Our service begins with your arrival and ends with your departure; our transfer service from the airport to your accommodation, will ensure you safety and comfort from the beginning, to the end of your holiday, when we will return you to the aiprort for your flight home. Just let us know when to expect you, day or night as this is an around the clock service.

For your convenience the school has a small, but well equipped office with telephone, fax service and free internet and email service. Furthermore our P.O. Box can be used for receiving mail whilst you are with us.

Further Services:

To aid comfort when travelling this beautiful country, we offer a luggage deposit service for you to use at leisure so you only have to travel with the essentials (why take 2 fleeces down to the coast?). We also offer laundry services if required.

We have detailed and current information about nearly all of the many tourist destinations that Ecuador has to offer; from jungle tours in the Oriente, up to the Andean mountains, or westward to the renowned Galapagos Islands; we will have information and tours suited to your interests. There are even some discounts on offer for our students who go some of these tours. Furthermore we have extensive information on tourist sites of interest such as museums, monuments, Indigenous markets etc.

In case of illness we have a list with names and addresses of reliable physicians speaking various foreign languages, telephone numbers for emergencies as well as any other information that could be important in connection with your health. We also provide a 24 hour emergency telephone number to our pupils, for assistance or information around the clock.

We have a book exchange service in different languages, and can provide students with maps, books and videos regarding Ecuador.

Teaching materials

The following teaching material, developed to a large part by the school, will be provided:

- textbook
- work book
- a copybook for grammar and vocabulary
- a copybook for your Spanish diary
- exercise book
- books with additional texts to work from
- magazines, newspapers etc. for further learning exercises

In addition to normal time tabled instruction, the teachers will call their pupils twice during the course, for up to 30 minutes, to chat and help practice telephone manner and converse regarding relevant subject material previously discussed in class. This is a great way for students to immerse themselves in every day life activities outside of the classroom, and apply their new knowledge of the Spanish language.

After concluding the course, pupils are able to continue their Spanish study over the internet, roughly around 2 hours per week, when the pupil will work on grammar, text and vocabulary through school set tasks. Pupils will also write their Spanish diary and send this by email to the school to be revised for grammar and textual errors. The school in return will send corrections and a new task within a few days.

Additional Activities

In our opinion an important component for success during lessons is the relationship between teachers and pupils. In order to become better acquainted, we have an informal framework with several activities outside of the classroom which we strongly encourage students to participate in. Activities include a common breakfast, where everyone cooks together, or go out for a meal, visit markets, watch stage performances, concerts, or sporting events. We also visit exhibitions, go to the cinema or simply meet somewhere comfortable to converse about our experiences. All of these will be conducted in Spanish and help you to make a friend of your teacher.

Upon request we will gladly organize tours into the mountains, trekking, or perhaps trips into the jungle; anything can be organized here in Ecuador!

Weekend excursions

Each weekend we offer a trip outside of Quito, so that students can shake of the city life and see some of the beautiful locations that this picturesque country has to offer. We organize these trips as a large family, with everyone invited, and besides the well-known sites, some of the less known sites will be visited, making your experience altogether more varied and in-depth, providing you with a better understanding and awareness of Ecuador.

Depending on the destination, the trips last between one and two days. Popular sites are; Zumbahua - Quilotoa, Otavalo - Cotacachi, Mindo, Baños - Puyo, Papallacta, volcano Pululahua and volcano Pichincha. And of course, we emphasise that you speak in Spanish during these tours; after all, this is a Spanish school!  

Additional courses

Guitars, organ or piano classes
An experienced music instructor will teach the most popular songs and rhythms from Ecuador and Latin America, as well as any musical style the pupil may ask for. The teacher provides the instruments and all necessary teaching materials.

Dance classes

This is your chance to get to know the tropical rhythms of our region, Salsa, Merengue and Ballenato. Students will learn; the basic movements and steps, to recognize the different rhythms and convert them into dance, as well as to lead or respectively be led by their partner. After just a few hours practice you’ll be shaking your stuff in the local discotheques with the Quiteños. The courses are suitable for all levels, beginner to advanced dancers.

Andean instruments

During these lessons you can enjoy the feeling that seizes every one of us when hearing the sound of these hypnotic local instruments. You can choose between the Flauta, Flauta Dulce, Rondador, Charango and Bombo amongst others.

Ecuadorian cuisine cooking course

A housewife and excellent cool, with wide experience of local Ecuadorian dishes will show you how to prepare some of the different speciality meals from various regions of Ecuador. The course will take place in the house of the teacher where pupils will meet, prepare the daily dish, and then enjoy their efforts within a cosy, homely atmosphere.