Downtown City Tour
$ 120.000
VAT included
Enrolled students: $ 95.000
Walk the historic heart of Medellín with one of our teachers: Parque Berrío, Botero's sculptures, downtown architecture and the real life of the city — all in Spanish.
Downtown Medellín is an open-air classroom. We leave from Parque Berrío station and walk among street vendors, quick coffee stands and squares full of history. In front of Botero's sculptures we talk about art and paisa pride; on Avenida Carabobo, about how the city changed in thirty years.
The outing lasts four hours and is designed for real Spanish practice: ordering, asking, bargaining and understanding the paisa accent in its natural habitat. You come with the school, so you are never alone and there is always someone to explain what you see.
What you practice on this outing
Every activity is a living class: this is what we work on while exploring.
Vocabulary
- la plaza (square)
- el vendedor ambulante (street vendor)
- el tinto (small coffee)
- la escultura (sculpture)
- regatear (to bargain)
Functions
- ordering at a café
- asking for directions
- negotiating a price
- describing a place
Grammar
- present tense
- hay vs. está
- questions with qué, dónde, cuánto
Conversation: What surprises you about downtown? How does it compare to your own city centre?