Activities
- Pick and choose from big variety of Spanish activities
- Top instructors, great restaurants and friendly guides
- Fun, compelling, safe, Spanish activities and experiences
You will have the opportunity to pick from quite a variety of optional afternoon and evening Spanish activities! Some involve physical activity, others food and we have street games and cultural visits, karaoke and a party. LOLA guides accompany the group on all activities and have a “don de gentes”, that is to say, are good with people, especially youngsters. They are cool, kind and adept at patiently allowing the students to process instructions, while infusing fun and laughter into the job.
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Guided City Tour
Guided City Tour
(90 minutes)
Our expert and personable guides take students on a walk of Salamanca. Expect stories and student participation.
Cathedral Towers
Cathedral Towers
(75 minutes)
Stunning views from the Towers both outside and looking into the Old and New Cathedrals. The height is not for the faint-hearted.
Paella & Night Stroll
Paella Supper and Night Stroll
(120 minutes)
After a delicious paella supper students enjoy the stunning view of the city by night from the other side of the Roman Bridge.
Scavenger hunt
Scavenger hunt
(90 minutes)
Students complete 6 tasks which will involve interaction with locals.. including persuading them to join in a sing-a-long
Photo Rally
Photo Rally
(75 minutes)
Students demonstrate their creativity by taking 4 themed and titled photos. The results of this game are all over this web.
Salsa
Salsa
(60 minutes)
Dance lesson in a local bar to Latin American tunes.
Karaoke
Karaoke
(90 minutes)
Accompanying teachers seem to enjoy this activity as much as their students.
Fiesta
Fiesta
(90 minutes)
Time flies by for the students who can give the DJ their playlist to sing (scream) along to. Joy.
Flamenco Dance Lesson
Flamenco Dance Lesson
(60 minutes)
As well as being a wonderful instructor, our teacher herself is a revered flamenco performer.
Chocolate con Churros
Chocolate con Churros
(45 minutes)
A 45 minute breakfast before lessons, these long donut fingers dunked in thick chocolate are a big success.
Tapas Tour
Tapas Tour
(90 minutes)
Students taste 4 tapas in two or three bars and try their hand at a “porrón”.
San Esteban Convent
Convento San Esteban
(60 minutes)
The majestic San Esteban is where Colombus signed the deal with the Catholic Kings and Dominican friars which was to result in the Voyage of Discovery to America.
Interactive Seminars
Interactive Seminars
(90 minutes)
Don Quijote, Colombus, the Inquisition, the Civil War and Unamuno are among the topics that you can pick for these dynamic sessions.
Sports & Swimming
Sports & Swimming
Basketball, Volleyball, Football and, in the summer, a visit to one of Salamanca’s two lovely pools.
Day trip to Sierra de Francia
Day trip to the Sierra de Francia
Salamanca’s stunning surrounding mountains have little medieval villages and big sunsets. Optional visits to swimming holes with a qualified lifeguard.
Kayaking by Portuguese border
Day trip for kayaking by the Portuguese border
The beautiful national park between Spain and Portugal is traversed by the River Duero, an idyllic place for calm kayaking.
Segovia/Ávila Stop Off or Day Trip
Segovia/Avila Stop Off or Day Trip
Stunning Segovia has a Roman Aqueduct and a reproduction castle that it is claimed Walt Disney based his famous logo on.
Santiago Bernabéu Football Stadium
Madrid Stop Off
The Bernabéu football stadium, Reina Sofía and Prado museums and a city stroll through the capital’s old quarter.
Paintball & Bubble Football
Paintball & Bubble Football
(120 minutes)
A 15-minute coach ride away. Enormously popular with teenagers. Bubble football (students hit the pitch dressed up as teletubbies) is also on offer.
Takeshi’s Bouncy Castle
Takeshi’s Bouncy Castle
(120 minutes)
A good indoor alternative for Paintball for wet weather days.
LOLA Challenge
LOLA Challenge
(60 minutes)
Game-show format with competing teams performing fun tasks in relaxed indoor setting.
