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Saturday, 20.01.2024 / 08.45 - 19.00 h
Daytrip to the Tropical Coast
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 55,00 €

The Costa Tropical, located between the Costa del Sol and the Costa de Almería, occupies a privileged strip that has the best conditions and attractions to enjoy an excellent vacation.

Its Mediterranean location, its proximity to North Africa and the Sierra Nevada, with the highest heights on the Peninsula, protect this coastline from the cold northern winds. A subtropical microclimate, with 320 days of sunshine a year and an average temperature of around 20 °C, make it possible to grow tropical fruits in its lush meadows.

Cliffs, coves and extensive beaches make up the landscape of this coast coveted and conquered by numerous settlers, among others Phoenicians, Romans and Arabs, who competed for it and left traces of their cultures.

There are five tourist centers on the Costa Tropical: Almuñécar (La Herradura), Salobreña, Motril, Castell de Ferro and La Rábita. They are all equipped with good tourist infrastructure and are ideal for practicing numerous sports: windsurfing, surfing, diving, fishing, sailing, water skiing, golf, tennis, squash, horse riding, etc. Sierra Nevada, at 3,400 m. of altitude and only 40 km from the coast, it is the paradise of alpine skiing or mountaineering.

We will also find everything from marinas and places to practice a multitude of nautical sports, to cliffs of great beauty and solitary and natural coves, without forgetting some magnificent beaches.

The city of Granada hosts a new edition of the Tango Festival, a type of dance with great development worldwide.

Tango fans and professionals have multiplied in recent years in an extraordinary way, which confirms that tango is, fundamentally, a manifestation of contemporary urban culture. This event seeks to flood the entire city with rhythm and passion, through more than fifty artists and around fifteen shows, as well as through parallel activities that include everything from dance classes and night parties, to street performances. and meetings between artists and fans.

Wednesday, 10.01.2024 / 16.00 h
Guided visit to Granada City Centre
Meeting point: School
Guide: Francisco

The historic center of Granada keeps true jewels, authentic treasures of our heritage that you cannot miss on your visit to Granada. We have monuments of the most important civilizations and historical moments in history, not in vain this is a land of artists and poets. To find out what you can see during your stay in Granada, don't miss the best tourist attractions in the historic center of Granada.

Our school ends its Spanish courses on Friday, 22.12.2023. We start again with our Spanish language programme on Monday, 08.01.2024. During the Christmas period, our office is open from Monday to Friday from 09.00 to 14.00 h (except on public feast days).

More than 20 peaks of the Sierra Nevada mountain range are over 3.000 metres high, being the Mulhacén with 3.482m. the highest peak of the Iberian Peninsula.

These mountains are home to the most southerly ski resort with the most hours of sunshine in Europe. Nestled in the Penibetic System in the south of Spain in Andalusia, Sierra Nevada offers excellent conditions for the practice of the white sport.

The ski resort is located in the Granada municipality of Monachil, 31 kilometres from the city of Granada. It is the western part of the Sierra Nevada National Park, which is also a Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve.

In autumn Granada starts the countdown to the start of the ski season. This year the Sierra Nevada ski resort has started the winter season on Tuesday, 5nd December 2023.

The mountain range of the Sierra Nevada National Park is situated in Andalusia. More specifically in the province of Granada. With its 3000-meter high peaks, it is one of the most famous mountain ranges in Europe. Sierra Nevada is full of various hiking trails and breathtaking scenery. The Sierra Nevada National Park is a popular tourist destination as it has something for everyone.

One of the best and easiest hike is the "Cañada del Sereno" trail in the Huetor Santillan Natural park.

This trail is long with 12 kilometers. It is well-equipped for groups, as you have benches and shades on the way where you can take a break and rest. If you want to do a picnic you can also do that in an idyllic mountain setting there. Also, there is a water fountain so you do not have to bring a lot of water bottles with you. During the winter the road is snowy but for any other season, it is convenient and great.

Tuesday, 28.11.2023 / 16.00-18.00 h
Guided visit to Granada city center
Meeting point: School
Guide: Francisco
Price: 5 €*
Minimum: 4 persons

Saturday, 02.12.2023 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* includes transfer, guide, ham tasting, insurance

Tuesday, 14,11.2023
16.00 - 19.00 h
Visit to the Monasterio de la Cartuja
Guide: Francisco
Meeting point: School
Price: 15 €

"Stat Crux dum volvitur orbis" (The stable cross while the world turns). The motto of the Carthusian Order seems to be a tight synthesis of the more than three hundred years that the Carthusian monks dedicated to  to the construction of the Royal Monastery of La Cartuja in Granada, located on the outskirts of the city. The world took many turns since 1513, when the the construction of a convent began in 1513. Visitors can trace the evolution of the different artistic tastes that European architecture experienced during that long period and, at the same time, to appreciate the solitude of the Carthusian way of life. The monastery's sacristy, a prime example of the Spanish of the Spanish Baroque, is an obligatory stop on any visit. In 1835, as a result of Mendizábal's Disentailment, the  religious order was forced to abandon the building, This was. the beginning of a period of decadence of the monument, which was only halted after it was declared a historic-artistic place in 1932. Since the 1970s, the monastery has solemnly presided over the Cartuja University Campus.

Saturday, 18,11.2023
08.45 - 19.00 h
Daytrip to the Tropical Coast
Guide: Juan
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Price: 55 €

Gabriele Leguina-Morel from the Viken Fylkeskommune in Oslo, Norway wrote us this regarding her trip with a secondary school group to Granada last October:

Hola Marga, 

¡Ya han pasado casi dos semanas desde nuestra semana en Granada! ¡Qué rápido pasa el tiempo! 

Estoy leyendo los textos de reflexión que han escrito los alumnos sobre su viaje de estudios y, cómo siempre, están muy contentos con la semana con vosotros. Sí que se lo han pasado muy bien en el tiempo libre, pero sobre todo hablan de lo bien que han estado en clase y en todas las actividades en común que hemos tenido.  

Os quería dar las gracias por vuestra paciencia, flexibilidad y profesionalidad en todo lo que hacéis. Por algo vuelvo siempre con vosotros porque sé que puedo confiar 100 % en que los chicos van a tener lo mejor de lo mejor.  

De nuevo: gracias! 

Os deseo un muy buen fin de semana. 

Un abrazo, 

Gabriele. 

Dominik Messer from the FOSBOS Amberg, Germany wrote us this regarding his trip with a secondary school group to Granada last October:

Hallo Marga

.... zunächst einmal herzlichen Dank für die abermals tolle Organisation. Die Fahrt wird gefühlt von Jahr zu Jahr immer noch besser, auch wenn es jedes Jahr kaum zu toppen scheint ? Die Schüler waren auf alle Fälle hin und weg - 4 von ihnen haben sich sogar als Erinnerung ein Tattoo stechen lassen (eine davon einen Granatapfel). Ich stelle mich nach der kulinarischen Genusswoche bei Antonia besser bis zur nächsten Spanienreise nicht auf die Waage ...