Language Travel in the CARIBBEAN: Cartagena and Santa Marta, August 13–20, 2025

What is the language tourism week?

It’s the perfect combination of relaxation, adventure, and learning. During the language tourism weeks, you’ll enjoy an unforgettable vacation because every day features a series of Spanish lessons and surprise activities designed to help you put your Spanish into practice and discover the best of Colombian culture and the region’s tourist attractions.

Duration

It’s 8 days and 7 nights.

Activities During Language Tourism Week in the Caribbean

In our programs, the surprise factor is always in the air and that is one of our secrets to make learning Spanish very effective. However, here are some of the activities that are part of the program of the language tourism week in Santa Marta.

• Exhibition of music and folkloric dance of the Colombian Caribbean.
• Tour of the Rosario Islands
• Visit to a coffee plantation in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.
• Ecological hike.
• Caribbean cooking class.
• A visit to the beaches of Tayrona Park.
• Visit to the municipal market.
• Tour of the historic centers of Santa Marta and Cartagena.
• Taste of exotic fruits.

Academic content of the classes:

• Basic Spanish for socializing
• Physical descriptions in Spanish
• Increasing vocabulary from the roots
• The 4 past tenses of the indicative tense in Spanish and their uses
• Communication skills for negotiating in Spanish
• The imperative to give instructions
• Kitchen vocabulary
• Spanish for storytelling

For whom this trip is ideal

Spanish level: Is ideal for people who have a level of Spanish equal to or higher than level A2. Although we have content for everyone, we have a series of exercises that can be adapted to different levels of language proficiency. It is possible that people come with companions who do not speak Spanish, we can make special guides for them in English, although they would not be part of the daily Spanish lesson we have every day.

Age:
the trip is for people over 18 years of age.

Physical Fitness: Due to environmental conditions, transportation options, and the types of activities we’ll be doing, we recommend that participants be able to move freely so they can comfortably walk and enjoy the excursions (on one day, we may have 1-kilometer hikes in the mountains). If you have any dietary restrictions, please notify us in advance.

Interests: Anyone who is curious about Colombia, who enjoys music, the beach, and the flavors of the Caribbean—anyone who wants to learn about new cultures, is passionate about the world and its diversity, and is eager to try new experiences—will be able to fully enjoy the language tourism week.

What is the price of the experience and what is included?

The price of this experience is $4,000 USD per person. If you book before May 8, 2025, you’ll receive a discount of $800 USD and pay only $3,200 USD.

Included in that money:

• Admission to the activities mentioned in the program
• Welcome kit: trip book, hat, trip t-shirt, notebook, pencil and Spanish tula with Maria.
• Accommodations in a private room for 7 nights and 8 days (if you are a couple traveling together, you will share a room)
• Transportation from the airport to the hotel and from the hotel to the airport.
• Tourist guide in each of the destinations we will visit.
• A daily Spanish lesson and María’s guidance during activities.
• 7 Breakfasts at the place where you’re staying
• Water and snacks daily.
• Hotel insurance: however, the student must have additional travel insurance that covers accidents.
• Transportation from the hotel to each of the day’s activities.
• Photographic record of the trip.
• Transportation from the moment you arrive at the Cartagena airport until the tour ends in Santa Marta.
• Guided tours of the activities.

To reserve your spot, you must pay 500 USD as soon as possible. You can then pay the remaining balance (2,090 USD in up to 3 installments, which you can make up to 30 days before the start date). – If you’d like to pay in installments, please email me at maria@espanolconmaria.com

Each participant must have travel insurance, which is not included in the registration fee.

For each trip to take place, we need at least 10 people to sign up. See all terms and conditions here.

Airfare is not included, nor anything that has not been explicitly detailed here. Participants are responsible for arriving at the meeting point on the starting day of activities.