School Blog

The Sierra de Huétor is a Natural Park to the north-east of Granada, which can be accessed directly from the A-92 motorway. We offer the Cañada de Sereno trail often to secondary school groups. It is a great walk with a lovely meadow where you can stop for a picnic half way round. Stone benches with fantastic views mean that there are plenty of places where you can stop for breather.

In October our students from the Sct. Knuds Gymnasium from Odense (Denmark) and from the Berufliche Oberschule Amberg (Germany) have participated in this activity.

THE FESTIVAL
Organized by the Granada City Council, Granada Provincial Council, the Culture and Historical Memory Delegation and the AguaGranada Foundation, the Young Filmmakers Festival has been committed for three decades to the discovery of new talents, celebrating the diversity of contemporary cinema with a special interest in debut films and short films by the most promising filmmakers on the world scene. An international festival, open to the selection of films that explore new audiovisual forms without distinction of genre, duration or format.

The twenty-eighth edition will take place from October 25 to 30, 2022 in order to generate a space for reflection and meeting between creators, industry professionals and the public of Granada. A place of experimentation and approximation between artistic expressions that continues the trail left by the Granada-born filmmaker José Val del Omar, whose influence is historically linked to the contest, which awards the Val del Omar Award for the best film.

With the Isabel la Católica Theater as the main venue, different proposals will fuse cinema and live music. Special sessions with which to bring the public closer to the creators and recover the value of the big screen experience.

The Palacio de Conde Gabias will host the sessions of the International Competition and the Aguaespejo Competition, while La Madraza, the Espacio V Centenario and the Filmoteca de Andalucía will be other spaces that will host events and screenings related to the festival, which will include master classes, round tables, concerts, presentations and training activities to take cinema beyond the theater, overflowing the city.

Hola Beatrix & all at Escuela Montalbán,

Thank you all for the support, kindness & patience over the past week.
The experience will stay with me forever.
I am proud of my certificate & tried to work hard...poor Paco !!
I return to Scotland tomorrow but Granada is in my heart❤️.
I will return & hope to continue with my studies.
The pleasure wa so mine.

Kindest regards
Irene Coupland (from Uk)

Tuesday, 11.10.2022
21.00-23.30 h
Flamenco at the Albaicín
Guide: NO GUIDE
Price: 25 €*
* dinner not included; students can have dinner at the restaurant before the Flamenco performance start at 22.30 h
Meeting point: Jardines de Zoraya
C/ Panaderos, nº 32 - 18010 Granada (Albaicin)

Saturday, 15.10.2022
08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* includes transport, guide, ham tasting and insurance
Meeting point: Congress Palace

The region of mountain villages known as Las Alpujarras clings to the southern flanks of the Sierra Nevada, cloven by deep, sheltered valleys and gorges which run down towards the Mediterranean. The Alpujarra, as it is popularly known, in the singular, is famous throughout Spain because of its unique mini-ecology. Its terraced farmlands are constantly watered by the melting snow from above, constituting a high-altitude oasis of greenery which stands in dramatic contrast to the arid foothills below. This is ideal hiking terrain for adventurous travellers, provided you take along a tent and well-padded sleeping bags - the average altitude is 4,000 feet above sea level.

Ich war im Rahmen eines Bildungsurlaub (Sprachkurs Spanisch) an der Schule. Ich war/bin immer noch ein Anfänger. Dennoch konnte ich dem Unterricht in weiten Teilen gut folgen. Das lag an den guten und engagierten Lehrern. Sie wechselten sich immer wieder ab, so dass sich Ermüdungserscheinungen in Grenzen hielten, obwohl mein Bundesland den ganz grossen Stundenumfang vorschreibt. Die Stadt hat mich ebenso positiv überrascht. In jedem Fall eine Wiederholung wert.

Estuve en la escuela como parte de una licencia educativa (Bildungsurlaub en alemán). Todavía era/soy un principiante. Sin embargo, pude seguir bien la mayoría de las lecciones. Esto se debió a los buenos y comprometidos maestros. Se alternaban una y otra vez, de modo que los signos de fatiga se mantuvieran dentro de los límites, aunque mi estado federal estipula la gran cantidad de horas.
La ciudad también me sorprendió de manera positiva. Definitivamente vale la pena repetir.

Mirko Krause (Bildungsurlaub Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Sunday, 09.10.2022
08.45-20.00 h
Guided tour to the Tropical Coast
Meeting point: Congess Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* includes transfer, guide, entrance fees and insurance

During the trip we will visit the Caves of Nerja. These are a series of caverns close to the town of Nerja in the Province of Málaga, Spain. Stretching for almost 5 kilometres (3.1 mi), the caverns are one of Spain's major tourist attractions. Concerts are regularly held in one of the chambers, which forms a natural amphitheatre.

The caves were re-discovered in modern times on 12 January 1959 by five friends, who entered through a narrow sinkhole known as "La Mina". This forms one of the two natural entrances to the cave system. A third entrance was created in 1960 to allow easy access for tourists, just south of the Sierras of Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Natural Park. The cave is divided into two main parts known as Nerja I and Nerja II. Nerja I includes the Show Galleries which are open to the public, with relatively easy access via a flight of stairs and concreted pathways to allow tourists to move about in the cavern without difficulty. Nerja II, which is not open to the public, comprises the Upper Gallery discovered in 1960 and the New Gallery discovered in 1969.

In February 2012 it was announced that possibly Neanderthal cave paintings dated in 42,000 years have been discovered in the Caves of Nerja.

Saturday, 01.10.2022
07.45-20.00 h
Guided tour to Cordoba
Meeting point: Congess Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 70 €*
* includes transfer, guide, entrance fees and insurance

Cordoba was founded by the Romans and due to its strategic importance as the highest navigable point of the Guadalquivir River, it became a port city of great importance, used for shipping Spanish olive oil, wine and wheat back to Ancient Rome. The Romans built the mighty bridge crossing the river, now called "El Puente Romano". But Cordoba's hour of greatest glory was when it became the capital of the Moorish kingdom of Al-Andalus, and this was when work began on the Great Mosque, or Mezquita, which – after several centuries of additions and enlargements – became one of the largest in all of Islam.

When the city was reconquered by the Christians in 1236, the new rulers of the city were so awed by its beauty that they left it standing, building their cathedral in the midst of its rows of arches and columns, and creating the extraordinary church-mosque we see today.

La Escuela Montalbán es lo mejor que me ha pasado en este año difícil para mi. En la escuela trabajan personas increíbles. Tiene un ambiente muy cálido, amistoso, muy familiar y positivo. Mis profesores, Pablo y Francisco, son grandes profesionales, enamorados de su trabajo. Inteligente, educado, con gran sentido del humor y tacto. Gracias a fácil e interesante presentación del material, en lecciones y practicas de gramatica, comencé a percibir el habla en español de oigo, vocabulario se expandió, finalmente descubrí los tiempos en español.
Cada lección de Pablo y Francisco no es como la anterior, la fantasía y sus métodos son simplemente alucinantes. En las clases con ellos hablamos de arte, cine, literatura, tradiciones y cultura española, arquitectura, moda, historia de España y mucho-mucho más ... . Por primera vez en mi vida me encuentro con profesores que aman tanto su trabajo. Con tanto respeto, paciencia y amor por los estudiantes. Muchísimas gracias mis queridos, Pablo, Francisco, Beatriz, Maria, Marisa, Marga, Adela, Blanca, Paco. Nunca olvidaré lo mucho que han hecho por mi.

¡Recomiendo de todo corazón la escuela "Montalbán"! Es más que aprender español.

Ina Filian (Ukraina-Espana, 2022)

Школа " Монтальбан" - это лучшее, что случилось со мной. В школе невероятно дружелюбная, приятная и теплая атмосфера. В школе работают прекрасные люди.

Отдельно хочу написать о моих преподавателях, Пабло и Франциско.
Они непросто преподаватели испанского языка, они большие профессионалы своего дела. Умные, образованные, с прекрасным чувством юмора и тактом.
Благодаря их интересной подаче материала, лекциям по грамматике и практике, я начала хорошо воспринимать испанский язык на слух, у меня пополнился словарный запас, наконец-то я разобралась с испанскими прошедшими временами)

Каждая лекция Пабло и Франциско не похожа на предыдущую: мы вместе обсуждаем испанские традиции, литературу, кино, архитектуру, моду, театр,психологию, историю Испании и много-много всего.
Впервые в жизни встречаю людей так влюбленных в свою работу. C уважением, безграничным терпением и любовью к своим ученикам.

Огромное спасибо, вам, мои дорогие, Пабло, Франциско, Беатрис, Мария, Мариса, Бланка, Магда, Адела, Пако. Никогда не забуду как много вы для меня сделали.

От всего сердца рекомендую школу " Монтальбан". Это больше, чем просто языковые курсы.

Инна Филян (Украина-Испания, 2022)

Wednesday, 21.09.2022 / 16.00 h
Guided visit to the Sacromonte
Guide: Francisco
Price: 10 €
Meeting point: School

The Sacromonte district is located on the Valparaiso hill of Granada and borders the north-east side of the Arab El Albaícin district. In the 15th century, a large group of Roma, or the Spanish gypsies (the Gitanos) situated themselves here.
Visitors flock here to watch the famous Gitano Flamenco dancing shows. But if you hike above the visible neighborhood of Sacromonte, you'll discover a slightly different community made up of nomads, hippies, and modern gypsies who now live in the previously abandoned caves.

Saturday, 24.09.2022 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Tropical Coast
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
Meeting point: Congress Palace
* includes transport, guide, entrance fees and insurance

RESERVATIONS AT THE OFFICE:

Hammam Al-Andalus
C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 - 18009 Granada
For more than eight centuries of Muslim customs the Arab baths have been part of the culture in Granada. Price: 55 € (90 minutes; includes 15 minutes massage)

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