"Tenerife is much more than sun and beaches, it is cultural mixture and above all the bridge to Latin America. You will live its pleasant temperatures throughout the year, forget about the winter and enjoy the sun from every corner. You will enjoy the musical accent of its people that is reminiscent of the 'Guanches' who inhabited the island long ago and marvel at the magnificent Teide volcano, which seems to guard the island from the heights. Once you have arrived, you will find it hard to leave."
Salomˇ Torres
Director of Studies, don Quijote Tenerife

Programme for Carnival 2003

don Quijote school is located in the Edificio Bˇlgica, a traditional Canaries building. Just 5 minutes walking from the Martianez Beach, 2 minutes from the famous 'Lagos Martianez' and 10 minutes from the City Hall.

  

The school has 7 well lit classrooms, a teachers' room, a patio, office, multimedia classrooms, and a recreation area with television, hi-fi, library and videos. Due to its magnificent location you will be just minutes from beautiful beaches and recreational opportunities.

  

Reasons for studying Spanish in Tenerife

The island:

• Population: ca.25,000 (Tenerife: 220,000)
• Location: In the Atlantic Ocean.
  
• There are two international airports in Tenerife.
  
• Tenerife is the largest island of the Canary archipielago.
  
• Tenerife is called "the island of eternal spring", the average temperature there is 27 degrees Celsius.
  
• A mountain chain runs through its center. In the heart of this chain, there is a gigantic crater: El Teide (the highest point in Spain). It offers one of the most spectacular landscapes of the world.
  
  

Cultural/Recreational:

• Tenerife has beaches with soft and clean sand that is sometimes black and sometimes golden.
  
• One of the most attractive and popular sites of the whole island is the Loro Park with magnificent botanic gardens, the largest aquarium with penguins in Europe and exciting attractions.
  
• The carnival of Tenerife is a world-wide famous festivity and takes place all over the island but it shines with all its splendor in Puerto de la Cruz and Santa Cruz.
  
• Tenerife is an authentic paradise for the practice of Windsurfing and Scuba Diving.
  
  

Critical comment:

• In Tenerife, and in all Canary Islands, people speak with an accent a little bit different from Spain. But you will be used to it really quickly and of course you will be taught the purest Castilian.