Top 5 City Breaks this Autumn

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, English, French, Italian, Learning a language, Spanish

Put some brightness in your diary this autumn…
August has just been pronounced the worst on record, we’re almost in autumn without even seeing a summer, and the evenings are starting to draw in. Anyone living in the UK has ample reason to be jumping on a plane right now - and it seems that, despite [...]

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Tags: barcelona, berlin, cava week, city break, english, french, italian, new york, nice, rome, spanish, thanksgiving

Win a week-long language course in Barcelona.

Posted by Lucy under Cactus Languages Abroad, In the Press

Spain Magazine, February 2008

Spain magazine and Cactus teamed-up in February to offer the chance for one Spain magazine reader and a friend to jet-off to Barcelona and learn Spanish on location. The offer includes Spanish classes at Cactus’s partner school, International House, located in the heart of the city, as well as flights and accommodation. [...]

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Tags: barcelona, competition, spain, spain magazine

Spanish Language Guide (2a): Spanish Culture in Spain

Posted by Sarah under Cactus Languages Abroad, Spanish

Sarah Gooding, Editor at Cactus, takes a look at the fascinating world of Spanish culture in Spain
To describe ‘Spanish culture in Spain’ would take many more words than we have here. But if we can at least give you a flavour of this vibrant, passionate country and the incentive to soak up more yourself, there [...]

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Tags: barcelona, bullfighting, buñuel, catholicism, cava, euro 2008, flamenco, jamon iberico, paella, real madrid, seville, siesta, spanish culture, tapas