Everybody has heard about Barcelona, a modernist city on the northeast coast of Spain, which receives tons of tourists every year from all over the world. Barcelona is an inspiring city with tons of cultural activities all year round.

That's why Coimpact Coliving is a perfect option to spend some months living as a local. Coimpact is an inspiring coliving space created for traveling entrepreneurs, digital nomads, and foreign students. Staying in Coimpact is a different way to discover Barcelona because they encourage collaboration with the local and foreign social entrepreneurship ecosystem while creating its own community.

This is a short guide with everything you need to know before going to Coimpact Coliving.

Location📍

Coimpact has two colivings in Barcelona, both houses are located right in the heart of Barcelona (just one block away from each other) in the Eixample neighborhood, in authentic modernist buildings from the XIX century, the most iconic architectonic style of the city. Besides, from Coimpact you're just a short walk away from famous monuments such as La Sagrada Familia and Casa Milá.

Arrival 🛬

To help the guests with their arrival from the airport, train, or bus stations, and also to get to know the best options to move around the town, Coimpact prepared a blog article with all the information on how to get there. A small summary will be:

From Barcelona’s Airport, Josep Tarradellas (BCN – El Prat), you have the option of getting to Coimpact Coliving by metro, train, Aerobus, and taxi. 

• By Metro, you’ll need a special ticket, that costs 5,15€ per ride, called Bitllet Aeroport. It takes around 50min.

• By Train, take line R2 Nord that leaves only from Terminal 2 at the airport (you can take the free shuttle bus between terminals). You will use a single ride of the same transportation ticket valid for the metro, bus, and tram, which is the most economical option and it takes around 35min to arrive at the closest station.

• By Aerobus, Aerobus it's a private service that leaves from both terminals at the Airport, 365 days a year, 24 hours a day. The cost of a single ride is 5,90€ and a return ticket costs 10,20€. Both options can be bought at the Aerobus stop, and also online. It takes around 30-40 minutes depending on the traffic.

• By taxi, it takes about 35 minutes and costs approximately 40€, depending on traffic. Make sure you only take official taxis from the Airport service or use the apps Free Now, and Cabify. Coimpact can also arrange a taxi pickup for you.

Transportation 🚗

Barcelona public transportation counts of buses, metro, tram, and trains. The city is very well communicated and easy to move around. A single-ride ticket to get any public transport in Barcelona costs 2,40€.

Tip #1: If you are planning to take more than one ride, we recommend buying the T-Casual card, which includes 10 rides and costs 11,35€, valid for all the public transportation within Zone 1 in Barcelona. 

Tip #2: If you’re staying for a whole month, we recommend the T-Usual card, which has unlimited trips for 30 days, and it costs 40,00€, valid for all the public transportation within Zone 1.

These cards can be bought at any vending machine at the metro stations.

Staff 🤗

Behind Coimpact Coliving there's a diverse and multicultural team, focused on personalizing the experience of each guest, so they can feel at home. Owners @@coimpactbcn(Gian Franco) and Gonzalo come from a long way of working in the hospitality sector, and guests can always count on management, guest relations, reception, and the housekeeping teams to make their stay perfect.

Accommodation 🏡

As we said before Coimpact Coliving has two houses in which they separate guests that choose a short stay (Coliving Bruc, one-week minimum) in shared dorms, or a long stay (Coliving Mallorca, one-month minimum) with both shared dorms and private rooms.

Both Colivings are equipped with a shared kitchen, bathrooms, dining room, living room, and balconies. The shared dorms have high-quality mattresses, reading lights, power outlets and a curtain for privacy.  All bedrooms have AC / heating, 2 lockable storage spaces, and bed linen that it's changed once a week.

Coworking 💻

Coimpact has many different workspaces including the dining room, living rooms, and balcony. Guests that book a private room also have a chair and a desk to work from their own rooms. There's also a meeting room at Coimpact Coliving Bruc available for private use, that all the guests have access to. Free high-speed WiFi connection in all areas of Coliving.

Coliving/Community 🌍

Coimpact guests have access to a private WhatsApp. Weekly, the guest relations team organizes events and keeps nomads informed of cultural, networking, and leisure activities in Barcelona. Colivers also have the freedom to propose events and invite other nomads to their activities. Most activities are oriented to local culture and sustainable tourism, which is a key aspect of Coimpact Coliving.

Summary ✅

Coimpact Coliving is the best option for staying in Barcelona if you are looking for a responsible and local way of visiting this beautiful city. Coimpact team takes care of their guests preparing tons of different activities focused mainly on cultural aspects.

So, if you are looking for a cultural and inspiring time in one of the top most visited cities in Europe this is your opportunity to do it respecting and meeting locals.