Homestay in Barcelona, Spain
Family accommodation is available throughout the year, with either a host family or an executive host family, with the latter offering a greater range of facilities.

Most families live near the school and are rarely more than 20 minutes away by public transport. Very occasionally, a family may be up to 30 minutes from the school as some of the most elegant districts of Barcelona are on the edge of the city.

All our host families live in flats, as there are practically no individual houses in Barcelona. A typical flat will have 3 or 4 bedrooms, a bathroom, a kitchen, a dining room and living room. Some flats have terraces; almost all of them have balconies.

All host families are carefully selected by the Accommodation Department of the school and all agree to fulfill the following conditions:

• to provide students with single rooms (unless a couple both attending courses, or individuals, request to share), which are comfortably furnished, have adequate heating and lighting facilities and a desk or table where students can work
• not to accommodate persons of the same nationality or speaking the same language, unless specifically requested by the students concerned
• to provide basic laundry facilities and to change bed linen and towels weekly
• to make a daily bath or shower available
• to provide an adequate continental breakfast and - for those students who are being accommodated on a half-board basis - a substantial dinner at night
• to provide students with a door key so that they can let themselves in and out
• to treat students as family guests and generally behave in a friendly and hospitable manner

Shared apartments
Furnished apartments which students can share with other students. The normal minimum period for renting an apartment is 4 weeks, although shorter rentals can sometimes be arranged on request.

All apartments are centrally located and are therefore approximately 10-20 minutes from the school on foot or by public transport.

In the shared apartments, students can choose to stay in a single or shared room. Each room is furnished with a bed, desk and wardrobe.

Each apartment also has a kitchen, bathroom and living room which students share.

These apartments are fully furnished and facilities include a washing machine and TV. Some apartments also have telephones but these are programmed to accept incoming calls only. Each student is provided with a set of keys so that they can come and go when they please.

Students are provided with sheets, blankets and towels, but they should bring their own beach towels. The apartments are cleaned once a week and bed linen is also changed weekly.

Student residence
In July, August and September only, accommodation is also available in one of two student residences; normally in double or triple rooms although a limited number of single rooms are also available. Students can choose bed and breakfast or half board.

Student residences can be relatively noisy places to stay. For this reason we recommend that students consider how important peace and quiet is to them before reserving a place in a residence which they will be sharing with a large number of young (and generally noisy) people.