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Expanish Summer Camp in Barcelona

Barcelona, SpainExpanish

Latest published dates
Jul 4 – Aug 7, 2026
Duration
1–5 weeks
Ages
12–17
2026 price

$1,601

Course price for 1 week

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Expanish Summer Camp Barcelona is a residential Spanish immersion camp for international teenagers, run by the Expanish language school in Barcelona. Students live at a supervised residence in the Sarria district, study Spanish five mornings a week and spend afternoons discovering the city through cultural activities, life skills workshops and excursions along the Catalan coast. The programme welcomes all language levels, from complete beginners to advanced speakers, with small classes taught entirely in Spanish by certified native teachers. Outside the classroom, students join guided city tours, flamenco and salsa classes, museum visits, supervised evening events and weekly day trips to destinations such as Tarragona, Sitges, Girona and the Costa Brava. The camp season runs from early July to mid August.

Language

Spanish

Program type

Language Camps

Accommodation

Campus

About

About the Course

The academic core of the camp is a Spanish immersion course of twenty lessons per week, held every weekday morning. Classes are taught entirely in Spanish by certified native teachers, are capped at fifteen students and cover speaking, listening, reading and writing. All levels are welcome, from complete beginners to advanced students, and course materials are included.

What’s Included

The residential package covers tuition, accommodation at a supervised residence with all meals, afternoon cultural activities, life skills workshops, supervised evening events, a weekly excursion, travel health insurance and round-the-clock supervision with a dedicated emergency helpline for parents.

Accommodation

Students live at Residencia Sarria, a modern student residence in the quiet Sarria district of Barcelona, together with other camp participants. Rooms are shared doubles or duplex triples, each with a private ensuite bathroom. The residence has a swimming pool, gardens, an outdoor terrace, a cinema room, a music room, a cooking classroom, study rooms and social areas, with 24-hour reception, security and CCTV.

Meal Plan

All meals are included and served buffet-style at the residence. During day trips and excursions, lunch and snacks are provided by the camp.

Activities & Excursions

Afternoons bring three to five cultural activities per week, each lasting two to four hours: guided city tours, flamenco and salsa dance classes, museum visits and historic neighbourhood walks. Evenings feature three supervised social events per week, such as disco nights, movie screenings and night tours. Each week also includes a day trip or weekend adventure to places like Tarragona, Sitges, Girona, the Costa Brava or a water park.

Facilities

The camp is based between the Expanish school facilities and Residencia Sarria. The residence offers a swimming pool, gardens, an outdoor terrace, a cinema room, a music room, a cooking classroom, multiple study rooms, table tennis and foosball areas, laundry machines and 24-hour vending machines.

Camp Experience

The camp brings together teenagers from more than a dozen countries, creating an international environment where Spanish is the shared language. Alongside language learning, students build real-world skills through weekly workshops on public speaking, mindfulness, budgeting, cooking and first aid, and leave with new friendships from around the world.

Language Camp prices

Spanish Summer Course — Overnight Camp

20 Lessons · 12–17 yrs · All levels

2026 price

The core programme of the summer camp: Spanish classes every weekday morning, four hours per day, taught entirely in Spanish by certified native teachers. Classes are capped at fifteen students and cover all four language skills, with materials included. Afternoons are dedicated to cultural activities and life skills workshops, and each week includes an excursion outside the city.

Twenty lessons per week, held Monday to Friday in the morning. Students are placed by level after an assessment and learn in small groups of up to fifteen.

Full Spanish immersion combined with cultural discovery of Barcelona, life skills workshops such as public speaking, budgeting and mindfulness, and supervised social activities in an international group.

Daily Schedule

  1. Breakfast

    07:0008:00

  2. Classes

    08:3012:30

  3. Lunch

    12:3013:30

  4. Dinner

    18:3019:30

  5. Evening activities

    20:0022:00

  6. Lights out

    22:30

Included items

  • 24/7 supervision
  • International students
  • Native teachers
  • Disco
  • Excursions
  • Indoor Games
  • Movie Night
  • Cafeteria
  • Games area
  • Residence accommodation
  • Student lounge

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School

Expanish logo

Expanish

Expanish is a Spanish language school with campuses in Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga in Spain, as well as partner locations in Latin America. The school has more than eighteen years of experience running award-winning Spanish immersion programmes and has taught over twenty thousand students from around the world. Alongside adult courses, Expanish organises supervised summer camps for teenagers, combining Spanish classes with cultural activities, life skills workshops and excursions. Programmes include travel health insurance, round-the-clock supervision and a dedicated emergency helpline.

expanish.com

Location

Map showing camp locationCarrer dels Esports, 1, Sarria-Sant Gervasi, 08017 Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona

More about this camp

Expanish Summer Camp Barcelona combines structured Spanish learning with a full cultural and social programme in one of the most visited cities in Europe. The camp is run by Expanish, a Spanish language school with campuses in Barcelona, Madrid and Malaga and many years of experience in immersion programmes for international students. The academic side of the camp consists of twenty Spanish lessons per week, held every weekday morning. Groups are capped at fifteen students, teaching is delivered entirely in Spanish by certified native teachers, and every level is catered for, from complete beginners to advanced speakers. Materials are included, and students are placed in the right group after a level assessment. Afternoons are dedicated to discovering Barcelona. The camp offers three to five cultural activities each week, including guided city tours, flamenco and salsa dance classes, museum visits and walks through historic neighbourhoods. Three supervised evening events per week, such as movie screenings, disco nights and night tours, help students build friendships in a safe and structured setting. Each week also features an excursion beyond the city, with destinations such as Tarragona, Sitges, Girona, the Costa Brava and a water park. A distinctive part of the programme is its life skills strand: weekly workshops on public speaking, mindfulness, budgeting, cooking, first aid and intercultural communication, designed to build confidence and independence that students take home with them. Students stay at Residencia Sarria, a student residence in the quiet Sarria district, in shared double or triple rooms with private ensuite bathrooms. The residence offers a swimming pool, gardens, an outdoor terrace, a cinema room, a music room, study rooms and social areas, with 24-hour reception and security. All meals are served buffet-style, and lunch is provided on excursion days. The camp welcomes teenagers from more than a dozen countries, with arrivals on Saturdays across a season that runs from early July to mid August. Stays range from one to five weeks depending on the chosen start date. Travel health insurance, full supervision and a dedicated emergency helpline for parents are part of the package. A day option is also offered by the school for families staying in Barcelona; availability of both options can be checked through an enquiry on this page.