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Learn Spanish in Sevilla in Spain

Our school, 17 years of experience, is situated in the center of the city, very close to the city hall, the cathedral and the various royal palaces. The building of typically Seville style is endowed with Roman columns, overhanging a central patio with wide sunny openings. 25 classes, a library, a conference room, a bookshop, an internet and multimedia room. The whole air-conditioned naturally. A school appendix is 8 minutes walking distance.

Tuition Programs

• 1 lesson: 50 minutes.
• minimum age: 17, except mini group courses, 20
• Schedule: from 9:15 AM to 5:40 PM. 
• Maximum 10 students per class, average 8.
• Test and certificate of linguistic training.
• School Material
• All levels available
• 20 or 30 lessons per week. Standard courses minimum 6 students per class, maximum 10. Mini group courses. 3 to 5 students maximum per class.
   
• SUPER Intensive courses: 25 or 30 lessons per week, minimum 3 per class maximum 6. Minimum age: 20. A mixture of 20 group lessons per week and either 5 or 10 private course per week.
  NOT AVAILABLE BETWEEN JUNE 13th and AUGUST 30th.
   
• Spanish for "conversation or grammar survey" : 10 lessons per week to be added to the standard courses (20 lessons par week).
   
• Madrid chamber of commerce: 30 lessons / week: 20 intensive and 10 business Spanish.
   
• Cultural lessons include : history, folklore, literature, fiestas.
   
• Spanish by the teacher home. private courses, 20 lessons per week, full board, single occupancy bedroom, transfers in/out from the airport to your accommodation. 
   
• Free Social and cultural activities organized (10 to 15 hours per week, PM or evening). If not, low costs will be paid.
   
• Multimedia center, video.
• Free access to Internet and email.
   
• Diploma: exam fees not included: DELE 170€ and Madrid Chamber of commerce 130€.
   
• Business Spanish: 10 lessons per week. To be added to the courses (standard or intensive, 20 lessons per week) Upper intermediate level students only. If only 2 people registered in this course, 5 lessons instead of 10.
   
• D.E.L.E. If  4 weeks, 10 lessons per week: If 10 weeks, 6 lessons per week.
  MINIMUM level REQUIRED: intermediate . This course MUST follow a 20 lessons per week program.
   
• DELE crash course: 30 lessons per week (20 general Spanish and 10 DELE preparation. 4 weeks
   
• Private course: special price for 2 people attending the same course.
   
• Elder courses: Standard courses + activities and visits 4 times a week including museums, airport transfer at arrival to your accommodation, welcome party, 1 full day excursion per week (Saturday), 1 Theater evening and dinner with the teacher. 
   
• Spanish and FLAMENCO: Spanish intensive course (20 lessons per week) + 4 hours dance lesson per week with a teacher (1 hour PM from Monday to Thursday)
   
• Yearly course. 24, 32 or 44 weeks.

Starting Dates

Every Monday. Beginners must start on the following dates:

Diploma:
Chamber of commerce and industry of Madrid:
     January 4th, February 15th, May 17th, June 28th, August 30th, October 18th.
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D.E.L.E:
      10 weeks: March 14th or September 12th.
       4 weeks: April 25th, July 25th.or October 24th.

ELDER courses:

SPANISH and FLAMENCO
February 21st, March 14th, April 4th, June 20th, July 4th, September 12th, October 17th

School closing dates

Options Available

• Airport Transfer / accommodation (one way): 50€
   
• Our prices are available from January 1st to December 31, 2011. These prices never include the Air Fare.

• Co-op: Spanish course (2 or 4 weeks), 20 lessons per week + 12 weeks (3 months) company training: A CV and letter of motivation in Spanish are compulsory. Minimum level required: intermediate. Please advise us with 2 choices of expertise.

RATES

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Family, students residence, shared apartment, studio apartment, standing apartments accommodation.

• Arrival on Sunday.
• Departure on Saturday.
   
• TOWELS NOT SUPPLIED
   
• In family, single or double* occupancy, 2 meals a day, laundry service once a week. Possibility of private bathroom.
   
• In students residence, meals not included, single or double * occupancy, walking distance to the school, shared bathroom, TV area, shared kitchen. Possibility of private bathroom. 150 Euros deposit as a guarantee will be refunded if no damage caused..
   
• In shared apartments with young Spanish students, meals not included, single or double * occupancy.
   

• Studio apartment: standard or superior. Central located. All furnished, TV, bedroom, living room, kitchen and shower. Double or single occupancy. Electricity or heater depending the season not included.  150 Euros deposit as a guarantee will be refunded if no damage caused.. A rental cleaning fee of 40 € will be applied to all apartments.
   

• High Standard Apartment (Santa Ana). Entirely furnished and fully-equipped apartments in Seville’s centre (about an 8 minute walk from the school) with a bedroom, kitchen, bathroom and living room.
  The historic mansion (which previously housed the school) is situated on a peaceful street and has been completely renovated and modernised, with an elevator installed. We have integrated architectural elements from the original building (ceramic tiles, floor tiles, etc) as a “nostalgic reminder” to blend with the contemporary style. The apartments are luminous, bright, tastefully furnished and have air-conditioning, heating, TV and an oven.
  The communal roof terrace and patios offer a pleasant environment for relaxing outdoors. Wireless internet is also available throughout the building (at reasonable prices).
  Calle Santa Ana’s surroundings have changed a lot over the last few years. The Alameda de Hercules is a large promenade for outdoor leisure, surrounded by cafes, bars and restaurants. It’s one of the fashionable areas for going out. Many of the historic houses around the Alameda have been renovated so as to return to their previous splendour.  150 Euros deposit as a guarantee will be refunded if no damage caused.. A rental cleaning fee of 40 € will be applied to all apartments.                                       

                                                        * for 2 people coming together

                                                                           Fees in Euros.

PLACEMENT FEES (once): 90 Euros

*  For 2 people coming and departing together

* * 3 meals per day, supplement of 50€ per week

* * * multiply by the number of weeks you wish

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

Capital of the province of the same name and Andalusia on Guadalquivir. One recorded there the certain hottest temperatures of Europe up to 48 degrees c  Commercial and industrial city, Seville was under Arab domination from 712 to 1248 and knew its apogee of the XVI to the XVIII century. Fatherland of the painters like Vélasquez and Murillo.
The old city contains the largest monument of Gothic art of the world: the cathedral Giralda. It shelters also celebrates it palate fortress of Alcazar, where are juxtaposed several styles, and fascinating it Jewish district of Cruz, where lived Murillo. Seville certainly is one of the most beloved places by visitors to Spain. Although today Moorish influence is architectonically most evident - Andalusia was occupied by Moors for about 800 years - it has been a cultural center long before. The fertility of this land and its favorised climate with mild winters and about 3000 hours of sun per year (if you ever have visited it in August, where temperatures can arrive to some 47°C, perhaps you will deny to call it favorised) made Phoenicians and Carthaginians settle here. Later came Romans, like almost to any place in Europe, and two of their emperors, Trajan and Hadrian, in fact were born here.

Also later on Seville was the home of famous and infamous figures of history, the legendary "Don Juan" started from here to conquer the hearts of women across all Europe, while Columbus started from a port close to Seville to discover a new world. Prosper Merimée's "Carmen", who couldn't make her decision between the officer Don José and the bullfighter Escamillo - the consequences you can watch still today in opera houses - was a worker in Seville's old tobacco factory. By the way, this factory serves today as University, a fact that might give you a glimpse on Andalusian talent for improvisation.

When you visit this city, you are in the very heart of Andalusian culture, the center of bullfighting and Flamenco music. Take yourself time and take life easy, as Andalusians use to do, and interrupt sightseeing from time to time to have a few "tapas", those typical "small Spanish dishes", and a glass of Sherry wine in one of the probably thousands of bars in this city, and consider a few of the hints on the following pages to make your stay a memorable one.
Worth Visiting:

Cathedral. Built in the 15th century on the site of the largest Almohad mosque, this is the third largest church in Christendom.

Giralda. A former Almohad minaret dating from the 12th century. Hernan Ruiz's bell-tower was added in the 16th century, as was the weather-vane at the top, known as "El Giradillo". Regarded as the symbol of Seville, it is one of the most beautiful towers in the world.

Royal Fortresses. a beautiful Mixture of the Mudejar, Gothic and Renaissance styles, reflecting the two great cultures that created it: Islam and Christianity.

Tower of Gold. A 13th-century Almohad fortification on the banks of the River Guadalquivir. Its moment of greatest fame came after the discovery of America when it marked the point of arrival for the ships sailing from the Indies.

District of Santa Cruz. Formerly a Jewish quarter, this is a typical district with lovely streets, like La Pimienta, and little squares like Santa Marta and Santa Cruz. The latter contains the "Locksmiths' Cross", and intricate 17th-century creation in wrought iron.

General Archive of the Indies. Inside this Renaissance building, originally intended as a merchants exchange, is a massive collection documents on the voyages of discovery of the 15th to 19th centuries.

Provincial Museum of Fine Arts. This Baroque building, formerly the Convent of La Merced, contains paintings by Murillo, Valdes Leal, Zurbaran, El Greco, Alonso Cano and others.

Casa de Pilatos. It is arguably Seville's top aristocratic town mansion and it is the only one open to the general public. Exemplifies beautifully the typical Andalusian use of glazed tiles for decorative effect.

Cartuja. The Park of Discoveries. One of the largest theme parks in the world. It makes use of some of the infrastructure and part of the grounds where Seville's Expo 92 was held.
Shopping:

Seville has a rich tradition in various types of handicraft. Examples are the ceramics of La Cartuja (Calle Alfonso XII, 25) and the wrought iron of Forja Hispalense(Calle Feria, 130). For tooled leather, go to San Pablo in Calle Bailen; and for mantillas and embroidery, try Feliciano Foronda (Alvarez Quintero, 52). It is also worth visiting the street market held on Tuesdays in Calle Feria. Home-made sweets are sold at many of the city's convents: particularly recommended are the so called yemas de San Leandro (Convent of San Leandro, Plaza de San Ildofonso).
Nightlife

In Seville, a round of drinks after dark is as much de rigor as a round of tapas before lunch. The liveliest areas are to be found around Plaza de la Alfalfa, Calle Marques de Paradas.

On Summer evenings the taverns in the villages just outside the city, known as the ventanas sevillanas, are very popular and people make trips out to places like Velazquez Gavino in La Panoleta, Manolo in La Algaba, and the Ventorrillo Canario in Santiponce.

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