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The City

Population: 12 Million.
Location: Province of Buenos Aires (Capital City).

Buenos Aires, an energetic and seductive port city stretching south-to-north along the Rio de la Plata, has been the gateway to Argentina for centuries. Porteños, as the multinational people of Buenos Aires are known, possess an elaborate and rich cultural identity. They value their European heritage: Italian and German names outnumber Spanish, and the lifestyle and architecture are markedly more European than any other city in South America. One of the world's finest opera houses, the Teatro Colon, flourishes here on the plains alongside the river. Porteños are intensely involved in the life and culture of their city, and they will gladly share the secrets of Buenos Aires if you lend an ear and relate your own stories in return.

Buenos Aires' physical structure is a mosaic as varied and diverse as its culture. The city has no dominating monument, no natural monolith that serves as its focal point. Instead, Buenos Aires is composed of many small places, intimate details, and tiny events and interactions, each with a slightly different shade, shape, and character. Glass-sheathed skyscrapers cast their slender shadows on 19th century Victorian houses; tango bars hazed with the piquant tang of cigar smoke face dusty, treasure-filled antique shops across the way.

The city's neighbourhoods are small and highly individualized, each with its own characteristic colours and forms. In the San Telmo district, the city's multinational heritage is embodied in a varied and cosmopolitan architecture: Spanish Colonial design meets Italian detailing and graceful French Classicism. La Boca's pressed tin houses are painted a rainbow of colours, and muralists have turned the district's side streets into avenues of colour.

For all its diversity, the elusive spirit of Argentina as a country is present everywhere in Buenos Aires. The national dance, the tango, is perhaps the best expression of that spirit. Practiced in dance halls, parks, open plazas, and ballrooms, it is a dance of intimate separation and common rhythm, combining both an elegant reserve and an exuberant passion.

We are confident you will find Buenos Aires a wonderful place to learn – and live - the Spanish language!

The School

Our partner school in Buenos Aires is located in the Palacio San Miguel, one of the most valued buildings in the historic downtown area. Surrounded by gorgeous, beautifully preserved 19th century architecture, the school is conveniently located in the city centre. You’ll have no trouble seeing the town with the school as your base, finding the best restaurants and bars, and seeing the most important sites. The school will provide an exciting yet safe environment for studying Spanish, with all the modern amenities you’ll need to feel comfortable, while you improve your Spanish by leaps and bounds.

School facilities include 20 spacious classrooms with large windows, a roof deck where you can relax after class, a common room for socializing and drinking mate, a video room, a computer room with free internet access, a cafeteria and air conditioning.

Spanish Courses in Buenos Aires

• Intensive group course: 20 group classes/week
• Super-intensive group course: 30 group classes/week + 10 one to one classes
• One to One private course: 10 classes/week
• Intensive Spanish + Tango: 20 group classes/week + 8 dance classes
• Immersion course: 20 group classes + 5 one to one classes
• Volunteer Program

Your course includes a free welcome brunch and a guided city walk to get you acquainted with the city, your teachers and your fellow students. You’ll never study with more then 8 students in a group, even as a beginner, and the average number of students in a study group is 3.

Timetable

Classes are available mornings and afternoons, and each class lasts 55 minutes.

Teachers

All of the teachers at the Buenos Aires school are qualified and experienced. It’s not unusual to see students and teachers heading out into the city together after class – to enjoy all that Buenos Aires has to offer.

Accommodation

You may choose between a stay with an Argentinean host family, or a shared student residence.

Activities and Excursions

The school plans at least 2 cultural activities per week, from excursions to films and classes on cultural topics.

Our Opinion

We are confident you will find Buenos Aires an exciting, yet comfortable and safe place to learn Spanish. Not quite Latin, not quite European, Buenos Aires is a fascinating world capital that immediately draws in its visitors, leaving them madly in love with all its peculiarities and charms.