City size
Small city
Cost of life
No expensive location
Safety
Safe location
Touristic destination
Cultural destination
Charming place
UNESCO world heritage city
Co-official language
Some activities and announcements in Galician
Accesibility
Limited accessibility in Historic Center
ABSTRACT
Santiago de Compostela is a town in the north of Spain that is famous for being the destination of the different Caminos de Santiago. The Camino de Santiago is a European pilgrimage route that has its origins in the Middle Ages when pilgrims began to arrive in Santiago de Compostela to visit the tomb of the Apostle Santiago.
The city is not very big (less than 100,000 inhabitants) and is one of the main cultural destinations of Spain, with a large influx of tourists, as well as pilgrims, throughout the year. It is a university city with a lot of students. It is also the headquarter of the regional government. So, for study or work reasons, a significant number of circumstantial inhabitants live in Santiago de Compostela.
The Historic Center of Santiago de Compostela has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site.
Santiago de Compostela has a private school (Iria Flavia) and two centres dependent on the University: The Center for Modern Languages and International Courses.
The Center for Modern Languages is aimed at Socrates, Erasmus students or others who have special agreements with the University of Santiago de Compostela (students from other universities with an agreement, professors who are doing a stay abroad…). These students have the complementary activity of taking a Spanish course for foreigners. The main objective is to carry out another academic activity (degree course, doctorate, master’s degree…) for which they need to have a certain level of Spanish. That is why this centre does not offer cultural or tourist activities.
Cursos Internacionales is an ELE centre whose students have the sole academic objective of studying Spanish. To facilitate learning, cultural and tourist activities are managed as a complementary part of the Spanish courses.
The Iria Flavia Academy is the only centre accredited by the Cervantes Institute. They have a varied offer of courses: general courses, courses for teachers of Spanish for foreigners and group courses. The academic offer is completed with different complementary activities to carry out during the immersion stay (excursions, guided tours, cultural activities…)
Residences
University residences for students and teachers
Shared flat
Wide offer
Hotel
Charming hotels (touristic city)
Host families
Limited offer
Tourist apartment (Airbnb)
Limited offer in the most charming area
Tours and excursions
City tours and excursions to interesting nearby places
Gastronomy
“Tapas” area
Nigth life
All week long
Shopping
Shopping city area and malls
Concerts and live shows
Wide cultural offer
Sports
Camino de Santiago trekking and hiking routes
Exchange meetups
Less than 5 meetings point for language exchange
Beach and sea sports
No beach nor sea sports
Airport
City airport
Nearby international airports
A Coruña (35 m by car); Vigo (1h by car);
Oporto (2h 23m by car); Madrid (3h by AVE)
Train station
AVE train station
Walkable city
Small location (walkable)
Transport platform
Only taxi (no Uber nor Cabify)
Underground-Metro
No underground-metro
Prestige
Outstanding and prestigious University
Accreditation
Instituto Cervantes accredited Schools
Co-official language
Galician co-official language with singularity expressions and accents
ELE schools
Less than 5 IE accredited ELE schools
Students
Less than 10.000 ELE students per year
SCHOOLS DIRECTORY
IRIA FLAVIA
C/ Pérez Costanti, 18, bajo, 15702 Santiago de Compostela
+34 98 157 28 88 |
www.ifspanish.com |
info@ifspanish.com |
CURSOS INTERNACIONALES USC
Campus Vida, Universidad Santiago de Compostela, Av. das Ciencias, 2, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña
+34 881 81 44 23 |
https://www.cursosinternacionales.usc.es |
cursos.internacionales@usc.es |
- COMFORTABILITY
-
City size
Small city
Cost of life
No expensive location
Safety
Safe location
Touristic destination
Cultural destination
Charming place
UNESCO world heritage city
Co-official language
Some activities and announcements in Galician
Accesibility
Limited accessibility in Historic Center
ABSTRACT
Santiago de Compostela is a town in the north of Spain that is famous for being the destination of the different Caminos de Santiago. The Camino de Santiago is a European pilgrimage route that has its origins in the Middle Ages when pilgrims began to arrive in Santiago de Compostela to visit the tomb of the Apostle Santiago.
The city is not very big (less than 100,000 inhabitants) and is one of the main cultural destinations of Spain, with a large influx of tourists, as well as pilgrims, throughout the year. It is a university city with a lot of students. It is also the headquarter of the regional government. So, for study or work reasons, a significant number of circumstantial inhabitants live in Santiago de Compostela.
The Historic Center of Santiago de Compostela has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site.
Santiago de Compostela has a private school (Iria Flavia) and two centres dependent on the University: The Center for Modern Languages and International Courses.
The Center for Modern Languages is aimed at Socrates, Erasmus students or others who have special agreements with the University of Santiago de Compostela (students from other universities with an agreement, professors who are doing a stay abroad…). These students have the complementary activity of taking a Spanish course for foreigners. The main objective is to carry out another academic activity (degree course, doctorate, master’s degree…) for which they need to have a certain level of Spanish. That is why this centre does not offer cultural or tourist activities.
Cursos Internacionales is an ELE centre whose students have the sole academic objective of studying Spanish. To facilitate learning, cultural and tourist activities are managed as a complementary part of the Spanish courses.
The Iria Flavia Academy is the only centre accredited by the Cervantes Institute. They have a varied offer of courses: general courses, courses for teachers of Spanish for foreigners and group courses. The academic offer is completed with different complementary activities to carry out during the immersion stay (excursions, guided tours, cultural activities…)
- ACCOMMODATION
-
Residences
University residences for students and teachers
Shared flat
Wide offer
Hotel
Charming hotels (touristic city)
Host families
Limited offer
Tourist apartment (Airbnb)
Limited offer in the most charming area
- ACTIVITIES
-
Tours and excursions
City tours and excursions to interesting nearby places
Gastronomy
“Tapas” area
Nigth life
All week long
Shopping
Shopping city area and malls
Concerts and live shows
Wide cultural offer
Sports
Camino de Santiago trekking and hiking routes
Exchange meetups
Less than 5 meetings point for language exchange
Beach and sea sports
No beach nor sea sports
- TRANSPORT CONNECTIONS
-
Airport
City airport
Nearby international airports
A Coruña (35 m by car); Vigo (1h by car);
Oporto (2h 23m by car); Madrid (3h by AVE)
Train station
AVE train station
Walkable city
Small location (walkable)
Transport platform
Only taxi (no Uber nor Cabify)
Underground-Metro
No underground-metro
- SCHOOLS
-
Prestige
Outstanding and prestigious University
Accreditation
Instituto Cervantes accredited Schools
Co-official language
Galician co-official language with singularity expressions and accents
ELE schools
Less than 5 IE accredited ELE schools
Students
Less than 10.000 ELE students per year
SCHOOLS DIRECTORY
IRIA FLAVIA
C/ Pérez Costanti, 18, bajo, 15702 Santiago de Compostela
+34 98 157 28 88 www.ifspanish.com info@ifspanish.com CURSOS INTERNACIONALES USC
Campus Vida, Universidad Santiago de Compostela, Av. das Ciencias, 2, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña
+34 881 81 44 23 https://www.cursosinternacionales.usc.es cursos.internacionales@usc.es
Santiago de Compostela
Concepción Arenal Library
Three words location
Santiago de Compostela
Anxel Casal Library
Three words location