ACTIVITIES AND CULTURAL PROGRAM
To learn a language, is to learn its culture, to live it, to speak it.
We have designed a large number of perfect activities to combine with your Spanish course. This way, you will be able to design your own experience, totally personalized, choosing the activities that you like the most and when you want.
You will be accompanied by a tutor specialized in the matter in each activity. Thus, you’ll continue learning outside the classroom in a wonderful way: knowing more about Spanish culture and our city, Madrid. Don’t worry about your level of Spanish, our teachers know how to explain everything very well so you can enjoy the activity, whether you are a beginner or an advanced level, sign up for all the activities and meet people from all over the world and from Madrid.
Who can sign up? All students enrolled in Spanish classes at the school, but if you are here to spend a week or two with your partner, friends, etc. or you are living here and you want your friends to enjoy too, they can come! We are the only Spanish Academy in Madrid that organizes cultural activities with Spanish students who study other languages with us.
Academy activities
Prices are per person and activity.
For groups of four or more people, please contact us.
Excursions from Madrid
Visit wonderful World Heritage cities around Madrid.
Madrid is surrounded by wonderful World Heritage cities:
- The imperial Toledo, known as “the city of the three cultures”, due to the coexistence of Christians, Arabs, and Jews, during many centuries. Toledo preserves behind its walls an artistic and cultural legacy in the form of churches, palaces, fortresses, mosques, and synagogues.
- Segovia is located between the Eresma and Clamores rivers. In addition to the famous Aqueduct, many Romanesque churches, Cathedrals, and Alcázar make up the amazing landscape.
- Miguel de Cervantes, the author of the universal Don Quixote, was born in Alcalá de Henares in 1547 and lived there his early years.
- You will also have the opportunity to visit El Escorial Monastery and the city of Aranjuez.
| Minimum 2 people | €280 |
| Transportation, tickets and private guide included. Meals not included. |
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Flamenco or Salsa Classes
Feel the rythm of Madrid dancing in a prestigious centre.
If you have ever wanted to learn and dance flamenco or salsa, this is your opportunity. Madrid has rhythm! Dance, enjoy, and relax with our classes in a well-known and prestigious dance academy in the capital.
| 1 lesson · 1 hour | €50 |
Personal Shopper
Discover the best businesses in Madrid with our personal shopper.
Madrid is an infinite city for shopping, whatever you look for, you will find it in a city that will surprise you: El Rastro, charming markets, luxury stores, unique stores, shopping centers, second-hand stores, Spanish brands, international brands.
| Personal Shopper | €130 |
| Meal with your teacher | €80 |
Spanish Wines
Come and enjoy the best Spanish wines with a tasting which lives up to your expectations
Wine in Spain is cultural tradition and avant-garde. In addition to having a great wine culture, Spain has a wide variety of wineries scattered throughout the national territory which produce a large number of wines that are some of the best in the world.
| Tasting of 3 wines and food pairings · 3 hours | €80 |
| Visit to a Madrid Winery · 5 hours Includes tickets and transportation |
€150 |
| Meals not included. |
Visits and walks to Madrid’s Parks
Visit with us Madrid's Parks and you will find spaces where you can enjoy the fresh air, nature, and tranquility.
Although it may seem incredible, in Madrid there are places where you will forget that you are in a big city. You will find places where you can enjoy the fresh air, nature, and tranquility. The Madrid’s parks and gardens are a wonderful surprise worth discovering.
Madrid is the green of its parks and the blue of its sky. Madrid’s parks and gardens are not only the green “lung” of the city but also places full of stories, places to walk, play sports, learn, admire monuments, see shows, or simply relax outdoors.
Parks: Secretos del Parque del Retiro, Parque El Capricho de la Alameda de Osuna, Parque del Oeste & Templo de Debod and El Jardín Botánico.
| 1 person | €65 |
| 2 people | €45 |
Visits to Madrid neighborhoods
Discover each Madrid neighborhood and their vast cultural richness.
Madrid is a melting pot of culture, history, people. And also a melting pot of neighborhoods, each one with its own history, tradition, unique locals, shops, markets, etc …
Discover each Madrid neighborhood and their vast cultural richness. The traditional and at the same time modern neighborhood, Malasaña, Chueca and its gay atmosphere, have a tea in the sophisticated neighborhood of Alonso Martínez, experience the multiculturalism of Lavapiés and discover its corralas, and discover the monumental Madrid of Los Austrias or the Bourbons …
Neighborhoods: La Latina, Lavapiés & las Corralas, Chamberí, Los Austrias, Los Borbones, Barrio de Salamanca, Chueca, Gran Vía, el Madrid de Almodóvar, el Madrid de Cervantes, Malasaña, Paseo del Arte, el Madrid de las Letras, el Madrid Moderno: Castellana, Madrid y sus iglesias, Madrid medieval and Madrid universitario.
| 1 person | €65 |
| 2 people | €45 |
Visits to Madrid’s Markets
Discover the markets of Madrid, much more than food stalls
If you come to Madrid, visiting the capital’s many markets is a must.
Gourmet markets and traditional markets go hand in hand … an amazing Madrid! Markets for buying traditional products of the Spanish cuisine or more exclusive and unique products. Markets where you can sit with a friend and have a tapa or a ‘calamares’ sandwich…
Madrid’s markets are more than just food stalls. Discover them and taste Madrid!
Markets: Mercado de San Miguel, Mercado de San Antón, Platea Madrid, Mercado de la Paz and El Rastro de Madrid.
| 1 person | €90 |
| 2 people | €75 |
| Food/Drinks not included. | |
Visits to Museums and Cultural Centers
Visiting one of the most important museums in the world is something that cannot be missed during your stay in Madrid.
Madrid is the city of museums by excellence not only in Spain, but also in Europe.
Visiting one of the most important museums in the world is something that cannot be missed during your stay in Madrid. Appreciate the artistic and cultural collections found in them and feel as the main character of an unforgettable journey through the best collections of unique artists like Goya, Velázquez, and Picasso.
Museums: Museo del Prado, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Museo Reina Sofía, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Museo Romántico, Museo Madrid, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Museo Sorolla, Casa de América, Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Palacio Real and Plaza de Toros Monumental de las Ventas.
Cultural Centers: La Casa Encendida, Caixa Fórum Madrid, El círculo de Bellas Artes, Conde Duque and Matadero Madrid.
| 1 person | €85 |
| 2 people | €55 |