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Welcome to Madrid, the capital of Spain since 1.562; It is an immensely monumental city, with a wide cultural offer:
museums, parks, art galleries... Famous for its vivid nightlife, combines modern theatres with pubs, sharing the
streets with olds style bars with the reminiscences and charm of old Austria's Dynasty. The hospitality and warm
character of its people will make things easy to get to know new friends. We are waiting for you to live with us
this marvelous experience.
The don Quijote Madrid is located in the heart of Madrid. Next to the famous Gran Vía and Alcalá with easy
access to all interesting sites. The school of Madrid is fully equipped with multimedia classroom, uninterrupted
secretariat, meeting area, Head of Studies' office, teachers' room and a telephone box to receive calls.
The school has 7 very luminous classrooms and 3 smaller classrooms for individual classes. All the classrooms are air-conditioned.
Reasons for studying spanish in Madrid:
The city
- Population: ca.5,000,000
- Location: center of Spain (in the autonomous region of the same name).
- The capital of Spain and the home of the spanish Royal Family.
- Madrid has an international airport.
- It is a city full of contrast, where the old town and its character mix prefectly with the modern architecture.
Cultural/Recreational:
- Madrid has a remarkable collection of museums (the "Museo del Prado", the "Museo Thyssen", the "Museo Reina Sofía",...) and galleries.
- If you need relax, you can make a walk or just lie on the grass in the most popular and authentic Madrilenian parks: The Retiro Park (119 hectares and 15.000 trees).
- Nightlife is an essential part of the city: you can find hundreds of pubs and bars, traffic jams at 4 A.M., light shows,... There are several areas to go out, each one with a particular style.
- You can find more than 54.000 shops in Madrid, you can buy everything you want there.
- In the province of Madrid, the famous monastery "El Escorial" where are buried the Kings of Spain can not be missed.
- Due its central location, you can visit a lot of spanish cities without travelling during hours and hours. In less than two hours, you can be in Avilla, Toledo, Segovia, Aranjuez,...
Critical comment:
- Madrid is a big city, very noisy and with a lot of traffic.
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