Description

Orientation in Madrid

Your adventure begins with an action packed, three-day orientation in Madrid. Put your Spanish to use as you order tapas in a local cafe, ask for directions to the Palacio Real, and explore the city's medieval streets. Visits to the Prado Museum on Madrid's museum mile, discussions in city parks, and exploration of diverse neighborhoods strengthen your understanding of contemporary Spanish life and culture. Your orientation concludes with a full-day excursion to historic Toledo.

Homestay, Language Training and Travel

After orientation, you and your group participate in fun and active, experiential language training at a school in Granada. Using music, theater, film, city scavenger hunts, and field trips, your grasp of spoken and written Spanish soars. From Granada, your immersion into Spanish life continues with a two-week homestay in a small Andalusian town. Visits to local markets and warm beaches, relaxing afternoons at local cafés, and activities with your host family give you a deeper insight into Spanish culture. Your exciting journey concludes with a week in the Pyrenees and exciting Barcelona.

Sample activities:
Stroll through the beautiful gardens of the Alhambra; trek through a national park in the Pyrenees; dance the Sardana in Barcelona's Placa de la Seu and visit Gaudi's Sagrada Familia.

Sample host communities:
Motril, Priego de Cordoba, Guadix

Type of Programs

• High School Study Abroad
• Language Immersion
• Cultural Exploration

Languages

• Spanish

Cost in US$:

This Program is open to

Worldwide Participants.

Application Process Involves

• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Online Application plus Application Assessment

Typically The Application Process Time is

2-4 weeks

Experiment in International Living's Mission Statement

The Experiment in International Living's mission is to create meaningful, dynamic experiences for students eager to challenge themselves and engage their sense of global citizenry. Our goal is to help young people peel back the superficial differences that exist in their backgrounds and find authentic commonalities among other program participants and the people of their host countries.

Year Founded

1932