High School Student Exchange Programs in Granada

Granada is a great city for your teen to get to know with so many historical elements to gain fluency with Spanish.The practice of having students in pairs or trios with homestays works really well! If you can come and meet your teen at the end of their trip, they are proud and will love to show you around.

If your child is even slightly interested in an experience like this, encourage them to do it. My 17 year old twin daughters were extremely apprehensive about going once we had made the arrangements. They were worried about being homesick, living in a stranger's home, and generally about being overseas by themselves. On the day that they arrived in Granada, one of my daughters was feeling very sad and homesick and told the host mother with whom they were staying that she missed her mom. The host mother gave her a hug and said "I'm your Spanish mom." One week later, the same daughter who had been so homesick said to me "Mom, I don't know HOW I am going to leave my host mom...I just LOVE her!!!" and "Mom, I've made so many friends here, it will be so sad to say goodbye."