Are there restrictions in public transport during Semana Santa in Spain?

I'm currently traveling in Spain on public transport. With the Easter week (Semana Santa) coming up, do I have to expect limited services on long distance buses and trains? What about local transport in the cities? Finally do the ferries to Morocco run?

Best Answer

In Barcelona there's not restrictions, just a lot of people. Anyway I recommend you, take the metro for moving on the city, neither taxi or car.

EDIT:

You can see the state of the metro and bus service for Barcelona city in the TMB's official web page.

http://www.tmb.cat/en/home

About the long distance trains, you can take a look at renfe's web page. It's valid for all the cities in Spain. You will find out information about services, trains and last hour news:

http://www.renfe.com/EN/viajeros/index.html

Hope it helps.

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