How to find out which terminal are we sailing from in Barcelona?

[yuki5900]

Cruising Century on Sept 26 out of Barcelona. Is there a way I can find out which terminal we will be sailing from? I am trying to figure out if we can walk to the ship from the metro. Yes....I know all about the Blue Bus!
Thanks!

[Rysyonok]

Mol Adossat 1E.

[Rysyonok]

And no. There is a highway overpass leading to it and there is no sidewalk from what I could see in pictures.

[sddsddean]

Forget walking from the metro. The nearest is Drassanes beside the Colom monument at the bottom of Las Ramblas and it is a lot further than it looks on a map (especially with luggage). For the sake of €20 (and thats from the Placa de Catalunya), get a cab straight to the ship.

Simon

[celle]

Originally Posted by Rysyonok

And no. There is a highway overpass leading to it and there is no sidewalk from what I could see in pictures.

I walked it. It's a long story - don't ask!

It didn't look far on the map, but it took me nearly an hour!

[Rysyonok]

Originally Posted by celle

I walked it. It's a long story - don't ask!

It didn't look far on the map, but it took me nearly an hour!

Actually, I am curious now

[celle]

Originally Posted by Rysyonok

Actually, I am curious now

OK. Since you asked! It started as a simple misunderstanding.

We stayed in an apartment in Barcelona for 3 days pre-cruise, with the friends who would be on the ship with us. On embarkation day, taxis were hard to find. We finally hailed one, but he could not take all 5 of us and our luggage.

DH and our friend's husband (who can not walk far, due to a bad back) volunteered to take all the bags and get them checked in - they needed a fit person to get the bags into and out of the taxi. We were still under the misapprehension - deceived by the map - that it would not be a long walk to the ship, so our friend, her daughter and I agreed to walk.

At the seaward end of Las Ramblas, there is a column, with a statue of Christopher Columbus (I think) on top. I told my friend that I was just going to take a photo. She says she did not hear me.

Photo taken, I looked around and could not see the others at all. They had the map and I had no idea which direction to take. I thought that the ship would be somewhere near the marina, so I first looked for my friends there. No joy!

Still thinking it would not be far, I pulled out my picture of our ship and my documents and asked at the mobile police caravan which way to go. They pointed me in the right direction, but I had no idea how far it was, so I kept on walking ...and walking...and walking... .in the summer heat.

Eventually, I could see the ship and I thought I was almost there - but first I had to cross that dastardly bridge, which is curved like a letter C, so that you have to walk way past the ship and then curve back again to get into the terminal.

When I finally arrived at the terminal, I discovered that not only had my friends not waited for me, and disappeared in record time, but they had also taken a taxi and were cool and collected, while I was sunburned, hot and tired.

It was nobody's fault, but it took several cool (alcoholic) drinks to make me feel better. Since then, DH and I have agreed that we will make our own pre-cruise arrangements and will meet our friends on board!

[Rysyonok]

Celle,

ouch. A real friend wouldn't treat you like that...

[celle]

Originally Posted by Rysyonok

Celle,

ouch. A real friend wouldn't treat you like that...

Well, we're still friends, but I will never go on holidaywith her again. We had a good cruise, and our friend is quite charming, but I discovered that she is also very high-maintenance.

Now, when DH and I cruise, we are happy to meet friends for pre and post-dinner drinks, and possibly to spend the evening together, but we always do our own thing during the day.

Barcelona really wasn't good to me - I also had my credit card swallowed by an ATM machine. Before we could report the loss, some scam artist had retrieved it (from an ATM in the wall of a bank, on a Sunday!) had taken it into France and racked up over $1,000 -worth of purchases.

Fortunately, the credit card company did not make us pay those charges. It was a few years ago now, before people were aware of cameras recording your PIN number at the ATM.

[Andym]

Yuki5900,

We are on the same cruise,

You don't say if you are staying in Barcelona or not. If you are staying get a cab from the hotel to the pier, It is too far to walk with luggage.

If you are flying in, get a cab from the airport straight to the pier, cheaper in the long run.

Andy