English summer camp in Málaga for teenagers

Fifteen hours of General English a week at the English Language Institute in Teatinos. Each lesson lasts an hour and a half with breaks in between, and classes hold no more than eighteen students, grouped by level. The school tests grammar and listening online before arrival and checks speaking and writing on the first day at the centre; levels run from A1+ and A2 through B1 and B2 to C1 and C1+. Lessons are taught by qualified English language teachers and the course ends with a General English certificate.

A residential summer course for teenagers: General English lessons, a supervised activity programme in the afternoons and evenings, excursions, and a room at the Xior Teatinos student residence. The course runs in fortnightly turns with Saturday arrivals, and a single week can be booked as well.

Students live at Xior Teatinos Málaga, a modern student residence on Bulevar Louis Pasteur in the Teatinos university district. Rooms are single en-suite and hotel-style, each with a kitchenette, a small fridge, a microwave and a sink. The residence has a common room with a cinema room, a study room seating around thirty, a rooftop terrace, grass outdoor areas, vending machines, a safe box, Wi-Fi, laundry for a fee, reception around the clock and security on the entrance. Bed linen is cleaned; towels are not provided. There is no swimming pool and no indoor sports hall.

Full board. Breakfast is served at eight, lunch at one and dinner at nine; on excursion days the group takes a packed lunch instead of sitting down to lunch at the centre. Rooms at the residence also have a kitchenette with a small fridge, a microwave and a sink.

Afternoons run from half past two until seven, evenings from ten until half past eleven, and the programme is set out day by day before the course starts. Half-day trips over a fortnight take in a Málaga city walking tour, the historic and cultural tours, the Picasso trail, the port and Málaga Park, beach days at Playa de la Malagueta and Playa de Huelin, and the old towns and beaches of Marbella and Benalmádena. Two full days go to the Cueva de Nerja with the Balcony of Europe and to Granada for the Alhambra Palace, with entries covered. Evenings bring a welcome disco, a football tournament, karaoke, a trashion show, TikTok challenges, volleyball, badminton, basketball, a talent show, a staff-versus-students tournament, yearbook making and a leaving disco. The upgraded programmes swap in a waterpark day, a flamenco show, Ronda with the Caminito del Rey and a catamaran tour. Activities may change with the weather.

Lessons are held at the English Language Institute, a short walk from the residence: modern, bright classrooms with plenty of natural light and digital teaching resources, a reception area and outdoor seating. The residence adds a canteen, a study room, a common room with a cinema room, a rooftop terrace and grass outdoor areas. Wi-Fi covers both buildings.

Teatinos is a lively university and residential quarter: cafés within a few minutes’ walk, a convenience store a minute away, cash machines on the same street, and a bus and metro stop three minutes on foot. The historic centre and the beaches lie three to four miles off — twelve to eighteen minutes by private coach, a little over twenty by public bus — and students go there with staff. The centre keeps staff on site around the clock: a centre manager, an activity manager, an excursion manager and a welfare coordinator, all in uniform with name tags, and students wear a lanyard with an emergency number.