With its Spanish colonial charm and picturesque surroundings, Arequipa offers a wonderful alternative venue for learning Spanish. There are few places in the Andes where the language is spoken as clearly and correctly, but a host of language schools in Arequipa offer solid programs.
A small school founded by a group of Spanish teachers in 1996 and owned by locals. Classes from basic to advanced are small (1-4 students), and happen outside in a pleasant open-air courtyard. The school is 25-minute walk from the city center....
Another small school offering the standard course and all the usual language program extras for $10-$40 per day, depending on the number of lesson hours you choose to take. Perhaps you could propose to help them out with their less-than-savvy website for a discount.
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EDEAQ has recently been reopened in the 18th century home of famous Arequipa writer, jurist, and former Peruvian president José Luis Bustamante y Rivero near the colonial heart of town. The school takes pride in its small size and family-like atmosphere; don't expect hoards of fellow students...
Classes in Quechua, Aymara, and the standard Spanish program available at ROCIO, along with a host of slightly different extracurriculars like painting and theater. ROCIO also offers a new “Learn and Teach” program where you can swap taking Spanish for teaching lessons in your own tongue....