• Live in a comfortable, centrally located residence together with your peers and staff members
• Enjoy fresh authentic food from authentic local restaurants
• Learn in a fun, interactive way, outside of the classroom, immersing in the local community (hence our Experiential Learning Method!)
• Improve your Spanish in intensive small-group language workshops
• Experience authentic cultural immersion
• Option to receive college credit, studying with our local partner institutions
• Community service elective with our Spanish partners
• Be a savvy, sophisticated traveler. Go above and beyond the standard tourist checklist!
• Meet local teens and make friends from all over the world
• Included trips to Jerez, Conil, El Puerto de Santa Maria, Arcos de la Frontera and Bolonia
• All inclusive 2, 3 or 4 week sessions
• Optional 5-day travel extension to Cordoba and Seville
• Pre-Summer Language Courses and Tutoring Online (get an early start on practicing your Spanish!)

Our students come from all over the United States, some of them – from all over the world. The typical group size is between 20 and 40 students, there are usually more girls than boys. The students will have the option of flying on the chaperoned “designated” flight from JFK to the program site (if there is a sufficient number), or flying independently. We will meet all students at the arrival airport and take them to the program residence. We encourage our students to arrive between the hours of 12 noon and 5 pm local time.

Our students will eat authentic, balanced, quality local and international food at local cafés and restaurants. We do not do fast food, cafeteria food, or tourist traps. Our students will have a chance to sample authentic European and international cuisine, including French, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Mediterranean, Indian, Japanese, Thai, Mexican and others.
In the mornings, students will have breakfast before the morning classes. Breakfast will typically include coffee, tea, juice, eggs, pastries, fruit, sandwiches, and more. For lunch, students will typically have sandwiches, salad, pasta, tapas, sushi, pizza, burgers, seafood, meat, vegetables, or other foods. A typical dinner will usually include pasta, salad, steak, seafood, burger, chicken, sushi, ramen, vegetables, tikka masala, paella, and other delicious dishes.
We tailor the menu to our students’ preferences and give them plenty of choices. We accommodate vegetarian, vegans, kosher, and other diets.

Every student on the program chooses two classes as their academic focus in Cadiz: a major and an elective. The Spanish major class meets every morning Monday to Friday while electives meet three afternoons a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Students interested in earning college credit will have the option of doing so via our local partner school, Melkart Academy.

Majors: Spanish language

Electives and Workshops: Spanish Conversation and Culture, Photography.
Students are placed in their Spanish class according to their level, we accept beginners, intermediate and advanced speakers. There is a placement test on the first day of class.
In addition, we offer individual tutoring and intensive small group workshops, for those who want to challenge themselves and see a dramatic improvement in their Spanish proficiency. Our language classes are taught in a fun, interactive, experiential way, maximizing intensive language and cultural immersion.

In addition to showing you all of the most celebrated and “lesser known” cultural sites in Cádiz, the program allows you to explore the most beautiful sites in Andalusia.
Some of the students’ favorites include:

• Sailing on the white sand beaches of Conil
• Excursions to Puerto de la Villa and Casco Antiguo
• Eco- trip to Los Toruños, a natural reserve in the bay of Cadiz
• Tour of Jerez de la Frontera and Claustro Santo Domingo
• Zip-lining in Conil de la Frontera
• Trip to Vejer and Pueblos Blancos, the beautiful white villages of Andalucia