School Blog

Tuesday, 23.05.2017 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Spanish levels: all levels
http://granada.hammamalandalus.com/es/
Meeting point: Baños árabes (C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 – Plaza Nueva)
Guide: NO
Price: 30 € (includes massage)

Wednesday, 24.05.2017 / 16.00-19.00 h
Excursion to Nigüelas village with a visit of an olive oil mill
Spanish levels: all levels
http://oliveoiltour.com/
Meeting point: C/ San Antón, nº 74 (former Hotel San Antón)
Price: 38 €*
* includes transport, olive oil tasting / minimum 2 persons

Thursday, 25.05.2017 / 20.30-22.00 h
Tapa Tour in Granada city centre
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: school / guide: Ruben
Price: each student pays his own consumption

Friday, 26.05.2017 / 22.00-23.00 h
Flamenco performance "Raíz y Duende" at
Taller de Arte Vimaambi
Guitar, piano, percussion, dancing, singing ...
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Cuesta de San Gregorio, nº 30-38 (Albaicín)
Price: 15 €

Saturday, 27.05.2017 / 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, insurance, ham tasting

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 26.05. to 28.05.2017
Weekend trip to Northern Morocco
For further information check our website:
https://www.escuela-montalban.com/en/granada/morocco-tour.php

• 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.
• Please remember to reserve your Alhambra tickets at www.ticketmaster.es

Tuesday, 09.05.2017 / 20.30-22.00 h
Tapa Tour in Granada city centre
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: school / guide: Marisa
Price: each student pays his own consumption

Wednesday, 10.05.2017 /20.00-21.30 h
Cooking workshop: Paella
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Escuela de Cocina Javier Vilchez (C/ San Marco, nº 1)
Price: 15 €*
* Minimum 4 persons

Friday, 12.05.2017 / 15.55-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada Natural Park
Spanish and horseback riding level: all levels
Meeting point: bus stop in front of Hotel Saray
C/ Calle Profesor Enrique Tierno Galván, nº 4
Price: 30 €*
*not includes public bus ticket 3 € both ways

Saturday, 13.05.2017 / 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, insurance, ham tasting

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 12.05. to 14.05.2017
Weekend trip to Northern Morocco
For further information check our website:
https://www.escuela-montalban.com/en/granada/morocco-tour.php

Tuesday, 16.05.2017 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Baños árabes (C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 – Plaza Nueva)
Guide: NO
Price: 30 €*
* includes massage

Wednesday, 17.05.2017 / 16.00-17.30 h
Film session at the school (Room 5)
"Un cuento chino" (Sebastián Borensztein / Argentina, Spain 2011)

Friday, 19.05.2017 / 20.00-21.00 h
Flamenco at the Jardines de Zoraya
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: C/ Panaderos, nº 32
Price: 20 €*
* optional dinner at the restaurant

Saturday, 20.05.2017 / 07.45-20.00 h
Day trip to Córdoba
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Congress Palace / Guide: Juan
Price: 65 €*
* includes transport, guide, insurance, ham tasting.

• 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.
• Please remember to reserve your Alhambra tickets at www.ticketmaster.es

The aim of the Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur (Cinemas from the South) is to disseminate and promote films made in the countries of the so-called geopolitical south, such as Africa, Latin America or Asia.

Thus, the Festival will provide a space for the meeting of both young filmmakers and established talents from these countries, allowing for the screening of both new productions and emblematic and historic works. The Festival is a platform for an annual meeting of films coming from the South.

For further information check out the Festival Facebook site or the Junta de Andalucía website.

José es un profesor fenomenal. Cuando enseña nunca se limita a darte informaciones, siempre comunica una actitud, siempre combina hechos históricos o sociológicos con su experiencia personal.

Nunca voy a olvidar los paseos con él: en la vega de Granada, en el parque natural de la Sierra Nevada y sobre todo en el Albayzin de Granada. Durante estos paseos notas de repente que el mundo se abre y que empiezas a verlo con nuevos ojos. Vas detectando el espíritu nazarí y la idea de la vida buena. Es muy fácil imaginarse a José como ciudadano de la Alhambra en sus mejores tiempos, un hombre de letras, muy sabio, abierto y tolerante, enseñando Arabe para los incultos del norte..... (Nunca lo sabremos - pero merece la pena imaginarlo - ¿que habría ocurrido si José hubiese enseñado a Pelayo, el héroe de la Reconquista?)

Pero hay que destacar que lo que hace el curso verdaderamente especial es ¡la immersion total! Como muchos estudiantes antes de mí, he aprendido mucho de la familia de José también. Su padre es un filósofo jubilado, su mujer Marilyn trabaja en el periodismo y su hijo Hugo, de 12 años, ya se está haciendo un nombre como jugador de baloncesto. ¡Y por ultimo, la reina de la familia se llama Maya y tiene 4 años!

¡Una familia verdaderamente encantadora! Me han enseñado mucho a través de sus conversaciones y sus diferentes puntos de vista.

Muchas gracias.
Siegfried Joseph,
Profesor de aleman y español, Bavarian International School

This route literally translates to 'the washing place of the queen' and here you will hike through beautiful lush meadows that are fed by the mountain springs. The best time to visit is in spring when the mountain snow is melting, but it is possible to do the walk in summer and early autumn as well. Remember to check the conditions before you go – the area can still be snow-covered well into May or even June. The upper Lavaderos are at an altitude of over 2500m, so the walk is not accessible in winter without specialist equipment.

This is a long walk, but not particularly difficult, although there is a steady climb at the beginning, and you also need to clamber down some rocks beside the waterfall. There is no signposting, but the route is relatively easy to follow, apart from a short section around the Lavaderos, where you need to take special care in following the map and route description.

The walk starts around 10km east of Güéjar Sierra village. Access is a little difficult, as it involves driving along about 10km of unsurfaced, bumpy mountain roads. It is perfectly possible to get there in a normal car, but don't set out unless you are comfortable driving on this kind of road. From Granada, take the A-395 towards Sierra Nevada. Take the exit marked Pinos Genil, Güéjar Sierra, Dúdar, Quéntar and follow the road under the A-395 and across the river Genil. Turn right, and after 2.5km turn left for Güéjar Sierra.

When you enter the village (after 8km), take the right turn signposted Río Genil, Río Maitena. Follow the road round until you get to a set of wooden signs for accommodation and places of interest. Bear left, marked towards Sierra Nevada, Río Genil. At the next junction, turn right (signed towards Maitena, Charcón, Sierra Nevada). Just after you leave the village, take the left turn marked towards Camping Cortijo Balderas. After 2km, the road narrows, with a big rock on the right-hand side. Straight after this, turn right. The road is marked as "no entry", but don't worry about this. The road descends to the river, and a little while after this turns into a dirt track. Keep to the main track, following the signs for cyclists. Keep going until you reach a chain across the road, where the walk starts. In total, from the turn-off to the chain it is about 12km.
This walk is not accessible by public bus.

For guided hiking tours combined with a Spanish course visit our course section.

Cante flamenco is an oral tradition for which there is no written music. The lyrics are widely available and distributed amongst flamenco artists. The style is performed as a solo with guitar accompaniment (and even sometimes without guitar - a palo seco), and as accompaniment for dancers.

We are proud to collaborate with the cantaora Nieves Molina in order to offer our new cante flamenco (singing) workshop.

This private course is a fun and interactive workshop where you will get a taste of how to sing in the flamenco style and learn a letra or two (verse) of each flamenco style. Some time will be spent in examining the structure of certain flamenco dances and how the flamenco singer and dancer interact to create a flamenco performance. This workshop will be useful and fun for both students of dance and song! No singing or dance experience is necessary though some experience of flamenco is helpful.

For further information about the workshop visit our course section.

Tuesday, 25.04.2017 / 20.30-22.00 h
Tapa Tour in Granada city centre
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: School / Guide: Marisa
Price: each student pays his own consumption

Wednesday, 26.04.2017 /19.30-21.00 h
Cooking workshop: Paella
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Escuela de Cocina Javier Vilchez (C/ San Marco, nº 1)
Guide: NO
Price: 15 €*
* Minimum 4 persons

Viernes, 28.04.2017 / 22.00-23.00 h
Flamenco performance "Raíz y Duende" at
Taller de Arte Vimaambi
Guitar, piano, percussion, dancing, singing ...
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Cuesta de San Gregorio, nº 30-38 (Albaicín)
Price: 15 €

Domingo, 30.04.2017 / 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, insurance, ham tasting

Tuesday, 02.05.2017 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Baños árabes (C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 – Plaza Nueva)
Guide: NO
Price: 30 € (includes massage)

Wednesday, 03.05.2017: We recommend!
The Día de la Cruz (Festival of the May Crosses) is celebrated in Granada on May 3rd and is one of the most popular festivals in Andalusia.
Adults and children walk around the city visiting various crosses, dancing and celebrating this way such an important day in Granada. You should visit the Albaicín, where crosses every year get the best prizes. The cross at the Corrala de Santiago, in Realejo is also a winner for the patios section of the competition.

Friday, 05.05.2017 / 20.00-21.00 h
Flamenco at the Jardines de Zoraya
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: C/ Panaderos, nº 32
Price: 20 €*
* optional dinner at the restaurant

Saturday, 06.05.2017 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Tropical Coast
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Congress Palace / Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* includes transport, guide, insurance, ham tasting.

• 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.
• Please remember to reserve your Alhambra tickets at www.ticketmaster.es

Monday, 10.04.2017 / 14.15-15.00 h
Workshop
Information about "Semana Santa" in Granada
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Classroom 5 / Marisa

20.30 h
Tapa Tour in Granada city centre
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: School / Guide: Ruben
Price: each student pays his own consumption

Tuesday, 11.04.2017 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Baños árabes (C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 – Plaza Nueva)
Guide: NO
Price: 30 € (includes massage)

Saturday, 15.04.2017 / 08.45-20.00 h
Day trip to the Tropical Coast
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Congress Palace / Guide: Juan
Price: 55 €*
* includes transport, guide, insurance, entrance fees

Tuesday, 18.04.2017 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Baños árabes (C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 – Plaza Nueva)
Guide: NO
Price: 30 € (includes massage)

Wednesday, 19.04.2017 / 17.30-23.00 h
Guided tour to the Arabic quarter Albaicín and Flamenco at the Sacromonte
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: School / Guide: Paco
Price: 20 €

Friday, 21.04.2017 / 15.00-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada Natural Park
Spanish and horseback riding level: all levels
Meeting point: bus stop in front of Hotel Saray
C/ Calle Profesor Enrique Tierno Galván, nº 4
Price: 30 € (not includes public bus ticket 3 € both ways)

Saturday, 22.04.2017 / 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, insurance, ham tasting.

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.
Please remember to reserve your Alhambra tickets at www.ticketmaster.es

Tuesday, 28.03.2017 / 20.30 h
Tapa Tour in Granada city centre
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: School / Guide: Ruben
Price: each student pays his own consumption

Wednesday, 29.03.2017 / 16.00-17.30 h
Film session at the school
"Un cuento chino"
(España 2011 / Sebastián Borensztein)
Spanish levels: all levels

Friday, 31.03.2017 / 22.00-23.00 h
Flamenco performance "Raíz y Duende" at
Taller de Arte Vimaambi
Guitar, piano, percussion, dancing, singing ...
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Cuesta de San Gregorio, nº 30-38 (Albaicín)
Price: 15 €

Saturday, 01.04.2017 / 07.45-20.00 h
Day trip to Córdoba
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Congress Palace / Guide: Juan
Price: 65 €*
* includes transport, guide, insurance, entrance fees

Tuesday, 04.04.2017 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Baños árabes (C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 – Plaza Nueva)
Guide: NO
Price: 30 € (includes massage)

Miércoles, 05.04.2017 / 16.00-19.00 h
Oliveoil Tour
Spanish levels: all levels
Excursion to Nigüelas village with a visit of an olive oil mill
Meeting point: C/ San Antón, nº 74 (former Hotel San Antón)
Price: 38 €*
* includes transport, olive oil tasting, minimum 2 persons

Friday, 07.04.2017 / 20.00-21.00 h
Flamenco at the Jardines de Zoraya
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: C/ Panaderos, nº 32
Price: 20 €*
* optional dinner at the restaurant

Saturday, 08.04.2017 / 07.45-20.00 h
Day trip to Córdoba
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Congress Palace / Guide: Juan
Price: 65 €*
* includes transport, guide, insurance, entrance fees

• 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.
• Please remember to reserve your Alhambra tickets at www.ticketmaster.es

Tuesday, 14.03.2017 / 20.30 h
Tapa Tour in Granada city centre
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: School / Guide: Ruben
Price: each student pays his own consumption

Wednesday, 15.03.2017 / 21.00-22.00 h
International Tango Festival
AMORES TANGOS
Artists: Carlos Andreoli (singer), Carlos Guevara y Debora Godoy (dancing)
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Teatro Isabel la Católica / Guide: Marga
Price: 10 €

Friday, 17.03.2017 / 20.00-21.00 h
Flamenco at the Jardines de Zoraya
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: C/ Panaderos, nº 32
Price: 20 €*
* optional dinner at the restaurant

Saturday, 18.03.2017 / 07.45-20.00 h
Day trip to Córdoba
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Congress Palace / Guide: Juan
Price: 65 €*
* includes transport, guide, insurance, entrance fees.

Tuesday, 21.03.2017 / 20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Baños árabes (C/ Santa Ana, nº 16 – Plaza Nueva)
Guide: NO
Price: 30 € (includes massage)

Thursday, 23.03.2017 / 12.30-14.00 h
Taller de Paella
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: Escuela de Cocina Javier Vilchez (C/ San Marco, nº 1)
Guide: NO
Price: 15 €*
* Minimum 4 persons

Friday, 24.03.2017 / 15.00-19.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada Natural Park
Spanish levels: all levels
Meeting point: bus stop in front of Hotel Saray
C/ Calle Profesor Enrique Tierno Galván, nº 4
Price: 30 € (not includes public bus ticket 3 € both ways)

Saturday, 25.03.2017 / 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, insurance, ham tasting.

• 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.
• Please remember to reserve your Alhambra tickets at www.ticketmaster.es