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Trains run every thirty to sixty minutes from Sants EstaciA? and it's an hour and twenty-minutes' ride. The
train station
(information on 972 207 093) is at PlaA§a d'Espanya, across the river in the new part of the city - it's a twenty-minute walk into the old centre. There are rather fewer buses from Barcelona's EstA?cio del Nord (Mon-Sat 6-9 buses daily, Sun 3) and the journey time's roughly the same; Girona's
bus station
(tel 972 212 319) is around the back of the train station, with frequent services on to the Costa Brava and Figueres. You'll find
taxi
ranks at the train station, PlaA§a Catalunya and PlaA§a Independencia. Incidentally, Girona's
airport
(tel 972 186 600 for flight information), 13km south of the city centre, is used mainly for Costa Brava charter flights; there's no bus into town, so you'll have little choice but to take a taxi.
There's a summer-only
Turisme
inside the train station (Mon-Sat 8am-1pm & 3-8pm; tel 972 216 296), while the main office is at Rambla Llibertat 1 (Sept-June Mon-Fri 8am-8pm, Sat 8am-2pm & 4-8pm; July & Aug also Sun 9am-2pm; tel 972 226 575), right on the river at the eastern end of the old town. Both offices have useful maps and accommodation lists, English-speaking staff, and bus and train timetables for all onward services. They also sell a
combined ticket
(a?¬4.80, under-16s free) which gives entry to all the major sights we've described. There's an
exchange office
at the train station, and you'll find
banks
along the Rambla Llibertat. The
post office
is at Avda RamA?n Folch 2 (Mon-Sat 8am-9pm). Other useful information
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