Learn Spanish and Kitesurfing in Spain

You may not know it but Málaga hosts one of the biggest parties in Europe during the month of August. The Andalusian’s do have every right to want to party till the sun comes up, because they get a lot of it (Sun). Málaga, on the Costa del Sol is the undisputed champion of awesome weather. For two weeks you will live in central Málaga, a stunningly beautiful cosmopolitan city voted the world’s most 24 hour city due to its infamous night life. Learning the lingo studying at a top Spanish Academy right in the heart of the old district, hanging out with new friends and learning to kitesurf.

With 20 hours of Spanish tuition a week, 10 hours of kitesurfing and lots of ancillary activities it’s a great way to spend your summer.

Get your party pants on

When you join this trip in August it will coincide with the Málaga Feria, a week long fiesta famous throughout Spain for being a massive party, and yes it will be happening on your doorstep. With your head bulging with new-found Spanish language skills, you can test it out with the several thousand people revelling in the streets, and you’ll be amazed by how much your Spanish improves the more Vino Tinto you consume as well.

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Further Details

Further details on the activities can be found on our blog here.

Location

The majority of this program takes place in Malaga major city on the south coast of Spain. Malaga has beautiful beaches beautiful architecture and is an exciting student town with plenty going on during the day and late into the night. Walking through the marble streets of the old town you can follow in the footsteps of Picasso was taking in the sights of the beautiful cathedral the overshadowing Alcazaba (the Moorish castle overlooking the city) or taste gorgeous cava in the ultra-chic waterfront.

Our partners the Picasso language school will conduct your lessons in downtown Malaga right amongst all the heart of the action with the hundreds of bars and shops and restaurants all around when you’re not studying is plenty to see and do experience in this beautiful city.

Whilst all of your lessons (20 hours per week) will be conducted in Malaga, there are day trips to other cities and locations in Andalusia. Depending on what there is on offer that week it can be Mijas (the most famous little white town combined with Marbella to hit the beaches. It could be a day in Granada located two hours from Malaga where you can get involved in the extreme adventure canyoning, before you check out the world famous Alhambra Palace and take a stroll through the charming Moorish Streets and Alleys. Or Seville or Cordoba, two outstanding cities with a lot of Moorish influences, stunning buildings, bars and great shops too!

Activities

Also included during your time in Malaga will be a trip to the Picasso Museum (Picasso lived and worked in Malaga). And next to that we organise trips to the beach bars at night, we visit a flamenco show which Malaga and Andalusia are famous for, you can hit some of the bars and restaurants in downtown Malaga and of course there is plenty of time for the beaches in the gorgeous weather on the beach.

Kitesurfing & Tarifa Trip

Kitesurfing instruction

The kitesurf course consists of 10 hours which includes theory, beach instruction and time in the water. You start off learning about the safety aspects of kitesurfing, done without the proper instruction it can be a fairly dangerous activity so it is important to learn correctly.

You will learn about the equipment, how to read the weather and how to position kite correctly. Once this is understood you move onto controlling the kite, under the watchful supervision of our UK instructors they will be looking to develop your control skills, before you move on to body dragging. This is where you really get to grips with the power of the kite, using it to drag yourself down the beach in a controlled (or sometimes not) manner. Everyone is different, some people pick it up faster than others but usually you are in the water within three hours.

Then you learn the really fun stuff, standing up on your board and how to become a kitesurf legend ripping through the waves and pulling off some extreme jumps to really spice things up.

Wind

Obviously a pretty major component of learning to kitesurf is the wind, so there is not a set itinerary for your lessons, these will be scheduled locally when the wind conditions are right, so there will be some degree of flexibility in the tuition. This does mean you might miss one or two language lessons if there is an overlap with the weather and your language classes, however we try to avoid this situation if at all possible.

Of course wind is not usually a problem in Tarifa, a few hours up the coast, once your skills are up to the challenge we will be taking a road trip up there to kitesurf in this top kiting location. Check out our YouTube channel on kite surfing in Tarifa to see what all the fuss is about.

Spanish cuisine

You can’t come to the Costa Del Sol without trying some paella, so during the week you will be taken out to dinner with the rest of the group to eat this mouthwatering Spanish delicacy. Of course it might not be as delicious as it should be because you will in fact be doing the cooking, because we can teach you how to make the dish!

If you have any room left over you’ll be pleased to know there are hundreds of tapas bars located on your doorstep (Tapas are small snacks that he can wash down with a cool glass of San Miguel (which is brewed in Malaga)) be warned all this tasty food is incredibly Moorish.

Language lessons

Spanish lessons of fun and educational with native Spanish speakers take place twice per day. There are two main sessions in the morning and in the afternoon with up to 4 hours per day. There’s plenty of downtime to explore the city, hit the beach and hang out with your new friends. Both beginners and intermediates are very welcome to join as classes are tailored to your level so whether you want to pick up the lingo or improve your already strong Spanish levels you will be well looked after.

Do More…

With Malaga being located on the south coast you are just a stones throw from Africa so for the really adventurous you can do weekend trip to Morocco to go haggle in the markets, and eat some tagine.

Accommodation

Depending on numbers in the group you will be housed in either a hostel located near the school or in an apartment breakfast is included at lunch and dinner you have to pay for locally however there are plenty of inexpensive restaurants and eating out is a very social activity in Spain so you’re not tied to eating in one place.

The accommodation is in a central Malaga location right in the heart of the action.

Frequently Asked Questions

I have never kite-surfed before!

Price

Dates

The Feria weeks are from Friday 15th August to Sunday the 24th of August 2014

• 2 weeks: from Sunday August 10 to Saturday August 23, 2014