Coming to Bilbao means: fluent Spanish, marvellous beaches, night life, mountains, Guggenheim museum, wide cultural offer, friendly people, excellent transport network, close to the border with France, impressive cuisine ...

Our Spanish courses take place all year round. The minimum duration is one week with an average of 4/5 students per class (maximum 10). Students will take an oral and written placement test on the first Monday after their arrival in order to be placed in the appropriate level. As soon as the testing process has been completed, the coursework takes place immediately.

Our Spanish school in Bilbao is part of the Network of Cervantes Institute Associated Centres. An accredited centre is a teaching institution which the Cervantes Institute has expressly recognized as a centre which offers a high level of quality in all the services it provides, in accordance with the requirements and conditions established by the Cervantes Institute.

All our teaching staff have a University Degree in Spanish Philology with many years of experience in teaching Spanish as a foreign language. They are dynamic, open-minded, friendly, and teach the students all aspects of our country (language, culture & lifestyle).

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Bilbao is one of the largest, most vibrant cities in Spain. It is surrounded by mountains and beautiful beaches. Its climate, with an average year-round temperature of 20ºC, is ideal.

The quality of life here is one of Bilbao's best hallmarks. Bilbao is also famous for its University student life, the "tapas" bars, its cultural attractions, its gardens, its great shopping and for its beautiful buildings. Here, you will find a vibrant street-life, which is why it is sometimes referred to as "The capital of joy and satisfaction".

Bilbao, known as one of the main financial, communications, and cultural capitals of Spain, offers students a dazzling array of cultural events and institutions, educational resources, entertainment, sport events as well as restaurants, markets, shops and services of every imaginable kind.

There are many reasons these days to choose a language course in Bilbao because there is more to find here than impressive architecture, living history, friendly people and lots of sun.

Being located on the coast, it enables you to practice wide range of water sports, as well as tennis, swimming, horse back-riding and walking, all of which are compatible with our courses. You can also spend your spare time visiting the excellent bars and restaurants, specialised in regional cooking, as well as enjoying our traditional dances or visiting the beautiful natural surroundings.

Our experience has taught us that excursions and cultural visits are a very important part of the learning and better comprehension of our rich and varied culture as much as our most rooted traditions.

Cultural activities and excursions are accompanied by teachers/ staff members with a wide knowledge of the subject, as well as the place being visited.

The students receive the program of cultural activities and an informative folder on the first day of class, indicating the dates of excursions and whether they are free of charge or not.

The program of the activities includes:

• Orientation meeting so that the student can better grasp where the school is located.
• Guided tours through the historical center of the city.
• Attending cultural events: theater, concerts, cinema, week-long festivals, carnival, latino and Salsa music, etc)
• Watching movies in Spanish.
• Visiting monuments (Guggenheim museum, Casco Viejo District, churches, ..)
• Participating in celebrations and other activities in order to know the Spanish traditions and way of life such as "tapas" taste, gatherings, excursions, going to the pool and/or the beach, dinner in restaurants, visiting nearby towns and so on in order to know the Spanish traditions and way of life better.

These events are an opportunity to put theory into practice and create an enjoyable and cheerful atmosphere.

Students may take other courses in addition to their Spanish studies, such as: Balloon tours, Water sports, Horse riding, Golf, Sailing, Parachuting, Trekking, Scuba Diving, Skiing, Wine-tasting, Quad Riding ...

Please note that while these courses may be booked through the school, they are arranged by other companies/organizations.

Beaches are twenty-minute far from the school; you can enjoy outdoor activities such as windsurfing and sailing (possible at the sailing school).

A minimum number of students is required to organise weekend excursions.
It is possible to use the Internet during the opening hours of our school for free.

Our school pays very special attention to the students accommodation and offers the following choices:

1) Host family: Our school guaranteed and carefully selected nice host families for all students. We will enable you to have a closer look at our culture and customs while living everyday life with our families.

Students will have a single room and full board (all meals included) or half board (breakfast and dinner).

Unless specified, students will never be placed with another student who has the same nationality. We always place students within a walking distance of 20-25 minutes (walking and/or by public transport) from the school. The host family will provide bed linen. The laundry service is available once a week.

2) Student´s residence
Our residence is located in downtown, at 5 minutes from the school walking distance. The students will sometimes be able to meet other Spanish and foreign students.

The residence is located in downtown Bilbao. It is mixed and has 216 places in individual rooms (196) and double rooms (10). It also has rooms specially designed for the handicapped. All rooms have equipped kitchen, full individual bathroom, central heating, telephone and computer connexion. The rooms include a 190 X 90 cm bed, wardrobe, desk lamp, auxiliary piece of furniture and mirror.

The residence provides the mattress with cover, blanket, pillow and bedspread. The kitchen is equipped with electric hobs, extractor fan, cutlery, plates, frying pans, pots and fridge. Each resident has his/her own mail box as well as keys to the room and to the main entrance of the room. There are communal areas (at no cost) like a Gym, TV room, study areas, daily press, computer room (internet access) iron and vacuum cleaner and maintenance. Extra services that cost money are laundry, indoor game room and parking.

3) Shared flats: Shared apartments are located in downtown (10 to 20 minutes from the school). This gives students the opportunity of living among other students of our Spanish school in a very nice atmosphere. You will have a single room. No meals are offered, but all the apartments have a fully equipped kitchen, washing machine, iron, TV and radio.

The apartment provides mattress with cover, blanket, pillow and bedspread. There is also a common room where all the students can stay together.

4) We will assist with hotel or hostel reservations if you opt for this type of stay.

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