Travel for Teens: Barcelona & Mallorca Language

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Travel for Teens offers a fun and authentic travel experience for teens that goes beyond merely sight-seeing and bus tours. With native trip leaders to guide groups through host countries, Travel for Teens offers unparalleled access to the world of teen travel. Trips feature choices in activities and isn’t bound to rigid schedules which enriches each individual experience. Programs provide for every taste and interest.

To get the most out of the traveling experience, Travel for Teens requires little to no bus time and stays in authentic hotels or homestays and avoids bland chain hotels. Immersion into the culture is a top priority for each trip and maximizes the experience. Travel for Teens hopes to make tour members more competent, confident and prepared for a world outside of their comfort zone.

Trip Description

The Barcelona & Mallorca Language trip is perfect for any teen who is interested in improving their Spanish language skills this summer but doesn’t want to spend their entire trip in the classroom. Travel For Teens understands the balance between structured class instruction and hands on practice with cool counselors that foster the travel bug and the desire to improve language skills.

The first part of the trip will be spent seeing Barcelona’s famous sites. Then the fun continues for 2 nights in Mallorca, a must-do for European travelers. Take a catamaran ride where you will stop to snorkel and feast on a Mediterranean style barbeque for lunch. Our afternoons in Mallorca will be complete with incredible trips to Mallorca’s pristine beaches.

After the first four days of acclimatization to the Catalunyan way of life, language immersion will begin. For a full week each day will begin in class at a top notch language school. Aternoons will consist of practicing what you have learned in real life situations by visiting the classic attractions.
You will also stay a few nights in the heart of Barcelona with easy access to all the main attractions like the famous Sagrada Familia, Gaudi’s Park Guell, the Nou Camp (Barcelona FC’s soccer stadium), and the incredible museums of Picasso and Salvador Dali. Scoot around the city on one of the best bike tours in Europe. Of course, there is plenty of time allotted for tanning on the Mediterranean beach of Barcelona and for shopping. The trip is well balanced between learning and having fun.

This comprehensive tour has become somewhat legendary amongst “TFTers,” as it pedals you through all of Barcelona’s major sights! And don’t forget the food! A trip to Spain would not be complete without a paella cooking class and a night out sampling tapas. Don’t forget to pack at least one nice outfit for clubbing and for our last night’s spectacular dinner before sadly saying farewell to Spain.

Staff Overview

All staff members undergo extensive interviewing, training, and ongoing evaluation. All counselors are certified in first-aid and CPR. Very few new staff are hired each year due to high retention rate. Trip leaders do not lead a trip without prior experience as a TFT counselor. With few exceptions, students are fully supervised on all of our journeys. Most staff members have lived in the countries they are leading each trip in and are able to offer deeper insights into the culture and lifestyle.

Setting & Accommodations

Travelers will stay in authentic hotels close to the center of each city to maximize the cultural experience. Travel for Teens tries to avoid staying in chain hotels to encourage immersion into each specific region.

Safety Standards

Travelers are under staff supervision at all times except select hour to hour and a half shopping trips. While on the mountains professionals supervise and teach correct technique to avoid injury. Travel for teens analyzes every aspect and detail of each trip and goes over contingency plans and emergency numbers for each country. Each site and hotel is visited and approved before bringing a group and first aid kits are always on hand. English-speaking doctors are on hand most of the time, but when they are not the bilingual staff act as interpreters.