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Our student Adama from Senegal has been studying Spanish for 6 months at our Spanish language school in Granada. We wish you good luck for the future!

In an interview he has described his experience in Granada and at our school. Check out his interview at our Escuela Montalbán YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Tuesday, 27.06.2023 / 20.30 hrs
We will go out for some tapas!
Meeting point: School
Guide: Marisa
Price: each student pays his consumption*
* Minimum 2 participants

Saturday, 01.07.2023 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* price includes transport, ham tasting, guide and entrance fees.

La Alpujarra de Granada is a mountainous district in Southern Spain, which stretches south from the Sierra Nevada.

This excursion not only includes interesting cultural elements but is also recommended for those interested in nature and landscape since it is placed in the area of Sierra Nevada mountains on the Mediterranean.

The climate variety here has made the Alpujarras one of the most important areas in Europe for botanists, because of the variety of species to be found.

We must also take into account the important Moorish cultural heritage, the characteristic landscape made up of small white villages with their earthen, flat-roofed houses, and their small terraces cut into the mountainside for farming, some of which are over 2.000 metres above sea level. All of these aspects combine to make a visit to this unique area a must.

Enjoy a Flamenco show at any time during the week! We can inform you about availibility and prices at different places!

Due to the major sustainability challenges facing humanity,  the United Nations General Assembly approved the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development, an opportunity for all societies to end poverty and embark on a path towards peace, prosperity and opportunities for all.

The 2030 agenda has seventeen goals, ranging from the elimination of poverty to combating climate change, education, women’s equality and environmental protection.

The educational sector has a central role to play in this roadmap, which is both a responsibility and an opportunity to align the goals of language schools with those of equity and sustainability.

At FEDELE (the Federation of Spanish Language Schools in Spain), all  memeber schools understand hat sustainability is an essential tool for leading to a change in the social model, giving priority to solidarity, diversity, equity, rational development, and personal and collective well-being. All schools constitute a key scenario in the environmental field, both because of the environmental impact derived from the activities they carry out and because they must be committed to transmitting and extending among students and employees an environmental culture based on responsibility.

FEDELE offers its member schools a seal of quality called “Socially Responsible ELE School” with the aim of having schools that care for the environment, schools that promote values and human rights and schools that are socially responsible.

Escuela Montalbañn has obtained the seal SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE ELE SCHOOL in 2023.

Wednesday, 21.06.2023 / 16.15-19.00 h
Visit to the Granada Science Park
Meeting point: School
Guide: Blanca
Price: 20 €*

Friday, 23.06.2023 / 21.00 h
San Juan Party at the Museo Cuevas del Sacromonte
Meeting point: Plaza Nueva
Guide: Marisa
Price: 6 €*

Although Fiesta de San Juan is dedicated to Saint John, its tradition refers to pagan times. It's celebrated on June 23rd, St. John's Eve and the day of the summer solstice. The main component of the festival is fire, a symbol of the sun. Therefore, it is accompanied by the kindling of bonfires.

Sunday, 25.06.2023 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Tropical Coast
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*

* prices include transport, guide and entrance fees.

Enjoy a Flamenco show at any time during the week! We can inform you about availibility and prices at different places!

Monday, 12.06.2023 / 16.00 h
Visit to Granada city centre and thre Arab quarter Albaicín
Meeting point: School
Guide: Francisco
Price: 20 €*
* Minimum 2 participants

The guided visit with our teacher Francisco will lead you to the mirador de San Nicolas. It is one of the most emblematic places in Granada. It is a square in the Albaicín with outstanding views of the Alhambra and the Sierra Nevada. It is an ideal place to take photographs thanks to its imposing view. There is usually a gypsy woman selling castanets and several artisans selling handicrafts and jewellery. There are also artists singing flamenco or playing the guitar.

Wednesday, 14.06.2023 / 20.00 hrs
We will go out for some tapas!
Meeting point: School
Guide: Marisa
Price: each student pays his consumption*
* Minimum 2 participants

Saturday, 17.06.2023 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* price includes transport, ham tasting, guide and entrance fees.

Enjoy a Flamenco show at any time during the week! We can inform you about
availibility and prices at different places!

For a whole week there are all kind of celebrations and cultural events in the streets and at the fairground: puppet shows, bullfighting, flamenco, music performances, traditional processions, and exhibitions.

Two major processions usually take place in Granada during Corpus Christi.

The first is the Tarasca, of pagan origin, which takes place on Wednesday morning and marks the beginning of a long school break. In this procession, a figure of a woman on a dragon is accompanied by gigantes y cabezudos. These caracthers are key participants of the celebrations, since they represent important people in the history of Granada.

The other procession, takes place on Thursday, the Corpus Christi day, and is a solemn and religious event.

A week before the fair, the carocas (a traditional satirical competition) are displayed in Plaza Bib-Rambla. These carocas are cartoons with satirical verses which humorously highlight major local and national events that took place during the year. The authors are usually local artists, most of them amateurs who compete among hundreds of participants to be selected. Every year only 20 carocas are published. This year from 260 carocas presented 20 were selected and will be displayed in Plaza Bib Rambla on May 11th.

"Los padres de los alumnos me han mandado correos con frases como "semana fantástica", "superó las expectativas. Gracias a todos"

Attie Knol
Docent Spaans
SINGELLAND / BURGUM
Schoolstraat 101, 9251 EB Burgum
The Neatherlands

Tuesday, 06.06.2023 / 16.00-19.00 h
Visit to the Granada Science Park
Meeting point: School
Guide: Francisco
Price: 20 €*

The Science Park is an interactive science museum of 70,000 m2, located just a few minutes walk from the historic city centre. Since its inauguration in 1995, it has been the most visited museum in Andalusia. More than 11 million people have already visited its facilities, a figure that has consolidated it as an international reference centre for the popularisation of science in the south of Europe. It is open all year round, from Tuesday to Sunday, and offers activities and exhibitions for all audiences.

Seven permanent exhibition pavilions, 5,000 m2 of temporary exhibitions, the digital planetarium, the BioDome, the cultural gallery, the library, the cinemas, the auditorium and the windows to science are some of its spaces. They bring together health, the environment, architecture, literature, physics, chemistry, mechanics and astronomy, among other subjects. Its activities include international exhibition and research projects, as well as being the Spanish headquarters of the European Space Agency's Education Office (ESA - ESERO).

It is also an open-air museum with 27,000 m2 of green areas in which there are also exhibition spaces such as the botanical tours; the observation tower; the tropical butterfly farm; the astronomical observatory; the raptors in flight workshop; the vegetable labyrinth and the astronomy garden.

Saturday, 10.06.2023 / 07.45-20.00 h
Day trip to Cordoba
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 70 €*
* prices include transport, guide and entrance fees.

Enjoy a Flamenco show at any time during the week! We can inform

Monday, 29.05.2023 / 16.15 h
Guided visit to the Albaicín and the Sacromonte
Meeting point: Puerta Elvira
Guide: Pablo
Price: 20 €

Miércoles, 31.05.2023 / 20.00 h
¡Nos vamos de tapas!
Meeting point: School
Guide: School teacher
Price: each student pays his consumption

A tapa is a type of appetizer which is served when you order a drink. Serving tapas to customers is a typical Spanish tradition preserved through the whole of Spain. In some cities, such as Granada, the tapas are free. They can vary from just a few peanuts or a small dish of olives, to almost a mini meal in itself. One of the most enjoyable pleasures of the Spanish culture, is to go out with your friends for tapas. You usually only stay in each tapas bar for one or two drinks, so that you can go to a series of different bars in one evening. In some tapas bars you can choose your tapa, whereas in others, there is a set list of tapas that you get according to the type which is being served.

Saturday, 03.06.2023 / 08.45-20.00 h
Daytrip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Meeting point: Palacio de Congresos
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* includes transport, guide, ham tasting and insurance

There is little left for the start of the Granada Music and Dance Festival!

In its 72nd edition, you can attend 105 shows from June 21 to July 19. Among them, the Bob Dylan concert stands out, who will be the artist in charge of inaugurating the festival this year.

The Granada Festival is one of the most important cultural events in Spain. Since 1952 the festival has brought together some of the best artists in the world in the historic Andalusian city. This year the festival offers an incredibly diverse and exciting programme. The program will include classical music concerts, opera performances, jazz, flamenco and contemporary dance performances.

Granada is a historical place full of culture and heritage and is known for its monuments, such as the Alhambra, and its lively nightlife and gastronomy. The Granada Music and Dance Festival seeks to take advantage of everything the city has to offer for an unforgettable cultural event. In addition to the presence of Bob Dylan, renowned directors such as Riccardo Chailly and Giovanni Antonini will be present. There will be classical voices such as Anna Lucia Richter, Anna Pirozi and Carlos Álvarez and performances by flamenco artists such as Alba Molina, Argentina and María Toledo.