Accommodation for athletes and sports teams in Donostia/San Sebastián: high performance, rest and experience at Olarain
Donostia / San Sebastián is a privileged stage for sport, but achieving excellence requires an environment that understands that performance is not only forged in training.
More and more teams, clubs, and athletes need more than just a place to sleep when they travel to compete, train, or hold training camps. They look for an environment that understands their routines, respects their schedules, and directly contributes to their performance, especially for young people balancing studies with their sporting activity
At the Olarain University Residence, with 25 years of experience, we have created an ecosystem specifically designed for high-performance athletes and sports equipment looking for a real balance between rest, nutrition, and logistics. An environment aligned with our approach to hospitality, providing flexibility and well-being.
Accommodation designed for high-performance athletes during their academic years
Every year, Olarain is home to students who combine their academic training with their sporting activities. Basketball, football, rowing, skating, hockey, athletics…This experience has allowed us to create an environment perfectly suited to the demands of high performance. It’s about being much more than just their temporary home.
High performance requires conditions and infrastructure that facilitate everything surrounding training and study. Performing at your best depends not only on physical effort. Nutrition, rest, and emotional well-being also play a role.
- Study environment and tranquility: Suitable spaces and a quiet environment that guarantees the concentration needed for exams and optimal rest.
- Schedule flexibility and balanced nutrition: We adapt our dining room hours to sports schedules, training sessions, and competitions so that nutrition isn’t neglected due to lack of time. We offer balanced meals and the possibility to customize menus to personal needs.
- Support from our team: Close accompaniment and individualized academic monitoring to help each athlete in their daily life.
Accommodation and tailor-made solutions for groups and sports teams
With over 25 years of experience hosting sports teams and groups, we know that the key is the capacity for adaptation. We do not offer closed packages; we customize each stay according to the needs, from special menus to the use of our own and external facilities in collaboration with Ekintza Ikastola.
We do not offer closed packages; We personalize each stay according to your needs. From special menus to the use of our own and external facilities, in collaboration with Ekintza.
This makes Olarain a top choice for sports tournaments, training camps, preseason training, or sporting events in San Sebastián and surrounding areas.
Over the years, we have hosted teams and participants in tests and competitions such as the Behobia-San Sebastián race, the Donostia Marathon, the Donosti Cup, the Bandera de la Concha rowing race, the Real Sociedad International Tournament, Easo Kopa or meetings linked to sports federations, which reflects our ability to accommodate very diverse profiles.
At Olarain, we’ve hosted the Basque Rugby Federation, the Valencian Pilota Federation, UNB Sport Handball, Elda Handball, the Villa de Madrid Tennis Club, Toulouse Handball, and the youth teams of Real Madrid, Mallorca, and Celta de Vigo. We’ve even hosted the referees from the Spanish Rugby Federation for their preseason training!
Notably, since our beginnings, we have been the accommodation for the young players of Real Sociedad de Fútbol. Our team collaborates with the Real Sociedad Education Unit to provide personalized support, which goes beyond academics, also taking care of the emotional and mental well-being of their young footballers.
This collaboration, as with all the athletes we host, includes a very close relationship with the families, ensuring that all aspects of the players’ development are supported. It is a joint effort that reflects our commitment to their values-based education and their success both on and off the field.
Key services for logistics and sports performance
One of the aspects most valued by athletes and teams is having practical solutions that make their daily lives easier. In this regard, at Olarain we offer an infrastructure designed to respond to these real sporting needs:
- Customized menus and in-house kitchen, with the possibility of personalization according to nutritional requirements
- Flexible dining hours adapted to training and competitions
- Secure storage for sports equipment, including bulky equipment such as bicycles or surfboards
- Self-service laundry, self-service washers and dryers option, ideal for cleaning equipment during periods of consecutive matches.
- Bus access and logistical facilities for groups
- Multipurpose rooms adaptable for technical talks, scouting, or physiotherapy.
- Possibility of arranging transport, according to the group’s needs
All of this is aimed at facilitating the team’s experience.
Facilities and spaces for training, recovery and rest
In addition to accommodation, both residents and sports groups have access to high-level facilities within the residence itself:
- Gym and sauna: Fully equipped facilities for physical training, recovery and post-workout relaxation.
- Room for physiotherapy: Spaces near the changing rooms where teams can set up their own stretchers and recovery equipment.
- Multipurpose rooms and auditorium We offer different adaptable spaces for scouting, meetings, video analysis and team briefings… Coffee service can also be arranged directly in the room.
- Rooms designed for rest and recovery: For residents, we provide bright single rooms with private bathrooms and 135 cm beds to ensure restorative sleep. For sports groups and teams, we adapt accommodation to their specific needs, offering single, twin and triple rooms.
- Laundry service: Self-service washing machines and dryers are available, ideal for cleaning sports kits during tournaments or consecutive match days.
The flexibility of our spaces allows each team to tailor their stay according to their own working dynamics and routines.
Olarain Care: well-being and psychological support
Emotional well-being plays a key role in athletic performance. Through our Olarain Care programme, we provide psychological support and dedicate time to building close relationships with athletes, helping them take care of their mental health while balancing the demands of competition and academic life.
This psychological support, based on closeness and day-to-day interaction, helps create a stable and positive environment, something especially important for both high-performance athletes and teams during times of competition periods.
Commitment to adapted sport
Olarain also maintains an active commitment to adapted sport, welcoming groups participating in competitions and charity sporting events.
Olarain is a fully accessible building for people with reduced mobility, accredited with the Basque Government’s accessibility seal. In addition, our team has received training to assist people with visual and hearing impairments. The building features:
- Adapted rooms
- Accessibility for people with reduced mobility
- Accessible parking spaces
For the past eight years, we have collaborated with AEFAT during the San Sebastián Marathon, and we have also hosted organisations such as the Basque Federation of Adapted Sports.
A privileged setting for sport in San Sebastian
The surrounding environment also plays a key role when choosing accommodation.
Donostia / San Sebastián is a peaceful city with ideal conditions for sports practice and a wide calendar of sporting events throughout the year.
Our location is unbeatable: just a few minutes from Ondarreta beach and surrounded by nature, offering the perfect setting for cycling routes, outdoor training sessions and the calm atmosphere needed for maximum focus and concentration.
We share the values of sport
If there is one thing that defines the experience at Olarain, it is that it goes beyond the functional.
The presence of athletes and sports teams also brings value to our residential community and staff. It creates an environment where sporting values such as effort, perseverance, teamwork and passion are part of everyday life.
This makes each stay a complete experience, not only in logistical terms, but also in human terms.
Looking for accommodation for athletes or sport teams in Donostia / San Sebastián?
Choosing the right accommodation can make a real difference to the performance and experience of an athlete or sports team.
At Olarain, we provide tailored solutions for both profiles: high-performance athletes seeking stability and comprehensive care, and sports teams requiring flexibility, logistical support and adapted spaces.
If you’re looking for a place where training, rest and community come together in perfect balance, contact us or come and meet us: +34 943 00 33 00 | tutoria@olarain.com
