During the Spanish and sun intensive Spanish language course, you get to visit a couple of great locations just outside Malaga. The two other cities that you will visit are Granada and Seville. Granada is often the highlight many of our students because it is a truly beautiful city and there is plenty to see and do their.

Granada like Seville and to a lesser extent Malaga, has strong Moorish influences, nowhere is this more obvious than in the famous Alhambra Palace, a Moorish Bastian overlooking the city of Granada. Granada is higher in out to them Malaga because it sits in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, it might surprise you to know you can actually ski in the Sierra Nevada as late as May because it sits at 3000 m. On a clear day (which there are many) you can actually see the coastline from the slopes and in one day you can be skiing and then and the next you can be on the beach.

During the Spanish and sun program, you won’t be skiing because it takes place in August in Midsummer, when days reaching 35°C are not uncommon, however this amazing warm weather does lead well to another activity  that we love at xtreme gap year.

Canyoning.

If you’re not familiar with canyoning, this is a one-day adventure where you follow the path of the canyon, jumping off waterfalls abseiling down cliffs and drifting down rivers. It certainly makes for one action packed break from your studies.

The city of Granada itself definitely has a bohemian feel to it, with narrow alleys Moorish architecture, and plenty of influence from Morocco with teashops cake shops little markets selling everything from Moroccan slippers to exotic spices and of course hundreds of bars, tapas bars and places to hang out.

you can spend hours walking through the old town and if you head up into the Alacin, the old quarter you are rewarded with incredible views of the Alhambra, and an unrivalled Vista of Granada city itself.

During the Spanish and sun course we just do a day trip to Granada, however an overnight trip can be arranged as well as the canyoning adventure if we have four people who want to participate.