Language trip Chile - Valparaíso

Our language school is located in the center of Valparaíso at Plaza Justicia. From here it is only a few minutes’ walk to the port district or Plaza Sotomayor. The school also has an office in Santiago, so you have the opportunity to complete part of your language course in Valparaíso and part in Santiago. The language school itself has a long tradition and has been active for over 30 years.

In addition to Spanish, English, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and Japanese courses are also taught. The language students come from different countries all around the world, and are spread throughout 4 classrooms. The majority of them are between 20 and 40 years old.

Lessons

The goal of the lessons is to provide the students with quick learning success without overwhelming and cramming them with too much grammar. All teaching materials were developed by our language school and its teachers themselves. The course program is divided into 6 different language levels. All teachers are native speakers. They all have university degrees and extensive experience teaching foreign languages.

The port city of Valparaíso with its bitter flair offers a unique, picturesque cityscape. More than three dozen hills, up to 400 m high, the so-called cerros, line the most important port in Chile. Old inclined elevators (ascensores) and numerous winding stairs lead up to the cerros. The brisk trade with Europe during the 19th century brought a lot of diversity into the city and shapes today’s cityscape. The port city, which became the seat of the Chilean Congress in 1990, has been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Until the opening of the Panama Canal, Valparaíso was the most important port city in South America and thus a melting pot of cultures. To this day Valparaíso is one of the most interesting cities in Chile. Art and culture flourish here unlike any other city and on almost every corner, in the tangle of alleys and squares, there are small galleries, artist cafes, studios and street art projects to discover.

Valparaíso is a perfect place for a language trip to learn Spanish. Students from all over Chile, language students, work & travelers from all over the world as well as tourists mingle with locals in the many salsa clubs, rustic bars and alleys after sunset. The best beaches at Viña del Mar are just a metro ride away.

Many sights such as the old cog railway Ascensor Artillería, the viewing balcony 21 de Mayo and the port area Muelle Prat with Plaza Sotomayor can be discovered. You should also see the colorful house facades and murals on the stairs of the Cerro Bellavista district. The house of Nobel Prize winner for literature Pablo Neruda is also located in this quarter. The fireworks on New Years are particularly worth seeing and unique. Hundreds of thousands make the pilgrimage to Valparaíso and Viña del Mar to admire the bombastic fireworks set off from ships.