OUR RECOMMENDED ACCOMODATIONS

Here I present you the three most interesting accomodations in Santa Eulalia, where you can stay while you study Spanish with us.

INVISA HOTEL LA CALA****
　

Distinguished with the Tourist Quality "Q", situated beside the sports marina, close to the beach and in the tourist/commercial centre of Santa Eulalia, Ibiza.
The hotel has a total of 180 rooms, with 8 junior suites and 10 superior rooms.
The rooms are equipped with bathroom, hairdryer, air conditioning, flat screen TV, satellite channels, high speed wire-less internet connexion (WiFi), mini-fridge, telephone, safe and equipped with tea making facilities.
SPA: Jaccuzzi, Turkishbath, Sauna, Fitness Room.
Elegant and relaxing lounges. Conference room. Bar. Buffet service Restaurant with themed dinners. Ground floor air-conditioned throughout. Swimming pool with solarium.　
　
APARTMENTS DUQUESA PLAYA

A modern, recently built property with views of the sea and mountains. Located in the centre of Sta. Eulalia [Ibiza] just 200 metres from the beach and marina.
A group of 32 one or two double bedroom apartments with two bathrooms, a fully-fitted kitchen, lounge and terrace balcony. Fully furnished and equipped with hot-cold air-conditioning, a telephone, satellite TV and safe.
Swimming-pool on the roof of the fifth floor with a snack-bar, solarium and panoramic view.
Luxuriously decorated ground floor with a 24-hour reception desk, lounge area, cafe-restaurant, telephone and toilets.　
　
　
　

HOSTAL SANTA EULALIA

Situated in the village of Santa Eulalia, near the marina, from Santa Eulalia it is easy to get to all the corners of the island in less than a hour.

The hostel has been improved in the year 2006. There is a café in the ground floor of the building, where they offer you a daily menu, single-course meal, sandwiches.

All the rooms have air-conditioning, safe, bathroom, tv and a terrace.

There are double rooms with double o single beds, or bigger rooms with the possibility of having three beds.

Best wishes,
Sabrina.


 

LEARN SPANISH IN IBIZA.

Don´t miss the opportunity of learning the second most spoken language of the world and you will learn it in Spain, the country of origin.

In ICIbiza we offer you the opportunity of learning Spanish in one of the best holiday centres of the Mediterranean Sea.

We present you a complete package that includes an intensive course of Spanish (25 hours a week), accommodation next to the Language School and leisure activities planned in the afternoon to carry on learning Spanish.

We offer you as well, courses of Spanish with no accommodation or activities for the people that prefer to organize their own holidays or that prefer to have more time off.

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO LEARN SPANISH?
Because Spanish is spoken in more than 20 countries, it has about 450 and 500 millions of speakers (speaking Spanish as first or second language). It is the second most studied language in the world.

WHY CHOOSE IBIZA TO LEARN LANGUAGES?
There are so many reasons, one of the best holiday destinations of the world, the people that live in this island are open-minded, and they are always willing to speak and help foreigners. You will always feel accompanied and welcomed in our island. There is a balance between tradition and progress, Ibiza is very welcoming .

We also arrange study tours or customized group tours. This offer is valid for all which would like to combine a language learning with an entertaining holidays.

If you want to take advantage of your visit to our island and improve your language skills, please do not hesitate in getting in contact with us sending us an e-mail to info@ic-ibiza.com

Best wishes,
Sabrina.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY: Spanish Origin.

Spanish is a language derived from Latin. When the Roman Empire fell, the Latin started fragmenting to the Romance languages, the languages that derived from Latin.

Spanish was the language spoken in the area of the castles in High Ebro (Castilla la Vieja). Spanish is the result of the linguistic integration of speakers from different backgrounds (people from: Cantabria, La Rioja, País Vasco, mozarabics…)

The Castilian County acquires the status of Kingdom in 1035 with Fernando I. The Castilian kings continue with the Reconquest (Reconquista) and Spanish was moving in mainland.

New literary genres appear, to reflect courtly and chivalric ideals, from feudal aristocracy and other social groups. The first words written in Spanish were sermon notes. Then literary works started to be written in Spanish, and so Spanish began to be a culture language. First important literary texts like “El libro del Buen Amor” Arcipreste de Hita or “La Celestina” Fernando de Rojas.

Cristóbal Colon introduces Spanish in South America when he get there for the conquest in 1492. In the same year, Antonio de Nebrija writes the first book for Spanish Grammatik “Gramática Castellana”.

Mid thirteenth century, Alfonso X El Sabio (sage), was responsible for setting the rules for Spanish grammar. He also founded and directed la Escuela de Traductores de Toledo (Toledo school of translators) where treaties and texts in other languages were translated in Spanish.

XVI century was the Gold century of Spanish language. In this period, a lot of classical authors wrote: Garcilaso de la Vega, Fray Luis de León, Juan de Valdés and Cervantes (one of the most important writers in Spanish)

In 1713 the Real Academia Española, was created to preserve the purity of the language and give Spanish definitive and concrete rules to use it.

In the present, since the constitution of 1978, Spain has got multilingual character, because there are other languages spoken in different places of Spain apart of Spanish: Gallego, Catalán and Vasco. The two first from Latin, but the last one whose origin is unkown.


Best wishes,
Sabrina.

"Webs News"

Hello from sunny and warm Ibiza,

I just wanted to announce that we have make some changes in our website to put a new price list with new packages, and to include new types of accommodations.

Make a brief visit to the web and tell us what you think about the news.

www.ic-ibiza.com

Kind regards,
Sabrina.

SPANISH COURSES

Today I introduce you my colleague and friend Yolanda, she is 30 years old and she is Spanish philologist. Yolanda is the Manager of the School of Spanish ICIbiza (Academia Torres), where the classes are held.

ICIbiza is a language School situated near the town centre of Santa Eulalia, it has four classrooms, a bathroom, it is air-conditioned and there is wifi. All the teachers are native-speakers.

The lessons will be for small groups, (maximum 8 people), and they will introduce you gradually in the language and culture of Spain.

There are 3 levels for students: Initial (For students with no knowledge of Spanish), Intermediate (For students with elementary knowledge of Spanish) and Higher (For students with a good knowledge of Spanish that want to improve it).

We have 5 classes included in our timetable: Spanish Class (theoretical and practical class of Spanish), Audiovisual Class (we will watch a film or a tv programme in Spanish), Reading and Pronunciation (we will read fantastic passages of Spanish literature), Spanish Culture (we will explain you the main features of the Spanish customs) and Practical Spanish (we will practice Spanish in every day situations).

I hope I have explained all clearly enough.

Would you like to know your Spanish level? Soon we will do you a knowledge test.

Best wishes,
Sabrina.