Spanish courses in Alicante, Costa Blanca: optional activities
[ Activities in Alicante ]
Make friends, practice your favorite sport, discover the Costa Blanca and enjoy your language holidays in Alicante!
Social activities
The language school offers you several activities to familiarize with your classmates and your Spanish teachers to have a good time and learn a little more about Alicante.
Welcome coffee the first day of your Spanish course.
Guided tour of Alicante on the first day of the Spanishcourse: to see the most important monuments in Alicante, where the museums and the cultural centers are, where the supermarkets and the shopping centres are, but also to know where people go for a walk, which cafés are the most popular, and which discos are “in”.
TAPAS: Every 4 weeks, generally at to the end of the month, whoever wants to can join in a “tapas” dinner in a restaurant, where you will be able to taste typical dishes. Delicious! Price per person around: € 20- € 25.
Bon appetit!
Cultural Activities
A fortress that overlooks Alicante, different architectural styles in churches, monasteries, museums, archaeological sites ... and much more to see in Alicante during your stay learning Spanish language.
[Santa Barbara Castle is one of the Europe’s biggest medieval fortresses. It is located on the peak and hillside of the Benacantil Mountain, so, from its privileged position, you can see the entire Bay of Alicante. It has three areas, differentiated by the stages in its construction, from the 11th to the 18th century. You can enter the castle either by a pine-tree lined road or using the lifts that have been dug into the mountain. You can get on the lifts at the end of the tunnel, opposite the Postiguet Beach.
—Cathedral of San Nicolás: It was built throughout most of the 17th century over the remains of an old mosque, although it also preserves traces of a 15th century cloister. It is of late Renaissance style, and therefore, it is sober in its external aspect. Inside, the Cathedral is spaciously proportioned with a delicate dome; the altars of the patrons of Alicante, San Nicolás of Bari and the Virgin of Remedio are on the lower and upper sides of the presbytery. The cloister dates from the 15th century, and the baroque rear main fronts are outstanding. The baroque style comes to its highest splendour in the Communion Chapel, dating from the 18th century, as well as in the organ.
[Archaeological Museum located in the old Hospital of San Juan de Dios, its exhibits span the Palaeolithic to the Modern Age, with a special emphasis on Iberian art. Discover Alicante's past and origins, the legacy of the different civilisations that left their imprint on the province and its ways of life. Take a walk inside caves and around archaeological sites, where you can learn about excavation and restoration techniques. Visit a sunken Roman ship and tour its holds full of amphorae and treasures. These are only some of the many activities on offer at the MARQ, a place that brings history to life in a new way. It received international recognition as the 2004 European Museum of the Year for the "originality and intelligent approach" of its exhibits. Through room after room, we can travel to remote prehistoric times; to the Iberian culture and later Roman invasion of these Mediterranean lands; to the Middle Ages; and finally, moving on, to the modern, contemporary Alicante we know today. This trip through history is complemented by spectacular Guided visit. Minimum 6 persons. Price per person: €6 approx.
— Bonfires Museum (Museum about typical Festivities in Alalicante),Crib Museum, Bullfighting Museun,City Hall, Santa Cruz Neighborhoud, Lucentum archaeological site...
Sport Activities
Do you want to keep fit? Do you want to practice one of your favorite sports? Do you wish to try something new?
You will find a variety of sports activities in Alicante. From “traditional” sports such as swimming, canoeing, sailing, horseback riding, diving, windsurf, etc., to the most “exciting” extreme sports, such as bungee jumping, climbing, canyoning, a light aircraft ride, paragliding, or potholing.
Excursions and trips
Do you want to see different places? Do you want to visit monuments or exceptionally beautiful natural landscapes? Do you want to learn about their History?
Do not miss the opportunity to visit...
Valencia and the magnificent architecture of the City of Arts and Sciences, Elche, with the largest palm forest in Europe; Tabarca; Terra Mitica, Mundomar and Aqualandia Parks, Altea, Calpe, Guadalest Valley...
and if you will be in Spain for more time,
during the weekends you could make a trip to ...
Grenade to visit the Alhambra; Madrid to see the Royal Palace, the Prado Museum and Reina Sofia or just go to see the people at the Puerta del Sol; Barcelona to visit Gaudi buildings, walk in Las Ramblas. ..
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HOW TO BOOK AN OPTIONAL ACTIVITY? You can enroll on doing your registration, filling in the corresponding section in the enrolment form, or on arriving at the Spanish school.
SPANISH HOLIDAY LANGUAGE COURSES FOR ADULTS Furthermore, you can also book or participate in one of the holiday courses with a Spanish course in the morning and activities in the afternoon.
Holiday language courses in Spain
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