Learn from Spanish cinema

Check out films like Historias del Kronen, Todo sobre mi madre and Abre los ojos:
What can you learn?
At Inhispania there is an extensive DVD collection including films such as these for you to peruse and enjoy. Learning Spanish isn’t just about grammar exercises; films are a perfect way to improve your listening skills and vocabulary. You can also learn about Spain’s culture and even discuss with the other students and our native Spanish teachers about interesting topics such as this example of the importance of the body in the films Historias del Kronen, Todo sobre mi madre and Abre los ojos.

How to get a NIE

The Spanish government requires you to have an official “Número de Identificación de Extranjeros”, more efficiently known as the NIE, if you want to conduct any sort of buying or selling in Spain. It is more important for real estate, cars, boats etc. but if you want to open a Spanish bank account, you will need one.

Musicals in Madrid? Check out The Lion King!

Everyone knows Disney’s famous “The Lion King”, over 50 million people have already seen this musical which was born on Broadway in New York but now it’s here for the first time in Madrid! It tells the story of the lion Simba who tries to defend his right to the throne with the help of his friends Timón and Pumba.
The countless opportunities in Madrid such as this are what Inhispania the ideal place to do a Spanish language course: it’ll be a once in a lifetime experience!

Managing Madrid’s Metro

How to become an accomplished user of Madrid’s Metro System:
If you’re arriving by plane, which the majority of our students do, the first exposure you will have to Madrid’s public transport system is the Metro. The Metro is by far the easiest way to travel round Madrid. An intricate web of 12 different lines will get you pretty much wherever you want to go in and around the centre of Madrid, and one trip across Zone A costs just 1,50 – the cheapest fare in any capital city. A ten trip ticket costs 9,30 and lasts a month, and for frequent Metro users it is extremely cost-effective to buy a monthly travel pass (Abono) which costs just 30 Euros for those under 23 years old. It costs an extra Euro to get in and out of the airport Metro, but you don’t have to pay this if you have a monthly Abono. The Abono is also useful during the winter months or the rare days when it rains in Madrid, and you’d just rather get the Metro two stops rather than walk ten minutes in wet shoes and hood pulled down over your face so you bump into a load of similarly crotchety people.

Places to eat and drink in Madrid

When you arrive in Madrid… where do you go next? Well, apart from your class on Monday morning at Inhispania, (obviously)… here are a few watering holes we have come to know and love, handily organised into categories: