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Learn Spanish in Santo-Domingo in Dominican Republic

In the center of the colonial city of Santo Domingo, the school possesses all the facilities to spend a pleasant stay. The staff is of the most devoted to the "linguistic" cause. Ideally placed, you can join without any trouble the magnificent beaches of Boca-Chica, Guayacanes, Juan Dolio, Guibia and Palenque

Tuition Programs

• 1 lesson: 50 minutes
• Minimum age: 18
• Schedule from 8:30 AM.
• Maximum 8 students per class
• Free access to Internet and email.
• Teaching material included
• Excursions organized by the school (low prices).
• Social and cultural activities organized by the school each day without any additional charges .
• Test and certificate of linguistic training.
• DELE levels 1, 2, 3: minimum 4 weeks, maximum 14 weeks.
  30 lessons per week. A beginner will prepare DELE-1 within 6 weeks, DELE-2 within 10 weeks and DELE-3 within 14 weeks. 
• Santo Domingo HOY: 2 or 4 weeks only. 25 lessons per week. Intermediate level required. The student will learn to get acquainted with culture, history, society, politics, art and folklore of the country.
• Spanish and dance: 6 levels available: Merengue or Salsa (beginner or advanced), Bachata, traditional dances. 8 hours per level. FREE of CHARGE exept in July and August.

Starting dates for all courses

School closing dates

  Available options

• Meals plan in family:
     - 1 meal a day:  50$US per week. 
     - 2 meals a day: 70$US per week.
     - 3 meals a day: 90$US per week.
   
• Airport transfer to downtown:
    From Santo Domingo one way: 50$US
   
• Additional day:
      in family single/double:  30$US/25$US
      in hotel *** single/double: 95$US/85$US
      in apartment single/double: 30$US/25$US
   
• POSSIBILITY of BABY SITTING for your child: 55$US per week between 8AM and 1PM from Monday to Friday.
  
    
• Our prices are available from January 1st to December 31, 2009. These prices never include the Air Fare.

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Family, apartment or hotel accommodation: 

• Arrival on Sunday. Departure on Saturday.
   
• Family lodging (rather far from school (35 to 45 minutes)), in apartment (colonial zone in the city) or in hotel (3 stars hotels located in the city)
• In apartment, hotel or family, single or double occupancy.
• In family, a meal plan is available: see options above. Laundry service included when full board is reserved.
• In hotel, breakfast included. Private bathroom. For reasons of location, safety and value for money, we strongly recommend a 3 stars hotel in the Dominican Republic capital.
• In apartment, shared bathroom.

Our greeting families are recruited with great care. The criteria of selection are very rigorous and each family must satisfy a precise schedule of conditions: excellent morality, desire to communicate with their host, satisfactory social standing. We should specify that the families will only speak with you the language of the country where you will be. It is the principle of the immersion courses!
 

City information

Welcome to Santo Domingo de Guzmán, capital city of the Dominican Republic and the oldest city in the New World. We invite you to explore our modern city with more than 500 hundred years of history and an infrastructure and service level that place at the vanguard of the 21st century in the Americas.

A great place to begin your explorations is the nation's capital, Santo Domingo, an enchanting city uniting modern sophistication, old world charm, and Latin charisma. This throbbing metropolis seduces you with superb dining, vibrant night life, and fashionable shopping. It is the first European city in the Western Hemisphere, and a large part of its rich colonial heritage is preserved in a unique enclave beside the Ozama River called the "Colonial City."

It's an extraordinary city-scape of sixteenth century dwellings, imposing late medieval palaces and fortresses, set amidst a refreshingly non-geometric street-grid. Santo Domingo can boast the
Western Hemisphere's first cathedral, its first monastery, its first hospital, its first university, and its first court of law. Recognizing Santo Domingo as the cradle of European civilization in the New World, UNESCO has declared the Colonial City a world heritage site.

The cobblestone streets and centuries-old façades of the Colonial City house scores of picturesque cafés and bars, small hotels and well established restaurants. In the expansive plaza framed by the Palace of Columbus, the Casas Reales Museum and the quaint 17th century sundial, the sidewalk cafés come alive after dusk as an intimate, informal rendezvous for locals and visitors alike.

Seated there, as daylight fades, and the darkened sky fills with stars, you can watch the monumental Columbus Lighthouse as it "turns on." This vast mausoleum on the Eastern shore of the Ozama River,- which houses the mortal remains of the Great Discoverer and is well worth a visit, beams a towering light in the form of a cross into the night sky.

Beyond its handsomely preserved colonial past, Santo Domingo's cultural and artistic vitality is showcased in its vibrant theaters and concert halls and its galleries galore. The palaces of the Colonial City have become fascinating museums, but the aptly named Plaza de la Cultura  a vast, green oasis in the heart of the city clusters four museums:

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                  Coffee break at school             and why not an evening fiesta...si senior !  

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