The ALBA Synchrotron is located at Cerdanyola del Vallès, 15 km from Barcelona city centre. It is part of the Barcelona Synchrotron Park, devoted to become an international knowledge hub, next to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, with more than 40,000 students and 3,500 researchers.


ALBA SYNCHROTRON ADDRESS

Carrer de la Llum 2-26
08290 Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Tel: +34 93 592 43 00
Coordinates: +41°29'12.38", +2°6'35.74" (41.486773, 2.109929)

 

ARRIVING BY CAR

ALBA is very close to the AP7 and the C58 motorways. From Barcelona city-center, you can reach the site by following the C58 road in approximately 30-40 minutes (depending on the traffic).

 

ARRIVING BY PLANE

The closest airport to ALBA is Barcelona-El Prat International Airport. It is well connected to Barcelona city-center train stations: Barcelona-Sants, Barcelona-Passeig de Gràcia, Barcelona-Plaça de Catalunya. For more information, you can visit the AENA website or call +34 902 404 704. 

To reach ALBA from Barcelona-El Prat airport you can get a taxi (about 30-40 minutes depending on the traffic and around 50-60 €). Tell the driver to bring you to "Sincrotró ALBA" or otherwise give him complete address (see above). You can also take the Aerobus from the airport to Barcelona city centre, till Plaça Catalunya (30-35 minutes - 5,90€) and then, reach ALBA with public transport (see instructions below).

Girona-Costa Brava, Reus and Lleida airports are also available. They are mainly operated by low-cost airlines and they are 45, 70 and 90 minutes drive by car, respectively, to the ALBA Synchrotron.

 

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

To reach ALBA, you can take a train to: (from Barcelona city centre, 30-40 minutes and between 3-4 €)

  1. Cerdanyola del Vallès (RENFE - R4 line)
  2. Sant Cugat (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat - S1, S5, S7)
  3. Bellaterra (Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat -S2, S6)

After fter the train, you need to take a bus from the train station till the ALBA Synchrotron (about 15-20 minutes and between 1-2 €).

  1. Cerdanyola del Vallès - B7 Stop at Ctra. BP-1413 (Sincrotró)
  2. Sant Cugat - A4 Stop at Ctra. BP-1413 (Sincrotró)
  3. Bellaterra - Stop at Parc de l'Alba


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