How to get to Montmeló Circuit

May 14, 2007 on 3:57 pm | In Uncategorized |

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Arguably the biggest event on the Barcelona sporting calendar comes this weekend, as Alonsomania takes over the city for the Spanish Formula One Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló.

We previewed the event in full in our previous issue, but some of our readers may have only just arrived and missed out on that. So, just for them, here’s quick explanation of how to get to Montmeló.

By car: if you have a car. or are an accomplished joy-rider, you want to head out of the city along Avnguida Meridiana and get onto the AP7 for Gerona. Montmeló should be marked quite clearly on any road map of the Barcelona area, and if you don’t have one of them, then it really is your own stupid fault if you get lost. Well, actually it’s not, because the Catalans have the daftest motorway numbering system in the world, and the AP7 is likely to call itself something completely different along the way.

If you get to a place where they’re all speaking French, you’ve gone too far, otherwise it’s exit13, sortida in the local lingo, and from there on the circuit is clearly signposted, although you can hardly miss the dames thing, it’s somewhere at the other end of that massive traffic jam you’re stuck in.

By train: Take green line 2 of Cercanias from Sants, Passeig de Gràcia or Clot in the direction of Maçanet-Massanes. the journey takes about 20 minutes and once at the station just follow the crowds (forget the illusion of finding a free taxi). The stroll only takes 20 minutes.

By coach:  Sagales (902 13 00 14 or www.sagales.com) runs a nin-stop coach service from Barcelona to the circuit, costing 6 euros. It leaves from the corner of Passeig Santnt.es/TB06/index.aspx?ID=BCNONLINE&=eng&idEvento=973 Joan and Diputació (just above of Plaça Tetuan), running every 30 minutes from 17.30 to 10.00 on Friday and Saturday, and from 6.30 to 9.00 on Sunday. The return service starts running as soon as the day’s racing is over and the journey takes about 45 minutes.

If you still don’t have a ticket, our pals here will be able to sort you out.

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