Sant Cugat

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Summary

Introduction

The High Performance Centre at Sant Cugat was built for athletes training and preparing for the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. The Centre is suitable for national level athletes only.

The training centre offers on-site accommodation and recent additions include study areas for students, allowing people from school and university to combine training with their studies.

The Sant Cugat high performance centre is recognised as one of Spain's leading venues and as such, many National and International teams have used this venue for their training camp across a range of sports including football, handball, volleyball, hockey, tennis, swimming, gymnastics, teakwondo, etc

Sant Cugat is 25km northwest of Barcelona and 34km from Barcelona airport.

Travel

By air; Barcelona (BCN) airport 34km

By train; Ferrocaril trains of the Generalitat of Catalonia (FGC) from Barcelona to Sabadell (S2) line or the Barcelona-Universtitat Autònoma (S55) line, which leaves PlaçaCatalunya and get off at Sant Joan station.

Or RENFE trains, taking line 7 from Rodalies and get off at Sant Cugat del Vallès station

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Accommodation

The sports complex has its own on-site residence with 325 beds split in either double or quadruple bed rooms, all with their won bathroom, TV and telephone. There are also cottages that can sleep 8 to 12 people. You can stay on B&B, half or full board basis.

There are study areas for students including library, study rooms and extra classes & courses.

The residence also offers an athlete's welfare supprt service.

If you choice to stay else where, Sant Cugat offers a range of 3, 4 and 5* hotels near by. Read More →

Swimming

Pool 1; Outdoor 50mts x 25mts, 10 lanes of 2.5mts wide for the competition and training.
Pool 2; Indoor 50mts for Swimming and Water Polo.
Pool 3; Indoor 30mts for Synchronized Swimming.
Pool 4; Indoor for Diving including platforms at 1m, 3mts, 5mts, 7.5mts and 10mts. Spring boards at 1m and 3mts

Athletics

Sant Cugat offers indoor and outdoor training.

Outdoors;
400 m synthetic track with six fully equipped lanes.
3 pole vault areas with windbreakers and 1 high jump area.
The synthetic track has two 2 metre wide complementary outside lanes, one with artificial grass and the other tarmac.

Indoors;
Straight track for sprint training
Jumping facilities for ling jump, high jump and pole vault

Field Sports

Football

One full size 11-a-side, natural grass pitch which can be subdivided into two 7-a-side pitches with smaller goals.

Hockey

One full size pitch

Sports Hall

The Sports Halls can facilitate the following sports;

Martial Arts, Volleyball, Basketball, Handball and Greek Wrestling.

Tennis

Four indoor courts with synthetic resin and three outdoor, clay courts.

Gymnastics

Fully equipped gymnastics training area with apparatus and safety pits

Gym & Support Services

Gym

Fully equipped with weight training machines, free weights & Olympic bars and cardiovascular machine.

Support Services

Support services include; athlete career and education, biomechanics, nutrition, physiotherapy, sport medicine, sport physiology, sport psychology, sport science laboratories, strength and conditioning, video analysis.