Camino Barcelona Reviews

I attended 1 week course in Camino Barcelona Spanish language school in May this year (2011), and it was a pity, that working full time and being a mother, I could not have stayed longer!
The experience exceeded all my expectations! I met wonderful people – the teachers and other students, learned a lot and had a real fun both learning and exploring Barcelona! The teachers were friendly, efficient and enthusiastic, we all were having fun learning through the explanations, often very funny and done all in Spanish, and the communication with other students in role playing games.
There always were two teachers to teach our group each days (two lessons one and two lessons another), and I found that their different approaches to explain topics were helping to understand it much better! Besides, being taught by different teachers helps to improve the listening skills, understanding of different accents etc... I dramatically improved my language skills!
I attended the super-intensive course, and liked my choice – the extra lesson (one hour a day) helps to explore different aspects of Spanish culture such as TV programs, music, geography of the country etc – it is very amusing, you start to understand Spanish way of life feeling it from inside...
I lived in the apartments in school – it is so convenient – I could go there in the lesson break. The apartments are very comfortable, with Wi-Fi, perfect kitchen, huge TV-set, access to the sun terraces in the roof etc... I had so good flat-mates... Besides the school is located in a very centre of Barcelona (10 minutes to Plaza Cataluña), everything is just around the corner. Additionally there are many restaurants and cafes a minute away, the supermarket just across the road, even the Aerobus from airport stops 30 meters away from the school!
The social program was a lot of fun: you have it together with other students, having a free welcome drink, exploring Barcelona, going to ice-bar, tapas bar, and making your own Sangria on the sun terrace of the school with your favorite teacher! The other students were interesting: learning salsa, going to the Camino walks across Spain, visiting from Australia, planning to move to the Latin America etc... We had a great time, and next year I hope to come for Spanish (super-intensive) and Flamenco course (I will choose the 3 lesson Flamenco course to leave me more time for other events of Social programs). I suggest everyone to come and study in Camino Barcelona!

I studied in Camino for 5 weeks this spring and I enjoyed it a lot! I had wonderful time, my teachers were great and I made a lot of friends and saw a lot of Barcelona as well! I only knew a little Spanish when I arrived, but now I can speak, I learned present, past and future tenses, acquired a lot of vocabulary and built up my confidence in speaking! Now I speak Spanish and I read books (though adapted ) as well!
I had a lot of teachers during my time at Camino, my favourite ones are Miguel, Xavi and Joan. Estella, Jerusa were great as well! Rosa is so perfect that I can understand absolutely everything she says from the very beginning – from zero level!
Miguel creates an atmosphere of fun in his lessons and encourages you a lot! Xavi has such a ways to explain the grammar that you immediately get it and he gives a lot of interesting information about Spain and Barcelona! You learn a lot – not only Spanish. Joan sometimes teaches through arguing with you – and it is a lot of fun!
So I learned a lot, having fun at the same time!
The activities were amazing – my favourite ones were the visit to a Latino club, flamenco show, visit to ice bar, making sangria on the terrace, visit to Park Guel, excursions to Raval and Bario Gotico (my favourite barrios), park Labirith….
I lived in the on-site accommodation and made a lot of friends there from all over the world – from Sweden, from United States, from Russia, from Germany, from Brasil, from Nederland, from India, even from a very small country I have never heard before… Studying in Camino you meet people all the time: in the classes, as flat-mates, on activities, on the additional lessons, on salsa lessons (I also took 2 weeks of Spanish and Salsa…)
I am coming back in September for a longer course and some of my friends are coming too! Such a pity that not everyone is able to come here the same time!!! It was great!

I attended Camino Barcelona twice, and tried anoter school in Madrid in between. It is a long way from Australia and I wanted to make sure I got it right. Well, Camino Barcelona did just that. Their teachers are really amazing - each class was well organized, always on-time and always heaps of fun.
The support staff there were also excellent, they not only knew who I was, and greeted me (always!) but also asked how I was finding the course and my time in Barcelona as well.
Barcelona is also a great city to visit, and the school takes a lot of pride in showing off their city, with events every-day that you can further your Spanish while having a great time.
I stayed in the attached accommodation, which is a real bonus, although others may prefer the home-stays (or other options) that are available.
In comparison to the school I went to in Madrid (which was OK) Camino Barcelona was miles better, and you could see it in the faces of my fellow students, who all were keen to come to class, to take part and to get to know each other. Now, even 3 years after I first went there, I am still in touch with some students. I went there in 2012 as well, and it was just as good.
I would recommend augmenting the group classes with a private class each day - it was the best way for me to learn and re-enforce.

Hi! Last week I was in Barcelona and there I attended one week course in Camino Barcelona. It was great time indeed! I was pleased to attend language classes because all the teachers were very friendly and explained everything in details. I didn’t have any troubles or difficulties during the studies at all, even though my knowledge of Spanish was a total zero I’d say. The location of the school is also really convenient to easily and quickly reach the centre of the city (approximately, it’s only 10 minutes on foot to get to the Plaza Catalunya). I really enjoyed living in on-site accommodation as well. The first reason is that it’s a real fun to live with other students from all over the world. Secondly, I didn’t have to spend time and money to get the school which is really cool, isn’t it? So, I’ve come back with unforgettable experience and with full of positive emotions and energy. I highly recommend this school and their accommodation. It was my first time in Barcelona, so I love it. Hopefully, I will go there again..
Zhuldyz.

I was very happy studying in this school. The teachers are great, funny, nice and explaine all very clear. In 8 week I spoke quite well Spanish.
Barcelona it´s great place for study and I love the area of the school, very near to center.
I really love the experiencie, TEACHERS, when do you visit to me in Salsburg? thank you thank you thank you and well done!!

I want to descrive the awsome atmosphere in the school.
I really like the lessons, the teachers are inspiring and good professionals.
The localitation is good, I like Eixample and is fun and better to live in the same building, they are residence and I really enjoy to be in the top terraces with my friends after the lessons.
It´s intersting to have student groups from all over the world.
During my time in the school I have a problem with my courses dates for personal reasons and they are extremly flexibles with everything, I really apreciate this.
I hardly recommend this school and their accomodation.

Location of school is city center and atmosphere is very nice. And I really love the people in the school: teachers, recepcionists and other staff are so kind. I´m very happy to have studied here, in this school. If is possible I want to come back here! Thank you Camino Barcelona!

I had a only ewwk with super intensive course and I learnt a lot. My teacher in the super intensive, Cristina, is nice, professional and welcoming. She explained very well a lot of things about culture, history, culinary, movies and grammar as well. In the regular classes I learnt about the language and after in the super-intensive I knew all extra-languaje. I very recommened for who wnats learn easy and fast and also for the rest of the people.
The rest, activities with teachers, classrooms, facilities, staff, all Ok, perfect. I hope to comeback for the DELE exam. I hope so! muchas gracias Camino team!

I have been two times in Camino and will certenaly go there again this summer.
I made so many friends from all over the world and had a great time. The school is located in the centre of Barcelona, the teachers are wonderful and help you learn Spanish very fast and the staff is very friendly.
I definetly recommend this school

I spent 6 weeks at Barcelona and spent more than £3,000 on lessons, I had private also and to be honest my language abilities did not improve at all! Having been at a school in Salamanca before for 3 months and loved it I was not new to foreign language schools and knew what to expect from them.
Everything is wrong with this school, to start..
I arrived at 11pm to which a man who wasn't particularly friendly immediately asked me to sign my bank card details on a form to cover themselves. Being tired and not properly thinking I immediately did this however after realised the school had access to all my money!
Throughout the first week I was put in the wrong class to which I informed the school director, however they said they knew this but there wasn't enough people for a class of my level as it wash't summer and I would have to make do!
This was not helpful to me what so ever as I was learning nothing new and was studying for my a levels therefore i had no other choice but to pay an extortionate price for private classes. In these at first I had a good teacher who was in the fact the head and put a lot of effort in for me, however after the first week the school decided to change my teacher to which i expressed i did not want but they did not care. This meant the progress I had made with my previous teacher was lost. Also this second teacher did not care whatsoever and was literally just counting down the minutes to finish class.
I also had a problem with my accommodation in the first 2 weeks I was put in with two girls from Russia, unfortunately they had no knowledge of Spanish or English and I couldn't speak Russian this caused a barrier and made it very hard to fit in. I honestly just wanted to go home. At the end of the day the school should've picked up on this before putting us in one room.
The social aspect was awful with this school, there was no family feel. There was one intro night at a bar with one free drink however only the new people attended so it was impossible to meet students already there. There were literally no other things to unite all the students and honestly after six weeks there I only knew a handful of people!
Finally as said before big problem with the money everything was linked with making this school money!
Only learnt from my work in my own time. Classes were to big and progress was very small although I am a quick language learner.
I also wouldn't say the on-site accommodation is a good factor although this had initially swayed me. It felt like I was at a boarding school, far too many schools and regulations.