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Spanish + Surfing in San Sebastian
This course combines Spanish group lessons and surfing tuition with a professionally trained instructor, offered all year round. San Sebastian is a great place to learn how to surf, as well as catering for more experienced surfers. Surf tuition takes place at Zurriola beach, only 20 minutes' walk from the school. All materials are provided: board, wetsuit, insurance + hot showers in winter.
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Spanish + Scuba diving in Playa del Carmen, Mexico
Playa del Carmen is a great place to learn to dive, with different sites to suit all levels of experience and interest. This course offers the opportunity to combine Spanish tuition with a diving course, working towards a PADI certificate. You will be taught by fully qualified PADI instructors and are provided with all diving equipment, facilities and loan of a diving manual.
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Spanish + Kite or wind surfing in Sosua, Dominican Republic
This course combines group Spanish tuition with windsurfing or kite surfing lessons. Spanish classes take place at our school in Sosua and surfing lessons take place at Cabarete, just 15 minutes from Sosua, known as one of the best surfing beaches in the world. All course fees include equipment for surfing.
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Spanish + Scuba diving in Sosua, Dominican Republic
This course combines group Spanish tuition with scuba diving instruction with professional dive guides. Spanish classes take place at our school in Sosua and scuba diving takes place from the beach, just 5 minutes' walk from the language school. The bay at Sosua is shaped by two reefs, providing ideal diving conditions for all levels, certified and uncertified. There are 19 different dive sites, all between 5-20 minutes by boat from the beach, with excellent visibility and temperature conditions. You may encounter groupers, king crabs, sepias, many tropical fish, morays, sting-rays, barracudas and sometimes even dolphins or a humpback whale. All course fees include equipment for diving.
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French + Sailing or Diving in Nice, France
From May to October, students can take a diving course in addition to their French course. The 2-week course includes both theory and practice and instruction is given in French (as much as possible), by fully qualified PADI Gold Palm monitors. Course fees include a language placement test, student card, course materials and certificate, as well as equipment hire and insurance for diving. At the end of the diving course, students are awarded the PADI 1st Level certificate.
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French + Surfing in Biarritz, France
Biarritz is the surfing capital of Europe, living and breathing the surf culture: the ideal place to study French and catch some great waves, with lessons given by certified instructors. All surfing equipment is hired on location and is included in the course fees. This course runs through the months of June, July and August. The beach is 20 minutes by bus from the school.
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French + Surfing for Teens, 15-17 years, in Biarritz, France
This summer programme is especially designed for teenagers who would like an active and sociable experience whilst studying French. French lessons take place at the summer camp in Anglet, located 25 minutes by bus from Biarritz city centre, in beautiful grounds surrounded by trees. All surfing equipment is hired on location and is included in the course fees. Outdoor sports (football, beach volleyball, etc) and social activities (quiz, arts and crafts, photo competition, etc) are also part of the programme, in order to encourage students to practise French together. There is also a half-day excursion on Wednesday afternoon, to Bayonne or St Jean de Luz.
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Portuguese + Surfing in Lisbon, Portugal
This course runs from April to September, combining morning Portuguese lessons with afternoon surfing tuition provided by professionally trained instructors. Lisbon beaches offer high quality surfing for all abilities, suitable for beginner to advanced. All equipment is provided and transport to/from the beach is included. Please note that surfing is dependent on the weather and sea conditions, so lessons are scheduled at the time.
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Winter...
French + Skiing Chamonix
Surrounded by towering peaks and enormous glaciers, this picturesque town is adjacent to the highest mountain in Europe, Mont Blanc, and provides world class ski slopes for skiers and snowboarders of all levels. Our school offers the opportunity to ‘live the dream', studying French and indulging in your favourite alpine sports and activities in your free time.
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German + Skiing in Kitzbühel
This small medieval town in the western province of Tyrol, an area of outstanding natural beauty in the Austrian Alps, is well known internationally for its excellent winter skiing conditions, making this an ideal location for German plus ski trips. It is a small and safe destination with a population of just over 8,000 inhabitants and is well served by trains, buses and roads.
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Spanish + Skiing in Jaca
Set in the western side of the Spanish Pyrenees, in the north of the province of Aragon, this is a small mountain city (the size of a town), just 30km from France. It is easy to find your way around, the locals are very friendly and the bars of the old town serve fantastic tapas to accompany a morning coffee or evening drink. In the winter, the snow on the peaks is just a short bus ride away, with the famous ski resort Candanchú and also Astún offering opportunities for downhill and cross country skiing as well as snowboarding.
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