Dreaming of a trip to Spain? Then this opportunity is for you: Learn Spanish in Spain and explore the country on the weekends with a free hotel voucher.
This is a special offer for Spanish courses at don Quijote schools in Spain: The first 50 students to book their course with don Quijote will receive a voucher for up to 3 nights free accommodation in over 350 hotels in Spain, Portugal and Andorra. The voucher is valid for one year when you spend the required minimum in the hotel, usually breakfast and dinner for 2 people.
Kamila Hazdrová from the CzechRepublic has won a free 2 week Spanish course with don Quijote.
In September 2007, we held a contest in our Monthly Newsletter offering a student the possibility to win a free Spanish course at don Quijote. We are very happy to announce our winner.
24 year old Kamila Hazdrová from the Czech Republic, a subscriber to our Monthly Newsletter, participated in the draw and won a free 2 week Intensive Spanish course with accommodation. The destination Kamila has chosen for her course is don Quijote Granada school where she will study for two weeks in May.
Congratulations once again!
We would like to thank all our participants and remind you to keep your eyes peeled for future contests.
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don Quijote offers a Work & Study program which combines a Spanish course in any don Quijote destination followed by a job placement in Marbella, a resort town in southern Spain. You won’t get rich, but you will earn enough to cover basic expenses. This is a great opportunity to get working experience abroad while learning or improving your Spanish and most of all to have a really fun time and meet lots of new people. This program has had great reviews from many of happy students.
Check out a few videos of our student testimonials and hear about their experience working in Spain.
If you book before March 31st you will get an incredible discount on our Study and Work program. Find out more about this offer.
If you thought that festive Carnival celebrations were the exclusive property of Brazil or Venice, you'll be in for a wild surprise during a February visit to Spain. The most famous Spanish carnival celebrations take place in Tenerife in the Canary Islands and Cádiz in Andalusia.
Tenerife’s Carnival is similar to that of Río de Janeiro, perhaps simply due to geography, since Tenerife is a tropical island with an average temperature of 22º Celsius throughout the year. For "Tinerfeños", Carnaval is the event of the year. Locals work diligently on their costumes for months before the start of the festivities. Dance, music and color take to the streets during the the island's Carnival parades. The most important parades take place in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the capital of the island. If you're eager to see local color and culture while you learn Spanish, Carnival is an ideal time for Spanish course at don Quijote Tenerife.
The Carnival of Cadiz is equally famous. Gaditanos have their own way of living Carnaval. Following more in the Carnival footsteps of Venice than Río, Cádiz revelers get together with a group of friends to dress up according to a theme and sing songs with lyrics written as a parody of current Spanish public events or news. The essential ingredients of the Carnival of Cádiz are fun, flamenco and "cachondeo" (joking). And yes, like the Carnival of Tenerife, with don Quijote, you can enjoy the Carnival of Cádiz from the comfort of a Spanish course and student accommodation.
When: main events from February 2 to February 10th, 2008
On December 3, our don Quijote school in Madrid moves to a new location! We've moved the school to the same building as our student residence to facilitate access to our Spanish classes and to add to the general comfort of our students.
The building, located right in the center of Madrid has been completely renovated on this inside, while the charm of its typical Madrileño architecture has been faithfully maintained on the outside. It is surrounded by shopping and is just 5 minutes from Spain’s largest department store El Corte Ingles.
For entertainment, just cross the street to find a variety of bars and restaurants, from typical tapas bars to international cuisine. There is also a metro station right at the school's front door for easy access to the rest of the city.
Here is a blog full of great photos of Guanajuato by one of our former students. An excellent way to see a bit more of Mexico and about don Quijote Spanish school in Guanajuato.
Here are 9 things to love about Salamanca, selected a couple of years ago by Christophe Rousseel, a Belgian student and writer who worked with don Quijote during his internship. Christophe spent at least 4 or 5 months here, enough to offer all sorts of advice about how to enjoy Salamanca - by day and by night:
9 things to love about Salamanca
1 Students
Nicknamed the Oxford of the Spanish world, the university of Salamanca boasts a student population of roughly 32000 Spanish students and some 6000 foreign students. There are even more students, since these figures don’t include the considerable number of Spanish learners attending private schools in Salamanca. The high concentration of Spanish and foreign students - there is one student for every 3 or 4 Salmantinos - bestows a unique atmosphere on the small city.
2 Nightlife
Insiders will tell you that Salamanca nightlife can rival any other city in Spain. Or as they say here: Salamanca por la noche, como ninguna. Perhaps it’s not as trendy as Barcelona or as acclaimed as Ibiza but Salamanca at night is custom-made for students. Prices are adapted to student budgets; 5 Euro for an open bar is no exception. The city is easy to get around: you can get anywhere on foot. It is also a lot safer than the bigger party capitals. And last but not least, nightlife is not at all limited to the weekends; you can go out seven days per week (although I advise against it). Notwithstanding the fact that it’s a small city, Salamanca offers a plethora of bars and clubs: progressive, laid-back bars like Birdland on Plaza de España (named after the landmark jazz club in New York) or Clave del Ocho (near Gran Vía), cosy sidewalk cafés for a quiet talk (like Erasmus on Rua Antigua), crowded discotheques like more»
Special offer for don Quijote students who return for another course!
If you or any of your friends have previously studied with us at don Quijote, here is a great opportunity for you.
We want to reward our illustrious alumni (yes ALL of you) with a special "muchísimas gracias", and an "enhorabuena" thrown in as well, all in the form of:
a 20% discount off your next Spanish course at any don Quijote school in Spain or Mexico.
Better yet, this thank you is is transferable, so if you’re unable to take another course with us right now, feel free to pass that 20% discount along to a Spanish-studying friend!
And, best of all, when you both come to study with us, you both save. When you return to don Quijote and bring a friend along with you, you’ll receive your 20% discount and your friend will enjoy a 10% discount.
Places for these special prices are limited so make sure you contact us soon and be sure to request the offer when booking your course.
Your teachers look forward to seeing you again! How's that subjunctive doing these days, they're asking, is it coming along?
We've added more videos to the don Quijote You Tube collection, including this Spanish television (Antena 3) news coverage of the reality show filmed at don Quijote and set to air on Finnish television in October. Watch it is a great chance to hear Spanish while you read English subtitles, too, all you beginners:
While supplies last - and you remember to mention this offer when you book your course- you'll receive, along with the rewarding experience of studying Spanish with the leading school in Spain, a hotel voucher for a stay of up to 3 nights in one of hundreds of selected hotels in Spain, Portugal and Andorra. Who's says language study shouldn't include travel in the language you're learning? The vouchers are valid for one year, so you can travel before, during or after your course - or come back to give your Spanish a little outing in Spain later in the year.
A virtual visit to Salamanca in images, have a look at this video, discover this amazing Spanish city full of history and culture, and see our first school of Spanish, don Quijote Salamanca school.
We've just added two new partner schools, carefully selected to meet our standards of quality in teaching and service.
This news add two truly emblematic (should I even say legendary?) Spanish cities to your don Quijote options: Pamplona, a cobblestoned city of tradition, and yes, the famous running of the bulls, and Cádiz, (above, in photo) a sun drenched enclave rich in history, traditional culture, and white architecture against blue Andalucian skies.
Read more about Cádiz and what you can do in your free time through the entire province of Cádiz- from walks on pristine beaches to hikes in the sierra - here.
Read what TourSpain has to say about lovely, historic Pamplona here.
Did you know don Quijote now offers Spanish courses in 4 locations in Mexico?
Learn Spanish while you discover the colonial beauty and indigenous cultures of two stunning World Heritage cities - Guanajuato or Oaxaca.
More interested in surf than history? Take your classes under Caribbean thatched roofs in the garden of our school in coastal Playa del Carmen, or spend your after-class time enjoying the beach and night life in Puerta Vallarta.
Come work in Spain and experience Spanish culture first hand!!
It is not always easy to get a job in a foreign country, although it’s the best way to truly get to know a different culture. don Quijote can make your dreams come true with the new Study and Work in Spanish Hotels program open to participants from all nationalities. Request more information heremore»
We have a new student residence in Salamanca! And it's available for July and August for a special price.
That's the salon of the residence, above, where you'll live with international and Spanish students while you enjoy three prepared meals a day, a single en-suite room, an onsite free Internet cafe for residences, a TV room, movies, etc.
Combine a 2-week Intensive Spanish course with full board lodging in a single room in this comfortable residence and you'll save 189 euros! more»
Last week we had Pedro, the director of our Spanish school in Guanajuato, visiting us here in Salamanca. He told us about don Quijote's beautiful school in Mexico, about the students (here is a picture), and about the volunteer programs.
If you want to learn or improve Spanish adding a special something to your Spanish course, try our volunteer programs in México.
don Quijote offers you a four week Spanish course followed by a four week volunteer experience in various social institutions. A chance to work with people less fortunate and make a difference in their lives. While helping those in need you will be able to improve your Spanish and enjoy the beautiful Mexican city of Guanajuato.
Volunteer programs are also available in Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Peru and Guatemala.
Last week I attended one of our wine tasting classes at don Quijote Salamanca to see what it was all about. I was pleasantly surprised!! In one class I learned more about Spanish wine than I have in the two and a half years that I have been living here. more»
Rob Dorlin of don Quijote talks with Canal Malaga about immersion Spanish courses in Spain. Rob comments on the growing number of British expats moving to Spain, or already settled along the coasts, who opt for an immersion Spanish course to explore, understand and give themselves the opportunity to become more of a part of the culture of their new home.
This year we launched a new Executive Spanish course designed for business people and, well, any student of any level wishing to learn as much as possible as quickly as possible, or wanting to tackle industry-specific vocabulary. Study groups are extra small (never more than 4), students can easily add private lessons "a la carte" and some courses include lunch (in Spanish, of course) with the teacher.
As part of that program we also added a brand new class of student accommodations: Executive class.
Well, we are all abuzz in the office...(click through to see more photos) more»
don Quijote is offering an exclusive discount for our members:
Dreaming of a trip to Spain? Then this opportunity is for you: Learn Spanish in Spain and explore the country on the weekends with a free hotel voucher. 
Kamila Hazdrová from the 
It's Carnival time in Tenerife and Cádiz! 
Come work in Spain and experience Spanish culture first hand!! 
Last week we had Pedro, the director of our Spanish school in Guanajuato, visiting us here in Salamanca. He told us about don Quijote's beautiful school in Mexico, about the students (here is a picture), and about the volunteer programs.
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