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The city:

  • Mendoza is a small city in the best of Argentina. It is the capital of Mendoza province with about 110.000 inhabitants. The city was founded in the 16th century and reconstructed later in European style.

  • It is located at the foot of the spectacular Andes mountains and is a frequent stopover for climbers heading up Aconcagua (the highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere). The city of Mendoza and its vast surroundings boast unlimited offerings such as mountaineering, hiking, rafting, riding horses, skiing, etc.

The School

Our partner school in Mendoza is located in downtown, five minutes away from the pedestrian area, and one block from the main avenue (Colon Avenue) and just 2 blocks away from Parque Cívico, city hall and Casa de Gobierno, very important monuments for Mendoza. The school itself has 6 classrooms, teacher’s room, a kitchen, a meeting room (to be used during breaks and free time) where you can have some coffee, tea or mate and you can also bring your own food, audio and video room, computer Room with free Internet access and a beautiful backyard with barbecue.

Spanish Courses in Mendoza

  • Intensive group course: 20 group classes/week
  • Super-intensive group course: 30 group classes/week
  • One to One private course: 10 classes/week
  • Intensive Spanish + Tango: 20 group classes/week + 8 dance classes
  • Immersion Course: 20 group classes + 5 one to one classes/week

Timetable

Classes consist of four 55-minute lessons a day in groups of no more than 7 students. The course is complemented by extra-curricular activities, which students may do in their free time. Classes are divided into two parts with a break of twenty minutes.

Accommodation

Carefully selected families, located within 10 to 25 minutes from the school, offer you single rooms with half board. Laundry service is optional. Most houses have beautiful architecture, green backyards and pools.

Activities and Excursions

Students´ favourite activities are visiting the wineries in Mendoza or the Patagonia Museum and ice skating in front of the Nahuel Huapi lake in Bariloche. For those fond of adventure, rapids descending from the Andes are the perfect scenery for rafting and kayaking. Just to the northeast you will find several international ski resorts and places for other adventure sports.

Our Opinion

Mendoza is an ideal location in which to learn Spanish and from which to explore Argentina with excellent opportunities for rafting, kayaking, sailing, windsurfing and most outdoor sports all combined with your Spanish course.

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  • Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Mendoza
  • Maximum 7 students in the group classes (Buenos Aires: 8)
  • 10% discount on the course price for long duration students (+10 weeks)
  • Start dates any Monday, year round
  • 1 lesson = 55 minutes
  • Combine all 4 schools in Argentina at no extra cost
  • Enrollment fee: US$ 100 (study materials included)
  • Change of reservation fee: US$ 175
  • Córdoba
  • Maximum 7 students in the group classes
  • 10% discount on the course price for long duration students (+10 weeks)
  • Start dates any Monday, year round
  • 1 lesson = 55 minutes
  • Combine all 4 schools in Argentina at no extra cost
  • Enrollment fee: US$ 100 (study materials included)
  • Change of reservation fee US$ 175
General Spanish
Intensive
20 group
Super Intensive
30 group
One to One
10 one to one
US$
1 week195260340
2 week390520680
3 week5857801.020
extra week195260340
Specialized Spanish
Immersion
20 group + 5 one to one
Spanish + Tango (1)
20 group + 8 tango
US$
1 week310340
2 weeks620680
3 weeks9301,020
extra week310340

(1) only available in Buenos Aires

Note: The school reserves the right to change a group course into One to One in case there is no other student at the same level. If this happens, there will be a reduction of class hours of 50%.

Volunteer program Buenos Aires
US$
placement fee355

A minimum 4-week Intensive course is required to be eligible for the Volunteer program.

Accommodation
individualdouble
price per weekUS$
Home stay, B&B 175130
Home stay, half board 235185
Student residence, no meals(1) 190120
Student residence, B&B(1) 220150

(1) No residence available in Bariloche. Individual rooms only available in Buenos Aires

  • No meals provided on Sundays in any type of accommodation
  • Extra night: US$ 45
  • Buenos Aires high season supplement (Jan 4 - Feb 14 and Jun 14 - Aug 9) per week/person: US$ 40
  • Mendoza high season supplement (Jun 1 - Sep 15 and during the Wine Harvest Festival in March) per week/person: US$ 80
Airport pick-up service
US$
Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Mendoza65
General Spanish
Intensive
20 group
Super Intensive
30 group
One to One
10 one to one
US$
1 week145200265
2 week290400530
3 week435600795
extra week145200265
Specialized Spanish
Immersion
20 group + 5 one to one
Spanish + Tango
20 group + 8 tango
US$
1 week250265
2 weeks500530
3 weeks750795
extra week250265

Note: The school reserves the right to change a group course into One to One in case there is no other student at the same level. If this happens, there will be a reduction of class hours of 50%.

Volunteer program Buenos Aires
US$
placement fee260

A minimum 4-week Intensive course is required to be eligible for the Volunteer program.

Accommodation
individualdouble
price per weekUS$
Home stay, B&B 13590
Home stay, half board 180130
Student residence, no meals -95
Student residence, B&B -115

• No meals provided on Sundays in any type of accommodation
• Extra night: US$ 45

Airport pick-up service
US$
Cordoba65
Holydays: 1/1, 24/3, 1/4, 2/4, 1/5, 25/5, 21/6, 9/7, 16/8, 11/10, 8/12, 25/12
  • Dates are provisional are NOT yet confirmed. Please check our web site for updated 2010 holidays: www.donquijote.org/holidays
  • If there are two holidays during the same week, there will be an extra class to compensate for one of them
  • If there are individual classes on a holiday, there will always an extra class in the same week to compensate for this
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