Curiosities about appartments in Huelva

I have been thinking about what else should I write here, and maybe there are some things in the appartments that will be strange o new for you.

For example, to take a shower.
Here, some appartment have gas instalation, and some others electrical heaters, but more than 70% of flat Id say, have our friend "la bombona" (gas bottle).

For some people this thing is really strange at the beggining, and some erasmus think that its dangerous or annoying, but be prepared, because probably you will have this kind of bottle in your appartment.

I reccommend you to buy always two, so if one it´s finished, you can change it and have more hot water.

After that, you can call to order a new one, or go to the petrol station with your empty bottle to change it.
The price for one is, right now, 17,49€.

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Another thing that is not that common in most of Europe in to have a blind.

Well, I have to say I missed them on my erasmus, cause I don´t like to have light in my room at 07:00am :P

With Spanish blinds you don´t have to worry about it, so you can sleep longer after the parties!

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Accommodation in Huelva

Find accommodation in Huelva is quite easy, and more than 90% of international students get a room in 1-3 days, so don´t worry about it.

To rent a room or a flat, I reccommend you to go to the International Office and ask to the people of ESN Huelva, they will give you a list with a lot of flats or rooms available, and they even will call to the owners if you can´t speak Spanish, so it will be easier. Note that all ESN Staff are all volunteers, so they are not going to charge you any money for it.

Another issue about accommodation is, what to do the first night or if Im going to Huelva during the weekend??.
Well, the best option is to book a hostel / hotel for 2 nights.

The cheapest options that you can find are: Hostal Calvo, nothing special but right in the city center, really cheap and clean enough to live, Albergue Inturjoven, with breakfast included and really good services, Hotel Marina, close to the campus El Carmen but a little bit more expensive, or Hotel Costa de la Luz, also with breakfast included.

You can check prices and availability clicking in the links.

Prices in Huelva

With this post you can have an idea about the prices for students. Huelva is a cheap city, and find accommodation here its quite easy.

- Room in a shared flat: 140-180€/month
- Bills (water, electricity and gas): 20-40€/month (per person)
- Internet: 8-15€/mes (per person)
- Gym: 15-60€/month
- City Bus: 1.10€ with single ticket, 0.65€ with bonobus or 22€ per month with your student card.
- Rent a bike at the university: 20€/semester (limited number of bikes!!!)
- Entrance to clubs: 0-10€ (usually, 0€).
- Long drinks: 2-7€
- Shots: 0,50-2€
- Beer / Soft drink: 0,80-3€
- Tapas: 0,80-3€
- Cinema ticket: 5.00-9.00€
- Menu at the university: 4.50-5.50€ (including bread, drink and dessert).
- Photocopies: 0.02-0.10€
- Packet of cigarretes: 3.35- 6.00€, depending of the brand.
- Bottle of vodka: 3.50 - 15€
- Litre of milk: 0.55 - 1.20€
- Litre of red wine: 0.65 - 1.20€

That´s all. If you need something else, you can leave a comment ;).