School Blog

Tuesday, 24.04.2018 / 20.30 h
Tapa tour with our teacher Marisa
Meeting point: School
Price: Students pay their own consumptions

Thursday, 26.04.2018 / 15.00 – 22.00 h
Horseback riding at Cortijas las Encinillas in Sierra Nevada Natural Park
Meeting point: Busstop Güejar Sierra village
Guide: Victor
Price: 45 € + public bus to the village (both ways)*
* minimum 2 persons

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 27/28/29.04.2018 / 12.45 h
Weekend trip to Northern Morocco
Guide: Abdel
Price: 195 €*
* reservation and further information at the office

Wednesday, 18.04.2018 / 19.00-22.00 h
FILMFESTIVAL YOUNG FILMMAKERS
Spanish levels: intermediate levels
Film "Con el viento" (Meritxell Colell / Spain 2018)
Meeting point: School
Guide: Marga
Price: 4 €

Thursday, 19.04.2018 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Aljibe de San Miguel (includes massage)
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: C/ San Miguel Alta, nº 41
Guide: NO
Price: 30 €

Friday, 20.04.2018 / 20.00-21.00 h
Flamenco at the Jardines de Zoraya
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: C/ Panaderos, nº 32
Guide: NO
Price: 20 €*
* optional dinner at the restaurant

Saturday, 21.04.2018 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 50 €*
* includes transport, guide, ham tasting, insurances

• Dates and activities may be subject to change.
• Students enroll and pay for all activities at the school.
• The school may cancel activities in case there is not a minimum of participants.

Tuesday, 10.04.2018 / 15.50-19.30 h
Excursion to Nigüelas village with a visit of an olive oil mill
http://oliveoiltour.com/
Meeting point: C/ San Antón, nº 74 (former Hotel San Antón)
Guide: YES / Price: 38 €*
* includes transport, olive oil tasting, minimum 2 persons

Wednesday, 11.04.2018 / 18.00-19.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Aljibe de San Miguel (includes massage)
Meeting point: C/ San Miguel Alta, nº 41
Guide: NO / Price: 30 €

Friday, 13.04.2018 / 22.00-23.00 h
Flamenco performance "Raíz y Duende" at Taller de Arte Vimaambi
Meeting point: Cuesta de San Gregorio, nº 30-38 (Albaicín)
Guide: NO / Price: 15 €

Saturday, 14.04.2018 / 07.45-20.00 h
Day trip to Cordoba
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan / Price: 65 €*
* includes transport, guide, entrance fees, insurances

Tuesday, 03.04.2018 / 20.30 h
Tapa tour with our teacher Marisa
Meeting point: School
Price: Students pay their own consumptions

Wednesday, 04.04.2018 / 14.00 h
Hiking Tour with Paco
* further information on the same day!

Friday, 06.04.2018 / 18.00-19.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Aljibe de San Miguel (includes massage)
Meeting point: C/ San Miguel Alta, nº 41
Guide: NO
Price: 30 €

Sunday, 07.04.2018 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 50 €*
* includes transport, guide, ham tasting, insurances

The Semana Santa in Granada is very unique and it is renowned for the simplicity and beauty of its pasos and also for the unique surroundings of the processions.

There are numerous unforgettable moments in the Easter celebrations in which more than 30 brotherhoods (cofradias) participate. Unique settings such as the Albaicín quarter, the Alhambra and the Sacromonte hills fill with processions, religious figures and carvings.

The streets of the Albaicín, so narrow and twisted with their typical cobblestones, give a special setting to some of the processions.

Unforgettable images await the visitor, like those of the procession of El Cristo de los Gitanos. On the night of Holy Wednesday it is the turn of this procession, a spectacular and moving sight thanks to the huge fires lit in the caves of Sacromonte. The procession returns to the home church after midnight by the Carrera del Darro.

On Holy Thursday the procession of the Cristo de Silencio takes place. The silence is only broken by the sound of the drums. Meanwhile, at nightfall on Good Friday the oldest brotherhood of all, the Soledad de San Jerónimo, takes to the streets in a thrilling procession in which real people represent historical figures from the Bible.

Easter week is one of the most heartfelt and deep-rooted fiestas celebrated in Andalusia, Southern Spain. This commemoration has centuries of history and tradition, remembering the passion and death of Jesus Christ. The streets of the majority of Andalusian cities, towns and villages such as Malaga, Ronda, Cordoba or Seville become the stage for religious devotion, combining grief and meditation in memory of Christ's death. Music, art and colour come together in magical processions - solemn parades in which crowds of people accompany religious images on their route through the streets.

For further information visit the official Granada Tourist Information Web Page

Monday, 26.03.2018 / 14.00-14.30 h
Introduction to the Semana Santa processions
Classroom: 5

Tuesday, 27.03.2018 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Aljibe de San Miguel (includes massage)
Meeting point: C/ San Miguel Alta, nº 41
Guide: NO
Price: 30 €

Wednesday, 28.03.2018 / 16.00-17.30 h
Film session at the school
"Un cuento chino"(S. Borensztein/Argentina-Spain 2011)
Classroom 5

• Activities are organized for all Spanish levels
• Dates and activities may be subject to change.
• Students enroll and pay for all activities at the school.
• The school may cancel activities in case there is not a minimum of participants.

Monday, 19.03.2018 / 16.00-18.30 h
Visit to Cathedral & Royal Chapel
Guide: No
Price: 10 €*
* students can by the ticket at our office!

Tuesday, 20.03.2018 / 15.00-19.00 h
Visit to Granada Science Park and Museo CajaGranada
Guide: No
Price: 12 €*
* students can by the ticket at our office!

Wednesday, 21.03.2018 / 15.00-18.00 h
Visit to the Alhambra
Guide: No
Price: 15 €*
* students can by the ticket at our office!

Saturday, 24.03.2018 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 50 €*
* includes transport, guide, ham tasting, insurance

• Students enroll and pay for all activities at the school.
• The school may cancel activities in case there is not a minimum of participants.

Tuesday, 13.03.2018 / 16.00-17.30 h
Film session at the school
"Vivir es fácil con los ojos cerrados" (David Trueba/Spain 2013)
Meeting point: Classroom 5

Thursday, 15.03.2018 / 20.30-23.00 h
INTERNATIONAL GRANADA TANGO FESTIVAL
Carbone Tango Ensemble: Sueños
Mariel Martínez: Templanza
Baile – Bandoneón – Cante
www.tangogranada.com
Meeting point: Teatro Isabel La Católica
Guide: Marga
Price: 15 €

Saturday, 17.03.2018 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Tropical Coast
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* includes transport, guide, entrance fees, insurance

• Activities are organized for all Spanish levels
• Dates and activities may be subject to change.
• Students enroll and pay for all activities at the school.
• The school may cancel activities in case there is not a minimum of participants.

Tuesday, 06.03.2018 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Aljibe de San Miguel (includes massage)
Meeting point: C/ San Miguel Alta, nº 41
Guide: NO / Price: 30 €

Thursday, 08.03.2018 / 16.00-19.00 h
Excursion to Nigüelas village with a visit of an olive oil mill
Visit in English!
http://oliveoiltour.com/
Meeting point: C/ San Antón, nº 74 (Hotel OHtel)
Guide: YES / Price: 38 €*
* includes transport, olive oil tasting, minimum 2 persons

Friday, 09.03.2018 / 20.00-21.00 h
Flamenco at the Jardines de Zoraya
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: C/ Panaderos, nº 32
Guide: NO / Price: 20 €*
* optional dinner at the restaurant

Saturday, 10.03.2018 / 07.45-20.00 h
Day trip to Cordoba
Meeting point: Congress Palace
Guide: Juan / Price: 65 €*
* includes transport, guide, entrance fees, insurances

• Activities are organized for all Spanish levels
• Dates and activities may be subject to change.
• Students enroll and pay for all activities at the school.
• The school may cancel activities in case there is not a minimum of participants.

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.