You’ll do your TEFL program in the beautiful and classical Canterbury English TEFL Center in Calle Pizarro, right behind the Gran Via, the capital’s main thoroughfare. This luxurious center and its many classrooms have high, arching ceilings, romantic renaissance paintings, such as Botticelli’s Spring, Greek statues, such as goddess Athena and bucolic scenes of Roman countryside. You might close your eyes and open them again and find you’ve been transported to the Louvre museum or Rodin’s sculpture garden.
You are surrounded by a loveliness that is highly conducive to create the ideal class and study ambience. You are in the very beating heart of Madrid, within this fascinating 16th century building with thick granite walls. It is almost as if you are living in a monastery and this is conducive to getting the very best out of you, allowing you to perform at your highest potential.
There are two floors to roam with study rooms, bathrooms on each floor and a cafeteria, where you can snack, eat lunch, drink tea or coffee or just kick back and enjoy the view! And because the Canterbury English TEFL Center includes a theatre, after the TEFL program finishes and in the evenings, you will be able to enjoy classical Spanish theater at special Canterbury English TEFL prices. Good to know to go with friends, or to take someone out on a date!
Because of the highly intensive nature of the TEFL program, we believe it is best that you are isolated in the academic setting of the Canterbury English TEFL Center, until the new trained English teacher, you, have been born and have spread your wings and are ready to fly like an eagle.
We want to keep you away from all the distractions of the real English teaching world, until the third or fourth week, when the paid practice teaching program begins to kick in. You’ve been challenged on all levels by the program and you are about to win the worth-its-weight in gold Canterbury English TEFL Certificate, your passport to traveling the world. And now it is time to get in contact with HQ.
And that’s when you change neighborhoods, from the hustle and bustle of the Gran Via to the Puerta del Sol, center of Madrid and Spain. Yes, Canterbury English HQ is located not so far away from the shadow of the immense Spanish flag (largest in the world) that flies over the plaza de Colon (Columbus Square), near what is known to the Spanish as the golden mile, where the high class and luxurious shops of Spain are located.
Yes, Puerto del Sol is the beating heart of Madrid and Canterbury English is located slap bang in the middle of it all. From a medieval fortress in the heart of old Madrid, to an 18th century building on a pedestrian street surrounded on all sides by gorgeous buildings that house all kinds of shops, restaurants and cafés.
Indeed it is true, the Garcia Lorca Spanish school classes and Canterbury English HQ is located in the middle of the funnest city in the world: You`ll never be bored here and when you want to have a break and hug a tree in a natural setting, all you have to do is take a breathtaking fifteen minute walk to the fragrant rose gardens of Retiro Park, where you can relax, stroll and enjoy the once-upon-a-time gardens of the King of Spain.