Cultural Activities in Madrid

Siesta to sunrise!

5.00 pm

We visit the Prado Museum to admire and share our opinions on the works of painters like Velázquez and Goya.

We take part in cooking classes with professional chefs and learn how to make typical Spanish dishes and drinks. We then have fun eating and enjoying a glass of Spanish wine together.

We take a walk through «Madrid de los Austria o de los Borbones» to soak up the city's architecture and history.

We organize a party in a fashionable bar for Spanish students at the school and then go on to a nightclub together.

We visit El Rastro, the famous outdoor street market, or shop in Madrid's most modern stores.

Midnight

Catch the late-night weekend flamenco show at Casa Patas.

The Exchange Partner Program

Do you like talking? Our linguistic exchange partner program with Spaniards provides our students with the opportunity to get closer to the «Spanish way of life» and to practice what is learned in class. TANDEM Partners is an effective and personal way of learning, while at the same time a means of making new friends.

Here's how it works: you and your partner meet to speak the language you are both learning, practising first the one and then the other.

Together you not only improve your linguistic knowledge, but also get to know many other aspects of each other's culture and way of life.

We also offer guided visits to:

El Escorial: San Lorenzo de El Escorial, which is in the Sierra de Guadarrama and only 50 km away from Madrid, offers the visitor a unique architectural heritage, a privileged natural enclave and a cultural proposal unrivalled in the region. It has the appropriate climate, the serenity and the facilities required for a pleasurable vacation. It is within such easy reach of Madrid that it has become a popular visiting place for «madrileños» as well as for national and international visitors attracted by the natural, cultural and architectural offer

Aranjuez: If you leave Madrid in a southerly direction, you will have to travel less than 50km to enjoy this beautiful city, a privilege which in bygone times was reserved for the chosen few. To reach it, we will have to cross the town of Pinto, with its tower where the Princess of Éboli was imprisoned.

Alcalá de Henares: History, religion and culture come together in this riverside city on the fertile plain of the river which lends it its name. Alcalá de Henares is the city of Cervantes, of the Archpriest of Hita and of Cardinal Cisneros. Alcalá de Henares was founded on the ancient Iberian settlements standing on the rich soils of the fertile plain of the Henares River. It was here that the ancient Complutum, founded by the Romans, emerged. Abundant archaeological remains, in the form of mosaics and hot baths, vouch for its ancient origins.

Accommodation Options in Madrid, Spain

TANDEM Madrid – International Language School offers a professional accommodation service and has extensive experience in this area. The accommodation you book will play an important part in your experience and we are here to guide and help you to choose the best option.

There are several accommodation options to choose from, all of which are carefully selected, continuously checked, and located close to the school

• Accommodation with a host family, including breakfast, half-board or full-board.
• Family plus accommodation with a private bathroom.
• Hostel / Hotel accommodation.
• Apartment-sharing with Spaniards.
• We also offer a Student Residence from July to September.

Business Accommodation

Accommodation in «Your Home away from Home».

We offer exclusive, carefully decorated and fully equipped apartments in the best areas of Madrid.

So that you don't miss your home when you are in Madrid. TANDEM Madrid – International Language School offers you short time rentals of unique houses in the best areas of the center of town, well comunicated, carefully decorated and totally equiped with the advantages of a hotel and the privacy of a cozy apartment.

We have three types of houses:

• For tight budgets, 25 to 35 m2 studios.
• For flexible budgets, 40 to 60m2 apartments where the spaces are independent.
• Large 80 to 100m2 flats with two or more bedrooms.

We offer you a personalized and familiar service:

• Cleaning service two days a week.
• We change your sheets and towels once a week.
• Internet 24 hours a day.
• Satellite TV, phone, music system, washing machine and totally equiped kitchens.

Enquire for further information!