Sitges Station (Rodalies R2 Sud)

Sitges station is on the plaça d'Eduard Maristany, about ten minutes' walk from the sea, and it is the simplest way to arrive from Barcelona without a car. Right next to it is the tourist office, so when you get off the train you can pick up a map and head straight to the centre and the seafront promenade.

From Barcelona: the R2 Sud

The R2 Sud commuter line of Rodalies links Barcelona with Sitges. Sitges tourism lists three stations in Barcelona where you can board:

• Estació de França, at avinguda Marquès de l'Argentera, 1, next to the parc de la Ciutadella. Metro L4.
• Passeig de Gràcia, an underground train and metro station at numbers 43 to 51 of the avenue. Metro L2, L3 and L4.
• Barcelona-Sants, the large long-distance station, on the plaça dels Països Catalans. Metro L3 and L5.

If you arrive in Barcelona by AVE or Euromed, Sitges Anytime's advice is to get off at Sants and change there to the R2 Sud; the Camp de Tarragona station has no link with commuter trains.

From El Prat airport

There is no direct train from the airport to Sitges. The airport station is opposite Terminal 2, joined to it by a walkway, and from T1 you reach it on the free shuttle bus. The airport train, which runs from 5:42 to 23:38 about every half hour, takes you in one stop to El Prat de Llobregat. There you change to an R2 Sud in the opposite direction, towards Sitges: Sitges tourism puts it at about 24 minutes, with trains roughly every 30 minutes. If you land at T1 and are loaded with luggage, the BusGarraf bus saves you the shuttle and the change.

From the south: Reus and Sant Vicenç de Calders

R14 regional trains from Reus stop at Sitges, in a little under an hour; there are few a day. The R15 trains from Reus do not stop, but leave you at Sant Vicenç de Calders, about 35 minutes from Reus, where you connect with a train towards Barcelona that does stop at Sitges, about 25 minutes more. From Reus airport there is no train: you have to go into town by taxi or on bus line 50.

Timetables and tips

Sitges Anytime refers you to renfe.es for timetables and does not publish fares. Check the return timetable before you set out, especially at night and on days of big events such as the Carnival, when it is worth checking whether there are special services or changes.

From the station, the old town, the church of Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla and the Cau Ferrat and Maricel can be reached on foot, walking down towards the sea. If you are coming for a day at the beach, you need nothing more: the beaches in the centre are a walk from the station.