Learn Spanish in Salamanca (Premium), Spain

Our school in Salamanca (Premium)

Our school Salamanca is ideally located, just 5 minutes’ walk from the Plaza Mayor. The school is in an attractive building, and is exceptionally well appointed with 18 well-equipped air-conditioned classrooms, an Internet café, library, student common room and large outside patio.

Courses

Students can learn Spanish on a wide range of Spanish courses, including a Business Spanish Course and a DELE Exam Preparation course. The maximum class size is 4 or 9 students per class – smaller than at most schools - depending on the course.

Accommodation

You can stay in carefully selected Spanish host families, shared student apartments, or else in private studio apartments. The studio apartments are just a short walk from the school, in the historic centre of Salamanca, just off the Plaza Mayor. Students who stay in Spanish speaking host families tend to learn faster, as they practice with their families the Spanish that they learn on the course.

Activities

The school organizes full-day weekend excursions to Toledo, Madrid, Zamora, Segovia and Avila. Four free ‘culture lessons’ per week are also provided by the school, plus an extensive program of visits and activities – all designed to help students use the Spanish that they learn at the school. These visits include guided walks within Salamanca, sports, tapas tours with the Spanish teachers and weekly parties. Our school Salamanca Option 1 is an excellent choice if you are looking for a high-quality Spanish course in the centre of Salamanca. For all the reasons given above, Salamanca, and our school Option 1, is one of the most popular choices for anyone wishing to learn Spanish in Spain.

Hidden Treasure in Salamanca!

There is no better place on Earth to study Spanish than in Salamanca! The city's majestic architecture, cultural history, and linguistic purity are unique characteristics that, for me, make Salamanca a city of hidden treasure.

Due to its lavishly decorated sandstone cathedrals and university buildings, Salamanca is so distinctively called La Dorada ('The Golden City'). Not only does the sun bathe Salamanca's landmarks in resplendence right before sunset, but the city is rich with local legends and stories.

I tagged along a guided tour of the city and learned about the cleverly hidden 'lucky frog' ('la rana de suerte') on the main façade of the Universidad Civil building. According to legend, university students received good luck for a year with their studies if they found the frog without help. Nowadays, tourists will gaze upward for an hour in the hopes that they find the frog and are then blessed with one year of good luck. If you go to Salamanca, this is a must-do before you leave!

My favorite part of the tour came when we saw a former city palace, which is now Salamanca's Public Library. The building is called La Casa de Las Conchas (House of Shells) and it is adorned with over 300 scallop shells, which some say is a symbol of love. I am more inclined, though, to believe that there is actually a great treasure hidden beneath one of the shells, perhaps the sole golden shell that stands out from all the others.

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