UK Tel: 01209 211 800
Intl Tel: +44 1209 211 800
CESA House
Pennance Road
Lanner
Cornwall
TR16 5TQ
Great Britain
t: 01209 211 800
Intl t: +44 1209 211 800
f: 01209 211 830
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Learn Spanish in Santiago
Accommodation in Santiago
Students can choose to stay in either local private households with Chilean hosts or in shared apartments, living with Chileans or other language students. Santiago is a fairly compact city and so daily commutes are pretty good in comparison to most cities. Students should allow travel times of 15 to 30 minutes each way.
Private households:
Single room accommodation with local Chilean hosts with half-board (breakfast and evening meal). Some hosts can offer private bathrooms and a TV in the room, to students at extra cost (limited supply and at additional cost).
Bed linen and towels are included (and changed once a week).
The hosts are usually middle to upper-middle class people on a Latin American scale and each host is inspected by the college accommodation officer. We have quoted host accommodation no more than 30 minutes travelling time from the college in the CESA Course Finder.
Shared apartments:
Students can rent a room in an apartment, sharing with other language students or in some cases with local Chilean students. You are welcome to specify your preference for sharing, but it will depend on room availablity at the time your course takes places, so no guarantees on this matter can be offered.
Students self cater and a towel and bed linen is provided.
House keeping will be done 3 times a week.
The apartments generally have WIFI and cable TV.
Students can rent either a single or a shared room. If you choose a shared room, but no room mate can be allocated by the college, you will still be charged the shared room rate, on the understanding that once a room mate is found, they will move in with you.
Travel
Arrive: Sunday PM
Depart: Saturday PM
We recommend students fly to Santiago International airport (SCL) and then take the transfer service provided by the Spanish School transfer to your accommodation (especially if you are a beginner or if this is your first time in Latin America).
Arturo Merino Benítez Airport located in the eastern part of Santiago, approx 25km (16 miles) from the city. There are two terminals, international and domestic. There are regular shuttle bus services into the city, that takes around 30 minutes (much longer if the traffic is bad), or take one of the official taxis'.
You can fly to Santiago with:
British Airway, American Airlines, AirFrance/KLM
Iberia, Swiss Air and Aerolíneas Argentinas
Journey time from London : Approx 20 hours
