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| Spanish Courses
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Alicante is a very nice Mediterranean town with a perfect climate
all year around, a lot of interesting cultural and free time activities
and a superb nightlife. This has made Alicante a very popular destination
for foreigners who wish to study Spanish in Spain and although it
has mainly been a popular summer destination more and more students
choose Alicante to study during the rest of the year as well.
Below you can find further information on Alicante as well as a
small introduction to the Spanish courses available in the town
including school fees and accommodation prices.
At UniSpain we offer Spanish courses in Alicante from the public
University of Alicante and the private school Sampere. For complete
information about the programs offered by each school, facts and
information about the schools and the positives and negatives about
the programs offered please see the links to each school below.
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| Alicante About
the Town |
Facts: Alicante is located
in the east part of Spain along the Mediterranean coast and is the
capital of the province Alicante that forms part of the community
of Valencia. The town has a population size of about 300.000 people
and is located within 2-4 hours drive from the biggest cities of Spain,
Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia. Alicante has two official languages
- Spanish and Valenciano - although most people in this area speaks
traditional Spanish as their first language.
The province of Alicante is a very popular tourist destination and
within 30min from the capital you can find popular resorts like Benidorm
or Denia. Apart from the many nice beaches the area is popular due
to its special micro climate which gives nice temperatures all year
around with an average temperature in the winter of approx 16C� and
during the summer approx 30C�. |
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| History: The area of
Alicante has been inhabited for about 7000 years, first by early tribes
and later by Greeks, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Visigoths
and Moors.The Carthaginian were the first to build a fortress where
Alicante town is located today and thereafter the Romans started to
expand the town which they ruled for nearly 7 centuries. During the
decline of the Roman empire the Visigoths took over the town but this
rule only lasted half a decade as Spain and Alicante was invaded by
the Moors. Alicante was conquered in 1246 by the Castellan king Alfonso
X and in the 15-16th centuries the town grew in size and importance
benefiting from the gold coming in from South America. During the
17th to the mid 20th century Alicante was mainly know as an agricultural
province but the tourist boom in the 60s has made the city a modern
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Attractions: Alicante has lot of interesting attractions
both for people interested monuments and museums and for people
interested attractions like amusements parks and shopping centres.
Of interesting cultural attractions can be mentioned the Castillo
de Santa Barbara (a castle dating back from medieval times) or the
Museum Asegurada, a beautiful building from the 17th century where
you can find works of
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Picasso and Dali. The seafront promenade (Paseo de la Explanada)
from 1957 build with more than six and a half million small
tiles can also highly be recommended to experience a typical
Mediterranean atmosphere and we can also recommend the big amusement
park Tierra Mitica only 30 hour away from Alicante if you are
interested this type of activity. |
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| Going Out: The nightlife in Alicante
offers nearly everything one can ask for, from nice restaurants, cosy
bars or clubs where you can dance to the early morning. There are
mainly two areas to go out in Alicante, the old centre or the harbour.
The harbour area has recently been expanded and the idea of the town
hall was to gather most of the nightlife in this area as the people
living in the old centre had been complaining about the noise. In
the harbour you can find all types of restaurants, bars and clubs
and they are open to the early morning. In the old centre you can
still find many restaurants or bars and is a good place to start the
night as they tend to close earlier.
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| Programs Offered in Alicante |
| In Alicante UniSpain offers Spanish programs
from the public university of Alicante and the private school
Sampere. For more information about each school click on the links
below. |
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| Alicante University |
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Sampere Alicante |
| About the School: The University
of Alicante is a public university owned by the Spanish State.
The university was founded in 1979 although it has a straight
relation to the University of Orihuela that dates back to 1545
and which was closed in 1834..... Alicante
University Spanish Course Info |
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About the School: Sampere is
one of the oldest private language organizations in Spain with
over 45 years of experience. The organization offers Spanish
courses in 5 different Spanish towns as well as in Ecuador in
South America..... Sampere
Alicante Spanish Course Info |
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School Prices
(ALL PRICES ARE IN EUROS)
| Alicante University (2004/05) |
4 Weeks (80h) |
10-12 Weeks (180h) |
| Spanish Language Course (3h per
day) |
416 |
930 |
| Price per Week
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104 |
93 |
| Spanish Language
Course (4h per day) |
514 |
1120 |
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per Week |
129 |
112 |
Starting Dates: 30 Aug, 27 Sep,
25 Oct, 22 Nov, 10 Jan, 7 Feb, 11 Apr, 9 May.
| Sampere (2005) |
2 Weeks |
4 Weeks |
6 Weeks |
8 Weeks |
Extra Weeks |
| Total Price Standard Course (22h
per week) |
360 |
680 |
1020 |
1200 |
125 |
| Price per Week |
180 |
170 |
170 |
150 |
125 |
Sampere Other Courses:
Individual Course: 1 week 20hours=700€, 30hours=1050€,
40hours=1400€.
Starting Dates: Every Monday.
Accommodation Prices
(ALL PRICES ARE IN EUROS)
HB=(Half Board) FB=(Full Board)
| Host Families (2004)
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HB *Double Room |
HB Single Room |
| Price per week |
145 |
169 |
*When booking a course at Alicante University you
pay a one time fee of 75Eur for finding your accommodation and a deposit
of 180Eur. The cost per day with a Spanish host family is 19Eur which
you pay directly to the family.
*Double rooms only available when reserving with
a companion.
| Shared Apartments (2004)* |
*Double Room |
Single Room |
| Price per week |
NA |
95 |
*When booking a course at Alicante University
you pay a one time fee of 75Eur for finding your accommodation and
a deposit of 180Eur. The monthly rent is thereafter paid directly
to the landlord and will be between 150 and 180Eur.
*Double rooms only available when reserving with a companion.
Further
Information and Bookings
If you have any questions or will like further
information about the different Spanish courses offered by UniSpain
in Alicante please fill out the form in Contact
Information.
To book a Spanish course please fill out the Registration
form where after you will receive a response from UniSpain confirming
that we are processing your request and further information about
how to pay the initial deposit.
Recommendations
Alicante can highly be recommend to people who
like a typical Mediterranean atmosphere and a perfect climate. The
town is a popular tourist destination (especially during the summer)
and there are always a lot of both Spanish and foreign visitors
which gives the town a lot of life.
Although most people in Alicante speak Spanish as their first language
there are still some people that prefer speaking Valenciano. This
can make it a bit difficult to get to know part of the local population
but as Spanish is an official language everybody does speak Spanish.
Alicante is big enough to offer many interesting cultural and free
time activities but for long-term studies it might be interesting
to combine Alicante with another destination.
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