Historical Building, University of Barcelona
Address: University of Barcelona Historical Building Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585 08007 Barcelona, Spain



The Historic Building of the University of Barcelona is a unique and exceptional structure built in the nineteenth century. Listed as a Cultural Asset of National Interest, the Historic Building offers iconic spaces combining history, tradition and art, including a splendid entrance hall, the monumental Paranymph Hall, quadrangles and the Ferran Soldevila gardens. Uniquely placed in the heart of Barcelona and extremely easy to reach, the Historic Building covers more than 30,000 sq m of highly varied spaces that are of singular artistic and cultural interest.

The UB also possesses other singular spaces, such as the Pedro i Pons Estate, a sixteenth-century country house situated at the foot of the Collserola nature reserve. The house is surrounded by magnificent gardens as well as over 100,000 sq m of UB Sports services and facilities, featuring swimming pools, tennis courts, directed activity and fitness rooms, football and rugby pitches, a sports centre and an athletics track.

Additionally, the 16 faculties of the UB, distributed throughout Barcelona, provide a wide variety of diverse facilities, including auditoriums, meeting rooms, classrooms (both traditional and modern), halls and open spaces, and computer labs.


Hotel Recommendation

Note: The organizing committee will not provide accommodation for the delegates. You are suggested to make the room reservation by Booking or Agoda in advance. Some hotels near the venue (500m or less) are recommended as below:


Hotel Praktik Rambla (3 stars---4.4 / 5 points)
Address: Rambla de Catalunya, 27, 08007 Barcelona
Website: hotelpraktikrambla.com
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La Casa de Antonio Boutique Rooms Barcelona, (3 stars---4.2 / 5 points)
Address: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 584, 08011 Barcelona
Website: lacasadeantonio.es
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Chic&basic Lemon Boutique Hotel (2 stars---4.4 / 5 points)
Address: Carrer de Pelai, 6, 08001 Barcelona
Website: chicandbasiclemonhotel.com
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Hotel Caledonian (3star---4.2 / 5 points)
Address: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 574, 08011 Barcelona
Website: hotel-caledonian.com
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Ako® Premium Suite Hotel Barcelona (4 stars---4.3 / 5 points)
Address: Carrer de la Diputació, 195, 08011 Barcelona
Website: premiumsuitehotels.com
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H10 Casanova (4 stars---4.4 / 5 points)
Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 559, 08011 Barcelona
Website: h10hotels.com
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Hotel Catalonia Gran Via BCN (4.3 / 5 points)
Address: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 550, 08011 Barcelona
Website: cataloniahotels.com
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Hotel Soho (3 stars---4.3 / 5 points)
Address: Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 543-545, 08011 Barcelona
Website: hotelsohobarcelona.com
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Hotel Jazz (4 stars---4.5 / 5 points)
Address: Carrer de Pelai, 3, 08001 Barcelona
Website: hoteljazz.com
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Meson Castilla Atiram Hotel Barcelona (2 stars---4.1 / 5 points)
Address: Carrer de Valldonzella, 5, 08001 Barcelona
Website: atiramhotels.com/hoteles/barcelona/hotel-meson-castilla-atiram/
* This hotel offers discount for ICETC participants, please feel free to contact icetc.edu@outlook.com to get discount code.