Castelldefels

Castelldefels is a municipality in Barcelona (province) famous for its beach of more than 5 km. It is an affluent area with many famous sportsmen as residents.

Understand
Castelldefels faces the sea 20 km from Barcelona. It has 66,000 inhabitants (2018), and it is very popular for its beach and its gastronomy.

Get in


You can get in from Barcelona by train, bus or car.

The easiest way is by the Spanish Railways (renfe Rodalies). Direct trains leave from Passeig de Gràcia, Estació de França or Sants stations. There are trains every 15 minutes.

The R2 Sud line of Rodalies de Catalunya serves the municipality with two stations: Castelldefels and Platja de Castelldefels. Not all trains serve Platja de Castelldefels, check before boarding.

Alternatively, bus lines L94, L95 and L97, along with the express buses X95 and X97 connect Barcelona with Castelldefels.The journey time could be longer than the train end to end, but can be faster depending on your exact start and end points.

You can use integrated tickets such as the T-casual, as Castelldefels is in Zone 1, so tickets are not more expensive than a simple journey in Barcelona.

By air, the closest international airport is Barcelona/El Prat de Llobregat airport. Castelldefels is connected to the airport by bus by line L99. T-casual tickets for zone 1 are valid.

Get around
You can either walk, catch a local bus (CF1 that runs every 30 minutes), or get easily a taxi; its centre is quite tiny.

Taxi
There are some local companies serving the city. The main taxi stop is by the railway station.


 * taxifels taxi company serving the city since 1983. It can be used also for journeys from Barcelona airport.

See

 * - the oldest parts of the castle date from the 10th century. During the early middle ages, Castelldefels was on the frontier between the County of Barcelona and lands controlled by the Moors. Castelldefels was one of a number of castles built to protect the frontier. Today the castle hosts a museum dedicated to piracy.