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Granada Province in Southern Spain provides superb rock climbing for all standards. In addition to a Spanish course in the morning we offer One-to-One rockclimbing tours during 2 afternoons per week!

Our rock climbing programme is suitable for all ages and for beginner or advanced  climbers. The quiet and remote crags are located in beautiful surroundings, with the snowy peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the background.

We offer itineraries to fit every wish; whether you want a simple experience of climbing tall rock faces, an introductory course to teach you the basic skills and safety aspects of the sport, or an afternoon out with an experienced guide to push your grades by top roping, improve your skills, and get started at lead climbing.

In Andalusia climbing is possible all year round. On colder days one can find a sunny rock face near the coast, whilst on hotter days one can go high up and climb in the shade. The best time is from autumn to spring as summers are getting quite hot in Granada.

The type of climbing found here is sports climbing, meaning climbs are bolted and have secure stances up top.

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If you are interested in horses, book our combined Spanish & Horseback riding package. We are sure, that it will be the highlight of your trip to Granada.

You take Spanish lessons in the morning from Monday to Friday and you will take part in a whole horseback riding afternoon once a week. The tour is a guided one-to-one programme.

Our guide Victor will pick you up at the school and will bring you to his place near Güejar Sierra village at about 15 km away from Granada city. The location is rural and very beautiful. Güejar Sierra is the perfect base to explore the natural treasures of the Sierra Nevada. Even from the centre of the village, the surrounding mountains dominate the landscape on all sides. These mountains are rich in wildlife of all types.

Victor speaks English in case your Spanish is still not good enough. His stuff will take great care to match you up with the right horse. The fantastic scenery of Güejar Sierra village and the mountain range of Sierra Nevada National Park will impress you without any doubt. You will have beautiful views from where you stop during the route.

The horse ride is perfect even for beginners. There are many routes available for more skilled riders.

Federico García Lorca is one of the most important poets to emerge in Spain's cultural history.

He was born in the village Fuentevaqueros near Granada in 1898. Although the family moved to Granada when he was a child, they continued to spend summers in the countryside. Here Lorca did much of his writing and started to emphasize the importance of his rural background.

His contribution to Spanish literature is unquestionable and if you study Spanish literature you will come across his works. His most famous masterpieces are Bodas de Sangre, Yerma and La Casa de Bernada Alba. During the period he was writing, many important artists emerged in Spain, such as Buñuel and Dalí. This group came to be known as the Generación del 27. Poets such as Rafael Alberti, Jorge Guillén and Luis Cernuda were members of this circle. This poetic period is marked by important Lorca publications such as Romancero Gitano or the Poema del Cante Jondo. This movement was crippled by the Spanish Civil War.

Federico Garcia Lorca moved to Madrid in 1919, but it was not until 1927 when he started to become respected as a dramatist. He was very successfull in Barcelona with his play Mariana Pineda. In 1928 he decided to leave Spain and his family arranged for him to go to New York. Here he wrote Poeta en Nueva York, in which he used a variety of original poetic techniques to express his feelings of isolation in the city. In 1930 Lorca returned to Spain and in 1931 he became the director of the university theatre company La Barraca. In July of 1936 he returned to Granada.

A month later he was arrested by the fascists and shot, leaving behind a number of unfinished manuscripts. There are still questions surrounding Lorca's death. Many say he was apolitical and had friends on both sides of the conflict in Spain, suggesting that the motives of his killing were unrelated to politics. It has also been proposed that his sexual orientation could have played a role in his death. A general ban was placed then on his works and was not removed until 1953.

Our school offers a special programme related to the work of Federico García Lorca as a complement to an intensive Spanish course.

Our Spanish language school Escuela Montalbán offers students the following non official degrees and ECTS credits for Spanish courses on different levels which are validated and awarded by the Catholic University of San Antonio in Murcia (UCAM):

For further informaton regarding the course prices visit thr course section
on our website. Contact us also for further information regarding the validation procedure at: info@escuela-montalban.com

Discover more about our new Spanish course progamme 2019 and check the updated prices for all courses and accommodation options. You also will find the 2019 D.E.L.E exam dates and other useful information in our brochure, course programme and price list documents on the download page

These documents are also available in German or Spanish on the download pages which are presented by the download icon next to the social network buttons, when accessing the site in the respective languages.

Easyjet has just launched a new flight connection from Berlin-Tegel Airport to Granada. These flights will have a frequency of 2 days per week, on Mondays and Fridays, during September and October.

The same company will inaugurate a new route between Naples-Capodichino Airport and Granada. These flights will take place on Wednesdays and Sundays, also twice a week during September and October.

These new routes are added to the destinations that have already been launched, such as London, Milan or Manchester.

The demand regarding SIELE exams at our school has increased a lot during 2018. After completing a Spanish course students can take a test to obtain the official SIELE certificate. SIELE is the International Service for Spanish Language Assessment, aimed at students, which digitally certifies Spanish language proficiency levels.

The SIELE exams are basically promoted by the Spanish Instituto Cervantes and different universities in Spain and South America.

At Escuela Montalbán we offer the SIELE GLOBAL exam. This exam is based on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) and certifies the degree of proficiency in reading and listening comprehension, written expression and interaction, and spoken expression and interaction.

The SIELE GLOBAL certificate costs 155 € and is valid for 2 years. The exams take place every Wednesday between 15.00 and 18.00 hrs.

For further information regarding the enolment and preparation lessons at our school, contact us!

Drawn by the allure of the Alhambra, many visitors head to Granada unsure what to expect. What they find is a city where Islamic architecture and Arab-flavoured street life go hand in hand with monumental churches, tapas bars and graffiti art.

The city, sprawled at the foot of the Sierra Nevada, was the last stronghold of the Spanish Moors and their legacy lies all around: it's in the horseshoe arches, the spicy aromas emanating from street stalls, the teahouses of the Albaicín, the historic Arab quarter. Most spectacularly, of course, it's in the Alhambra, an astonishing palace complex whose Islamic decor and landscaped gardens are without peer in Europe.

There's also an energy to Granada's streets, packed as they are with bars, student dives, bohemian cafes and intimate flamenco clubs, and it's this as much as the more traditional sights that leaves a lasting impression.

So, many secondary schools from all around Europe and overseas choose Granada as a destination for their annual school trip.

The Spanish language programme takes usually place place during one week and consists of 4 Spanish classes lasting 45 minutes each, every day from Monday to Friday.

The whole group will be divided in classes with a maximum of 8 to 10 students per Spanish level.

Depending on the group's interests, we offer a tailor-made programme of cultural activities which includes visits to the old arabic quarter Albaicín, to the world-famous Alhambra, to the Sacromonte area, Flamenco shows, tapa tours, the Arabic bath or day-filling guided tours to Cordoba or Seville.

We will take care of everything during the group stay, including accommodation. We can offer full board accommodation with Spanish host families in double rooms, an option often suited for younger students.

A student group of Istituto di Istruzione Superiore Pontecorvo in Frosinone Province, Italy have participated in an Intensive Spanish language course at Escuela Montalbán from 19.02 to 23.02.2018.

Spanish lessons on an advanced level started at 09.00 h in the morning and run until 13.15 h (5 lessons of 45 minutes per day).

All students were accommodated with local host families in walking distance to the school.

The Spanish course was complemented by a daily cultural programme, which included trips to Malaga and Cordoba, a Flamenco show and guided visits to Granada city center and the Alhambra.

Discover more about our new and exciting mountain biking and spanish course, check the updated prices for all the courses and accommodation, 2018 D.E.L.E exam dates and other useful information in our brochure, course programme and price list documents on the download page

These documents are also available in German or Spanish on the download pages which are presented by the download icon next to the social network buttons, when accessing the site in the respective languages.