Learn Spanish in Havana

E. Wolf

2 people in the course was great, speed of learning was well adjusted. The teacher very knowledgeable and helpful with further hints and "advices" for the daily life in Havana. The accomodation was fine, clean and very friendly and helpful. In comparisson with outher mates, we had a big room and fairly good daylight.

A. Marie Phillips

Enjoyable, I liked staying in the casa with the other students, the addition of salsa was a lot of fun. A good mix of work and play. The beautiful setting of Havana helped a fair bit. Adequate, clean, accommodation in a good location, good meals and friendly staff.

A very worthwhile and enjoyable experience, I will be attending another course in the next year, possibly Malaga. A great way to learn a new language.

S. Cockell

The course was fantastic - although I was expecting to learn in a small group, I actually had 1:1 lessons which was great. The first lesson was a challenge as they need to understand your level and because it is 1:1 for 3 1/2 hours it is intense, however using time in the afternoons to try & consolidate, my Spanish came on in leaps & bounds.

The casa in Havana was great - I had my own room & bathroom which was great. The room was cleaned regularly & bedding changed etc. The location is also really good, Carida the cook provides amazing food & they organised salsa classes for us which we took every afternoon which also helped clear the brain after an intense morning of Spanish.

Havana is an amazing place to go & particularly to immerse yourself in by doing a course like this. I did 2 weeks which was enough for me but the experience was so good I would like to take a course like this every year moving forward. Fantastic experience - thank you!

D. Green

My teacher was very very experienced, polite, friendly, and diligent. Did plenty of preparation. Was welcoming to her home for classes.

P. Šíma

Enjoyed the courses and everything. The teachers and staff on site were friendly and genuinely helpful.

R. Forbes

My teacher Jorge was amazing! He was very patience, kind and an all round excellent teacher. Would reccomend him 100%!

R. Manderson

The tutor was very accomplished, but the course was very intensive. A lot was packed into two weeks. The accomodation was simple but adequate. The host family were very friendly and couldn't be more helpful. The support and information received from the UK offices was excellent.

D. Mrazova

I am very satisfied with the course. Teacher was really great and experienced, trying to adapt the course to my private needs and interests. We did grammary, also practical part by visiting few museums.

Accomodation was great. I was really very nice surprised, when recieved private bathroom as requested. The accomodation was really very nice, clean and perfectly equipped. Also the family was very friendly, helpfull and communicative.

K. Franklin

Teacher was lovely! And VERY good at adapting her teaching to my needs. I loved the whole experience. The Casa that was hired for my classes was ideally located, but very basic and not very well maintained.

E. Harding

Course went very well - teacher spoke only Spanish and was very patient & understanding. I got the chance to experience both group and individual lessons. Very nice accomodation and a good way to meet other students, lovely family,

A. Homewood

My teacher was excellent. He made the lessons very enjoyable and interesting and we covered a lot of ground. He was polite, friendly, charming, very well-educated. He was very knowledgeable about Cuba and Havana and was generous with his opinions and background. The fact he spoke both French and English was also extremely helpful in his ability to teach me Spanish. The experience more than met my expectations.

Thank you for organising this for my children and I. It definitely enhanced our holiday in Cuba and meant we understood much better both the history and the day-to-day life in Havana.

L. Fourdrain

My teacher was so nice, her course was very interesting, very friendly and clear. I loved it! Odilia, the housewife, was amazing, so welcoming, helpful, so nice! I had an amazing time, the cuban people are so nice.

D. Louise

We had an excellent teacher. The classes where taking place at the teacher's place.

A. Kennedy

Despite very few resources and six hours lessons every day, the time flew by. Very friendly, approachable teachers and staff who were very patient and encouraging. I feel as though my skill and confidence in speaking, writing and understanding the Spanish language has really improved. The dance lessons were AMAZING - I loved them and would go back for them if nothing else.

D. Haskett

The course was good, the teacher was fun, had a good sense of humour. All the staff were friendly and helpful. I stayed at the apartment Montehabana. Accommodation was good, clean but I certainly didn't need an apartment to myself.

P. Zee

I followed private lessons of Spanish in Havana. 20 hours in one week. My teacher was a Cuban woman of 66. She was very very good in teaching and explaining and even very kind and patient

K.

Very professional caring and helpful tutors. Quite good for student accommodation.

S. Schroeter

Excellent - wonderful teacher and very good materials.

H.

Course
My teacher was great; he let me decide what things I wanted to cover but had suggestions of his own too. He also had amazing general knowledge so I learnt a bit about everything not just spanish! My course really helped me improve quickly (20 hours a week private).

Accommodation
In the end I was happy in my accommodation but I think the booking process was a bit misleading. When I chose a host family with a private room I wasn't aware that there could be other students in the same building as me. This could be good as it was nice (and safer!) to have company to go out with in the evenings, but it also meant that I spoke a lot of English in the house as one of the students was an absolute beginner in Spanish and couldn't understand the rest of us if we spoke in Spanish. This was a bit of a problem for me because I selected a host family purposely to be totally immersed in Spanish and this wasn't always the case. However, I really liked the ladies we lived with and thought that the directors took care of us very well, especially food-wise!

Extra
I had a great experience in Cuba and would like to say thank you to the hosts I lived with, the directors and also the booking staff who were always on hand to answer my (many) questions.

L. Sibley

I found the place and people amazing and so helpful. it was an experience of a lifetime for me and I want to go back and do it all again.

The accommodation was clean inviting big comfortable no problems at all

I would just like to say to anyone who is worried about travelling alone to cuba don't be it is the most wonderful place with the most amazing people, I came home wishing I could have stayed longer

R. Leslie

My course was just what I needed, great value for money. The staff at the house were fantastic, very warm and friendly.

R. Gunnarsson

Good language course. Teacher was good at setting the level of learning that fitted to me and the other student that was in my group - She pushed us to learn. The room with the host family was a private room with my own bathroom, clean and included the basic things needed.

R. Punter

Ernesto was the perfect teacher, patient and effective. I was sad to say goodbye. Lydia is a superb host!

E. Molony

My teacher was excellent and very excxperienced. I had 5 hours a day which was too much for my head to cope with, but every twenty minutes or so she would change the method of teaching to keep my interest up. Although I was totally exhausted each day, I learned a lot, and I still go over the excellent notes I have from the class.

F. Ellison

The course and accommodation was excellent, as was the teacher, and my Spanish has improved a lot as a result.

G. Brustier

It was an excellent experience linguistically, and my accommodation was also excellent.

A. Frost

The small group scenario meant that I progressed more rapidly in my Spanish than at any time since I began learning the language. I think my hosts more than compensated for the slightly spartan arrangements by being super friendly and overwhelmingly generous on the food front.

D.

My teacher Vivian is a teacher of the highest order. Utterly responsive to me she gave me confidence to have a go. Our conversations ranged from 'what you did yesterday' through history, culture, art and artists, life and living. Equal attention was given to the form and content of what was being said, understanding as she did, that for me, the content of our dialogue was important. I enjoyed our lessons, loved doing my homework and would recommend her as a teacher to anyone on the spectrum of Spanish learner.

G. Larsson

Everything was very relaxed but at the same time professional. The teacher was excellent! I really enjoyed the interactiveness of the classes.

R. Burbage

My teacher was very committed and clearly pitching at a level suitable for me and according to my own learning goals.

S. Brown

The teacher was an amazing character, very intelligent and able in her job, with fantastic history. She was also very flexible in what she taught. It is good to do four intense hours in the morning, leaving the afternoon free to explore. Also, salsa lessons were available too. Socially, it is good that students are encouraged to meet every evening at 9pm in a local bar...it is very reassuring, especially on your first few days.

J. Patman

Cuba is like no other place on earth. Its vibrant and lively and each night is packed with dancing untill the early hours every night of the week!!!! The accommodation was excellent, clean, the food was fantastic and the people were friendly.