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M adrid, the capital of Spain, is a cos-mopolitan city that combines mod-ern structures and the condition of

the economic, financial, administrative and service center with an immense legacy of ar-tistic and cultural heritage with centuries of history.

Strategically located in the geographic cent-er of the Iberian Peninsula, at 646 meters of altitude above sea level, Madrid preserve one of the most important historic centers of the major European cities, that blends harmoni-ously with the most moderns infrastructures, a complete offer of accommodation and ser-vices, and the most advanced technology in audiovisual aids and communication. Condi-tions that, by the push of a dynamic and open minded society, but also cheerful and wel-coming, have turned this metropolis in one of the biggest capitals in occidental world.

Populated from the Upper Paleolithic, will not be until 1561 when the Spanish king Fe-lipe II named Madrid the capital of his ex-tended territory. The old town, also known as “Madrid de los Austrias” and the spectac-ular Major Square, inaugurated in 1620, be-came nowadays in one of the most popular places from Spain, is the best example of the magnificence of the city during XVI and XVII centuries.

Next to the Major Square, you can find the “Aristocratic Center” where the Royal Palace is the center of attention, monumental con-struction of the XVII century, mixture of Ba-

roque and Classical. Next to the palace, the “Plaza de Oriente”, the Opera theatre and the modern Almudena Cathedral, consecrated in 1993 by the Pope Juan Pablo II. La Puerta del Sol, surrounded by a selected shopping area, and “El Paseo del Arte”, named this way because of all the incredible museums, pal-aces and gardens, completed by the beau-tiful fountains of Cibeles and Neptuno, in honor to the classic gods, and the Bank of Spain and the Palace where the town hall has been transferred.

Art and Culture are prominent on the agen-da of Madrid. The capital has 73 muse-ums covering all the human knowledge. The most important and well known in the whole world are, Prado Museum, one of the most important galleries of the world, Mu-seum Thyssen-Bornemisza, with more than 800 pictures, sculptures, tapestry ranging from the early Flemish masters to the most avant-garde movements. And the National Center of Art Reina Sofia, dedicated to the Spanish contemporary art, with pieces from Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí o Juan Gris inter alia.Extensive landscape parks and gardens, like the Parque El Retiro, a historic place where the Spanish kings used to retire and promenade,

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Palace (Town Hall). Sculpture from Paseo del Prado.

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La Casa de Campo where you will find the Zoo and the amusement park, or the Rey Juan Car-los Park, let you enjoy the sun, row their ponds, have a picnic, or even feeding the squirrels in one of the greenest capitals of Europe.

The importance of his international airport, where more than a thousand planes arrive from the whole world weekly, their two pal-aces of Congress, the modern fairground “Campo de las Naciones” where every year ARCO, one of the three most important con-temporary art fairs take place, and other places with more than 80.000 places in other meeting centers turn Madrid into one of the most attractive business centers of Europe.

But if something characterized Madrid is a deep and contagious passion for life that is re-flected in the friendliness of people. Concerts, expositions, ballets, a select theatre billboard, latest cinematographic releases, taste a big se-lection of the best Spanish and international gastronomy; relish the charm of its bars and taverns, those are some leisure alternatives, plus a tempting offer commercial and shop-ping in traditional stores or establishment of the first firms and international brands.

The night life of Madrid is well known and has become one of the most important attractions of the city because of his variety and good at-mosphere in his bars, pubs, nightclubs or fla-menco bars, that could be alternated during the day with the most traditional parties, pop-ular festivals, or the bullfight fair of San Isidro, considered the most important of the world.

FUNDACIÓN SANTA Mª LA REALCreated in 1994, among it purposes we can find the possibility to collaborate with uni-versity and cultural entities of national and international level in relationship with the di-vulgation of the cultural heritage and in de-fense of the Spanish language.

Is a reference in creation and implementation of joint development models based in herit-age and his principal quest is the generation

of development based on the assessment of cultural heritage.His principal headquarter is the Monasterio de Santa Maria la Real in Aguilar de Campoo. However, it has another headquarter in the center of Madrid.

His president is the well known architect and drawer Jose Maria Perez “Peridis”, a pioneer in Spain for protection and diffusion of Span-ish heritage. He has a regular presence in the media, with television shows, radio, newspa-pers and books written by him, most of them related with heritage.

Previous experience:the first seminars organized by the founda-tion are dated in 1987 extending and ex-panding to today. In them, expert histori-

The Fundación Santa María la Real is specialized in the protection and

historical diffusion of cultural heritage

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ans, architects and experts from all over the world speak about the History in Monasti-cism (Monasteries) which have been made more than 20 editions, more than ten of Ro-manic Art, Restoration of Works of Art, Medi-eval Calligraphy and everything related with the History of Spain in the Middle Ages (X-XIII centuries).

The repercussion of this seminars, in the cur-rent edition number XVII, has promoted this I Course of Language and Culture for foreign-ers in his first edition, from the headquarters in Madrid.

CLUB DE ESPAÑOL. SPANISH, A FOREIGN LANGUAGEA center accredited by the Instituto Cer-vantes.

Club de Español is a vibrant, modern school with highly qualified and dedicate teachers, state-of-the-art facilities, and excellent loca-tion, and a full program of social and cultur-al activities.

Ideal locationIn the center of Madrid, between the beauti-ful Chamberi and Salamanca districts, Club de Español is easily accessible by public transpor-tation in a safe area within walking distance

of Madrid’s cultural, social, and leisure attrac-tions. Club the Español is located in one of the most important areas of Madrid, 5 minutes from National Library, 20 minutes from Prado Museum, 20 minutes from Retiro Park and 30 minutes from the Royal palace. The transport links in this part of the city are excellent (with no less than 3 metro stations nearby)

Club de Español services• 27 comfortable classrooms on three floors.• Cyber café• Multimedia language lab• 2 student lounges• Presentation/cinema room• Library service• Language-specialized bookstore• Social and cultural activities club• Wi-Fi

Club de Español AddressMonte Esquinza Street, Nº 28, Zip Code 28010 Madrid, España.(34)902 888 986 (from Spain)(34)91 702 1747 / 91 319 1075 (from abrod of Spain)(34) 91 319 2131spanish@club-de-espanol.comwww.club-de-espanol.comMetro: Alonso Martinez – Colón – Rubén Da-río – SerranoBus: 14 -16-17-18-27-150-45-5

ObjetivesTo create this course we have received help from two highly regarded institutions recog-nized and with a high prestige in their areas:

Club de Español facilities, were the classes are going

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Club de Español is located in one of the most important areas of Madrid

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The Instituto Cervantes for the Spanish Lan-guage areaThe Fundacion Santa Maria la Real for the cul-tural and heritage area.

We pretend that the students could im-prove their Spanish with grammar and the-ory, learn more about our culture, from histo-ry to gastronomy, COSTUMBRES but, overall, visit the most important and historical cit-ies of the Spanish culture in a half day or the whole day.

Students profile:Spanish language students from all over the world, from 18 to 25 years old, with middle-high level. From B2, C1 and C2 levels.Maximum number of students: 50

Course profile:Dates: July 15 – August 10For weeks in Spain, in the best summer dates, staying in the capital of our country, Madrid. You can enjoy the improvement of the lan-guage with various trips, the sunny weather, long days and much leisure for being summer time. Perfect for meeting people from other countries.

Professorate:Language: Doctors and licensed in Spanish philology attached to the Instituto Cervantes with big experienceCulture: Historians and architects from the Fundacion Santa Maria la Real with recogni-zed teaching experience.

Course organization:fundación Santa Mª la Real- Madrid.C/ Infantas 40, 2º derecha28004 Madrid

Accommodattion: Albergue juvenil madridthe accommodation place is situated in downtown, next to bus station and subway, opened in 2007 has the latest facilities, well connected, safe and only five minutes from Spanish academy, making it one of the best hostels in Europe. You will find around the hostel places where by food, a lot of restau-rants, one of the most important streets for shopping and some of the best places for go-ing partying after a long day.

It has 25 spacious rooms for 4/6 people, bunk beds with individual lights, all with heating, air conditioning and bathroom, lockers with safe-ty locks and opening doors with magnetic card

Facilities:- Wi-Fi included. 24h vigilance.- 24h reception- Tourist information- Free internet- Bed linen included- Breakfast included- Lockers- Towel included- Optional laundry service- Pool and board games- Home cinema room- Drink machine, coffee…- Gym- Mobile recharge service

Main facade of Albergue Juvenil de Madrid; buffet breakfast place; livingroom; bedroom and gym.

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Well conected by subway and bus:•Subway stations: Tribunal - Bilbao - Alonso Martinez• Bus numbers: 3 – 21 – 37 – 40 – 147 – 149

Albergue Juvenil MadridC/ Mejía Lequerica, 21. 28004 MadridTel: 00 34 91 593 9688Fax: 00 34 91593 9684E-mail: info@ajmadrid.eswww.ajmadrid.es

ActivitiesVisits to historic downtown of Madrid: Augs-burg, Royal Palace, Cibeles Fountain, Gran Via, Puerta de Alcala, Plaza Mayor.Museums: Prado, Thyssen-Bornemizsa, Reina Sofia, Archaeological, Caixa Forum, Romanti-cismo.Modern Area: Skyscrapers, Stores.Leisure: Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, Las Ventas Bullring, Retiro Park, shopping in Se-rrano, Egyptian Debod Temple, Rastro (anti-que market and second hand items), chill out night or Cultural Centre of China.World Heritage cities: Toledo, Segovia and AvilaOther visits out of town: Aguilar de Campoo and El Escorial

Price1.900 €

What is included?A letter from the academy to facilitate the student visa.Transfer from airport.

Accommodation with breakfast included.Classes: 40 language hours and 20 cultural hours.All visits out of town, including picnic.24h security phone. Personal assistant.Certificated of attendance.

Not included:Flight from the customer’s country of origin.

For more information:Course secretary:Contact for China: Xin Wen.internacional@santamarialareal.orgContact for USA, Canadá and UK: Borja de Torresoficinamadrid@santamarialareal.orgCoordination: María Herediamheredia@santamarialareal.orgC/ Infantas 40, 2º derecha28004 MadridTel: 91 522 1262www.santamarialareal.org

Inscription:People who are interested must send the in-scription page to the fax number (+34) 91 521 86 27 or to the mail address mheredia@san-tamarialareal.org, or to the address Infantas Street, Nº 40, 2º right, Zip Code 28004, Ma-drid, Spain.

From top to bottom: Vera Cruz church, Palace Hotel and Neptuno fountain and Prado Museum.

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GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS:*Fundacion Santa Maria La Real, from now is FSMLR

1.- Application fieldThese next General Terms and Conditions are de application to the first Spanish Language and Culture course, prepared for students from: China, U.S., U.K. and Canada. Be submit-ted signed by the contracting parts, all the contracts that appear in the brochure must be signed to take part of the course, and the conditions signed must be fulfilled.

2.- AgesThe age to join the course is between 18 and 25 years old. In any case underage.

3.- InscriptionThe inscription request must have filled in all the fields, signed by the parents or guardi-ans, with the total payment of the course, 1.900€. There is no pre-registration fee. You can hire cancellation insurance (45€), the payment must be 1.945€ if you want this insurance.

4.- Price. This price includes:- A letter signed by the academy to facilitate the student visa formalities. - Transfer to and from the airport. - Accommodation with breakfast included. - 40h language class and 20h cultural class. - 24h telephone consultation and personal assistant if necessary. - Certificated of attendance and liability insurance.

Does not included the flight to Spain and meals, except in the visits out of town, these meals are included as a picnic.

5.- Billing and shipping information before departure.When the course is booked, FSMLR will send to the student a confirmation highlighting the prices of the contracted services indicated in the inscription page, and also welcom-ing information. Previously to the starting of the course FSMLR will provide information concerning to the trip, accommodation and other contracted services. That information will be send by fax, e-mail or could be obtained on the web side http://santamarialareal.org.

6.- Method of paymentBank transfer: Cajamar-Oficina de Aguilar de Campoo.Cuenta nº:3058 5221 15 2720000878(IBAN: ES2 5.3058.5221.1527.2000.0878SWIFT:CCRI ES 2A)You must send proof of payment by fax indicating the student name and the course num-ber selected or submit the application form.icitud de inscripción)

7.- Accommodation The accommodation will be in one of the best youth hostels of Madrid, sharing a 4/6 rooms with the students of the same course, like that they can talk about the experience, help each other with the Spanish and meet new people. Each room has a bathroom and a personal locker. Laundry service is not included, you must pay 3€ for using the washer and the dryer.

Towel is included in the price, which means is not necessary to bring it from home, but you must clean it by yourself in the laundry. There is free Wi-Fi and security 24h day.

Breakfast is included and these days with excursion to other cities they will prepare a pic-nic for the students.

Rest of the days the students has to buy their meals, both launch and dinner. You can have them in the hostel for only 8, 50€. Around the hostel they will find a lot of different and cheap restaurants.

The hostel has for entertainment a common room with pool table, TV and DVD player with movies, board games, a lecture room and other where the students can study or do homework together.

8.- Activities and tripsPlanned activities and trips are:*Tours in oldtown (Gran Via, Palacio Real, Cibeles, Plaza Mayor…) and modern area (Cas-tellana’s skyscrapers, business area in Nuevos Ministerios, Soccer Stadium Santiago Ber-nabeu, where Real Madrid plays). Retiro Park, Debot Temple and museums (Prado, Thys-sen, Reina Sofía, CaixaForum y Romanticismo). Rastro (antiques market and second hand items) and bullring of Las Ventas.

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*Trips to: Toledo, Segovia, Avila y El Escorial.In case of bad weather, FSMLR will replace any of this trips with other activities.

9.- Organization of Classes:Classes will be 4 hours each day, taught by native teachers from Spain. These classes are held on weekdays while the student is at his destination. During the trip days, no class takes part. Those classes that will not take place because of host country holidays, will not be re-placed or subsequently reimbursed.

10.- Insurance against cancellation FSMLR offers the possibility of signing an optional insurance against cancellation charg-es on grounds of serious illness of the student or a first grade family. The price of these in-surance is 45€ and it shall be valid only if the cancellation is receive in the FSMLR Madrid office by telegram or registered letter at least 24h before the date of departure of the trip. Also, should be attached an official medical certificate. Once these conditions are accomplished, FSMLR will be reimbursed the full payment made, except the insurance price. To subscribe to this cancelation insurance, the student MUST indicate it in the application for registration and pay it at the time of subscription, never after it.

11.- Passport and VisaAll students need their individual Passport valid.We will provide the students with a special cart to streamline the student visa.FSMLR will not assume any responsibility of those students who do not have the right papers

12.- Contract Modified.Assuming that, before the trip departure, FSMLR is forced to significantly modify any es-sential element of the contract, will immediately notify the student’s. He would have the right to terminate the contract, without any penalty or in the other side, accept the con-tract modification and his impact on the price. In case the price becomes lower, FSMLR will reimburse the difference, during the maximum period of 30 days. The student must com-municate to FSMLR his decision within three days after being notified the modification. In case that no notice of its decision on the terms indicated, it is understood that choose the resolution of the contract, without any penalty.

13.- Termination of the contractAssuming that the student prefers to resolve the contract, for the reasons specified in the

previous section (modifying the contract by FSMLR, and not accepting it), or in case the organizer cancels the event before the departure date, for some reason that is not attrib-utable to the student, these will have the right of reimburse of the payment, plus a com-pensation. This one will be a 5% of the total price in case the breach take place between two months or 15 days immediately before to the expected date; 15% in case the breach take place between 15 and 3 days before the date, and 25% in case the breach take place in the 48 hours prior to the date.

It will not be a obligation to indemnify the student when the event cancelation is due to reasons of force majeure or the number of people signed to the trip is less than the num-ber required and so is in writing with at least 10 days prior to de starting of the trip.

If the student revoked contracted services, for any other reason that is not force majeure, having the right for reimbursement of the amounts already realized, he must indemnify FSMLR for the amounts indicated bewlo:

a) A total payment of 200€ for management costs, plus b) A penalty consisting in a 5% of the total price in case the breach take place between two months or 15 days immediately before to the expected date; 15% in case the breach take place between 15 and 3 days before the date, and 25% in case the breach take place in the 48 hours prior to the date.

In case of no show on departure, the student is required to pay the entire trip, paying, in his case, the outstanding amounts.

14.- ClaimsDifferences and claims that in the opinion of the students arise during the seminar shall be made known to FSMLR. FSMLR will attend such claims as expeditiously.

15.- DisciplineHiring the course of FSMLR involves the acceptation of the standards of living establish by FSMLR and the Spanish laws. The failure of the students, during his stay on target, to the standards of living or the Spanish laws, duly accredited by any mode of proof recog-nized in law, it would be cause for termination of the contract attributable to the student.In any case, the possession or consumption of alcoholic drinks or illegal substances dur-ing course hours, determines the immediately resolution of the contract for reasons at-tributable to student.

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The resolution of the contract for reason attributable to student determines the end of the contractual relationship and his returning home, without any charge for FSMLR. Will be billed to the student’s parents or guardians all expenses and costs incurred by that con-tract termination, without prejudice to compensation for expenses and damages caused.

16.- FSMLR ResponsibilityFSMLR will answer for damages suffered by the student due to the not execution or a dif-ferent execution of the contract. However, such liability cease: A) when the effects ob-served in the execution of the contract are attributable to the student; B) when those ef-fects are attributable to a third person outside the supply of the services provided in the contract and they are unpredictability or unavoidable; C) when the defects are caused by force majeure, understanding them as circumstances beyond who those cause them, ab-normal and unforeseeable, the consequences of which could not have been avoided, de-spite having acted with due diligence; D) when the defects are due to an action of FSMLR, despite having put all the necessary care, could not foresee or overcome.

17.- RepresentationServices related to the language course are presented by the company, organizer and all responsible of his program. Cultural classes, trips and organization is the responsibility of FSMLR.

18.- Data protectionThe student is accurately and unambiguously informed that their personal data, provid-ed at the completion of the contracted program, including, in that case, health data and information relating to their parents or guardian, incorporated to a file owned by FSMLR, with the purpose of being treated insofar as necessary or suitable for development of the legal relationship establish between the contracting parties.

Parents and guardians agree to the use of images.

Both the student and the parent or guardian may exercise at any time, access rights, recti-fication, cancellation and opposition regarding their personal data by writing to the head-quarters of FSMLR, in Infantas Street, Nº40, 2 right. Zip Code 28004, Madrid, Spain. Or by sending an e-mail to mheredia@santamarialareal.org

Such notice must include full name, request that specific application, address for corre-spondence, date, signature and photocopy of ID card or other valid form of ID.

19.- Term of the brochure and general conditions of contractThe booklet and the General Terms and Conditions are valid from March 1, 2013 until Sep-tember 1, 2013

This booklet is owned by FSMLR. The only fact of signing the enrollment application and/or participating the student in the course, emplies the acceptance and compliance by the student of all general conditions incuded in these pages. FSMLR MadridC/ Infantas, 40, 2º derecha28004, MadridT/ 915221262Fax/ 915218627 FSMLR centralMonasterio Santa Mª la Real s/n34800 Aguilar de CampooPalenciaT/ 979125000fax/ 979125680

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S T U D E N T D A T AMale q Female q

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Do you need a special diet? yes q no q

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S P E C I A L O P T I O N Sq Cancellation insurance, 45€

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