Summer Spanish Programs in Spain

Travel & Education:
Travel & Education (T&E) offers intensive Spanish summer abroad programs to high school / secondary school students at the prestigious University of Valladolid. Located in the Castilla y Leon region of Northwest Spain, Valladolid is 190km north-west of Madrid, with easy access to the mountains and beaches of Asturias and Cantabria to the north.

The University of Valladolid, the history of which can be traced back to the 13th century, has been the inspirational foundation for numerous other prestigious universities in Spain.

Valladolid began to become important from the 11th century, when Count Ansúrez came to govern the city in the name of Alfonso VI. It reached its peak during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (15th C.), when the university became one of the most important in the country. And, as well as playing a leading role in key episodes in Spanish history, Valladolid has twice been the capital, first with Carlos I (16th C.) and later when Felipe III came to the throne (17th C.).

The University, whose Baroque façade is decorated with various academic symbols, and the Santa Cruz College, which houses a valuable library and forms one of the first examples of the Spanish Renaissance, say much of the cultural importance of Valladolid. The city also preserves houses where great historical characters once lived, like the Casa de Cervantes, where the author of Quijote lived with his family between 1603 and 1606.

Location and Facilities:

University of Valladolid

Plaza Mayor of Valladolid

San Pablo Church in Valladolid