Don Pedro de Alvarado Spanish School

Don Pedro de Alvarado Spanish School states it has operated in Antigua Guatemala for over 49 years, placing its founding in the mid-1970s and making it one of the city's longest-running language schools. The school distinguishes its 4-hour daily class by emphasising that all four hours are instructional time running continuously from 8 am to 12:30 pm, without the 30-minute break that the school claims is standard at competitor institutions.

Courses

All instruction is one-on-one and conducted under a total immersion model. Standard programmes run at four hours per day. Payment is accepted from the second day of study and is requested one week at a time, an arrangement designed to allow flexibility for students who are uncertain of their length of stay. Free afternoon activities in and around Antigua are included as part of the enrolment, integrating cultural experience with language practice. A WhatsApp contact number (+502 33590727) is published for enquiries.

Location

The school's Facebook presence reports more than 300 former student followers.

The school’s afternoon activities provide a second setting for using Spanish. A learner can take expressions practised with a teacher into a conversation on a local outing, then return to a later lesson with questions about what they heard. The campus is just steps from La Merced, on Sexta Avenida Norte.