Short helping guide of Barcelona
Drag the Blues parties are held right in the city centre, with thousands of different options available for accommodation. A room can be had in a four-star hotel at the party venue. Below we give you several very cheap options for smaller pockets. If you prefer more complete options, any of the city’s accommodation search engines will give you lots of options.
Classes and parties
Check venues section to plan your trip to Barcelona.
All of them are very well connected with bus and
tube, and in a few minutes you can be everywhere.
Where to sleep
We provide you with some contacts of hostels near the party venues (giving easy access to the class venues) and at very cheap prices.
Rodamón Barcelona Center (at 250 m of parties venue)
Group room from 32 €/night
Carrer de Còrsega, 302
Diagonal House (at 350 m of parties venue)
Group room from 20 €/night
AV Diagonal 436, Entresuelo 2
The Loft Hostel (500 m)
Group room from 16 €/night
C/ Provença 318
Buba House (at 700 m of parties venue)
Group room from 24 €/night
Carrer d'Aragó, 239
Casa Barceló (at 700 m of parties venue)
Group room from 35 €/night
C/ Còrsega 226
Taxi
Radio Taxi 933 033 033 /// Servi Taxi: 933 300 300
Metropolitan Public Transport Info 010
Renfe (Main line trains) 902 240 202 /// Airport (Information) 902 404 704
Metro
Single ticket (not recommended). Price: 2,20€
T-10: A multi-person travel card allowing 10 journeys to be made on all operators in the Integrated Fare System. Price: 10,20€ (recommended)
Hola BCN! : Special cards for tourists, more info:
www.tmb.cat/en/barcelona-travel-card
AIrport transportation
Bus (Aerobus): www.aerobus.com
Departures from the Airport to Pl. Catalunya and Pl. Espanya: 5:35 – 01:05 every 10 min.
Departures from Pl. Catalunya and Pl. Espanya to the Airport: 5:00 – 00:30 every 10 min.
Prices: 5,90€ / 10,20€ round trip (Approx. journey time: 35minutes)
* Night bus service info on the website: www.emt-amb.com
Train
Departure times Airport to Estació de Sants: 5:13 – 23:14 every 30 min.
Departure times Estació de Sants to Airport: 5:00 – 00:30 every 10 min.
Prices: 4,10€ (only for Terminal T2) (Approx. journey time: 20minutes)
Taxi: Approximate price: 25 – 30 € (from Plaza Catalunya to Airport)
Food
Restaurants near the class venue (BallCentre):
For lunch between the classes, you can find a lot of good restaurants at Plaça d’Osca, just 5 minutes walk from the studio.
Restaurants near the parties (Hotel Catalonia 1864):
Party venues are at city centre, where you can easily find numerous good restaurants.
Free Wifi in Barcelona: www.bcn.cat/barcelonawifi (slow connection)