Accessible Barcelona
Practical information for anyone who finds steps, distances, standing, noise or crowds hard going, whether because of a disability you can see, one you can’t, age, pain or fatigue. The official facts, checked with each operator, and what actually happens when you make the journey. Some of it comes from doing it ourselves: we get around the city with a wheelchair user in the family.
We describe what you’ll find. You decide what works for you.
Getting around step-free
Pick how you want to travel. Each card takes you to the details: official facts first, and what we found when we tried it.
🚇 Metro
Lifts at 156 of 165 stations, which ones don’t have them, the platform gap, and how to check a lift before you set off.
🚌 Bus
Every TMB bus has a ramp and reserved spaces. What to do when the ramp won’t deploy.
🚊 Tram
Level boarding, two wheelchair spaces on every tram and hearing loops at the stops.
🚆 FGC trains
Urban lines to Sarrià and Tibidabo, and trains towards Montserrat.
✈️ To and from the airport
Aerobús and Metro L9 Sud, and what to expect from the ramp.
🚕 Adapted taxis
Same fare as any taxi. Who to call, and why booking ahead matters.
🚌 Bus Turístic
Lower deck, ramp and hearing loop on the hop-on hop-off bus.
🚡 Funicular and cable cars
Montjuïc funicular, Montjuïc cable car and the Port cable car: which stations are step-free.
⛵ Boats
Golondrinas and Bus Nàutic: which boats take wheelchairs.
Read the full step-free guide →
Coming next
Arriving by train or ship · Sights and experiences we’ve visited ourselves · Beaches with adapted access · Streets and neighbourhoods: where it’s easy, and where cobbles and slopes make it hard.