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Figueres: trains and timing from Barcelona

Figueres: trains and timing from Barcelona

Old Jan 20th, 2017, 08:26 PM
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Figueres: trains and timing from Barcelona

We’re going to Barcelona for five nights in late May, and planning to take the train to the Dali museum on Sunday, May 28. I know that the Figueres station is closer the the Figueres Vilafant, but F V is only a little over a mile, and SO much faster with the AVE train (55 minutes vs 1 hour 40 minutes).

I see that RENFE has not yet loaded the schedule for May, but based on what I can now see, there’s an AVE train to Figueres Vilafant at 9:45 - arriving at 10:40; we would taxi the short distance to the museum. Online tickets for the Dali museum are limited to the time slots 11:00 - 11:20, and then again 12:30-12:45 - we would much prefer the earlier entry.

Is it a good idea to purchase these now (the Dali) - only eight are left online. This would be for Sunday. And do you think we’d need to take the earlier train (8:25 - 9:20) - are there cabs at the Figueres Vilafant station?

Thanks for your help!
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Old Jan 20th, 2017, 08:28 PM
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BTW, to purchase tickets on the RENFE site for non-Spaniards is a PITA. Just get the Dali tickets and take whatever train is necessary.
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Old Jan 20th, 2017, 11:32 PM
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I think IMDonehere has given you great advice.

FWIW – and I suspect it is very little! – when I visited Figueres in 2015, I followed instructions I had found somewhere – I know not where -- to buy my ticket for the Dali Museum at any Caixa ATM, which allowed me immediate entry rather than waiting in line to buy tickets. And that’s what I did. But I didn’t enter (by choice) until around 15:00. And of course, things could have changed since then....
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Old Jan 21st, 2017, 08:03 AM
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There is a shuttle bus between Figueres Vilafant and Figueres old station.
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Old Jan 21st, 2017, 08:28 PM
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thanks for your help! I bought the tickets, and will figure out the trains closer to our stay.
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