Spain | Valencia Summer Camp (13 – 15 Years)

Location

Valencia, Spain’s third largest city, sits on the country’s Mediterranean coast. The beautiful Spanish language school is tucked away deep in the heart of the old town, just a few steps away from the city’s beautiful sights and essential services. The four storey former palace has been carefully renovated into a stunning building where modernism complements history. Inside the school, walls from the original 11th Century Arab building are visible in the classrooms and open spaces, creating an atmosphere of history and mystique.

The 28 classrooms are filled with natural light, and are equipped with air-conditioning and interactive whiteboards. If studying in a stunning location rich in history isn’t enough, students can also make the most of the relaxed, well equipped social spaces during break times. They can use the computers and wifi, enjoy the reading area with books and magazines, relax on one of the two patios or bask in the sunshine on the breathtaking roof terrace, complete with sun loungers, fruit trees and a shower to cool off.

Language Course

The language course comprises 20 lessons of 50 minutes length which concentrate on learning and actively using Spanish. The school caters for all abilities from beginners to more advanced Spanish speakers. The tuition is very much practice oriented. Students participate in group sessions alongside other learners of a similar level, with lessons focused on improving all aspects of the language: reading, writing, speaking and listening. There are 4 classes per day which take place during the morning. During the afternoons there is a varied programme of supervised leisure activities, visits and excursions to introduce Spanish culture, sports and lifestyles.

Students are placed in suitable ability groups through a written test before they travel and a speaking assessment on the first morning of the course. Ability groups give the classes a real international flavour so students get to meet other campers from around the world.

Activities

At the welcome meeting on the first day of your course you will receive a detailed weekly programme of activities with a timetable and meeting points. The Summer Camp for 13–15 year-olds offers activities every weekday afternoon, on some evenings and a full day excursion every Saturday*. Activities vary from week to week to ensure students who stay for multiple weeks experience a varied programme. Activities include:

• Beach sports
• Tour of Valencia
• Evening barbecue at the school
• Visit to Valencia FC stadium
• Visit to the City of Arts, Museum of Sciences area
• Bike tour of the riverbed park
• Bowling and cinema trip
• Paintballing
• Paella cooking workshop
• One full day excursion

All activities are supervised by the entertainment team from the school.

*Students staying for 1 week only will need to book an additional night to be able to take part in the Saturday excursion.

Accommodation

Host accommodation is available and is the perfect way to immerse yourself in the Spanish language and culture. Your host  will not only introduce you to the Spanish way of life and help you practice the Spanish language but will also give you a taste of local and delicious regional specialities. Host accommodation is carefully selected and are situated within walking distance of the school. They provide full board accommodation in twin rooms from the Sunday before your Summer Camp starts to the Saturday after it finishes. Students opting for a Sunday departure will be able to stay with their hosts for an additional night.

You can read more about what it means to stay with a host in our Host Accommodation Guide.

Optionally, if you would prefer to stay in a student residence with other international students from the camp, located close to the school, this is available. 24 hour supervision is included. Students are provided twin, triple or quadruple rooms with a shared bathroom.

Accommodation is full board in both host family or the student residence.
If you are travelling with a friend or several friends, please indicate at the time of booking if you would like to share with your friend or an international student in your accommodation.

Transfers

With 60 bus lines, 5 metro lines and 4 tram lines, Valencia has an excellent public transport system. Valencia’s clean and efficient metro runs straight from the airport to the city centre in only 20 minutes. We provide directions and all the details you need to use public transport. Alternatively, private transfers can be arranged for a fee on request.

Insurance

Travel and Medical Insurance is available as an optional extra with this package. For more details please see our Insurance page.