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Spain Itineraries
- Volunteer Activities
- Teleférico
- Mitad del Mundo
- Market visit, Salsa class
- Cooking class
- Museo Guayasamín
- Weaving workshop
- Otavalo market
- Andean instrument presentation
- La Cascada de Peguche
- Butterfly garden
- Waterfall hike
- Nocturnal hike
- Zipline
- Tips for guide(s) and/or bus driver(s)
- Quito walking city tour
- La Basílica del Voto Nacional
- Volunteer activity
- Cotopaxi Volcano
- Teleférico
- Pululahua Crater
- Mitad del Mundo
- Intiñan Museum
- Otavalo market visit
- La Cascada de Peguche
- Cuicocha boat ride & hike
- Waterfall hike
- Andean instrument presentation
- Baños Hot Springs
- Tips for guide(s) and/or bus driver(s)
- Quito walking city tour
- La Basílica del Voto Nacional
- 5 Spanish classes
- Fruit market
- Museo Guayasamín
- Volunteer activity
- Salsa class
- Cooking class
- Teleférico
- Mitad del Mundo
- Intiñan Museum
- Chocolate tour
- Weaving workshop
- Otavalo market
- Andean instrument presentation
- La Cascada de Peguche
- Butterfly garden
- Waterfall hike
- Nocturnal hike
- Zipline
- Tips for guide(s) and/or bus driver(s)
- Danzas folklóricas
- Saqsayhuamán
- Tambomachay
- Quenko
- Pucapucara
- Sacred Valley
- Salinas de Mara salt flats
- Moray Terraces
- Textile workshop visit
- Machu Picchu
- Convent of San Francisco and Catacombs of Lima
- Tips for guide(s) and/or bus driver(s)
- Market visit
- Sarchí painting workshop
- La Fortuna Waterfall
- Reforestation Project
- Organic farm visit
- Hot springs
- Zipline
- El Palacio Real
- Excursion to Segovia
- La Catedral de Sevilla y la Giralda
- Guided tour of La Alhambra
- Flamenco show
- El Alcázar de Segovia and Torre
- Suggested activities that can be covered by entrance fee allowance:
- El Escorial
- El Museo Nacional del Prado
- Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo
- Las Setas de Sevilla
- La Capilla Real de Granada
- El Palacio Real
- Flamenco Show
- Excursion to Segovia
- Alcázar de Segovia and Torre
- Suggested activities that can be covered by entrance fee allowance:
- El Museo Nacional del Prado
- El Escorial
- Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Guided Tour
- Las Ventas Guided Tour
- Market visit
- Sarchí painting workshop
- Hot springs
- La Fortuna Waterfall
- Reforestation Project
- Organic farm visit
- Arenal Volcano hike
- Ziplining
- Monteverde Reserve hike
- Manuel Antonio National Park
- Walking tour of San José
- El Palacio Real
- Excursion to Segovia
- Alcázar de Segovia and Torre
- La Catedral de Sevilla y la Giralda
- Guided tour of La Alhambra
- Flamenco show
- Suggested activities that can be covered by entrance fee allowance:
- El Escorial
- El Museo Nacional del Prado
- Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo
- Las Setas de Sevilla
- La Capilla Real de Granada
- Walking tour of Buenos Aires
- El Teatro Colón
- El Cabildo (closed on Mondays)
- Panoramic bus tour of Buenos Aires
- Tigre boat excursion
- Puerto de Frutos market
- Tango show (Thursday-Saturday only)
- Ranch visit
- Horse show
- Traditional asado barbeque and dance performance
- Buenos Aires Ecological Reserve
- Museum Ship Fragata Sarmiento
- 3 Spanish classes
- Panoramic bus tour of Córdoba
- Walking city tour of Córdoba
- El Cabildo
- El Museo de la Memoria
- El Palacio Ferreyra
- Alta Gracia
- La Estancia Jesuítica
- Lago Tajamar visit
- Local school visit
- Market visit
- Sarchí painting workshop
- Hot springs
- La Fortuna Waterfall
- Reforestation Project
- Organic farm visit
- Arenal Volcano hike
- Zipline
- Monteverde Reserve hike
- Manuel Antonio National Park
- Walking tour of Old San Juan and Fort San Cristóbal
- Kayak in a bioluminescent bay
- Catamaran sailing & snorkeling
- Guided hike through El Yunque Rainforest
- Bomba workshop
- Volunteer project
- 5 Spanish classes
- Visit a local farmers market
- Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte
- Museo de las Américas art workshop
- Excursion to Guavate
- Playa Vacía Talega tour
- Salsa dancing class
- Plena music class
- Botanical garden tour
- Beach day
- Pierella Ecological Gardens
- Whitewater rafting
- Tirimbina Reserve
- Pickup soccer game
- Chocolate tour
- La Fortuna Waterfall
- Hot springs
- Organic farm visit
- Zipline
- School visit
- Manuel Antonio National Park
- Walking tour of San José
- Hike in Trinidad
- Pickup soccer game
- Fruit picking
- Coffee plantation visit
- Tree planting
- Local school visit
- Hot springs
- Zipline
- Arenal National Park
- Organic farm visit
- Salsa class
- Snorkeling and kayaking at Chora Island
- El Palacio Real
- Excursion to Toledo
- Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo
- La Sagrada Familia
- Park Güell
- Museu Picasso
- Suggested activities that can be covered by entrance fee allowance:
- El Museo Nacional del Prado
- Telefèric de Montjuïc
- Casa Batlló
- Casa Mila
- El Palacio Real
- Flamenco show
- Guided tour of La Alhambra
- Suggested activities that can be covered by entrance fee allowance:
- Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Guided Tour
- Las Ventas Guided Tour
- El Museo Nacional del Prado
- La Capilla Real de Granada
- El Palacio Real guided
- Excursion to Toledo
- Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada de Toledo
- La Sagrada Familia
- Park Güell
- Flamenco show
- Cooking class
- Museu Picasso
- Suggested activities that can be covered by entrance fee allowance:
- El Museo Nacional del Prado
- Telefèric de Montjuïc
- Casa Batlló
- Casa Mila
- El Palacio Real
- Excursion to Segovia
- Alcázar de Segovia and Torre
- La Mezquita
- School Visit
- Cooking class
- Flamenco class
- Excursion to Granada
- Alhambra visit
- Excursion to Sevilla
- Catedral and Giralda Visit
- Suggested activities that can be covered by entrance fee allowance:
- El Museo Nacional del Prado
- El Escorial
- Santiago Bernabéu Stadium Guided Tour
- Las Ventas Guided Tour
- Group activity of your choice from the following options: tickets to the Atelier des Lumières, access to the Montparnasse Tower Observatory, or a cooking class where you'll prepare Flammekueche, a specialty from the Alsace region.
- Ticket to Bateaux Mouches Seine river cruise
- Musée du Louvre
- Flamenco Show
- La Sagrada Familia
- Park Güell
- Museu Picasso
- Suggested activities that can be covered by entrance fee allowance:
- Telefèric de Montjuïc
- Casa Batlló
- Casa Mila
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As we reflect upon a new year year of delivering our transformative language and cultural immersion programs, we'd like to share some of our staff's favorite holiday pastimes and food recipes with our Xperitas community. We hope you read, enjoy and share!
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Testimonials
"Anyone who is taking students abroad in order to practice their language skills should consider travel with Xperitas. They understand how to design experiences for teachers and students that open up cultural and language experiences that make the trip unique and unforgettable. Based on my students' reflections, they have grown so much in just 10 days and that wouldn't be true if we were just taking a trip and seeing the sites."
Spanish Teacher
The partners in Costa Rica are fabulous! Everything was well-organized, and kids were always engaged. Our guide, Jimmy, truly is an educator and ambassador of his country. All of the students and leaders really enjoyed his personality, love of his country and knowledge. The Family Stay Experience was also very wonderful!
Spanish Teacher
It was just an absolutely amazing, life-changing, experience.
Spanish Student
My advice to future participants traveling on this program is to fully step outside of your comfort zone in order to get the most out of this opportunity. You will never regret speaking more of your target language, trying new dishes native to your country, making new friends, or partaking in amazing activities that you normally wouldn't!
Spanish Student
In addition to visiting culturally and historically significant landmarks as part of our Spanish language immersion programs, we also provide our celebrated Family Stay Experience®. This allows students to immerse themselves into the daily life of Spanish-speaking family while abroad.
Our carefully selected host families understand the value of speaking to students in Spanish and give students a deeper understanding of its day-to-day usage. Living with a family within a Spanish-speaking community provides students critical insight into perspectives outside of their own. Understanding cultural nuance helps achieve greater fluency and helps students build potentially lifelong relationships abroad.
Take world language practice beyond the classroom with Spain for Spanish language immersion travel! Cities as entrenched in history as they are in sophistication. Sunny coastal towns to the south and snowcapped mountains to the north. Vibrant flamenco music, tantalizing tapas and beautiful landscapes will awaken your senses in Spain! Our short-term language immersion programs to Spain offer teachers and student groups the opportunity to explore this historically significant country through educational activities, adventurous excursions and our signature Family Stay Experience®. Did you know that 44% of the world’s olive oil comes from Spain? Students see how olive oil is used and practice their Spanish while dining with their host family. But be sure they fill up at lunch — Spanish families don’t usually eat dinner until 10 p.m!
Try Puerto Rico for Spanish language immersion travel! With 270 miles of breathtaking white, red and black-sand beaches, the only tropical rainforest in the United States, and a unique cuisine that combines Mexican and Caribbean flavors, it’s no wonder Puerto Rico is known as the Island of Enchantment. Our short-term language immersion programs to Puerto Rico offer teachers and student groups the opportunity to explore this beautiful United States Territory. Did you know that while Puerto Rico is a United States territory, they compete individually in both the Olympics and Miss Universe Pageant?
Take world language practice beyond the classroom with Peru for Spanish language immersion travel! Looming mountains paint an impressive background for picturesque Andean villages. Deserts, beaches and rainforests offer landscapes as rich in diversity as in beauty. Visitors will marvel at the grandiosity and mystery of the Lost City of the Inca. Smiles are as abundant as ancient Incan ruins in Peru—La Tierra de Los Inca. Did you know that the potato is originally from Peru? The country produces over 3000 types of papas! Taste all that Peru has to offer! Our short-term language immersion programs to Peru offer teachers and student groups the opportunity to soak in the local culture! Students immerse themselves in Peruvian daily life through our signature Family Stay Experience®. They can put their Spanish to the test when they ask their familia peruana to explain the traditions of the famous Inti Raymi celebration.
Take world language practice beyond the classroom with Spanish language immersion travel in Costa Rica! Considered one of the most ecologically conscious countries in the world, Costa Rica is a natural paradise. Imagine white sand beaches and waterfalls populated with monkeys, sloths, butterflies and colorful parrots. Their rich agricultural bounty includes chocolate farms and coffee plantations. Adventures in ziplining and whitewater rafting abound. Our short-term language immersion programs to Costa Rica offer teachers and student groups the opportunity to explore this amazing country through educational activities, adventurous excursions and our signature Family Stay Experience®. Students practice their Spanish and learn more about this fascinating country over a plate of gallo pinto with their host family and find out why ticos are known to be some of the happiest people on earth! ¡Pura vida!
Take world language practice beyond the classroom to Argentina with Spanish language immersion travel! If variety is the spice of life, then Argentina may be the liveliest country on the planet. This diverse country has European, indigenous, and gaucho cultural influences, along with its awe-inspiring natural wonders. Argentina has jungles in the northeast, the rich plains of La Pampa in the center, the rolling Patagonian plateau in the south, desert foothills and Andes mountains to the west and miles of stunning Pacific coastline. Our short-term language immersion programs to Argentina also offer teachers and student groups the opportunity to explore the cosmopolitan capital city of Buenos Aires, one of the largest metropolitan areas in South America providing architectural and culinary delights around every corner. Students become temporary locals, immersing themselves in Argentinian daily life while practicing their Spanish through our signature Family Stay Experience®.
Teachers take world language practice beyond the classroom with Spanish language immersion travel in Ecuador! Rolling green pastures, misty cloud forests and colorful Quechua villages create a majestic Andean mountainside. Our short-term language immersion programs to Ecuador offer teachers and student groups the opportunity to explore a capital city prided for maintaining its historic colonial heritage. Students immerse themselves in Ecuadorian local culture while practicing their Spanish through our signature Family Stay Experience®. Students practice the Spanish they’ve learned, especially while their quiteño host family teaches them the infamous Ecuadorian card game Cuarenta. Want to explore more of Ecuador? Sprawling beaches, giant tortoises and blue-footed boobies await you in the Galapagos Islands as an add-on destination to your Quito itinerary!