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Barcelona is bristling with schools offering Spanish- and Catalan-language courses:
Escola Oficial d’Idiomes de Barcelona (tel: 93 324 93 30; www.eoibd.es in Spanish; Avinguda de les Drassanes s/n; metro: Drassanes) Part-time courses (around 10 hours a week) in Spanish and Catalan (around €175 for a semester). Because of the demand for Spanish, there is no guarantee of a place.
International House (tel: 93 268 45 11; www.ihes.com/bcn; Carrer de Trafalgar 14; metro: Arc de Triomf) Intensive courses from around €390 for two weeks. Staff can also organise accommodation.
Universitat de Barcelona (Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 585) Spanish (tel: 93 403 55 19; www.eh.ub.es); Catalan (tel: 93 403 54 78; www.ub.edu/slc) Intensive courses (40 hours' tuition over periods ranging from two weeks to a month; €413) in Spanish year-round. Longer Spanish and Catalan courses are also available.
Other courses
It's not just languages that you can learn in Barcelona...
Antilla BCN Escuela de Baile (tel: 93 451 45 64, 610 900558; www.antillasalsa.com; Carrer d'Aragó 141) The place to learn salsa and other Caribbean dance. Ten weekly one-hour lessons cost €110.
Cook and Taste (tel: 93 302 13 20; www.cookandtaste.net; La Rambla 58; half-day workshop €60) Learn to whip up a paella or stir a gazpacho in this Spanish cookery school.
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