Our language school in Guadalajara, Mexico has kindly prepared this guide to the sights, sounds and smells of Guadalajara to make your trip to Mexico a memorable one…The Centro Historico is another name for the “old town” part of downtown Guadalajara. You can get a map of the different important museums, government buildings and plazas [...]
Our language school in Guadalajara, Mexico is always asked where are the best and safest places to go out in the evenings and party with the locals. Here’s their guide to what’s hot and what’s safe for a night out on the town….
Here are some places that are fun and where it is safe and [...]
For those of you, who have not visited Oaxaca during Day of the Dead, mark your calendars now for 2008.
The Mexican festivities of “Muertos” are known throughout the world, and Oaxaca’s traditions are among the most elaborate and unique in the country.
Each year at the end of October, Oaxacan families begin preparing their homes to [...]
Amy spent two weeks in Sicily on a language course, living above a local family and in doing so, ticked off one of the things on her list of things to do before I die!
For two weeks, Taormina, located on a terrace with its spectacular views of the beach below and Mount Etna in the rolling hills in [...]
Catherine, a student at our language school in Sicily has written about daily life in Taormina, the activities on offer and the simple pleasures of daily life enjoyed all the better after learning Italian…
My parents, avid travellers, introduced me to the joys of exploring new places and cultures at an early age and I have spent [...]
Elizabeth, a student in her 20’s has written about her experience learning Italian at one of our fantastic language schools in Sicily and spending 6 months in Italy…
Taormina is a small town filled with history, beauty, and love! I spent a total of four months studying in Italy. Six weeks of this time I spend studying [...]
A student at our language school in Taormina in gorgeous Sicily has shared her experience of learning Italian whilst exploring the back roads of Sicily and experiencing the history, culture, food and drink of this beautiful region….
Words do not suffice to tell you how much I learned and enjoyed the first half of a three-month’s stay [...]
Granada is a stunning city, one of our language schools in Granada has shared this article with us that describes a city framed by the Alpujarra Mountains, dotted with Berber-style villages and smelling of lemon groves…
A visitor to the Alhambra in Granada will see, except perhaps from July to October, an imposing line of snow-topped mountains to [...]
I’d like to share with you this lively article written by a visitor to our fantastic language and culture school in beautiful Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast of Italy…
As a single woman traveling alone, I can honestly tell you that it is difficult to go to restaurants and sit alone, walk along the beach without having men [...]
The Independent newspaper’s Something to Declare podcast was recorded a couple of weeks ago at Stanford’s travel book shop in Covent Garden, London. Simon Calder, Travel Editor of the Independent invited me along to be interviewed for the programme by Ben Ross of the Independent and Francis Duke from ABTA.
The programme had a hispanic flavour and was [...]
Australia’s leading airline, Qantas, has announced it will launch its first non stop service between Sydney & Buenos Aires in November this year. They will be scheduling 3 flights per week, Monday, Wednesday & Saturday.
This is great news for Australian travellers who have had to spend valuable travel time heading north before flying home from [...]
I recently read an interesting article about how holidaymakers are happier working for their break rather than relaxing for two weeks. Although the research seems to stem from a desire to promote the Doctor’s new book it does go someway to explain our increasing desire for holidays with a purpose where you can learn a new skill and [...]
International Women’s Day is celebrated today, the 8th March so why not celebrate it and book a holiday course to learn something you’ve always wanted to try.
Women are increasingly growing in confidence and more and more of us are choosing to travel solo.
Flopping on a beach for 2 weeks is all well and good but [...]
I saw a company offering a cash voucher for a department store in a recent travel industry newsletter. Sure it got my attention but when I thought about it, I realised that it would have been my own money that turned into the cash voucher because the travel agent would have taken less of a [...]