Paul Phillips22 Sep 2026
GoogleExcellent service...arrived at terminal and driver was waiting...helped with luggage to the car...smooth drive...perfect overall
Reus Airport Taxi: the tariff, the coast, and the hundred kilometres to Barcelona.
Reus has no fixed airport fare. Every journey out of here that crosses a municipal boundary is metered under an order of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and that order contains a clause that explains most of the surprise: a journey is reckoned en circuit tancat, as a closed circuit back to where it started.
- The tariff
- The coast
- The season
- Not Barcelona
Costa DauradaStart here
Seven answers before the detail
Seven questions settle almost every Reus booking. They are answered here in full, before the page works through any of them, and nothing further down contradicts anything in this box.
- Is there a fixed taxi fare from Reus Airport?
- No. Every journey out of here that crosses a municipal boundary is metered under an order of the Generalitat de Catalunya — currently Ordre TER/215/2025, de 22 de desembre, published in DOGC núm. 9571, 24 December 2025. Aena publishes approximate prices on its own Reus page and calls them approximate. A booked transfer is the opposite arrangement: one figure, agreed before you fly.
- Why does the fare exceed the kilometres?
- One clause. The order says journeys are reckoned “en circuit tancat fins al punt de partida” — as a closed circuit back to where they started — and that the car is hired complete. The meter is counting the way home as well as the way out, and the order adds that you pay the toll on the driver’s return too.
- Can I work out my fare before I travel?
- No, and nor can anyone else, because the input you would need does not exist. The tariff gives a rate per kilometre; no authority publishes the road distance from this airport to Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda or PortAventura. The figures circulating on travel sites disagree by seventy per cent on Salou alone, and Aena’s own distance for Reus is three times ENAIRE’s.
- Is Reus Airport in Barcelona?
- No. The Generalitat’s own approved territorial plan puts it approximately 100 kilometres from the city. It has been sold under Barcelona’s name by low-cost carriers for years, which is why so many people land here expecting to be somewhere else. If the city is your destination, read the section below before booking anything — us included.
- Is Saturday a working day on this tariff?
- No. In Catalonia a Saturday falls under Tarifa 7 all day, with public holidays and weekday nights: €0,89 a kilometre rather than €0,82, and a minimum of €7,90 rather than €7,25. That is the opposite of the rule in some other parts of Spain, and it catches people who have flown elsewhere.
- How much luggage can we bring?
- As much as fits, and the order is plain about it: “L’usuari té dret al transport gratuït del seu equipatge”. No weight allowance and no excess charge on the Catalan interurban tariff, provided it fits the boot or the rack legally. That is unusually generous and worth knowing.
- Is the bus a better idea?
- For two people travelling light into Salou, very possibly, and we would rather tell you. Autocares Plana serves La Pineda, Salou and Cambrils at €3,90 a head on the operator’s own published figure. The honest caveat is that it runs to arriving flights rather than to a clock, and travellers report Cambrils at roughly two-hourly against something more frequent to Salou.
Every euro figure on this page was set by the Generalitat de Catalunya or published by Aena, not by us, and both revise on their own calendars — the interurban tariff is reissued most Decembers. They are here so you can read a meter. The figure that applies to your journey is the one on your quote.
Our vehicles
Nine vehicles, and the question that decides which: how many of you
The Catalan tariff adds a supplement above four passengers, and whether a larger car is on the rank at a seasonal airport is luck. Everything from the people carrier up exists so that is not your problem. Count the heads first, then the cases.
Normally a Volkswagen Passat or similarSaloon taxi
4 passengers, 2 large bags
Two or three with a case each — the same four seats as a rank car, agreed in advance.
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Normally a Mercedes E-Class or similarExecutive car
3 passengers, 2 large bags
Up to three, where arriving well is the reason rather than the distance.
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Normally an estate taxiEstate taxi
4 passengers, 3 large bags
Four and three large cases, which a saloon boot will not take on a family week.
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Normally a 6-seater MPV people carrierPeople carrier
5 to 6 passengers, 4 to 5 large bags
The party of five the rank charges a supplement for, in one vehicle. Pushchair included.
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Normally a 7 seater taxi7 seater taxi
7 passengers, 7 cabin bags
Seven travelling light to one address on the Costa Daurada.
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Normally an 8 seater taxi8 seater taxi
8 passengers, 6 to 8 large bags
Eight and six large cases in one vehicle: two rank cars’ worth of people, one figure.
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Normally a 16 seater minibus16 seater minibus
16 passengers, about 14 large bags
A stag group, a squad or a school party arriving on one flight.
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Normally a 30-seater coach30-seater coach
30 seats
Group arrivals in season, booked well ahead at an airport that empties in winter.
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Normally a 50-seater coach50-seater coach
50 seats
Large group arrivals, planned months rather than days out.
View vehicle →| Extra | What to know |
|---|---|
| Child seats | Infant, child and booster seats are available on request at no extra cost. In Spain a seat is needed for children under 135 cm, with a narrow exemption for taxis on urban journeys, so give us the children’s ages when you book. |
| Golf clubs, bikes, surfboards, trade equipment | Fine with notice. Tell us the item and its length at booking so a vehicle with the right load space is allocated. |
| Wheelchair-accessible vehicles | Request one at booking so we can confirm a suitable vehicle for your route and date. |
Every vehicle is shown on our fleet page. Models are typical for each class, so your quote confirms what is offered. Tell us your party size and bag count so the right vehicle is allocated.
Reviews
What travellers say, unedited
The scores below are the ones our review widget publishes, checked on 14 October 2026. They come from travellers at airports across our network, and we show a selection of passenger reviews about airport transfers. Every review stays on the platform where it was written.
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Excellent4.9453 reviewsShowing all 10 reviews
Very reliable and easy to get a hold of. I was very confused leaving the airport - user error haha - and they were super helpful. My flight was also delayed and the guy who picked me up was on top of it.
Super affordable and professional service! The pricing was very clear from the start, with no hidden charges, which I really appreciated. Everything went smoothly, and the professionalism of the global airport taxi service stood out. Highly recommended for anyone looking for a hassle-free and budget-friendly option.
- Christina Bundrick20 Sep 2026Google
Amazing taxi service to the airport! Our driver was friendly, on time, and made the whole trip so easy. The car was clean and comfortable, and we got to the airport right on time. Would definitely use this service again!
- AnonymouslyProvenExpertProvenExpert
Excellent service , driver waited for us as flight was delayed, clean car and smooth ride
I would totally recommend Global Airport Taxi to anyone needing a taxi service for their airport commute. I decided on way to the airport that I was flying out of that I will need a cab service at LHR. They were quick to respond to and accommodated some of my last minute schedule change requests after I had landed at LHR. Totally reliable and willing to be flexible. Outstanding customer support provided by Jennifer and Root. Keep it up guys !!
- Sarah Finch22 Sep 2026Google
This was a brilliant service our driver was excellent he was friendly and helpful. Used again for the return journey and driver was professional and ensured we made it to the airport on time with heavy traffic
The service was extremely reliable. My cab arrived exactly on time for my early morning flight, which was a huge relief. Everything went smoothly, and I felt confident choosing this service. Highly recommend global airport taxi for stress-free airport transfers!
Amazing customer service, on time driver helped with cases. A pleasant experience Thank you
- BarhamK11 Apr 2026Yell
Very clean car and on time very polite driver will use them again
These scores cover the whole network rather than Reus alone, and we are not going to pretend otherwise. Trustindex supplies the widget, every review appears as its author wrote it, and none of it was written by us.
The service
What a booked Reus transfer actually is
Six things a booking settles that the rank leaves open. None of this is a complaint about the rank — it is a regulated public service, it is the right answer for a short hop into Reus, and on most days it is simply there.
One vehicle, one figure
Agreed before you fly and printed on the confirmation. No meter, no closed circuit reckoned against it at the end, and no Tarifa 7 because you landed on a Saturday.
Sized to the party before you land
A rank car takes four before the tariff adds a supplement, and whether a larger one is actually queueing is a matter of luck. Ours run from four seats to fifty and the vehicle is decided when you book, not at the kerb.
Pinned to the aircraft, not to a guess
Reus runs a seasonal schedule into fixed aerodrome hours, so a delayed inbound is the normal failure here. The booking tracks the flight number and carries 60 minutes from touchdown before anything is owed.
Priced to the door, not to a resort name
Cap Salou is not Salou centre, La Pineda is not Pineda de Mar, and a PortAventura hotel is not the park gate. Give us the urbanització and the street and the driver arrives at the door rather than at the roundabout.
Child seats at no charge
Spain requires an approved restraint for a child of 135 cm or less, and the taxi exemption is urban only — which an airport run to the coast is not. Ours travel with the car, fitted before it leaves, at no cost.
Paid before you travel
Taken online when the booking is made, by Visa, Mastercard, American Express and more, with 24 hours of free cancellation behind it. No cash, no card machine and no conversation about the figure at the kerb.
The interurban tariff is reissued by order most Decembers. Nothing above is a quotation from us.
The tariff
The order that actually governs a Reus taxi fare
One order, two tariffs, four clauses, and no competitor page that cites any of them. Here it is in full.
The short answer A taxi from Reus Airport is metered under Ordre TER/215/2025, de 22 de desembre of the Generalitat de Catalunya, published in DOGC núm. 9571, 24 December 2025. Tarifa 6 applies on working weekdays 08.00 to 20.00 at €0,82 a kilometre with a €7,25 minimum; Tarifa 7 applies on Saturdays, public holidays and weekday nights at €0,89 with a €7,90 minimum. A €4,60 supplement applies for entering or leaving the airport. The order reckons every journey as a closed circuit back to its starting point and charges the driver’s return tolls to the passenger.
| What is charged | Tarifa 6 | Tarifa 7 | How it works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Each kilometre, or part of one | €0,82 | €0,89 | Multiplied by the circuit the order defines, not by the kilometres between you and your hotel. |
| Waiting, per hour | €22,47 | €24,32 | And €5,62 / €6,08 for each quarter of an hour. |
| Minimum charge | €7,25 | €7,90 | The mínim de percepció. There is no separate flag-fall in this tariff; this floor does that job. |
| Airport, entering or leaving | €4,60 | €4,60 | Charged in either direction, which is why it cannot explain a cheaper journey home. |
| More than four passengers | €4,60 | €4,60 | Charged once, in any vehicle of up to nine seats counting the driver. |
| Special nights | — | €4,60 | 23–24 June, 24–25 December and 31 December–1 January, 20.00 to 08.00. |
| Telephone or radio booking | Set by the urban area concerned, not by this order | Set by the urban area concerned, not by this order | The order sets no amount for it. |
Read off the Generalitat’s order and Aena’s own pages on the day this was written. Neither body promised us they would hold.
- Tarifa 6 applies
- Working days, Monday to Friday, 08.00 to 20.00.
- Tarifa 7 applies
- Saturdays, public holidays, and Monday to Friday 20.00 to 08.00. A Saturday is Tarifa 7 all day.
- Who sets it
- Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Territori, by order, under article 31.2 of Llei 19/2003, del taxi. Reissued most Decembers — this one carried a general increase of 2,2 per cent and repealed Ordre TER/255/2024.
- What they are called elsewhere
- The order names them Tarifa 6 and Tarifa 7. The same two tariffs appear as T-6 and T-7 on fare notices and on our own Barcelona page, and they are the same instrument and the same figures — one order covers the whole of Catalonia.
- Which journeys it governs
- Every journey from this airport that crosses a municipal boundary, which is all of them bar a run into Reus itself. Urban tariffs inside a town are a separate matter: the municipality proposes and the Comissió de Preus de Catalunya approves.
Four clauses, in the Catalan they were published in
Els serveis s’han de contractar en règim de lloguer per cotxe complet
Services are contracted as hire of the whole car.
els recorreguts són en circuit tancat fins al punt de partida
Journeys are reckoned as a closed circuit back to the point of departure.
L’usuari té dret al transport gratuït del seu equipatge.
The passenger has the right to carry their luggage free of charge.
El pagament del peatge a què estigui sotmès l’ús d’una via va a càrrec de l’usuari
Any toll on the road used is paid by the passenger — including, the order adds, the toll on the driver’s journey back to where they started.
Source: Ordre TER/215/2025, de 22 de desembre, DOGC núm. 9571, 24 December 2025, CVE-DOGC-A-25356036-2025. Figures include tax, and were read from a Catalan town hall’s official reproduction of the order rather than from any commercial summary.
The arithmetic
What the tariff produces, against what Aena publishes
Aena publishes approximate prices for this airport. The Generalitat publishes the tariff. Nobody has put the two next to each other, so we did.
The short answer The Generalitat puts Barcelona about 100 km from Reus Airport. Reckoned as the order requires — a closed circuit, so 200 km — Tarifa 6 plus the airport supplement produces about €168,60, against the €200 Aena publishes as approximate. Counted one way instead it gives €86,60, less than half. On the short runs the published prices sit further above the tariff: about €21,00 computed for Tarragona at Aena’s own 10 km, against the €32–37 Aena publishes.
- Take the one distance an authority publishesThe Generalitat’s approved territorial plan puts Barcelona approximately 100 km away. It is the only official figure for that journey we could find.
- Reckon it as the order requiresA closed circuit back to the point of departure, so 200 kilometres rather than 100.
- Apply Tarifa 6 and the airport supplement200 × €0,82 = €164,00, plus €4,60 for leaving the airport, which is about €168,60.
- Now compare the two readingsAena publishes €200. The closed-circuit reading lands within about a fifth of it. The one-way reading gives €86,60, which is less than half. That gap is the best evidence we found that the closed-circuit clause is doing real work.
A meter settles a figure at the end of the journey. A booking settles it at the beginning. That is the whole argument of this page in one line.
The published prices
What Aena itself puts on its Reus page
Eight destinations, with Aena’s own approximate figure for each. Read them as orientation, which is exactly what Aena calls them.
The short answer Aena publishes approximate taxi prices on its own Reus Airport page: Reus €25, Salou €34–35, PortAventura €34–35, La Pineda €35, Tarragona €32–37, Cambrils €40, the Camp de Tarragona high-speed station €48 and Barcelona–El Prat €200. Aena calls them approximate and says they vary with the hour, the weekend and the public holiday. They are not a regulated tariff.
| Destination | Aena’s approximate price |
|---|---|
| Reus | €25 |
| Salou | €34–35 |
| Tarragona | €32–37 |
| Cambrils | €40 |
| PortAventura | €34–35 |
| La Pineda | €35 |
| Camp de Tarragona AVE station | €48 |
| Barcelona–El Prat Airport | €200 |
Aena calls its own prices approximate and says the hour, the weekend and the holiday move them. We repeat them on that basis and no other.
And our own figures
We publish a fixed figure per vehicle for each of these, agreed at booking. Those figures are being re-confirmed as this page goes out: CONFIRM: the current fixed-fare set, and the five figures below that appear on the live page in two different values
- Tarragona is €32 in the table, the FAQ and the route list, and €35 in the hero card.
- Cambrils is €38 in the table and the route list, and €40 in the hero card.
- Barcelona city centre is €160 in the table and the route list, and €165 in the hero card.
- Cambrils is about 20 minutes in the distance list and about 25 in the table and the hero card.
- Tarragona is about 15 minutes in the table and about 20 in the hero card.
The distances
The one number nobody publishes
Aena contradicts ENAIRE on how far Reus is. Aena contradicts the city tourist board on how far Tarragona is. And for every resort on the Costa Daurada there is simply nothing.
The short answer No authority publishes a road distance from Reus Airport to Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda or PortAventura. For Reus itself ENAIRE’s AIP says 3 km while Aena’s own page says 10 km. For Tarragona, Aena says 10 km while the city tourist board, carrying content credited to Aena, says some 7 km. The only official distance to Barcelona is the Generalitat’s approximately 100 km, in an approved territorial plan.
| To | What is published, and by whom | The problem |
|---|---|---|
| Reus city | ENAIRE, the AIP entry for LERS: 3 km east of Reus Aena, its own airport presentation page: 10 km east of the city | Two aviation authorities, two figures, a factor of three apart. |
| Tarragona | Tarragona Turisme, carrying content credited to Aena: some 7 km Aena, its own airport presentation page: 10 km from the urban centre of Tarragona | Aena’s own figure and the figure published under Aena’s name by the city tourist board do not agree. |
| Barcelona | Generalitat de Catalunya, Pla Territorial Parcial del Camp de Tarragona: approximately 100 km | The only official distance to Barcelona we could find, in an approved territorial plan rather than a road register. The “approximately” is the plan’s own. |
| Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda, PortAventura and the rest | No authority: Nothing published | Aena publishes none. The Generalitat publishes none. The figures circulating on travel and booking sites range from 10 to 17 kilometres for Salou alone. |
Why this matters more here than almost anywhere
A tariff priced per kilometre is only usable if somebody tells you the kilometres. For this airport, nobody does. The result is that every figure you will read for a Reus fare is an estimate built on a distance that was itself an estimate — and the estimates disagree. For Salou alone the published distances run from ten to seventeen kilometres, and the published journey times from twelve minutes to fifty.
And what we are not going to do about it
Take a number off a mapping service and present it as a measurement. It would be easy, it would look authoritative, and it would be exactly the thing this page is criticising. Where an authority publishes a distance, you will find it above with its name attached. Where none does, this page says so and prices your actual address instead.
Where people actually go
Ten destinations, in detail
Ten places, chosen because that is where this airport’s passengers actually end up. No record carries a road distance or a journey time, because no authority publishes either and this page is not going to invent twenty of them. What each carries instead is what Aena publishes, what is and is not known about the distance, and the one thing about that journey the fare does not tell you.
Salou
Costa Daurada, the main resort
The busiest journey this airport makes, and the one every search is about. It is also where the published guesswork is worst: six sources, six distances, and times quoted anywhere from twelve minutes to fifty.
- Road distance
- Not published by any authority. Figures on travel and booking sites run from 10 to 17 kilometres — a seventy per cent spread for one journey.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Aena publishes €34–35 as an approximate price
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- South-west of the airport
PortAventura World
Vila-seca and Salou
Ask for the gate or the hotel by name. The park, the resort hotels and the Rodalies station are not the same drop-off, and PortAventura’s own travel page does not distinguish them either — its Reus section describes the airport bus as running from Barcelona airport, which it does not.
- Road distance
- Not published by any authority. PortAventura’s own page says “in just 15 minutes from Reus Airport” and gives no distance.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Aena publishes €34–35 as an approximate price
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- South-west of the airport
Cambrils
Costa Daurada, west along the coast
Further than Salou and, on the public bus, considerably less convenient: travellers report the coach serving Cambrils roughly every two hours against a more frequent service to Salou. That gap is the argument for a car here.
- Road distance
- Not published by any authority.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Aena publishes €40 as an approximate price
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- West of the airport
La Pineda
Vila-seca
Do not confuse it with Pineda de Mar, which is on the Maresme coast well past Barcelona and about a hundred and forty kilometres away. Booking sites rank for both on the same search, and at least one sells transfers to the wrong one.
- Road distance
- Not published by any authority.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Aena publishes €35 as an approximate price
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- South of the airport
Cap Salou and Vila-seca
The headland and the town behind it
Cap Salou is a separate drop-off from Salou centre, on a different road in and a different bus routing. Give the urbanització and the street, not just “Salou”.
- Road distance
- Not published by any authority.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Nothing published. Rather than lift a number off a booking site and present it as a measurement, this field stays open and the address gets priced.
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- South of the airport
Tarragona
The provincial capital
The one destination here that works all year rather than only in summer, and the one where two official channels publish distances that do not agree with each other.
- Road distance
- Published, and contradictory: Aena says 10 km from the urban centre; the city tourist board, carrying content credited to Aena, says some 7 km.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Aena publishes €32–37 as an approximate price
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- East of the airport
Reus city
The town the airport is named after
The shortest run from this airport, and the only one that might be an urban journey rather than an interurban one — which changes which tariff applies. Line 50 serves it, and is labelled an on-demand service rather than a shuttle.
- Road distance
- Published, and contradictory: ENAIRE’s AIP says 3 km east of Reus; Aena’s own presentation page says 10 km east of the city.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Aena publishes €25 as an approximate price
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- West of the airport
Camp de Tarragona station
The high-speed railhead
Aena states there is no direct public transport from the airport to this station: Line 50 into Reus bus station, then a transfer. If you are connecting to the AVE, that is the journey where a car is worth most.
- Road distance
- Not published by any authority.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Aena publishes €48 as an approximate price
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- North-east of the airport
Barcelona
A hundred kilometres away
This is the journey this page exists to be honest about. If Barcelona is where you are going, read the section below before you book anything — including us.
- Road distance
- The Generalitat’s approved territorial plan puts the airport approximately 100 km from Barcelona. Travel sites publish anything from 90 to 113.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Aena publishes €200 as an approximate price to Barcelona–El Prat
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- North-east, up the coast
Miami Platja, Mont-roig and L’Hospitalet de l’Infant
The coast south-west
The longest resort runs from this airport, and the ones where the closed-circuit rule costs the most. Also the three most commonly mis-spelled: Miami Playa, Montroig, Hospitalet del Infante all appear on booking sites for the same places.
- Road distance
- Not published by any authority.
- Our figure, per vehicle
- Nothing published. Rather than lift a number off a booking site and present it as a measurement, this field stays open and the address gets priced.
- Ordinary drive
- No authority publishes one for this island, so this page does not invent one. Tell us your flight and we will time the run on the day rather than on a map.
- Where it sits
- South-west, beyond Cambrils
An order published this December can be replaced by one next December. This is a record of today, not a promise about next summer.
Not Barcelona
Reus is about a hundred kilometres from Barcelona
This is the single most searched question about this airport, and almost every page that ranks for it either dodges the answer or repeats the marketing. Here is the official figure and what follows from it.
The short answer Reus Airport is not in Barcelona. The Generalitat de Catalunya’s approved Pla Territorial Parcial del Camp de Tarragona puts it approximately 100 kilometres from the city, and the plan describes it as a tourist airport complementing Barcelona’s. Low-cost carriers have marketed it under the city’s name for years. Four realistic ways reach Barcelona from here: the Monbus coach to Sants at about 1h55, Line 50 into Reus and a Renfe train, a hire car, or a private transfer.
- What the Generalitat says
- approximately 100 km, in the Generalitat de Catalunya, Pla Territorial Parcial del Camp de Tarragona. That is the only official distance to the city we could find anywhere.
- What the plan calls the airport
- The same plan describes Reus as the only airport infrastructure of the Camp de Tarragona and as a tourist airport complementing Barcelona’s.
- What everyone else says
- Figures circulating on travel and booking sites for the same journey run from 90 to 113 kilometres. One page carries 101, 105 and 106 kilometres in its own copy.
- What the plan got wrong
- The plan also forecast six to eight and a half million passengers here by 2026. The actual 2025 figure was 1,34 million. We cite its distance, not its forecasts.
- What Aena says
- Nothing. Aena publishes no distance from this airport to Barcelona, to Tarragona, to Salou or to Reus city on its “getting there” pages, and refers the reader to a mapping service.
If you booked Reus for the Costa Daurada
You are in exactly the right place and this section is not about you. Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda, Vila-seca and PortAventura are all short runs from here, and flying into Barcelona instead would have added well over an hour each way.
If you booked Reus thinking it was Barcelona
You are a hundred kilometres out, and you are not the first. The airport has carried the city’s name in airline marketing for years. Nothing is ruined — there are four workable ways into Barcelona from here — but it is worth knowing before you stand in arrivals rather than after.
The coach, which is the sensible default
Monbus publishes a timetable from the airport to Barcelona Sants: about an hour and fifty-five minutes on its own times, four departures listed from the airport, and no service on 25 December, 1 January or Good Friday. The fare is not on the timetable.
The car, which is the expensive one
A hundred kilometres reckoned as a closed circuit is the single most expensive journey this airport sells. Aena puts an approximate taxi price to Barcelona–El Prat at €200. If your connection is loose, the coach and a metro will cost a fraction of it, and we would rather say so than take the booking.
Our Barcelona Airport taxi page covers the city end of this journey — its own tariff, its own airport, and the destinations it reaches. If Barcelona is really where you are going, start there.
We go back to these sources periodically. Between those visits, assume the numbers have drifted.
Arrivals
The rank, the marshal, and what Aena does not publish
For an airport whose passengers almost all need ground transport, the published information here is unusually thin. That is worth saying plainly rather than papering over.
The short answer Aena publishes no taxi rank location for Reus Airport. It publishes an information office in the arrivals lobby, and the city tourist board, carrying content credited to Aena, records a permanent taxi service meeting arriving flights. Travellers consistently describe a marshal in a high-visibility vest outside arrivals who assigns a driver at a price shown on a clipboard. Aena publishes nothing about pre-booked transfers or VTC pick-up points, and no road distances or directions.
- The airport, as the authorities name it
- Reus Airport to Aena, Aeropuerto de Reus to the Spanish operator, REU to an airline and LERS to air traffic control. The postal address Aena publishes is Autovía Tarragona-Reus s/n, 43204 Reus (Tarragona). Aena and the AIP both give the address as Reus. The Generalitat’s approved territorial plan places the airport between the municipalities of Reus and Tarragona, and we could not establish the boundary, so this page does not claim one municipality exclusively.
- Where the rank is
- Not published. Aena’s Reus taxi page gives no rank location at all, and its “access points” section is an image with no text.
- What Aena does publish
- What Aena does publish is an information office in the arrivals lobby, and the city tourist board, carrying content credited to Aena, records a permanent taxi service meeting arriving flights with an information office in the arrivals hall.
- What travellers report
- A marshal in a high-visibility vest outside arrivals who takes your destination, assigns a driver and shows the price on a clipboard — and who is the person to ask for a larger vehicle. Reported rather than published, and passed on with that label attached because it is more use than nothing.
- Pre-booked pick-up points
- Not published. Aena’s Reus taxi page does not mention VTC or pre-booked transfers, and there is no published pick-up point for a booked car at this airport.
- How many terminals
- Aena states no terminal count anywhere. Its own pages describe a single passenger terminal with the check-in hall and the arrivals hall both on floor 0, and its parking form offers one terminal. The AIP describes one passenger terminal.
- Road access
- Not published. Aena’s own “getting there by car” page carries no routes, no directions, no distances and no drop-off charge, and refers the reader to a mapping service.
The Generalitat setting a rate is not us setting a price. Only one of those is a commitment to you.
Inside the terminal
What is actually here, and what is not
A short, honest inventory of what Aena publishes about this building, what it does not, and the one piece of information that gets a driver to your door rather than to a roundabout.
The short answer Aena publishes shops and restaurants without naming any, car hire, free Wi-Fi, reduced-mobility assistance and a cash-machine category at Reus Airport. It lists no left luggage, no currency exchange and no pharmacy. Its lost-property office is open Monday to Saturday, 07.00 to 17.00. No authority publishes a recommended arrival time for departures here.
- What Aena lists here
- Shops and restaurants, without naming a single outlet. Car hire. Free Wi-Fi. Assistance for passengers with reduced mobility. A cash-machine category. Maps. That is the whole of it.
- What Aena does not list at all
- Left luggage. Currency exchange. A pharmacy. For a terminal that handles a quarter of a million people in August, the published inventory is unusually thin, and the honest reading is that you should not plan on any of those three.
- Lost property
- Aena runs an office for it with its own published hours — Monday to Saturday, 07.00 to 17.00 — although it does not appear on the airport’s main service listing. Something left in a booked car is a different matter and a much easier one: we know which vehicle carried you.
- How early to arrive for a departure
- Nobody official publishes a figure for this airport, so we are not going to invent one. What the shape of the place implies is worth saying: one terminal, one security line, and a schedule concentrated into a few hours of a few days. The pinch is not the airport’s size, it is that a large share of its flights leave in the same part of the same morning.
Does the driver know my hotel?
Usually, and that is the wrong question to rely on. The Costa Daurada is full of urbanitzacions where the resort name finds a district rather than a door, campsites and holiday parks with several entrances, and hotel complexes where the coach bay and the reception are on different streets. Competitors answer this by minting a separate page per hotel — there are more than forty of them out there, one for each campsite and aparthotel. We would rather answer it once: give us the street and the urbanització, and if your booking confirmation names an entrance, give us that too. A driver with an address does not need to know the hotel.
And if you are going to a PortAventura hotel
Name it. El Paso, Caribe, Gold River, Colorado Creek and the rest are a resort rather than a gate, and the park entrance is not the same drop-off as the hotel you are sleeping in. PortAventura’s own travel page does not distinguish them either, so this is one where being specific at booking saves a conversation at the barrier.
The year
Ninety-nine per cent summer, on Aena’s own numbers
Most airports have a high season. This one has a summer and an absence. We are not going to call it the most seasonal airport in Spain, because nobody publishes a ranking — but here are Aena’s own figures, and they are startling.
The short answer Aena’s own 2025 monthly figures for Reus Airport record 508 passengers in February and 232.747 in August. April to October carried 99,1 per cent of the year and November to March 0,9 per cent; July and August alone carried 34,0 per cent. The airport operates summer hours of 06.00 to 22.00 and winter hours of 07.00 to 21.00, with commercial flights requiring an hour’s prior permission.
- Jan1.378
- Feb508
- Mar4.017
- Apr116.922
- May190.218
- Jun209.080
- Jul222.454
- Aug232.747
- Sep207.811
- Oct145.578
- Nov5.406
- Dec851
The four percentages above are our arithmetic on Aena’s published monthly figures, not statements by Aena. The monthly figures themselves are Aena’s, and the twelve months sum exactly to the 1.336.970 passengers in its annual report.
| Period | Passengers | What Aena records |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 218.399 | up 5,1 per cent; 2.806 operations, up 14,9 per cent |
| January to September 2026 | 1.281.053 | up 8,1 per cent, provisional |
| February 2025 | 508 | the whole month — about eighteen passengers a day |
| August 2025 | 232.747 | the busiest month on Aena’s 2025 table |
Idescat publishes the 2025 total as 1.334,9 thousand against Aena’s definitive 1.336.970, citing Aena as its own source. The two differ by about two thousand passengers. We have not resolved it and use Aena’s figure.
What a ratio of four hundred does to an airport
Menorca runs at about nine times its quietest month in its busiest. Reus runs at four hundred and fifty. In February 2025 this airport handled 508 passengers across the entire month; in August it handled 232.747. Almost every route it serves is a seasonal one. Aena’s own framing is that its charter base is mainly concentrated in the summer season, and that commercial summer-season operations begin at the end of March.
What that means for getting a car
Supply here follows the flights rather than a timetable — as one destination expert on the Salou boards puts it, as long as there are flights landing there are taxis outside the terminal. The corollary is the part people miss: in the months when there are almost no flights, there is almost nothing else either. Travellers also report queues of around forty-five minutes on a busy Sunday afternoon in season. We are not going to assert a winter service level, because no authority publishes one. We are going to show you the shape of the year and let you draw the obvious conclusion.
Your party
Five people, and what happens at the rank
Almost every awkward arrival story at this airport starts with a party of five or six. Here is what the tariff says, and what travellers report actually happening.
| Your party | At the rank | Booked ahead | Why it matters here |
|---|---|---|---|
| Two or three adults | One rank car | One booked saloon | No difference worth paying for. |
| Four, with cases | One rank car, if the boot takes it | One booked estate | Four is where the tariff’s passenger supplement starts. |
| Five | €4,60 supplement, if a larger car is there | One people carrier, one figure | The supplement applies in a vehicle of up to nine seats. Whether such a vehicle is on the rank is a separate question. |
| Six adults, a baby and a pram | Ask the marshal, and hope | One 8-seater, one figure | The most common awkward arrival here. Travellers report the marshal finding a seven-seater — and also report it occasionally running out. |
| Sixteen, one flight | Four rank cars | One minibus | A stag group or a squad. Book ahead at a seasonal airport. |
Context, not a price list. Your own address is priced on the booking form.
Children
The urban exemption, and why it stops at the city limits
Spain exempts taxis from the child-restraint rule in one circumstance, and that circumstance is urban. Reus Airport is outside the urban area of every resort it serves, which puts an arriving family on the far side of the line drawn by the exemption.
The short answer Spanish law requires a child of 135 cm or less to use an approved restraint and, in a vehicle of up to nine seats, to travel in the rear — article 117 of the Reglamento General de Circulación as amended by Real Decreto 667/2015. The taxi exemption at article 119 applies in urban traffic and the urban areas of large cities, with the child in a rear seat. A journey from Reus Airport to a Costa Daurada resort is interurban, so the exemption does not reach it. On a booked transfer we supply and fit the seat at no charge.
- What Spanish law requires
- A minor of 135 cm or less must use an approved child restraint, and in a vehicle of up to nine seats must travel in the rear. That is article 117 of the Reglamento General de Circulación as amended by Real Decreto 667/2015, de 17 de julio, BOE núm. 171, 18 July 2015, in force since 1 October 2015. Verbatim: “los menores de edad de estatura igual o inferior a 135 centímetros deberán utilizar sistemas de retención infantil” and “Dichos ocupantes deberán situarse en los asientos traseros.”.
- The taxi exemption, and its limit
- There is one, at article 119, and it is urban. The 2015 decree’s own preamble describes it as applying “cuando circulen en tráfico urbano o áreas urbanas de grandes ciudades” — in urban traffic or the urban areas of large cities — and only with the child in a rear seat. That wording is from the preamble of Real Decreto 667/2015, which describes the exemption without amending it.
- Which puts an airport run outside it
- The journey from this airport to Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda or PortAventura crosses municipal boundaries. That is the same fact that makes it an interurban journey on the Generalitat’s tariff — and it places the journey outside the urban exemption. The two things are the same fact seen twice.
- Is it still current
- The consolidated regulation was last updated in June 2026 and the most recent amending decree touches articles 18, 31 and 32 — not 117 and not 119.
- What we do about it
- Supply the seat, fit it before the car sets off for the airport, and charge nothing for it. What we need from you is each child’s age and rough weight at the time of booking, not at the kerb.
For the same question in other jurisdictions — including the ones whose taxi exemption carries no geographic limit at all — see our guide to child seats on airport transfers.
Luggage
Free, in writing, and unusually so
This is one of the few places where the Catalan tariff is markedly more generous than the rule elsewhere in Spain, and it is worth knowing before you pay anyone a baggage supplement.
The short answer The Catalan interurban taxi tariff carries no luggage weight allowance and no excess charge. The order states that the passenger has the right to carry their luggage free of charge, provided it fits in the boot or on the rack without breaching traffic rules, and permits empty seats to be used where shape and size allow. Tolls are paid by the passenger, including the toll on the driver’s return journey.
L’usuari té dret al transport gratuït del seu equipatge.Ordre TER/215/2025, de 22 de desembreThe passenger has the right to carry their luggage free of charge.
| What | What applies | How it works |
|---|---|---|
| Weight allowance | None | The order sets no limit by weight. |
| Excess charge | None | There is no excess-luggage fee in this tariff at all. |
| The condition | It has to fit | In the boot or on the roof rack, without breaching traffic rules. Empty seats may be used where the shape and size allow. |
| Boards, bikes, golf clubs | No separate charge | But a saloon boot is a saloon boot. Tell us the item and its length and the vehicle is chosen for it. |
| Tolls | Paid by the passenger | Including, the order says, the toll on the driver’s journey back to where they started. On a run towards Barcelona that is not a trivial addition. |
True at its source on the day it was read. What is true for you is the figure on your quote.
The other ways
The bus, the coach, the hire car and the apps, with their own numbers
Every honest transfer page needs this section and almost none has one. Here is what else there is, with the operators’ own published figures, and the journeys where we are not the right answer.
The short answer Autocares Plana serves La Pineda, Salou and Cambrils from Reus Airport at €3,90 a person one way, timed to arriving flights rather than to a timetable. Monbus runs a seasonal service to Tarragona bus station, valid 1 March to 31 October 2026, roughly hourly, about 22 minutes. Monbus also runs to Barcelona Sants in about 1 hour 55 minutes. Line 50 serves Reus city and is published as an on-demand service. There is no station at the airport and no rail link to it.
| Service | Who publishes it | What they publish | What they do not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airport to La Pineda, Salou and Cambrils | Autocares Plana, listed by Aena | €3,90 per person, one way, as published by the operator. Departures are timed to arriving flights rather than to a clock timetable. | The operator publishes no line timetable we could read: its own route PDF is closed to automated reading. Aena also lists PortAventura on this service, which the operator’s own page does not. Travellers report two separate routings, the fare paid to the driver on boarding, and no way to reserve a seat in advance. |
| Airport to Tarragona bus station | Monbus, from its own published timetable | about 22 minutes, worked out from the published departure and arrival pairs. Roughly hourly, 07.00 to 22.00 out, 07.30 to 22.30 back, daily. Valid 1 March to 31 October 2026 — outside those dates this connection does not exist. | The fare is not on the timetable. |
| Airport to Barcelona Sants | Monbus, from its own published timetable | about 1 hour 55 minutes, worked out from the published times. Four departures listed from the airport. The timetable carries three day-type headings against four unlabelled columns, so which runs on which day cannot be read from the document. No service on 25 December, 1 January or Good Friday. | The fare is not on the timetable. |
| Line 50, airport to Reus centre | Reus Transport, the municipal operator | Roughly hourly on weekdays, about 07.25 to 21.09. | The timetable is labelled bus a demanda — on demand — which is not a turn-up-and-go airport shuttle. The fare is not published on it, and the layout is too garbled to read the stop order reliably. |
If a figure here changes tomorrow, the one you agreed today does not change with it.
If a coach came bundled with the holiday
If you booked a package, a coach transfer is usually already included and already paid for. It costs you time rather than money: a circuit of hotels in order, so a twenty-minute journey can take fifty, and the smallest children are generally not allowed in the front rows. Whether to upgrade is a question about your arrival hour, not about the coach.
Ride-hailing, and the rule it would work under
No authority publishes anything about Uber, Cabify or Bolt at this airport, so we assert neither their presence nor their absence. What is documented is the regime: Catalonia requires 15 minutes between booking a private hire vehicle and the service starting — “un interval de temps mínim de 15 minuts, entre la contractació i la prestació efectiva del servei”, article 7 of Decret llei 9/2022, de 5 de juliol — and local authorities may lengthen it. Local authorities may lengthen that interval where it is justified and proportionate.
The door-to-door shuttle, which is seasonal too
Alongside the public coach there is a seasonal door-to-door shuttle category at this airport — a booked seat in a shared vehicle that calls at hotels rather than at bus stops. It is cheaper per head than a car and it costs you the same thing the package coach costs you: the vehicle fills before it leaves and you are dropped in the order the route happens to run. We are describing the category rather than any operator, and its seasonal dates are not something we could verify at an authority.
A hire car, which for some trips is simply right
If you are on the Costa Daurada for a fortnight and intend to move around it, hire one and we will not pretend otherwise. A transfer answers the first day and the last — the arrival with the cases and the children, and the departure before the resort is awake. It does not answer the middle of a holiday.
And a bill that is not law yet
A new Catalan statute on passenger transport in vehicles of up to nine seats is before the Parlament. It would require advance booking in every case and create a high-availability category booked two hours ahead for a minimum hire period. As of late September 2026 it was still in committee. It is not law, and this page does not price anything on it.
Driving it yourself
The hire car, the motorway and a toll that no longer exists
An honest transfer page has to say when a hire car is the better buy. It also has a chance to correct something the whole market is still getting wrong about the road to Barcelona.
The short answer The AP-7 between Tarragona and La Jonquera has been toll-free since midnight on 1 September 2021, when the concession ended and was not renewed, so the drive from Reus Airport to Barcelona currently carries no motorway toll in either direction. The Catalan taxi tariff does charge tolls to the passenger, including the toll on the driver’s return journey, but on this route there is presently nothing for that clause to bite on. Travel pages still ranking today budget around eight euros each way, which was true before September 2021 and is not true now.
The toll figure almost everyone still publishes is out of date
- The tariff does charge you tolls. The order is explicit that the user pays any toll on the road used, and adds the toll on the driver’s journey back to where they started. On a run towards Barcelona that clause used to matter a great deal.
- It stopped mattering on 1 September 2021. The Spanish government released the tolls on the AP-7 between Tarragona and La Jonquera — 262 kilometres of motorway — and on the AP-2, at midnight that night. The concessions ended and were not renewed.
- Reus to Barcelona runs inside that stretch. So the single most expensive journey this airport sells currently has no motorway toll on it at all, in either direction.
- Guides and booking pages still budget for one. We found travel pages ranking today that tell you to allow around eight euros each way on the AP-7. That was true before September 2021. It is not true now, and nobody appears to have gone back and checked.
Source for the toll release: the Spanish government’s own statement of 31 August 2021 by the Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana — “a partir de las 00:00 horas de mañana miércoles 1 de septiembre de 2021” — covering the AP-7 from Tarragona to La Jonquera and the AP-2 from Zaragoza to El Vendrell.
Hiring a car at the airport
Aena lists car hire among its services here, which is about as much as Aena publishes about it. For a fortnight spent moving between Salou, Cambrils, Tarragona and the Priorat this is the right answer and we will not pretend otherwise. For a week in one resort it is a car that spends six days parked.
The Barcelona low-emission zone, if you drive on
If you hire here and then drive into Barcelona, the city’s low-emission zone covers most of the city along with l’Hospitalet and Sant Adrià, and operates on working days, Monday to Friday, from 07.00 to 20.00. It is a question about the vehicle you hire rather than about the journey, and it is worth asking the hire desk before you sign, not after.
What a hire car does badly here
The first day and the last. Collecting a car with the cases and the children after a delayed flight, and returning it with a full tank before an early departure from an airport that opens at 06.00 in summer and 07.00 in winter, are the two moments a hire car is worst at. They are also the two a transfer exists for.
And what Aena does not publish
Parking prices, drop-off charges and road directions. Aena’s own “getting there by car” page for this airport carries none of them and refers you to a mapping service. We could not find a published “kiss and fly” charge at Reus either way, so this page does not claim there is one or that there is not.
Every amount on this page belongs to somebody else. They are here so you can check ours against them.
On the day
From touchdown to the door
Four steps, and the hours and days that would have decided which of the two Catalan tariffs an unbooked journey ran on.
- Put the flight number inAt an airport whose entire schedule is seasonal and whose aerodrome hours are fixed, this is the field that protects you. The pickup is tied to the aircraft rather than to a time you guessed when you booked.
- Read the meeting point before you flyName, mobile number and the exact spot inside arrivals. Aena publishes no rank location and no pick-up point for booked cars here, so this is one airport where being told in advance is worth something.
- Come out when you come outA single-terminal airport in August moves slowly. 60 minutes from touchdown are already paid for, and 90 where the bags are slow — which is more waiting than a rank car offers, because a rank car offers none at all.
- Arrive owing nothingPaid online when you booked. No meter, no circuit reckoned at the end, and no conversation about the figure in a car park.
The hours and days that change the tariff
- Tarifa 7 hours
- Weekdays 20.00 to 08.00, plus Saturdays and public holidays all day. The higher rate is delivered by switching tariff, not by adding a supplement.
- Saturday
- Not a working day here. A Saturday is Tarifa 7 from midnight to midnight, which surprises people who have flown into other parts of Spain.
- When the airport is shut
- ENAIRE’s AIP gives 06.00 to 22.00 in summer and 07.00 to 21.00 in winter, with commercial flights needing an hour’s prior permission.
- A booked figure on a Saturday night
- The same figure as on a Tuesday morning. The hour and the day change the meter, not the quote.
Two bodies publish numbers for this airport and they do not always agree. Treat all of them as orientation.
Going home
The journey nobody plans: getting back for the flight
Almost every page about this airport covers the arrival and stops there. The journey back is the harder one, and at a seasonal airport with restricted hours it is the one worth settling before you travel.
The short answer There is no taxi rank at a Costa Daurada resort, so the return to Reus Airport has to be arranged rather than queued for. Return coaches are reported due at the airport about two hours before a flight, and nothing from Barcelona runs early enough for a first departure. The closed-circuit rule and the €4,60 airport supplement apply in both directions, although travellers consistently report paying less inbound than outbound.
The coach back is timed to departures, not to you
Travellers working it out from the operator’s own PDF report return coaches due at the airport about two hours before a flight, sometimes earlier, and that the outward service runs to arriving aircraft rather than to a clock at all. That is a transport planner’s schedule, not a traveller’s, and it is why the journey home is the one people get wrong. There is no way to reserve a seat on it either: you pay the driver and hope there is room.
Nothing from Barcelona runs early enough
For a first departure out of Reus there is no connection from Barcelona at that hour and no direct rail link at any hour. The standing advice on the forums is to spend the last night on the Costa Daurada rather than in the city, and it is good advice.
A resort at 04.30 has no rank and no reception
Ranks are in the towns, and in a resort that is half closed for the winter they are thinner still. Hotel reception will usually call a car; an apartment will not. A booked vehicle is the only arrangement that is certain before dawn.
The tariff is symmetrical even when the fares are not
The closed-circuit rule does not care which direction you are going, and the €4,60 airport supplement applies on entering as well as leaving. Travellers nonetheless report paying less on the way back — around €35 out to Salou and about €26 in. We cannot explain that from the published order and we are not going to invent a reason. An agreed figure removes the question in both directions.
A tariff is a ceiling and a method, not a quotation. Only a quote is a quotation.
The terms
What is fixed, what is free and what is still being confirmed
One table. The four figures still being confirmed are marked rather than invented, and none of this is particular to Reus — it is the same arrangement wherever the network operates.
| Term | What applies | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free waiting, airport arrival | 60 min | From touchdown. |
| Free waiting where the bags are slow | 90 min | On a flight with hold luggage, which at this airport is most of them. |
| Free waiting, going the other way | 15 min | From a hotel, an apartment or an urbanització. |
| After the free waiting | CONFIRM: the waiting rate after the free period | Set out on the confirmation. |
| Free cancellation | 24 hours | Before the pickup time. |
| Inside that window | CONFIRM: the cancellation terms inside 24 hours | Depends on vehicle and notice. |
| No-show | CONFIRM: the no-show position | Governed by the booking terms. |
| A second address | CONFIRM: what a named second address adds | Settled onto the booking before you travel rather than argued at the door. |
| Child seats | No charge | Fitted before the car leaves. |
| Deposit | None | Paid in full at booking. |
| Lead time | 12 hours | Rising to 48 where a child seat, a wheelchair or a group is in it, and longer still in August. |
Nothing above was set by us, and nothing above binds us. The quote does both.
The vehicles
Nine classes, and where the supplement starts
The first row carries the four passengers the Catalan tariff charges before it adds a supplement. Everything below it carries more — which at a seasonal airport, where what is queueing is a matter of luck, is the main reason to book rather than hope.
| Class | Passengers | Large cases | Small cases | What it is for here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | 4 | 2 | 2 | Two or three with a case each. The same four seats a rank car carries before the tariff adds its supplement, with the figure settled in advance. |
| Estate | 4 | 3 | 3 | Four and three large cases. On a family week in Salou the boot is the reason to pick this over a saloon. |
| Executive | 3 | 2 | 2 | Up to three, where arriving well matters more than the twenty minutes it takes. |
| People carrier | 6 | 4 | 4 | Six in one vehicle — the first class that takes the party the rank would have to split or find a seven-seater for. |
| 7-seater | 7 | 4 | 5 | Seven and four large cases, with the pushchair. |
| 8-seater | 8 | 6 | 8 | Eight and six large cases, which is the whole party and the whole luggage in one vehicle instead of a convoy. |
| 16-seater | 16 | 14 | 16 | A stag group, a football squad or a school party off one flight. |
| 30-seater coach | 30 | 30 | 30 | A tour group or a squad landing together in July. |
| 50-seater coach | 50 | 50 | 50 | The size of arrival that is planned in spring for August. |
These are class standards rather than a particular car. The vehicle you actually get is named on the confirmation before you travel.
What is included
What the one figure already contains
Every extra that a meter or an app might add is covered in the fare you are quoted. The conditions behind each line are in our terms and in your confirmation.
A driver at Arrivals
Inside arrivals with a name board up — which matters more here than at most airports, because Aena publishes no meeting point for booked cars at Reus, so yours is named on your confirmation instead. The cases are the driver’s job.
Your flight, followed
The booking follows the flight number rather than the clock, so a late inbound moves the pickup instead of losing it.
An hour of free waiting
For airport arrivals the first 60 minutes after landing cost nothing, enough for the border and the carousel (see your booking terms).
One fixed fare
Agreed at booking, for the whole vehicle rather than per head, with no meter running and no closed circuit to reckon. Tax and any airport charge are itemised on the summary rather than folded into a total.
Child seats at no cost
Baby, toddler and booster seats on request. In Spain a seat is needed for children under 135 cm, with a narrow exemption for taxis on urban journeys, so ask for one.
Licensed drivers
Every journey is carried out by a licensed local supplier, and the driver and the vehicle are named on your confirmation before you travel.
Free cancellation
Free to cancel up to 24 hours before the pickup. Inside that, and on a no-show, the booking terms govern rather than this page.
Someone to call
Phone, WhatsApp or email, from booking until you reach your hotel, apartment or urbanització.
Luggage up to the class capacity is inside the figure, with no weight tariff and no per-kilometre excess. A second address, or waiting past the included time, is priced onto the booking first.
Trust
Who is behind the car at Reus Airport, and what we are bound to
Here is who arranges your booking, what we commit to and where the full wording lives.
Our details
Global Airport Taxi is a trading name of QMH Technologies Ltd: company no. 13506378, VAT GB 469 6859 13, registered in England and Wales, 10-16 Tiller Road, London E14 8PX. Contact: bookings@globalairporttaxi.com or WhatsApp.
Who does the driving
We handle the booking; a licensed local driver does the trip, and your confirmation names the driver and the vehicle.
Payment
You can pay by card, PayPal or Google Pay via secure, certified gateways. Personal data follows UK data protection law and the GDPR.
The promises, line by line
| Promise | What it means | Where to check |
|---|---|---|
| Fixed fare | The fare on the booking page is the one you confirm. | Booking page |
| Flight following | The pickup tracks your flight number and landing. | Booking confirmation |
| Free waiting | Up to 60 minutes after landing at airport arrivals. | Your booking terms |
| Child seats | Free if asked for, with the child’s age noted. | Booking notes |
| Licensed driver | A licensed local driver, named in your confirmation. | Booking confirmation |
| Free cancellation | Until 24 hours before pickup. | Terms, “Cancellations & refunds” |
| Late cancellations and no-shows | Not refunded unless the transport provider is at fault. | Terms, “Cancellations & refunds” |
| Right details | Flight, pickup and contact details must be correct, or extra charges may follow. | Terms, “General booking terms” |
If your confirmation says something different from this page, follow the confirmation. The complete conditions are in our terms and privacy policy.
How it works
From the arrivals hall to the door of your apartment
Booking takes a few minutes. Four things happen after it, in this order.
Book with your flight number
The field that does the most work: it ties the pickup to the real landing time. The second most useful field here is the full address, because a resort name alone will not find an apartment in an urbanització, and Cap Salou is not Salou centre.
Get your driver’s details
Ahead of the pickup you get the driver’s name, a mobile number and the exact meeting point inside arrivals — which Aena publishes for nobody at this airport, so we do.
Walk out to a name board
A single-terminal airport in August runs slower than anyone plans for, which is why 60 minutes of waiting from landing is inside the fare. Held longer, message the driver from the hall.
Pay what the confirmation says
Payment is taken online at booking and the confirmation is mailed once it clears. The figure printed on it is the figure, whatever the meter in the next car along is doing.
Who we are
The company taking the payment
A page that asks for payment before the journey should be able to say exactly who is taking it and where to find them.
- Trading name
- Global Airport Taxi
- Registered company
- QMH Technologies Ltd, England and Wales, number 13506378
- VAT registration
- GB 469 6859 13
- Registered office
- 10-16 Tiller Road, London E14 8PX
- How the work is done
- Through licensed local suppliers in each market. That is how every transfer network of any size operates, and saying so plainly seems better than implying a fleet we do not own.
- What we publish
- Figures with an instrument or a page behind them, and a visible gap where no authority has published anything. This page has an unusual number of the second kind.
Everything else
The questions this airport raises, answered in order
39 questions in 10 groups, starting with the two no other Reus page answers: which authority actually sets the tariff, and why the fare exceeds the kilometres.
What it costs, and who sets it 5
Does Reus Airport have fixed taxi fares?
No. Every journey from this airport that crosses a municipal boundary — which is all of them except a run into Reus itself — is an interurban service metered under an order of the Generalitat de Catalunya, currently Ordre TER/215/2025, de 22 de desembre, published in DOGC núm. 9571, 24 December 2025. Aena publishes approximate prices on its own Reus page and describes them as approximate, varying with the time of day, weekends and public holidays. A booked transfer is the opposite arrangement: one figure, agreed before you fly.
Who actually sets the tariff — the Generalitat or the province?
The Generalitat de Catalunya, by order of the Departament de Territori, under article 31.2 of Llei 19/2003 del taxi. Interurban tariffs across the whole of Catalonia are set that way and reissued most Decembers. The provincial government does not set them. Urban tariffs inside a town are a different matter: the municipality proposes and the Comissió de Preus de Catalunya approves.
What does the Catalan interurban tariff charge?
Two tariffs rather than a flag-fall and a supplement. Tarifa 6 applies on working days Monday to Friday between 08.00 and 20.00: €0,82 a kilometre or part of one, €22,47 an hour of waiting, and a minimum charge of €7,25. Tarifa 7 applies on Saturdays, public holidays and weekdays between 20.00 and 08.00: €0,89 a kilometre, €24,32 an hour, minimum €7,90. On top of either, €4,60 for entering or leaving the airport, and another €4,60 if there are more than four passengers.
Why is the fare more than the kilometres suggest?
Because of one clause almost nobody reads. The order says journeys are reckoned “en circuit tancat fins al punt de partida” — as a closed circuit back to the point of departure — and that services are hired as a whole car. So the meter is counting the way back as well as the way out. The order adds that the passenger pays any toll on the road used, including the toll on the driver’s journey home.
Which tariff applies on a Saturday?
No. In Catalonia Saturdays fall under Tarifa 7 all day, alongside public holidays and weekday nights. That is worth knowing because it is the opposite of the rule on some other Spanish islands and regions, where Saturday is treated as an ordinary working day.
What the arithmetic shows 4
Can I work out my fare before I travel?
Honestly, no, and neither can anybody else — because the one input you would need is not published. The tariff gives you a rate per kilometre; no authority publishes the road distance from this airport to Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda, PortAventura or anywhere else on the Costa Daurada. Aena publishes none. The Generalitat publishes none. The figures on travel and booking sites disagree with each other by seventy per cent on Salou alone.
So where do the prices Aena publishes come from?
Aena does not say, and we are not going to guess. What we can do is check them. Take the Generalitat’s approximately 100 km to Barcelona, reckon it as the order requires — a closed circuit, so 200 km — and Tarifa 6 produces about €168,60 with the airport supplement. Aena publishes €200. Reckon the same journey one way instead and you get €86,60, which is nowhere near. That gap is the best evidence we have found that the closed-circuit rule is doing real work.
And on the short runs?
There the published prices sit further above the tariff, not closer to it. At Aena’s own 10 km to Tarragona, a closed circuit on Tarifa 6 comes to about €21,00. Aena publishes €32–37. We cannot close that gap from any published instrument, and we are not going to pretend we can. The possible explanations — that the distance figure is wrong, that waiting or supplements are included, that the posted price is simply a commercial one — are all plausible and none of them is documented.
Why does the journey back cost less than the journey out?
Travellers report it consistently: around €35 out to Salou and about €26 back, from separate people in separate years. We can tell you that the tariff itself is symmetrical — the €4,60 airport supplement applies on entering or leaving, and the closed-circuit rule does not care which direction you are going. We cannot explain the difference from the published order, so we are not going to invent a reason for it. A figure agreed in advance removes the question in both directions.
Barcelona, and whether you are in it 4
Is Reus Airport in Barcelona?
No. The Generalitat’s own approved territorial plan for the Camp de Tarragona puts the airport approximately 100 kilometres from Barcelona. It has been marketed under the city’s name by low-cost carriers for years, which is why so many people land here expecting to be somewhere else. If Barcelona is genuinely your destination, read the section on this page before booking anything, us included.
How do I get from Reus Airport to Barcelona?
Four realistic ways. The Monbus coach to Barcelona Sants takes about an hour and fifty-five minutes on its own published timetable, with four departures listed from the airport and no service on 25 December, 1 January or Good Friday. Line 50 into Reus and then a Renfe train. A hire car. Or a private transfer, which on a hundred kilometres is the most expensive of the four and the only one that goes door to door. Aena puts an approximate taxi price to Barcelona–El Prat at €200.
Should I have flown into Barcelona instead?
If your holiday is in Barcelona, very possibly, and we would rather say so than sell you a hundred-kilometre transfer you did not need to buy. If your holiday is in Salou, Cambrils, La Pineda or at PortAventura, you have flown into the right airport by a wide margin and Barcelona-El Prat would have cost you an extra hour and a half each way.
Can you take me from Reus Airport to Barcelona Airport?
Yes, and it is worth understanding what you are buying: roughly a hundred kilometres each way, on a tariff that reckons the circuit rather than the leg. Tell us the terminal and the flight time and we will quote it before you commit. If the connection is loose enough, the coach to Sants and a train or metro is a fraction of the price.
The rank, and your party 4
Where exactly do the taxis wait?
Aena does not publish a location. Its Reus taxi page gives none, and the section headed “access points” is an image with no text in it. What Aena does publish is an information office in the arrivals lobby, and the city tourist board — carrying content credited to Aena — records a permanent taxi service meeting arriving flights. Travellers describe a marshal in a high-visibility vest outside arrivals who takes your destination and assigns a driver at a price shown on a clipboard. That is reported rather than published, and we pass it on with the label attached.
How many people fit in a Spanish rank taxi?
Four, after which the tariff adds €4,60 for a fifth or more in a vehicle of up to nine seats. In practice the question is whether a larger car is on the rank at all: travellers report asking the marshal, who finds a seven-seater, and also report that this occasionally runs out. A booked vehicle is sized to the party before you fly and does not depend on what happens to be queueing.
Is there always a taxi waiting?
Supply here follows the flights rather than a clock. One destination expert puts it plainly: as long as there are flights landing, there are taxis outside the terminal. The corollary is the part people miss — in the months when there are almost no flights, there is almost nothing else either. Travellers also report queues of around forty-five minutes on a busy Sunday afternoon in season.
We are six adults and a baby with a pram. What happens?
At the rank, you ask the marshal for a larger vehicle and hope one is there; if not it is two cars and two fares, each reckoned on its own closed circuit. Booked, it is one eight-seater, one figure, with the pram and the child seat already in it. This is the single most common awkward arrival at this airport and it is entirely avoidable before you fly.
Children 3
Does my child need a car seat for this journey?
On an airport run, yes. Spanish law requires a minor of 135 cm or less to use an approved restraint and, in a vehicle of up to nine seats, to travel in the rear — article 117 of the Reglamento General de Circulación as amended by Real Decreto 667/2015, in force since 1 October 2015. There is a taxi exemption at article 119, and the 2015 decree’s own preamble describes it as applying “cuando circulen en tráfico urbano o áreas urbanas de grandes ciudades” — in urban traffic or the urban areas of large cities. A run from this airport to Salou or Cambrils is interurban, so the exemption does not reach it.
A forum expert told me airport taxis are exempt. Who is right?
We would put it this way: the exemption is real, and it is urban. The journey from this airport to a Costa Daurada resort crosses municipal boundaries and is priced on the Generalitat’s interurban tariff — the same fact that makes the fare what it is also places the journey outside the urban exemption. We carry seats at no charge, which makes the question academic for anyone who books.
Can we use a travel harness instead?
No, and please do not plan on one. What the regulation requires is an approved restraint suited to the child’s height and weight. Tell us ages and approximate weights when you book and the right seat is fitted before the car leaves for the airport.
Luggage 3
Is there a luggage limit on a Catalan taxi?
On the Catalan interurban tariff, as much as fits. The order is unusually generous and unusually plain about it: “L’usuari té dret al transport gratuït del seu equipatge” — the passenger has the right to carry their luggage free of charge, provided it fits in the boot or on the rack without breaching traffic rules, and empty seats may be used where shape and size allow. There is no weight allowance and no excess charge. On a booked transfer we size the vehicle to the bags instead.
What about golf clubs, bikes and surfboards?
Tell us the item and its length at booking and we will put a vehicle in front of you it actually fits in, which usually means an estate or a van rather than a saloon. The tariff carries no separate charge for them, but a saloon boot is a saloon boot whatever the order says.
Will a wheelchair or a mobility scooter fit?
Tell us the model, the folded dimensions and the weight when you book and we will tell you what can take it before you pay. A folding manual chair is straightforward. A powered chair or a scooter is a question about the specific vehicle on the specific day, and at a seasonal airport it needs more notice than the rest of this page does.
The bus, the train and the coach 5
Is there a bus from Reus Airport to Salou?
Yes, run by Autocares Plana and listed by Aena, serving La Pineda, Salou and Cambrils at €3,90 a person one way on the operator’s own published figure. The honest caveat is that it runs to arriving flights rather than to a clock, there is no timetable you can plan around in the way you would plan around a train, and travellers report the Cambrils service at roughly two-hourly against something more frequent to Salou. For two people travelling light into Salou it is the sensible choice and we would rather say so.
Is there a bus to Tarragona?
Yes, and it is seasonal. Monbus publishes a timetable valid 1 March to 31 October 2026, roughly hourly in both directions, airport to Tarragona bus station with no intermediate stops, about twenty-two minutes on its own published times. Outside those dates the connection does not exist. The fare is not on the timetable.
Is there a train from Reus Airport?
No. There is no station at the airport and no rail link to it. Line 50 stops at Reus railway station, and the Camp de Tarragona high-speed station has no direct service from the airport at all — Aena says so itself. The Generalitat’s territorial plan mentions a planned central station about 1,5 km from the terminal, which does not exist.
Is there Uber, Cabify or Bolt at Reus Airport?
No authority publishes anything about them at this airport, so we are not going to assert either way. What is documented is the rule they would have to work under: Catalonia requires a minimum of fifteen minutes between booking a private hire vehicle and the service actually starting — “un interval de temps mínim de 15 minuts”, article 7 of Decret llei 9/2022 — and local authorities may lengthen it. A new statute before the Parlament would tighten that further, but it is not law and this page does not price anything on it.
Our package includes a coach transfer. Should we use it?
Often yes, and it costs you nothing extra. What it costs you is time: a coach serves a circuit of hotels in order, so a twenty-minute journey can take fifty, and the smallest children are usually not allowed in the front rows. Whether to upgrade is a question about your arrival hour and your party, not about the coach being bad.
The season and the hours 4
Is Reus Airport open all year?
Technically yes, practically barely. Aena’s own monthly figures for 2025 record 508 passengers in the whole of February — about eighteen a day — against 232.747 in August. April to October carried 99,1 per cent of the year. The airport itself operates summer hours of 06.00 to 22.00 and winter hours of 07.00 to 21.00, with commercial flights requiring an hour’s prior permission, so there is no round-the-clock operation here.
Can I land at 1am at Reus?
Not on a scheduled commercial flight. The published aerodrome hours end at 22.00 in summer and 21.00 in winter, and customs, immigration, fuelling, handling and security all follow those hours. This is one of the few airports where the question of a late-night transfer largely does not arise.
Will there be taxis if I land in November?
There will be whatever the flights justify, which in November is very little: Aena recorded 5.406 passengers for the whole month in 2025 and 851 in December. We are not going to claim the island of taxis dries up, because no authority publishes a service level — but the shape of the year is published, it is extreme, and the sensible response to it is to book rather than to assume.
When is it busiest?
July and August, which between them carried 34,0 per cent of 2025 on Aena’s own table, and June to September which carried 65,2 per cent. Within a week, the weekend. If you are landing on a Saturday in August you are arriving with most of the airport’s traffic.
Going home, and booking 5
How do we get back to the airport for an early flight?
Plan it before you go. The coach back is timed to departures rather than to your convenience — travellers work out from the published PDF that return coaches are due at the airport about two hours before a flight, sometimes earlier. Nothing from Barcelona runs early enough for a first departure. Hotel reception will usually call a taxi, and a booked car is the only option that is certain at 04.30 in a resort that is half closed.
What happens if the inbound runs late?
We follow the flight number rather than the clock, and the waiting included free is 60 minutes from touchdown on arrivals, extending to 90 where you have bags to reclaim, and 15 minutes on any other pickup. If the inbound is diverted or cancelled, tell us and we move the booking rather than charge for it.
How early should a Reus transfer be booked?
At least 12 hours ordinarily and 48 where a child seat, a wheelchair, a large group or an unusual item is involved. In July and August, earlier: the fleet at a seasonal airport does not grow to match the month.
Are you quoting the car or the seat?
Per vehicle. One figure for the car, whoever is in it, with the driver’s time, the airport charge, the waiting and the return leg already inside it. The Catalan tariff works the same way in principle — the order says services are hired “en règim de lloguer per cotxe complet” — but the figure is not known until the meter stops.
Can I cancel?
Free up to 24 hours before pickup. Inside that window the position depends on the vehicle and the notice, and it is set out on the booking confirmation rather than guessed at here.
The company, and how to check it 2
Who are you?
Global Airport Taxi is a trading name of QMH Technologies Ltd, registered in England and Wales with company number 13506378, VAT registration GB 469 6859 13, at 10-16 Tiller Road, London E14 8PX. We arrange transfers through licensed local suppliers in each market, which is the honest description of how an airport transfer network works anywhere.
How would I verify any of this myself?
Every figure here has a source you can open. The tariff is Ordre TER/215/2025, de 22 de desembre in DOGC núm. 9571, 24 December 2025. The airport facts are Aena’s and ENAIRE’s. The passenger tables are Aena’s own monthly and annual reports. The distance to Barcelona is the Generalitat’s approved territorial plan. The child-restraint law is the BOE. The private-hire rule is the DOGC. Where this page does arithmetic on those figures it says so, and where no authority publishes something it says that too.
Published figures move on their own calendars. Agreed figures do not move at all.
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Book your Reus transfer, priced by the vehicle
One form. One figure for the whole vehicle, settled before you fly, with nothing reckoned at the far end of the journey.
The short answer Three fields price a Reus transfer: the street address rather than the resort name, the inbound flight number, and how many of you there are. The figure is for the whole vehicle, it is agreed before departure rather than metered on arrival, and it cancels free up to 24 hours ahead of the pickup.
Three fields decide a Reus quote
The full address rather than a resort name, because Cap Salou is not Salou centre, La Pineda is not Pineda de Mar, and a PortAventura hotel is not the park gate. The flight number, which ties the pickup to the real landing time at an airport whose whole timetable is seasonal. And the head count, because the Catalan tariff adds a supplement above four and whether a larger car is queueing is luck. Tell us about a child seat, a bike, golf clubs or a wheelchair at the same time and the right vehicle is chosen rather than the nearest one.
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Paid by Visa, Mastercard, American Express and more, in full at booking, with 24 hours of free cancellation behind it. And the standing caveat of this page: two people travelling light into Salou should take the Plana bus at €3,90 a head, anyone spending a fortnight moving around the Costa Daurada should hire a car, and anyone whose holiday is actually in Barcelona should read the section above first. Selling you a transfer you did not need is not a result either of us wants.
Where this airport actually goes
- SalouCosta Daurada, the main resort
- PortAventura WorldVila-seca and Salou
- CambrilsCosta Daurada, west along the coast
- La PinedaVila-seca
- Cap Salou and Vila-secaThe headland and the town behind it
- TarragonaThe provincial capital
- Reus cityThe town the airport is named after
- Camp de Tarragona stationThe high-speed railhead
A concession can end and a toll can vanish overnight, as the AP-7 did. Assume any figure here has a date on it.
An executive car from the network fleet, a Mercedes E-Class or similar. Photograph: Global Airport Taxi.
Land, walk out, and go to the coast.
The figure is settled before you fly, for the whole vehicle rather than per person, and no closed circuit is reckoned against it. A driver is standing in arrivals with a name board up, and the booking follows the aircraft, so a late inbound moves the pickup and costs nothing. Up to 60 minutes of waiting from landing is already inside it. Child seats are free for the asking and fitted before the car leaves, and the whole thing cancels free up to 24 hours out.
- Fixed price
- Free cancellation
- Free child seats
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