Sports & Fitness Spaniards enjoy a variety of sports including soccer, basketball, tennis, and rugby. Hiking in the mountains and fishing are popular activities in the Salamanca region. Spain also offers good hunting and riding. Sports equipment is easily purchased in Spain but you should expect to pay more than in the United States for such items as sports clothing and specialty equipment. Expensive equipment such as bicycles, camping equipment, and skis can be rented in Spain. There are private gyms in Salamanca where you can join for a fee. Previous students have reported that the rates are...

Food & Drink Groceries per week, if you cook every meal at home €85 Breakfast €3 Lunch €15 Dinner €20 Soft drink €3 Coffee €1,80 Meal at a university dining facility €6 Housing Laundry per week (homestay) €14,50 Laundry Per load (Residence Hall) €4 (two separate tokens: one for washing, another for drying) Bus (single ride) €1,15 One-way Ground Transportation from airport to IES Abroad Center €28 bus from Madrid to Salamanca + €7,50 taxi Social Activity & Entertainment Movie €4-8 Theater Performance €9-50 Museum Entry Fee €5-10 Fitness Club Membership (per month) €45 Dance Club Cover Charge...

Students are able to receive letter-sized mail to the IES Abroad Center. Packages larger than that will not be accepted. If you are shipping a debit or credit card, we recommend that you disguise it as regular mail (i.e., put it in a birthday card or use a cardboard FedEx or UPS envelope). Mail should be addressed to: IES Abroad Salamanca Center ATTN: Student Name Calle Ancha, 8, local 5 37002 Salamanca, SPAIN We urge family and friends not to ship any packages to you while you are in Spain. However, if necessary, packages should be sent to your housing address after you have confirmed with...

Involvement in sporting clubs and student societies can be a great opportunity to meet local students. Club and event availability for varies each semester. In addition you can also volunteer in different organizations in Salamanca. During your orientation, you will learn about the different opportunities available during your semester in Salamanca. Meeting Local People Once in Spain, you may be surprised at how social Spanish people are. Spaniards are always in the street meeting and greeting one another, catching up on las novedades, and strolling about as though on parade. Living like the...

Public Transportation On occasion you will need to take a bus to reach parts of Salamanca not near the IES Abroad Center or main Universidad de Salamanca Campus. The bus fare is similar to that of a one way bus fare in any major US city. Most daily travel can be done by foot.

Salamanca is usually sunny in the summer, with average high temperatures reaching the 90s. For current weather conditions in Salamanca, visit www.weather.com. It is customary to wear slippers in the Spanish home because many apartments do not have carpeting and bare floors tend to be cold.

Nicknamed the “Oxford of the Spanish World,” Salamanca is home to Spain’s oldest and one of Europe’s oldest universities, la Universidad de Salamanca. The doors of the university first opened in 1218 and from that date forward, Salamanca has been home to students from all over Spain and the world. The combination of a large, famous university and a small, hospitable town makes Salamanca the ideal city in which to live and to study the Spanish language and culture. This city of 180,000 inhabitants (of which 36,000 are students) also boasts the most beautiful and the most famous plaza in Spain...

Students are able to receive letter-sized mail to the IES Abroad Center. Packages larger than that will not be accepted. If you are shipping a debit or credit card, we recommend that you disguise it as regular mail (i.e., put it in a birthday card or use a cardboard FedEx or UPS envelope). Mail should be addressed to: IES Abroad Barcelona ATTN: Student Name Ronda Sant Pere 5, 1 08010 Barcelona, Spain *In the above address, you will notice that Spanish address are written: Lines 1 & 2 - Recipient Line 3 - Street name followed by building number, floor number, and door number (if applicable)...

IES Abroad Barcelona usually sponsors some cultural and leisure activities in order to offer you new possibilities to interact with Spaniards, or to learn about the local culture. In past summers, we have organized activities like cooking classes, salsa dancing lessons, and wine-tastings, either at the IES Abroad Barcelona Center or in schools in Barcelona. IES Abroad also invites some of our interns to see theatre or music shows. Moreover, we will provide you with weekly suggestions about where to go and what to do and see around the city, for example theatres, parks, music or cinema...

Food & Drink Groceries per week, if you cook every meal at home €50 Breakfast at a restaurant €3 Lunch at a restaurant €9-11 Dinner at a restaurant €15-20 Soft drink €1-3 Coffee €1-2 Meal at a student dining facility €6-10 Housing Toiletries per week €5 Load of Laundry in Residence Halls €4.5-6 Local Transportation Monthly Metro Pass €53 One-way Ground Transportation from airport to IES Abroad Center €40-45 taxi or €6 bus Social Activity & Entertainment Movie €9 Theater performance €20-40 Museum entry fee €5-15 Fitness club membership per month €50-70 Dance club cover charge €10-20...