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The City

  • Puerto Vallarta is located on the Pacific coast of Mexico, in the Mexican state of Jalisco. It has a population of around 350,000 people and an international airport served by several major airlines.

  • The magical combination of mountains and beaches makes visitors fall in love with Puerto Vallarta at first sight. Aside from its beauty and amazing flora and fauna, this city also allures tourists with its colonial architecture and traditions, famous even in Mexico.

  • Puerto Vallarta is the perfect blend of tropical waters and rich Mexican culture; a place to learn, relax, have fun and take in the natural wonders. This Port town enjoys over 300 sunny days a year and average yearly temperatures of roughly 28º C. It’s no wonder Puerto Vallarta has become such a popular tourist destination!

The School

Nestled among charming colonial-style buildings and picturesque city streets, our partner school in Puerto Vallarta is just one block from the Pacific ocean, close to restaurants, cafes, shops and night time locales. The school has a large café in a nice open terrace that is also used for salsa classes, fiestas and as meeting point for students during the breaks. There is also a conference room for orientation, lectures and movie projections.

Spanish Courses in Puerto Vallarta

  • Intensive group course: 15 group classes/week
  • Super-intensive group course: 25 group classes/week
  • One to One private course: 25 classes/week

Timetable

The group classes, with a maximum of 5 students per group, are held from 9:00 to 14:00 (12:00 for the Intensive course) and are composed of 3 lessons of conversational grammar and 2 lessons of practical conversation and/or lectures if you opt for the Super intensive course (from 12:20 to 14:00 without breaks). The One to One lessons are offered in the afternoons from 14:30 to 17:30 with a 20 minute break.

Individual lessons are offered in the afternoons from 14:30 to 17:30 with a 20 minute break.

Accommodation

Carefully selected families, located within 20 minutes walking of the school, offer you single rooms with half board.

Activities and Excursions

  • In the afternoons we offer workshops and activities that include:
    • Cooking
    • Arts and crafts
    • salsa classes
    • Singing Mexican songs
    • A fiesta or a picnic.
  • A movie is shown each week during one of the conversation classes.
  • Puerto Vallarta has the largest bay in Mexico and attracts fishermen from all over the world. Fishing tours are available year round. During the winter one can enjoy a once in a lifetime experience watching whales and dolphins in their natural environments.

Our Opinion

This is the perfect place to relax and learn Spanish. All is close and accessible, whether it be the big city, the ocean, or the tropical forest. It has a little something for everyone.

Learn Spanish in Mexico

Intensive Spanish

  • Guanajuato
  • Small Groups: Average 4 students per group (maximum 8)
  • Start dates any Monday(1), open all year round!
  • Study materials for each level of your course is included!
  • All for a single enrollment fee of $100
  • Oaxaca, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta
  • Small groups: average 3 students per group (maximum 5)
  • Start dates any Monday, all levels, open all year round!
  • Study materials not included: US$ 45 each book/level
  • All for a single enrollment fee of $100
Intensive & Super intensive Spanish Courses
GuanajuatoOaxaca, Puerto VallartaPlaya del Carmen
Intensive
20+5
Super Intensive
30+5
Spanish Talk
10+5
Intensive
15
Super Intensive
25
Spanish Talk
10+15
Intensive
15
Super Intensive
25
Spanish Talk
10+15
1-4 Weeks / 1 Week195310149149209407171246449
2 Weeks390620298298418814342492898
3 Weeks5859304474476271.1215137381.347
4 Weeks7801.2405965818151.5876679591.751
5-7 Weeks (2)175270143134188366154221404
5 Weeks8751.3507157151.0031.9538211.1802.155
6 Weeks1.0501.6208588491.1912.3199751.4012.559
7 Weeks1.2251.8901.0019831.3792.6851.1291.6222.963
8-11 Weeks (2)170250140134188366154221404
8 Weeks1.3602.0001.1201.1171.5673.0511.2831.8433.367
9 Weeks1.5302.2501.2601.2511.7553.4171.4372.0643.771
11 Weeks1.8702.7501.5401.5192.1314.1491.7452.5064.579
Spanish for Life & Long Duration Spanish courses - 12 weeks or more
GuanajuatoOaxaca, Puerto VallartaPlaya del Carmen
Intensive
20+5
Super Intensive
30+5
Spanish Talk
10+5
Intensive
15
Super Intensive
25
Spanish Talk
10+15
Intensive
15
Super Intensive
25
Spanish Talk
10+15
12 - 19 Weeks (2)159245134134188366154221404
12 Weeks1.9082.9401.6081.6532.3194.5151.8992.7274.983
13 Weeks2.0673.1851.7421.7872.5074.8812.0532.9485.387
16 Weeks2.5443.9202.1442.1893.0715.9792.5153.6116.599
Academic year & Semester Programs
GuanajuatoOaxaca, Puerto VallartaPlaya del Carmen
Intensive
20+5
Super Intensive
30+5
Spanish Talk
10+5
Intensive
15
Super Intensive
25
Spanish Talk
10+15
Intensive
15
Super Intensive
25
Spanish Talk
10+15
+20 Weeks (2)155239134134188366154221404
20 Weeks3.1004.7802.6802.7253.8237.4433.1314.4958.215
30 Weeks4.6507.1704.0204.0655.70311.1034.6716.70512.255
48 Weeks7.44011.4726.4326.4779.08717.6917.44310.68319.527

(1) Intensive course: start dates any Monday, year round, all levels. Super intensive/Spanish Talk course: Non-beginners any Monday. Beginners can start on the 1st Monday of every month.

(2) The special discount prices are per week in Guanajuato. In Oaxaca, Playa del Carmen & Puerto Vallarta the special discount price per week is additional from week 4 (for example the 5-week Intensive course price in Oaxaca is the 4-week price plus the extra week price US$ 581 + US$ 134 = US$ 715 and so on for courses in Oaxaca, Puerto Vallarta and Playa del Carmen).

  • With the +courses you will have one daily cultural class covering Spanish and Latin American culture and civilization. Maximum number of students in these extra cultural classes is 16.
  • One to One classes: 10 group classes + 15 One to One per week.
  • In the exceptional case that only 1 or 2 students are enrolled in a course in the same level group, the number of classes per week will be reduced slightly.
  • All special discount prices (examples) listed above are applicable when doing a minimum of 5, 8, 12, or 20 uninterrupted weeks and the total cost of the program is paid for in full, in advance.

Specialized / Premium Spanish

D.E.L.E. exam preparation
Guanajuato2 Weeks3 Weeks4 Weeks
Inicial, 20 classes/week390--
Intermedio, 20 classes/week-585780
Superior, 20 classes/week-700935
Start Dates
  • 2, 3 or 4 weeks before he examination date (May 21, Aug 20, Nov 19)
  • 2-week course: May 10, Aug 9, Nov 8
  • 3-week course: May 3, Aug 2, Nov 2
  • 4-week course: Apr 26, Jul 26, Oct 25
Required Levels
  • Inicial: B1 (Intermediate)
  • Intermedio: B2 (Advanced)
  • Superior: C2 (Mastery)
Note

You cannot take the official exam in Guanajuato, only the preparation course.


Teachers of Spanish
Guanajuato, Oaxaca, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta2 Weeks
Group course, 20 classes/week625
One to One course, 20 classes/week998
Group + One to One course, 20 classes/week840

(1)10 group classes + 15 one to one; Playa del Carmen: US$ 930

Start Dates
  • Group Course: available at don Quijote Guanajuato: Jun 28, Jul 12, Jul 26 (min. 3 students).
  • One to One course: available at don Quijote Guanajuato, any Monday except in the weeks coinciding with the group course.
  • Group + One to One course: available at don Quijote Oaxaca, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta any Monday.

Required Levels
  • Teacher of Spanish

Medical Spanish
Guanajuato2 Weeks
Group course, 30 classes/week680
Start Dates
  • Jan 25, Apr 19, Jun 7, Jul 5, Oct 4

Required Levels
  • B1 (intermediate)

Intensive Business
Guanajuato2 Weeks4 Weeks
Group course, 20 classes/week6801.360
Start Dates
  • Jan 25, Apr 19, Jun 7, Jul 5, Oct 4

Required Levels
  • B1 (intermediate)

Spanish and History, Art or Literature
Guanajuato2 Weeks
Group course, 20 classes/week680
Start Dates
  • Jan 25, Jan 21, Jul 12, Oct 4

Required Levels
  • B1 (intermediate)

Christmas Course
Guanajuato1 Weeks2 Weeks
Group course, 20 classes/week195390
Start Dates
  • 1 week course: Dec 20, Dec 27
  • 2 week course: Dec 20

Required Levels
  • All levels

Volunteer Program
Guanajuato8 Weeks
Group course, 20 classes/week780
Start dates

Any Monday year round

Included

4-week Intensive Spanish, 4 weeks voluntary work (minimum)

Required level

Upon completing the Spanish course you must have a B1 level (intermediate)

Note:

US$ 160 Placement fee (additional)


Premium Spanish
Guanajuato1 Week2 Weeks3 WeeksExtra Week
Intensive
20 mini group
360665971299
Intensive+
20 mini group + 5 One to One
5209601.395439
Super Intensive
20 mini group + 10 One to One
6751.2551.795579
Super immersion
20 mini group + 15 One to One
7851.4952.130699
Playa del Carmen
Super Intensive
15 mini group + 10 One to One
4418821.323397
Super immersion
20 mini group
6191.2381.857557
Start Dates
  • You can start any Monday, year round

Required Levels
  • All levels

Guanajuato
  • Maximum 4 students per group course
  • Special V.I.P. treatment: coffie included during the break
  • Pre exam and oral level test by phone before arrival
  • 2 hours of tutorial by phone or email after returning home
  • Super intensive and Super immersion courses include conversation 'classes' during a daily lunch in a restaurant with your teacher

Playa del Carmen
  • Maximum 5 students in the group course.
  • 35% of the One to One classes can be customized to your needs, if you inform us within 2 weeks before arrival

One to One
Guanajuato1 Person2 Persons
(p.p. in the same class)
per class3927
5 classes179130
10 classes335250
15 classes495375
20 classes625485
21 classes+ / per class3021
Oaxaca, Playa del Carmen, Puerto Vallarta
per class3027
5 classes150130
10 classes300250
20 classes600485
21 classes+ / per class3021
Start Dates
  • You can start any weekday!

Required Levels
  • All levels
  • For specialized subjects, ask us for specifi c availability and quotes.
  • Supplement per class outside normal class hours (ask for availability): US$ 15
  • Above mentioned packages are total classes per week and applicable when reserved and paid for in full and in advance.

Study Groups
Guanajuato
Special Prices! Groups: 8 Students or more. Please contact us (groups@donquijote.org) or any language travel organization in your country that represents don Quijote.
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