Our partner language school in Benalmadena provides total immersion Spanish language courses as well as host family accommodation. Spanish lessons are delivered in closed groups by highly qualified native speakers and will be tailored to meet your specific curriculum requirements.
Benalmadena is an attractive coastal town on the Costa del Sol situated at the foot of the Mijas mountains range. Originally a sleepy Andalusian fishing village with beautiful, whitewashed houses, Benalmadena has developed into a lively town which retains its old charm and character. The town is small enough to provide a peaceful and secure environment, while large enough to offer good shops and restaurants.
For a total immersion Spanish experience, accommodation is offered with carefully selected Spanish host families, all of whom hold a Certificado de Antecedentes Penales – a clean police record. All host families are within walking distance of the Spanish language school.
The Welcome Coordinator in Benalmadena selects, trains and visits host families on a regular basis to ensure that all aspects of your host family’s accommodation are in good working order. They ensure that students and host families are a good match. Students with special dietary or other requirements can let us know, and we will communicate this to the team in Benalmadena to help match them with the appropriate host family.
For school groups not wishing to stay with host families in Benalmadena we offer the Hotel Bali, a modern hotel, ideal for school groups. It is located just a short walk from the seafront, ideal for an evening stroll on the beach.
Day one - flight to Malaga. Meet coach and transfer to Benalmadena. Evening meal - hotel/host families.
Day two - Breakfast and walk to Colegio Maravillas for Spanish lessons. Hot buffet lunch at school. Guided walking tour of Benalmadena. Evening meal hotel/host families.
Day three - Breakfast and walk to Colegio Maravillas for Spanish lessons. Hot buffet lunch at school. Paella Cookery Lesson. Volleyball on the beach. Evening meal hotel/host families.
Day four - Breakfast and walk to Colegio Maravillas for Spanish lessons. Hot buffet lunch at school. Guided tour to Malaga by train including entry to the Alcazar. Evening meal hotel/host families.
Day five - Breakfast and walk to Colegio Maravillas for Spanish lessons. Hot buffet lunch at school. Guided tour of Benalmadena Pueblo and Mijas. Evening meal hotel/host families.
Day six - Breakfast and walk to Colegio Maravillas for Spanish lessons. Hot buffet lunch at school. Transfer to Malaga airport for rutn flight to UK.
The minimum group size is 10 paying students. We offer 1 free teacher place for every 10 paying students.
With prior knowledge to booking we can arrange a tour that takes into consideration any students with disabilities.
The content of the language lessons are designed to meet the learning outcomes of the particular school group. We put the group leader in direct contact with the Director of Teaching at our partner language school so that they can discuss lesson content and the level of the students before they arrive. In class, students will experience lots of speaking and oral communication exercises. Language lessons are delivered in closed groups and if there is more than one age group or language level then a number of groups can be formed.
Our total immersion language school tours are designed to totally immerse secondary school students in the target language for the duration of the trip. Students return from this tour with an increased confidence to communicate in the language having immersed themselves in the target language even for a short space of time.
Your students will attend French or Spanish lessons at one our partner language schools where only the target language is spoken.
After lessons students participate in guided walking tours, cookery lessons or dance lessons all delivered in the target language.
To complete the total immersion epxpereince students have the opportunity to stay with a host family or in some locations such as Nice, Grananda and Benalmadena, hostel and hotel accommodation can be arranged.
We offer destinations largely untouched by mass tourism such as Montpellier, Rouen and Salamanca.