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The Jazz Festival in Granada is brilliant.If you like Jazz it would be a great time to visit Granada. The weather is often really good in November and everyting is cheap because it is low season. Throughout the Jazz Festival there is a lot of Jazz in bars as well as at the big venues.

There is more info on the Festival Website.

We participated in a Spanish course at Escuela Montalbán this year in October:



Simone Johansen

Monday, 22.10.2012
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia

Tuesday, 23.10.2012
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 24.10.2012
20.00-22.00 h
International Short Film Festival: Session 1
Fee: 3 €



Thursday, 25.10.2012
20.00-22.00 h
International Short Film Festival: Session 2
Fee: 3 €

Friday, 26.10.2012
16.00-20.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.30 h
Flamenco "Raiz y Duende" at Taller de Arte Vimaambi, Albaicin
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 27.10.2012
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 44 €

Sunday, 28.10.2012
08.00 h
Guided trip to Seville
Fee: 60 €

Monday, 15.10.2012
14.00-15.00 h
Welcome session with information about Granada & Andalusia

20.30 h
A tapa tour with our teacher Marisa

Tuesday, 16.10.2012
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 17.10.2012
20.30-22.00 h
We prepare a Paella at the cooking school "Javier Vilchez"
Fee: 15 €



Friday, 19.10.2012
16.00-21.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

19.00-21.00 h
Flamenco with dinner at "Jardines de Zoraya" in the Albaicín
Fee: 35 €

Saturday, 20.10.2012
08.00 h
Guided trip to Cordoba
Fee: 55 €

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 19-21.10.2012
3 day trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 190 €
More information on: www.studytravel-spain.com

A Spanish course with 4 lessons of 45 minutes per day is complemented by day trips to the Costa Tropical, Córdoba and a guided visit to the Alhambra.

Here you can download our Spanish Course Programme 2013 with information regarding course dates, course and accommodation options and prices. It’s never too early to think about where you'll be next year.

Tuesday, 09.10.2012
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €



Wednesday, 10.10.2012
Film session at Multicines Cinema
"Blancanieves" de Pablo Berger (España 2012)
Fee: 3 €

The Bilbao-born director Pablo Berger said he was “floating” on last Thursday, after finding out that his black-and-white version of the classic fairytale Snow White, Blancanieves, had been chosen by the Spanish Cinema Academy as their nomination for the long list of the Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Oscars.

Thursday, 11.10.2012
16.00 h
Visit to an olive oil mill in Nigüelas
Fee: 38 €

Friday, 12.10.2012
16.00-21.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.30 h
Flamenco "Raiz y Duende" at Taller de Arte Vimaambi (Albaicín)
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 13.10.2012
09.00 h
Guided trip to the Alpujarra Mountains
Fee: 44 €

Sunday, 14.10.2012
08.00 h
Guided trip to the Costa Tropical
Fee: 46 €

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 12-14.10.2012
3 day trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 190 €
Further information on www.studytravel-spain.com

Granada, thanks to its fascinating history and exceptional geographical location, makes a magnificent film set. Our beautiful city is also an extraordinary place to hold a cinema event, encounters between young professionals and the public, of the calibre of the International Young Filmakers Festival of Granada.

We encourage all of you to participate in this year’s festival. You will find little gems to everyone’s liking, a wide variety of contents in which people of all types and all ages will find something to delight them. I am sure that the works screened will move you, amuse you and also make you think.

For further information regarding the programme visit the Festival Website.

To participate in our competiton become a fan of the Escuela Montalbán Facebook site and participate in the promotion.

Tuesday, 02.10.2012
20.00-21.30 h
Visit to the Arabic bath Hammam de Al-Andalus
Fee: 25 €

Wednesday, 03.10.2012
10.30-12.15 h
Guided visit to the Casa Museo Federica García Lorca
During the conversation class and together with their teachers students visit the Huerta de San Vicente Museum in Granada.



Jueves, 04.10.2012
16.00-17.30 h
Film session at the school
"Volver" (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain 2006)

Friday, 05.10.2012
16.00-19.00 h
Horseback riding at Sierra Nevada National Park
Fee: 30 €

21.00-22.30 h
Flamenco "Raiz y Duende" at Taller de Arte Vimaambi
Fee: 15 €

Saturday, 06.10.2012
08.00 h
Guided trip to Cordoba
Fee: 55 €

Sunday, 07.10.2012
09.00 h
Guided trip to Costa Tropical
Fee: 46 €

Friday/Saturday/Sunday, 05-07.10.2012
3 day trip to Northern Morocco
Fee: 190 €
www.studytravel-spain.com