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In autumn Madrid dresses in orange and brown. Many poems have been written over time about the change that Retiro undergoes each year, changing its greens for yellows, and its boat rides for hot coffees under the afternoon sun on a Sunday.Visiting Madrid in autumnTo answer when it is best to visit Madrid, you need […]

This is a tricky question, since every Spanish resident will answer something different. We are not here to take any position on which is the best Spanish accent, so what we will do for our Spanish Courses in Madrid, is to list all the accents that we can, to explain them to you.Dialecto andaluz, Dialecto […]

Learning a new language is often seen as a challenge. It requires hard study. In this sense, our Spanish intensive courses in Madrid include vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation. However, street art and other forms of visual art, such as graffiti, may offer an immersive and engaging way to learn Spanish, providing a cultural context that […]

añejo (very old, mature)cariñoso (loving, affectionate)castaño (chestnut-colored)ceñido (tight-fitting)dañino (harmful)desaliñado (scruffy)estreñido (constipated)extraño (strange)What do all these adjectives have in common? They contain the letter Ñ. This peculiar letter carries a history full of curiosity, fascination and we are not surprised: it’s so singular; it only exists in the Spanish language!Many students who come to our Intensive […]

With a Little Help from My Friends: the dictionaries!If you are a Beatles fan, you will know that sometimes we need a little help from our friends. This time, we want to delve into the importance of buying a good dictionary when you start learning a new language. If you are an English speaker, and […]

Besides being a wonderful city in its own right (and of course being home to excellent Spanish schools such as Academia Contacto!), Madrid is often considered one of the best tourist destinations to learn Spanish. This due to the neutral Castilian Spanish spoken by its inhabitants.Located right in the centre of the country, from Madrid […]