University of Barcelona School of law, where classes are held.
[FYI: There are 20 schools under the heading of University of Barcelona. Please be sure you double check the address of any "Univ of Barcelona" schools you come across. Our classes are held at the University of Barcelona at Av Diagonal 684, between the Palau Reial & Maria Cristina Metro stops on the Metro Green Line #3. (L3)]
Classes and offices are at the building of the Aula Tomas y Valiente Law Faculty of the University of Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 684, 08034 Barcelona, in the Pedralbes and Les Corts district (Metro: Palau Reial or Maria Cristina). Direct underground service from the Placa de Catalunya takes about 20 minutes.
Finding Housing in Barcelona
Students may live wherever they choose in Barcelona. We suggest that because you are only there for a short time, it is best to live either within easy commute by metro or bus from school. Living further away may save on rent, but it will both increase your commuting expense and take valuable time that you would rather spend on other things.
The University of Barcelona Faculty of Law is located on the Avenida Diagonal in the Pedralbes district, a rather upscale area with high-rise buildings that many students find both too sedate and too expensive. It is located on the #4 metro line (usually marked in green) between metro stops Maria Cristina and Palau Reial. Many students like to live in the Barcelonetta area near the beach, or in the central part of tourist Barcelona on both sides of Las Ramblas.
The predominant form of housing chosen in Barcelona is either the Apart-Hotel, the rented apartment, or living with a family.
The Apart-Hotel is a building containing small apartments, from studios to 2-bedrooms, that is designed for short-term rentals. They vary from being quite dorm-like and often serving communal dinners, to those that are designed for businesspeople in Barcelona on the company tab.
Rental apartments may be less expensive than most Apart-Hotels, but may be more difficult to locate.
Likewise, arrangements with families can be hard to make over the internet.
Also, be aware that most landlords will require that you send them a deposit to hold your rental, via wire transfer in Euro dollars (Wire Transfers charges apply both on your end and the other end or an International Money Order in Euro dollars. You may end up paying for any fees involved. Negotiate these fees with the landlord or rental agent at the very beginning). Sometimes, deposits can be as much as your actual rent. Under no circumstances should you arrive in Barcelona from the U.S. without a reservation for the night of your arrival.
For that reason, we have made arrangements with a real estate person in Barcelona who can help you find whatever type of housing you might like. If you check the box on the application, we will communicate your name and e-mail address to the real estate person, who will contact you directly.
Here are some tips on finding housing that students from prior Institutes have provided:
Hostels and Hotels
Please stay away from rentperdaysbarcelona when you are looking for places to stay. (4 students who stayed at one of their places reported that they were robbed and that someone had a key to get in, as there was no sign of forced entry. Also this company/landlord would not provide any resolution to repayment of stolen items. There was also an attempted break-in but the student was home at the time and scared them off.)
For prices below, you will need to add 7% VAT tax to the price. Prices below are subject to change without notice at any time. "Ensuite" means your room has both a toilet and a shower in it.
Please be aware that if you decide to live in the Las Rambles area or down by the Waterfront area, it is about a 30 minute bus/metro ride to classes.
icallspain, e-mail icallspain@yahoo.com or visit their web site at: www.icallspain.com Telephone in the U.S. 1-805-217-2411 or in Europe 34-935-320-493. Deposits are required. They also have airport pickup, for a fee. They will also meet you at your rental apartment to hand over keys and provide you with more information. Please contact them directly for more information.
Calabria, Calabria 129-131, E-08025 Barcelona (34)(93) 426-4228, fax 426-7640, was highly recommended last year, but expensive. Early reservations are required. Contact them directly.
Barcelona Hotels, Hostels, Apartments from about 30 Euros per night----Barcelona30.com
Last year students enjoyed this place, which was the least expensive of all hotels: Silver, c/Breton de los Herreros 26, E-08022 Barcelona (34)(93) 218-9100, fax 416-1447, e-mail silver@comfortable.com or visit their web site at: www.hotelsilver.com It is in a quiet residential neighborhood at metro Fontana, 30 minutes by metro from the University. Cost about $1,600+ per month. Contact them directly. Advanced reservations are required.
Bertran, Calle Bertran 150 (34)(93) 212-7550, fax 418-7103, in 2007 - 15 students stayed here and loved it. However, they can be a bit expensive, but they offer all the amenities: satellite t.v. in all rooms, air conditioning, credit cards accepted, bar, telephone in all rooms, restaurant, etc..
An ApartHotel in a nicer area of Las Ramblas that is more expensive is Citadines, Ramblas 122, E-08002 Barcelona, (34)(93) 412-7766, fax 412-7421, or by e-mail citadbcn@globalnet.es Contact them directly. Advanced reservations are required.
La Ciutat, C/Ca l'Alegre de Dalt 66 - C/Marti 121, E-08024 Barcelona (34)(93) 213-0300, fax 219-3695, e-mail badia@intercom.es This is a dorm-like building, normally housing students from many countries. The "lingua franca" is Spanish. Each room (15-20 square meters, or 150-200 square feet) has a single bed or twin beds, big desk, lots of light, and a bathroom with toilet and sink, but no shower. Each floor has a study lounge, a room with a refrigerator (but no cooking permitted). Breakfast is included in your room price. A room with a single shower that locks, and a community shower room with multiple showers that lock. The building lobby has a television room, large study lounge, and vending machines, as well as a dining room for people who buy a meal plan. It is air-conditioned, and has both television and phone for receiving calls only. There are a total of 191 beds with 11 individual rooms with satellite t.v. telephone, heating, desk, wardrobe and toilet; 20 double rooms with TV, telephone, heating, desk, wardrobe and toilet. 23 rooms of 4 & 6 people with wardrobes, heating, air conditioning and toilet. 24 hour reception, no curfew, credit cards accepted, Internet, washing and drying machines, etc. Situated next to the Park Güell, 15 min. walk from "La Sagrada Familia" and 15 min by metro from the city center. It is located between metros Joanic and Alfons X, and will be a 45-minute metro ride with a change at Passeig Garcia to the University. Contact them directly if you wish to reserve a room. They will ask for a deposit (presumably by credit card) equal to 20% of the anticipated cost. Single rooms are more expensive. Advanced reservations are required. Customer reviews are excellent! Cost in a double room with breakfast: est. 30 Euros per night + tax.
---------------------------------
La Residence Penyafort, Avda Diagonal 643, tel. (93)216-2700, 216-2702 fax. Est. $1000 per month. Co-Ed floors. Close to University where classes are held. Heat and air conditioning, price includes some meals, may also include laundry service, access to gym. Individual or shared rooms available.
Closest to classes is the La Residencia De Diagonal - fairly new facilities - Avda Diagonal 433, between Muntaner and Aribau, Barcelona (34)(93) 202-2175 or 209-3933 - phone; (34)(93) 414-7189, e-mail rediago@teleline.es Est. $900 per month. Co-Ed floors. Heat and air conditioning, price includes some meals, may also include laundry service, access to gym. Individual or shared rooms available. Visit their web site at: www.residenciadiagonal.com for more information. Contact them directly with any questions and to secure a room.
Residencia Sant Jordi, C/Mestre Nicolau 13, phone; (34) (93) 202-6600, fax 414-0806 (same neighborhood as La Residencia de Diagonal) single with private bath and breakfast around 4,000pp per day. They also have rooms without private bath that are cheaper, both singles and doubles.
Atenea, Joan Guell 207-211, E-08028 Barcelona, (34)(93) 490-6640, fax 490-6420. Contact them directly.
Near metros Placa Molina and St Gervasi are: Via Augusta, Via Augusta 63, (34)(93) 217-9250, fax 237-7714 - about 8 students stayed here last year and loved it; Senator, Via Augusta 126, (34)(93) 202-1405, fax 202-0097; and Bonanova, Bisbe Sevilla 7, (34)(93) 418-1661, fax 418-4497. Contact them directly. Advanced reservations are required.
Aparthotel Napols, C/Napols 116, 021- (34) (93) 265-2000; 265-2733-fax, near metro Arc de Triomf, is cheap but may be fully booked during our stay, so you might try to apply early. They may have cancellations.
A bit further away is the Almicar, C/Almicar 118, (34) 993) 455-3042; 450-2248-fax, near metro Maragall.
---------------------------------
House-Family Cal Josep, c/Valencia 286, 08037 Barcelona, 021-(34) (93) 215-7934, e-mail at: barcelona@housefamily.com or visit their web site at: www.housefamily.com. Apartments and Rooms generally includes airport pickup if you secure early. Prices also include a Continental breakfast. If you wish a Catalan breakfast, that is an extra cost. They also have laundry service and dryers for an extra cost. Contact them directly. Advanced reservations are required.
Akaza Apartments with pictures of available places and pricing information. Enter your dates first to find out pricing.
Short Stay Apartments with pictures of available places and pricing.
Flash Booking -- Hostels to Hotels with pictures of available places and pricing. Do a search for places in Barcelona. Information on all places available will come up.
There is a web site www.resa.es that provides information about many residences, but we have no experience with the residences they recommend. Click on your prefered language version.
---------------------------------
Under no circumstances should you arrive in Barcelona from the U.S. without a reservation for the night of your arrival. If you do not reserve a place for your entire stay, the following are reasonably priced hotels for a day or two that are centrally located at the Placa de Catalunya; Hostal Lausanne, C/Porta del Angel 24, (34) (93) 302-1139-phone, no fax; Hostal Windsor, Rambla Catalunya 85, (34) (93) 215-1198, no fax. These are student level hotels without air conditioning where the rooms are tiny. Also centrally located: Cisneros, Aribau 212, 454-1800 [metro Universitat (not near the modern University)] or Roma Reial, Plaça 11, 302-0366 [metro: Liceu]. For more information on housing, you might contact Spain's Tourist Board for housing information at: 1-323-658-7188 or go Spain's web site at www.okspain.org
If you arrive without advanced housing, reserve a hotel room for one or two nights so you have a place to go to leave your luggage. Then look for places where English is spoken and housing information is available: there are usually helpful bulletin boards at the International House, Trafalgar 14 (Metro: Urqinaona or Arc de Triomf), and at the Institute of Northern American Studies (Instituto Estudios Norteamericanos) (Metro: Placa Molina), Via Augusta 121-123, E-08006 Barcelona, tel (34)(93) 200-5335. The magazine "Metro" often has ads for roommates or summer sublets.
---------------------------------
Apartment Rentals in Barcelona or e-mail them at info@enjoybarcelona.net or call from U.S. 011 34 93 317 44 02. The apartments managed by Enjoy Barcelona are all located in the same building on Plaza Real in Barcelona. One of the most famous squares of Barcelona, located in the heart of the magical Gothic Quarter of Barcelona. The privileged location of the apartments is "one step away" from the famous Las Ramblas and a ten minute walk from the beaches and main monuments of Barcelona.
The apartments have been completely renovated and adapted to meet today's demanding needs. The latter interior decorating phase has accomplished large open and tidy spaces which join together the modern with touches of the past while achieving a calm and comfortable environment.
All the apartments come with fully equipped American style kitchen with complete sets of utensils: pans, cutlery, plates, glasses etc. As well as towels and sheets for each guest (all included in total price).
The building is from the year 1850, therefore it does not have a lift/elevator. Please do bear this in mind as the apartments are on the 2nd and 3rd floor.
For EURO conversions go to:
EURO Exchange Rate
Remember, there are 20 University of Barcelona's in Barcelona. So when trying to find a place as close as possible to "our" University of Barcelona, Law Faculty, give the University address as Ave Diagonal 684, 08034 Barcelona, in the Pedralbes and Les Corts district (Metro: Palau Reial or Maria Cristina).
Alberguinn Hostel - great reviews! They do have 1 room for 2 people, but no single rooms, so apply early. Prices are reasonable around $600 for 1 month. A 5 min walk from the Sants train station. From the airport, purchase the T-10 (10 journey) tickets at one of the airport machines and use one for each journey. You would then take the C-10 Airport-Barcelona line from 6am to 11:44pm, to the 3rd stop, Barcelona-Sants, then walk to the Alberguinn Hostel.
More housing information on places to stay in Barcelona All the prices on this link are in Euro's.
GHB (Gremi d'Hotels de Barcelona) Contact them to find out about pricing and the nearest Metro stop. You may not get as close to the Univ of Barcelona as you might wish, but if they are on or near a Metro stop, you should be okay. They offer Hotels, Aparthotels, Apartments and Pension's.
Tourist Flats in Barcelona Contact them directly.
1st Barcelona Lists Apartments and Hotels for rent. FOR APARTMENTS ONLY, YOU MUST E-MAIL - webmaster@1stbarcelonahotels.com; 122 Rue de Fierlant - 1190 Brussels. FOR HOTELS ONLY CALL - 9AM - 5:30 PM Central European Time. Bookings by phone - USA Toll Free Number : 1 888 205 0282; UK: 0871 871 8011; Outside UK : +44 871 871 8011.
E-mail: info@barcelonarental.com; offers Studio apartments for 2 people and regular sized apartments in Barcelona. They have color photos of the apartments on their web site. Contact them directly.
---------------------------------
Oh Barcelona Apartments Information
Here is what a former Barcelona student, Duke Kang dukekang@yahoo.com, had to say re Oh Barcelona:
The agency I dealt with - Open House Barcelona (Oh Barcelona), was very prompt in their responses to questions and e-mails. I did have a couple smaller complaints about my dealings with them. First, they would not hold, for any length of time, the unit that I wanted. In fact, between the time of my last e-mail from them and the time it took to wire a deposit (48 hours), they booked the unit to someone else. Fortunately they had another unit which ended up being a better deal. Nevertheless, I thought it odd, giving away a unit for which I was sending a deposit. Also, once they receive the deposit and their fees, I dealt directly with the owner of the property who wanted the entire rent in cash, so I had to carry a couple of thousand US dollars for a few days of travelling.
The owner and her husband were very nice, though. They even bought us a new fan and brought it over the same day when they noticed it was getting warm. Also, there was no problem getting our deposit back. The owner came when I said it would be convenient and gave me the whole deposit in cash before we had even cleaned.
The apartment unit itself was nice and clean, though in a rough neighborhood. Even the neighborhood, my roommates (girls and guys) and I got used to it and even liked it by the end of our stay.
There was no elevator in the building where we were on the second floor and the roof for drying clothes was four floors up.
Even though our immediate neighborhood was rough, the location was prime for convenience. We were less than five minutes to the Metro, less than five minutes to many bars, restaurants and Las Ramblas, and 20 minute's walk to the beach. It takes thirty minutes to get to class from the apartment.
-----------------------------------
Or contact Mr Jesus Zaragoza @ jesus@swamicentral.com who may have an apartment with 3 bedrooms of which 2 have terraces. It is a 3 min walk to the beach, with views of the beach and the mountains. Public transportation (bus or train) is 3 minutes away and it takes about 20 minutes to get to the Playa de Catalunya and is probably about 30 minutes or so away from school. Please contact him directly for further information on prices, deposits, directions and the actual address.
------------------------------------
Rent a bedroom
(under the date and time, right hand column top - change to English if necessary) Contact Ms Emmanuelle Bresson at marketing@rentabedroom.com phone: 011-34-93-217-2583; fax: 011-34-93-416-08-45; Address: Avenida Príncipe de Asturias 52, 08012 Barcelona. Office Hours: Monday through Friday 10am to 2pm and then from 4pm to 6pm (Barcelona time). The office will not be open on weekends in May or June.
These flats have generally 4 bedrooms (3 singles (a single = 1 bed for 1 person), 1 double (1 bed for 2 people)or (twin = 2 beds in the room, 1 bed per person)) and 2 bathrooms. There are 5 people maximum living in the flats. Students can find themselves alone in the flats if the other rooms have not been rented. However, it is rare and the students are only paying the rent of their bedroom. We only rent the flats to students or interns (except in July, August and September when we accept tourists for short stays). We do not mix students with tourists. There is no family living in the flats, but international students mainly.
They have flats near Maria Cristina/Palau Reial close to your classes, close to Las Ramblas and all over Barcelona. They state that their flats are all located in safe areas and very close to public transports.
"Rent A Bedroom specializes in renting rooms in shared flats in Barcelona to students and interns only. All their flats are located in safe areas and close to public transports. Their all-included service offers to the students a bedroom in a fully-equipped apartment. The rate includes utilities, cleaning and maintenance service. Short stays are available during summer time."
Half of their flats have Internet access (in every room). They can reserve flats for women who wish to live only with other women. The majority of their flats are co-ed.
For an individual room, the rate ranges from 320 € up to 585 € a month depending on the flat, the room and the location of the flat.
For a double (1 bed for 2 people) or twin room ( 2 single beds in one room), the rates vary between 555 € and 680 € a month depending on the flat, the room and the location of the flat.
When students confirm their booking on-line by credit card, they pay the first's month rent, the deposit and the registration fee. If they wish to pay by wire transfer, they will have to pay the entire stay up front (2 months' stay that corresponds to the length of the summer program, the deposit and registration fee).
Students sign a lease (english version) upon check-in at their office and collect their apartment keys.
They communicate with students via e-mail. However, students can call them at their office during office hours only. (remember that Barcelona is 9 hours ahead of California)
For more information, please go to their web site at Rent a bedroom
------------------------------------
Agorabcn Rentals - Click on English at the top to read in English, otherwise this site is in Spanish.
Apartments Barcelona This web site is in 13 different languages, English, French, Italian, Danish etc.. Remember you need to be near the Metro line L3, Green Line. This site also accepts credit card payments (Visa, American Express, MasterCard, Diners Club). Their wide variety of apartments in Barcelona will help you find Barcelona apartments that fit your requirements. When you rent with Apartments Barcelona you get the comfort and privacy you need in order to have a pleasant stay. Apartments Barcelona offer good and cheap apartments in Barcelona and promise you an unforgettable experience.
OFFICE
In San Diego: University of San Diego, Attn: Ms Cindy King, 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492; fax - 619-260-2230; phone - 619-260-4597; office hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:15pm, except for weekends and holidays, when USD is closed.
USD's office in Barcelona is not open Saturday or Sunday.
There is no airport pick-up or delivery back to the airport; students arrange their own transportation. See Barcelona Airport Directions
Places to Stay - in Barcelona
Links to more Barcelona Housing Info
Hostel World- you can request a private room
Barcelona Budget
Barcelona Tips - previous student's - General
Barcelona Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)