• Bolivia
• Sucre

The City:

• Located in the Andean Highlands, in a valley surrounded by low mountains, Sucre is a small city that’s a pleasure to explore on foot. It is the legislative capital of Bolivia and also an important university town.


• Sucre has museums, a lively central plaza, shops, restaurants and beautiful colonial buildings, including two universities, various churches, beautiful white-washed buildings and tree-lined plazas where students congregate to socialize and have a good time.


• Sucre has a population of around 190.000 people and was declared a World Heritage city by Unesco in 1991.

The School

Our partner school in Sucre is located in the heart of the city, just one block from the main plaza and close to virtually everything of interest.

Classes take place both in the morning and afternoons. The school has a capacity of about 40 students. Normally half of the students hail from North America, and the other half from Europe.

The school building boasts 15 classrooms, 2 interior patios, a small sun-drenched roof patio, a kitchen, 2 common rooms, free internet, an entertainment room, and a lovely cafeteria, El Café Quito.

Spanish Courses in Sucre

• Intensive group course: 20 group classes per week.
• Super-intensive group course: 20 group classes plus 10 one to one classes per week.
• One to One course: 20 clases per week.
• Activa Spanish: 20 group classes plus 5 hours of activities per week
• Volunteer programme: 4 weeks Spanish course minimum plus 4 weeks minimum volunteer work.
• Activa Spanish One to One: 20 One to One + 5 Activities per week

Timetable

Classes are either in the morning or in the afternoon; each with a 30 minute break in between.

1 lesson = 60 minutes

Teachers

All the teachers are experienced in teaching Spanish as a second language and all have official accreditation to teach Spanish. Our teachers love teaching and are here to help you become as advanced in Spanish as possible.

Accommodation

To help you continue your immersion in the local language and culture, our partner school in Sucre offers a stay with a local host family or student residence.

You’ll enjoy a single room with half board in the home of a Bolivian family.

Activities and Excursions

The school offers 2-3 organized activities every week. We also provide a daily schedule of cultural events in Sucre and its surrounding areas including theatres, museums, and festivals as well as tickets prices.

Weekend trips: The school organizes trips once every 15 days and is always ready to help arrange more activities on the weekends.

The most common activities and excursions are:

• Visits to local sites and areas of interest
• Dance classes
• Cooking classes
• Parties & fiestas
• Spanish languages videos & movies
• Seminars & discussion groups.

Our Opinion

Sucre is a tranquil and fascinating place to study Spanish, while learning about Andean and colonial culture. It is an amazing city and you are bound to love it.