Spanish course in Madrid (Plaza de Espana)
Take a Spanish course in Madrid, a fascinating capital city that is full of life and energy and its people are known for their open nature and friendliness.
Prices & dates for Madrid (Plaza de Espana)
Why take a Spanish course in Madrid (Plaza de Espana)?
Embark on an exciting journey to learn Spanish in the captivating capital of Spain! Madrid, a city brimming with life and energy, stands out as the ideal destination for anyone eager to immerse themselves in the Spanish language. The locals are renowned for their warm and welcoming nature, making it easy for learners to practice their skills in a friendly environment. By choosing to study Spanish at one of our two esteemed schools located in Madrid, you will have the unique opportunity to explore the city’s remarkable blend of rich history and vibrant culture, while also experiencing its modern, cosmopolitan atmosphere that is bustling with business activity.
Madrid is a treasure trove of experiences, offering a plethora of activities to suit every interest. Whether your passions lie in leisure, cultural exploration, fine dining, vibrant nightlife, or shopping, you will find something to captivate your heart. One of the highlights of the Madrid calendar is the renowned “Arco,” which is celebrated as Europe’s largest modern art fair. This prestigious event transforms Madrid into the epicentre of the international art scene for five exhilarating days each year, attracting art enthusiasts from around the globe.
Moreover, Madrid serves as the political heart of Spain, functioning as a significant business hub and the official residence of the Spanish monarch. It is also home to the seat of government and the Spanish Parliament, which contributes to the city’s dynamic and vibrant atmosphere throughout the year. The energy of Madrid is palpable, with a constant buzz that invites exploration and engagement. So, whether you are strolling through its historic streets, indulging in its culinary delights, or enjoying its lively nightlife, you will find that learning Spanish in Madrid is not just an educational experience, but a truly enriching adventure that will stay with you for a lifetime.
About our Madrid (Plaza de Espana) school
Our school in Madrid enjoys a prime location, just a short walk from Plaza de España and the University, nestled in the charming Argüelles neighbourhood. This vibrant area offers a wide array of bars, restaurants, and shops, making it a favourite spot for locals, visitors, students, and tourists alike.
The school is well-connected to the rest of the city, with two nearby metro stations, Argüelles and San Bernardo. Additionally, several bus routes run along adjacent streets, providing easy access to all parts of Madrid.
Housed in a renovated building, our school spans two floors and features a spacious outdoor patio. We have 40 well-equipped classrooms, each filled with natural light and equipped with audiovisual learning materials. Our library offers a selection of Spanish language DVDs, and there is a computer room with free internet access. During breaks, you can relax with friends and grab refreshments in our large common room. The entire school is equipped with free WiFi, air conditioning, and heating, ensuring a comfortable learning environment throughout the year
Location of our school in Madrid (Plaza de Espana)
What Spanish courses are available in Madrid?
Available courses
Our Madrid (Plaza de Espana) school offers a wide range of Spanish courses, to suit all preferences and interests! You can choose an Intensive course of 20, or a Super-Intensive course of 25 or 30 lessons each week, depending on the amount of time you wish to spend in class. Our Super-Intensive course of 25 lessons includes the Intensive group course plus 5 conversation lessons each week, and the Super-Intensive course of 30 includes an additional daily semi private lesson.
Any of the above Intensive courses at our school in Madrid are a fantastic choice if you are looking to improve your overall level of Spanish and learn with like-minded peers of a similar level to yourself.
Alternatively, if you wish to tailor your course to meet specific requirements, you can choose to take Private Spanish lessons, or to combine group and private tuition. These options are also available at all levels of Spanish and for as many weeks as you wish. If you wish to study with a friend who has the same language level as you do, then our school in Madrid offers Duo Spanish courses as well, where 2 students study in the same class with 1 teacher.
Our school also offers a DELE Exam Preparation course for a period of 4 weeks, designed to prepare you to pass any of the 6 levels of the DELE Examination and a Business Spanish course sponsored by the Spanish Chamber of Commerce! Please contact us for further information and start dates!
If you are interested in learning to dance, then you can even opt for the special Spanish and Flamenco course! This course includes 4 Spanish classes plus 2 dance lessons each day.
Whatever your preferences, we believe there will be a Spanish course that is perfect for you!
Special courses in Madrid (Plaza de Espana)
Accommodation options in Madrid
Available accommodation
If you wish to totally immerse yourself in the Spanish language and culture during your stay in Madrid, then we would always advise you to consider staying with a carefully selected Spanish host family. This provides the very best chance for you to practise your Spanish with native speakers on an everyday basis, to share home cooked food at mealtimes and to gain insight into daily life in Spain. Our school in Madrid will always try to accommodate students within just 20-30 minutes distance from the school building, either on foot, or by public transport.
In case you have any special dietary requirements, allergies or other special requests please just let us know at the time of your booking and we will do all we can to match your requirements.
Alternatively, if you wish to socialise with your fellow students and meet people from all across the globe, choose to stay in the school’s student residence. Stay in single or shared rooms and choose between bed and breakfast, half-board or full-board options.
Finally, you could opt to stay in one of the school’s shared apartments, which is an ideal choice if you like your independence, but still want the chance to meet other people!
Available activities in Madrid
As you can perhaps imagine, in the capital city of Spain there are endless free-time possibilities, sight-seeing opportunities and attractions! You are likely to fill all of your spare time in Madrid very quickly, with all that the city has to offer.
Our school in Madrid offers an extensive and exciting cultural programme to help you to get to know the city and to improve your spoken Spanish outside of the classroom, in real-life situations! Examples of typical activities available include walking tours around the city (Modern Madrid, Hapsburg Madrid and Bourbon Madrid), visits to museums and art galleries (Prado, Reina Sofia, Sorrolla Museum), a ride along the river Manzanares, cinema evenings and guided tours of the parks and gardens (Retiro Park, Royal Palace Gardens), to name just a few! You can also sign up for weekend excursions to other towns and cities of interest, such as: Toledo, Alacala de Henares and Segovia.
How to get to our Madrid (Plaza de Espana) school
You can fly to Madrid Barajas International Airport, which lies just 16km from the city centre. There are both metro and bus services to the city from the airport terminals 1, 2, 3 and 4. Or, you can take a taxi from the airport to your accommodation instead.
There are train and bus routes to Madrid from many other Spanish and European towns and cities. The main train station (Atocha Station) is easily accessible by metro from and to the city centre.
At the time of your booking you may wish to select a pick-up and/or return service from Madrid airport, train or central bus station and the school staff will meet you on your arrival and take you directly to your accommodation.
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Madrid: Student reviews & feedback
Intensive 20 + Private lessons with Student Residence
Very strong teachers combined with good methods and exercises. I was happy that 98% of the instruction was in Spanish. Very nice & clean accommodation and the food was very good.
- D. Smith
Intensive 20 + Flamenco with Shared Apartment
The staff were exceptionally friendly. Despite the lessons being so long I was not bored at all and it was amazing being surrounded by so many different people from around the world. The teachers tought with such enthusiasm and were very engaging. All in all it was a new different but amazing experience which I thoroughly enjoyed.
- E. Winter
I had the time of my life in Madrid. It was quite nice. I had a private bathroom and a comfortable bed. The best thing was the other people staying at the residence, who became really good friends
- A. Banerjee
The course was very good. I enjoyed the course and learnt a lot of new vocabulary. I hope this will help me with my A level in June. I also learnt a great deal about the Spanish culture which was very interesting. I wish I could have had longer on the course.
- E. Johns
Perfect!
- C. Molitor
The teachers were both helpful and constructive. I felt that I learnt a lot in the short time that I was there. A good mix of students from all ages and cultures. The hostess was very pleasant and the accommodation was comfortable and clean. The Spanish I learnt there was as useful as the school.
- L. Wilmot
The course itself was very good. I enjoyed the manner in which the lessons were though and the exercises. And the teachers were very good.
- G. Finnegan
The teachers were great, I was placed in a good level for me, challenging but not overwhelming.
- K. Slater
The course was good.
- T. Johnson
The course was really quite superb. It was a very well structured course and I enjoyed every minute of it It helped me to grasp some parts of Spanish grammar that had well and truly baffled me before then! I was given a very warm welcome by the family I spent the week with. They were very accommodating and a pleasure to live with. They gave me an excellent insight into the typical Spanish family's lifestyle. Full marks! I would recommend this course to anyone who feels that they need to improve their Spanish at all.
- A. McLay
The course and teachers were all good, I feel I did learn a lot.
- H. Lurie
The teaching was very good and the methodology was first class, as were the materials. Overall, a nice experience.
- F. Petruzzi
Thought the course was very good and the teachers were also excellent. The cultural classes were also interesting. My accommodation was excellent, the location literally could not have been any better and the meals were also great.
- J. Young
The course was challenging and helpful, my accommodation was clean and host was great.
- P. Gregson
Excellent course really helful friendly staff. The school was situated in a really pleasant central area of Madrid. We really could not fault any aspect of it.
- P. Bromfield
I enjoyed the atmosphere and the professors were really great! I would like to take more courses in the future!
- L. McCarthy
The fact that we are devided in groups of levels is definetely a plus, we are around 8 per classes which is good because you can really get to talk. Most of all, the teachers are great, very patient and friendly . I definetely made a lot of progress with my Spanish. My accommodation was very clean and the host family was very nice.
- E. Torcat
What struck me was the general relaxed atmosphere that removed any nervousness about attempting to speak in a foreign language. My confidence has increased and I had great fun mixing with a wide range of people.
- V. Hunt
The course was great, the teachers were very patient and friendly, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. After just one week I can say a few things in Spanish and understand a bit about the language. A very enjoyable & useful experience.
- J. Keeler
It was brilliant! The level was high which made me come on a lot! We covered all sorts of interesting topics and the atmosphere in the class was great! I also did a flamenco course which was amazing!
- M. Wright
The teaching was very helpful and enabled me to understand in greater depth the Spanish language. Class discussions were always interesting and developed my knowledge of the culture. The food was excellent and the host family were friendly and showed me round the city which helped me to get round by myself later in the week.
- A. Greenfield
I would thoroughly recommend the school to anyone as I thought the teaching was innovative and combining it with flamenco in the evening gave me the perfect opportunity to practise what I had learnt in a totally Spanish speaking environment whilst learning yet another skill.
- T. Robinson
I really enjoyed everything about my course. I have learnt an incredible amount and every day was fun! I progressed at just the right speed through the course and we did fun tasks and games to make us learn even more! We even went out for dinner with our teacher as she was just like a friend with us! The host I stayed with was absolutely fantastic, she treated me just like a daughter and would spend time talking to me and she definitely made me feel welcome!
- E. Pickles
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Africa (5)
Brazil (7)
China (4)
Eastern europe (6)
France (4)
Germany (7)
Italy (4)
Japan (3)
Netherlands (3)
Usa (8)
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If you are planning on going to Madrid, there is a neighbourhood you absolutely need to visit. It is located in the old town of the city, has some of the most beautiful medieval streets in the world and hosts the best Tapas bars in the Spanish capital. Its name is no other than La Latina.
La Latina is one of the most genuinely authentic neighbourhoods of Madrid. On Sundays, the biggest open-air flea market in Spain is held in its grounds - El Rastro de Madrid. Whether you are looking for a new painting to decorate your walls, browse rare books, vintage clothes or even buy a new pet, you can be sure that you will be able to find it in El Rastro!
Read more...My Pleasant Retreat to Madrid
I can confidently say that studying Spanish in Madrid was the best decision of my life! There was so much to experience in this miraculous city that I found it difficult to decide what my after-class activities would be every afternoon! Thankfully, though, everything (including the school) was easily accessible by the very efficient Metro system in Madrid.
One of the first few days that I was in Madrid I decided to enjoy the beautiful weather outside by exploring the park that is just minutes from the school... El Parque del Buen Retiro (Park of the Pleasant Retreat).
This park was magnificent – I spent so much time there! It had everything imaginable to enjoy a sunny afternoon...from beautiful gardens and peaceful little café’s to artistic, amusing street performers and a pond filled with people paddling rowboats. It was the perfect retreat for me because I would go jogging there in the cool of the early morning. In the afternoons I could chill out there and sip on a refreshing drink under the café terraces. One day I even had my fortune told in the park (which left me feeling quite optimistic afterward).
Read more...Why I can’t wait to go back to Madrid!
There is just one word I can use to describe Madrid - Perfecto! It is an amazing capital city with so much great history and culture - there is always something to do! I really enjoyed studying in Madrid because I got to watch the bustling city go about its business - try walking around Gran via mid-day - just a crazy amount of energy in the air-so many people around, shopping, eating... walking... being a city girl myself I fell in love with it! I have so many fabulous memories of the people I met and the places I saw in Madrid.
I spent many afternoons after class eating yummy tapas with my friends before we studied again. My favorite tapas restaurant was an amazing place called “ 100 montaditos ”. It is so cool there - they sell tiny little sandwiches, with whatever you’d like in them! I enjoyed tortilla de patatas in mine! All for the bargain price 1€ each! The first time I went there I ordered just one, thinking that it would be a full size sandwich. I didn’t realize that montadito translated into small sandwich!
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