Activities in Santo Domingo
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Instituto Intercultural del Caribe
The Instituto Intercultural del Caribe was founded in 1994 and is the Spanish Department of Edase, a German-Dominican Language and Culture Institute. It offers Spanish courses of 20 and 30 hours per week in small classroom settings. There are more than a dozen price combinations, depending on the length and intensity of instruction and whether or not accommodations are included. Call for current course listings and prices. It also offers merengue dance lessons (eight hours of private lessons US$55) and maintains a language school in Sosúa.
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Entrena
Providing Spanish-language instruction since 1982, Entrena has a long list of former clients, ranging from Peace Corps volunteers to professional baseball players. Its base program is a four-week intensive Spanish and Dominican Culture course, which includes six hours of one-on-one instruction, competency-based language training and a homestay (US$1650). Programs can also be coordinated on a per-hour basis (US$8 to US$13) allowing students to take as many or as few classes and hours as they wish.
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Hispaniola Academy
Offering six levels of Spanish-language instruction, the Hispaniola Academy is the only language school in the Zona Colonial. A week-long course – the shortest of those offered – consists of 20 lessons per week (ie four 50-minute classes per day) and your choice of accommodations. Prices begin at US$260 (with a homestay) and rise to US$580 (with hotel accommodations). Private classes available. Cooking (private US$48) and dance classes are also offered.
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Caribe Parque Acuario
The Caribe Parque Acuario is not a very well taken care of water park. It’s a lot of concrete and safety probably isn’t the best.
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