In this full-immersion language course, you will interact with your teachers, Spanish students, mountain guides and local hikers. This Spanish & Hiking course includes the following language courses and a 3- or 4-days hiking trip out of the city of Granada with a group of local spanish hikers from Granada. Depending on the bankholidays the classroom and hiking hours can differ from the table shown.

• Program of the classes

  Standard:

  • 4 lessons per day
  • Classes per week: 20
  • Duration of classes: 50 minutes.
  • Method: Rotation of teachers.
  • Material included in the price: Books and all the necessary equipment.
  • Social and cultural activities: Every day, with Spanish Teachers.

• Program of the hiking activities

  1-week program

  • Two short hikes (3-4 hours) on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon
  • 1-day hike on Saturday
  • 1-day hike on Sunday

   

  2-weeks program

  We have 2 possibilities:

  Oprion 1

  • Four short hikes (3-4 hours) on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon each week
  • 1-day hike on Saturday
  • 1-day hike on Sunday: on these hikes, you will join a group of local Spanish hikers from Granada.

  Option 2

  • Bank holiday hiking trip: 3 or 4-days long hiking tour out of the city of Granada (hiking and culture)
  • 2 short hikes (3-4 hours) on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon

   

  

   

   

Distribution of time and academic activities

Our weekly time schedule: depending on the bank holiday the shown times can differ

Explanation of the numbers:

1. Practice-based on grammar: 2 classes per day
Explanations of grammar extracts and immediate exercise practice in real communicative situations. Corrections of homework.

2. Practice and conversation based on thematical units: 2 classes per day
Oral and written exercises, comprehension practice (audio-visual material and analysis of documents or magazines, books, television, and radio) and conversation related to the specific topics studied.

3. Extracurricular activities (optional): 
To gain knowledge of a language, cultural immersion is necessary. With this in mind, CastiLa offers different social activities that help the foreign students’ integration into Spanish life. These activities are of a wide variety, including Spanish movies, thematic evenings, musical evenings, trips visits, parties, sports, “tapas time” and “paellas”.

4. Hiking activities:
Spanish practising while walking and discovering the beauty of the natural areas that surrounds Granada. Learn about our natural and cultural heritage, landscape, flora, fauna between others. You will be able to share these hikes with other students or local hikers in order to have a real immersion in the nature lovers world.

We are offering 1-week or 2-weeks courses.

Starting dates: Mondays

Prices:

Ask for prices and conditions. It depends on the number of weeks, duration, and destination of the bank holiday trip. Contact by email with Teresa mtm@sierraysol.com

For questions regarding accommodation please get in contact with Natalia from CastiLa.  admisions@castila.es

Payment

Deposit of 50 % of the total 1 month before the starting date

The balance 15 days before the starting date.

Cancellation and refund policy

In case of cancellation, the following policy applies.

• More than 45 days prior to the starting date of the trip, we will grant you a full refund minus a €50 administrative fee per reservation.
• Between 44 days and 15 days prior to the starting date of the trip, we will retain 50% of the trip cost.
• Less than 15 days prior to the starting date of the trip, or once the trip has begun, there will be no refund.

Terms and conditions and environmental policy

Please read our terms and conditions and our environmental policy. Sierra&Sol is an ecotourism company with a serious commitment to the environment which we hope to pass on to our clients.

Sierra&Sol –Hiking activities in Southern Spain

Contact by email with Teresa mtm@sierraysol.com
We will send you a link for making the book

mtm@sierraysol.com
www.sierraysol.com
Tel.: +34 666 405 811

CastiLa Centro Internacional de Estudios Hispánicos

C/ Aljibe del Gato 1. 18010 Granada- España – Spain
Tel.: +34 958 20 58 63
Fax: +34 958 27 72 40

info@castila.es – www.castila.es
Contact by email with Natalia
admisions@castila.es