Why Valladolid?

Valladolid is the ideal location for an intensive Spanish course for several reasons:

• The Spanish, or Castilian, spoken in this area of Spain is pronounced very clearly.
• Valladolid is an attractive capital city with plenty of cultural activity and it is also clean and safe. In addition, there are not so many tourists as in other, better known cities.
• Valladolid is a city with a great literary heritage. Miguel de Cervantes, author of "Don Quijote de la Mancha", lived in Valladolid; the poet José Zorilla, author of "Don Juan Tenorio", was born in the city; Francisco de Quevedo gave classes in Valladolid University. It is also home to winners of the Cervantes Prizes for literature and this cultural atmosphere is easily perceived as you wander through the streets.
• Valladolid is also well known for its 'tapas' and outstanding cuisine and of course, it is in the heart of the Ribera de Duero wine region.
• Valladolid is strategically situated and is convenient for visiting many places of touristic interest, including World Heritage cities.

As well as this, Valladolid is an important historic city, birthplace of kings and the place where the Court was based and where Christopher Columbus died. It is a city which has maintained its most deep-rooted popular, gastronomic and cultural traditions and, at the same time, offers a wide range of cultural activities.

How to reach Valladolid?

Valladolid is the capital of the Autonomic Region of Castilla y Leon, and the biggest administartive region area in the European Union. It has an strategic location in the North-West of Spain, one of the reasons it i¡has become one of the industrial development focus since 1950's. Currently it has 350.000 citizens.

Besides it has a great communication network, which means you can get here quickly and comfortably:

• PLANE: International flights to Valladolid (Villanubla) to London, Milan, Brussels, Paris and Frankfurt. www.aena.es
• TRAIN: Hight Speed Train - AVE  Madrid (Chamartin Station) - Valladolid (Campo Grande Station) In less than one hour. www.renfe.es
• BUS: Valladolid Bus station. Tel: (00 34) 983 236308