3 €
• Suitcase or similar (55×35x35 cm): 0.90 €
• Pets: 1 €
• Available change: 20 €

A journey around Barcelona, from the center (Plaza Catalunya) to a hotel situated 15 minutes away would cost around 10 Euro. The meter starts counting in 2 Euro, except Thursday, Friday and Saturday night that will start in 4 Euro. There are luggage surcharges of 1 Euro, Airport surcharge and train station surcharge. However, they are changing all the time, so the best is to check in the rear window of the taxi where all the prices and surcharges are published in English and spanish.

Tipping:

Tipping is not necessary, but will be welcomed if you do it.

Where to find a taxi

Barcelona’s taxis are black and yellow. They have a green light if they are ready to be stopped. Just shout TAXI!! when you see one on the street. There are taxi spots around the city, where many of them are waiting for clients.

Getting around the Old Town

Bear in mind if you’re wanting to get around the city centre a taxi may not be the best option. Much of the city centre is pedestrianized and the roads here can be quite small and heavily congested. In the very heart of Barcelona you may be best using the transport system (metro and buses) or quite simply walking.

Taxi Companies of Barcelona

• BARNA TAXI
Phone: 933 577 755 - 933 002 314
• COOPERATIVA DE RÀDIO TAXI METROPOLITANA DE BARCELONA
Phone: 932 250 000
• FONO TAXI
Phone: 933 001 100
• RÀDIO TAXI 033.
Phone: 933 033 033
• SERTAX (Barcelona)
Phone: 932 848 888
• SERVI TAXI (Barcelona)
Phone: 933 300 300 - 93 3399262
• TAXI AMIC
Phone: 934 208 088
Fleet: 27 vehicles adapted for people with problems of mobility.
• TAXI GROC Cobertura
Phone: 933 -222 222

Taxis for handicapped people:

Those who wish to reserve a taxi that has been adapted to suit disabled people or people with limited mobility should call one of the following numbers:

Tel: (0034) 93 307 0707

Tel: (0034) 93 420 8088

Tel: (0034) 93 322 2222

Customer Rights:

• Choice of route
• A clean vehicle and a smartly-dressed driver
• Choice of sound level and interior temperature
• To receive change for payment by 20 euro notes
• A receipt with, at least, the date, license number, number plate, fiscal identity number and the amount charged.

Barcelona City Council Lost & Found Office:

Address: Carrer de la Ciutat, 9, baixos. 080002. Barcelona.
Tel.: 010/934023161.
You can be attended in person on Monday to Friday, between 9a.m. and 2 p.m.
You can telephone Monday to Saturday, between 8a.m. and 10p.m. Closed Saturdays in August.
To make it easier to find your lost objects it helps to have some of the following information at hand: the date the object was lost, license number and number plate of the taxi (on the receipt), etc.
The following electronic mail address is also at your disposal: objper-taxi@amb.es

Advice:

If you have luggage the driver will help you load and unload it from the boot.

If you are travelling with children less than 12 years old, they have to sit in the back and should not be allowed to distract the driver.

The taxi meter should be in an easily visible location and started at the beginning of the journey.

If the meter is not on, you are only obliged to pay the minimum fare, unless you have come to some prior agreement with the driver. The meter is to be stopped as soon as you reach your destination.

Drinking, eating and smoking are not allowed in the vehicle, even if the driver and passenger agree otherwise.

The taxi driver is obliged to accept a blind person accompanied by a guide dog (Parliament of Catalonia Law 10/1993).