The Workshop Meetings will be celebrated at the IESE Business School’s premises located at Arnús i de Gari, 08034 Barcelona, Spain (on Tuesday 19th and Thursday 21st March) and at the everis’ premises located at Av. Diagonal, 561, 08029 Barcelona (5th floor, on Friday 22nd).

On March the 20^th the everis’ meeting room will also be available (Avenida Diagonal, 561, 08029 Barcelona), from 9:00 a.m. to 19:00 p.m., for those who will not attend the European Conference on e-Public Procurement.

Public Transport to IESE’s premises is possible by bus. Bus 63 can be taken all along the Diagonal Avenue, the principal Avenue that crosses Barcelona from end to end. Once at the bus stop ID 1946, you must walk about 300 meters until the IESE’s premises.

Hotels near IESE can be found. The following ones offered “special” prizes to the CEN WS/BII 3 Workshop attendants:

• Sansi Pedralbes
  Avenida Pearson, 1-3, 08034 Barcelona - See on map
  individual room (two beds): 135 euros +IVA
  Double room: 150 Eur + IVA
  Breakfast (optional): 17 euros +IVA
• AC Victoria Suites
  Beltran i Ròzpide, 7-9, 08034 Barcelona - See on map
  individual room (two beds): 156 euros +IVA (breakfast included)
  Double room: 176 Eur + IVA (Breakfast included)
  Wifi included + 10% iva
• Other Hotels and apartments in Barcelona are available at affordable prices, but do not wait too much to book a room as March is a busy month for hotels and the flow of travellers may be high due to the great amount of events by those days in Barcelona.

Tourism and cultural proposals:

• Barcelona provides a very rich offer of cultural and leisure activities. visit the Barcelona’s Tourism site for accessing all the information on this offer: Barcelona’s Tourim site
• Las Fallas, Valencia. If you can afford coming during the previous week-end, we recommend you visiting Valencia, a town about 350 Kilometres south from Barcelona. On March the 16^th to 17^th all the “Fallas” are being built up so you can visit the town and taste the flavour of the feast and of the authentic Paella. The Fallas are burnt up on the 19^th night: More information

Other practical Information: 

• Internet connections will be permanently available at both IESE’s and everis’ premises.
• Social event: participants are proposed to have dinner altogether on Thursday the 21st. Details on the restaurant, menus, prizes and time will be provided during the Workshops.  
• Public transport to IESE: Public Transport to IESE’s premises is possible by bus. Bus 63 can be taken all along the Diagonal Avenue, the principal Avenue that crosses Barcelona from end to end. Once at the bus stop ID 1946 (Av. Esplugues-Santa Caterina de Siena), you must walk about 300 meters until the IESE’s premises.