Students will use their Spanish in a fun mix of on-site adventure activities and fantastic cultural excursions, all guided by native-speakers for an authentic experience. Less than an hour from the French border, Mas Pagès can be reached from the UK by coach, making it our most accessible and affordable Spanish immersion school trip.
Get ready to live and breathe Spanish at our Mas Pagès residential centre, tucked away in the beautiful Catalan countryside near Girona. From the moment your group arrives, our native-speaking monitores will guide students through a packed programme of exciting activities and cultural excursions – all in Spanish. Whether they’re tackling adventure challenges, haggling in the local market, or just asking for seconds at dinner, students will be using their language skills in real, meaningful ways.
All on-site activities are designed to boost confidence and understanding, with qualified monitores encouraging students to speak Spanish throughout – without the pressure of getting everything perfect. It’s all about having a go, getting stuck in, and learning as you go.
Enjoy local excursions, like a day trip to Barcelona or a mission to shop for ingredients in a traditional Spanish market. Each pupil gets a workbook to support their learning and help them reflect on new vocabulary and experiences along the way.
✔ Fully links to the MFL curriculum
✔ Ideal for KS3–KS4 learners
✔ Builds speaking confidence through real-life language use
✔ All activities led in Castilian Spanish
Shorter, flight-based trips are also available. Contact us for availability and prices.
We work with the Mas Pagès centre because it provides a fantastic range of facilities, including sport pitches, swimming pool, forest area, and vegetable gardens. It even has an 18-hole pitch and putt golf course! The centre is also a great base for visiting Girona, Barcelona or the beaches of the Costa Brava.
Based around a restored 17th-century farmhouse, set in 120 acres of private grounds, Mas Pagès offers a safe, distraction-free setting for language immersion, just a coach ride away from the UK – making it one of our most affordable and accessible Spanish trips.
The residential at Mas Pagès is the best Spanish residential for groups looking for an alternative to watersport trips
This programme is packed with language, adventure and culture for the perfect Spanish trip. We couldn't forget to mention that the sandy beaches of the Costa Brava are just 30 minutes from our centre.
Take your pick from our favourite excursions from the centre listed below, but make sure you leave at least a day in your itinerary to make the most of the onsite adventure facilities at the centre.
Girona is a great choice for a school trip due to its rich history, unique attractions, and relatively small size compared to other major cities like Barcelona. It offers a mix of historical sites, cultural experiences, and opportunities for language immersion, making it an engaging and educational destination for students.
We highly recommend visiting this incredible remnant of an ancient civilization set against the backdrop of the Costa Brava. The archaeological site holds over 2,5000 years of both Greek and Roman history with relics of streets, houses, mosaics and artwork of the era.
Half an hour from Girona and Figueres, Banyoles is a quiet retreat from the fast pace of the city. With the largest lake in Catalonia, it is a nature lover's paradise and also home to a historic old town.
The lively town of Figueres is the birthplace of artist Salvador Dalí. The museum itself was designed by Dalí and as such is as mind-boggling as the artwork inside it! We recommend this as a great day trip for our groups.
Take your students to marvel at Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece over 130 years in the making. The interior colourful stained glass windows are stunning and a must-see.
No visit to Catalonia would be completed without experiencing its capital. The energy and culture of the city is unmatched and we can help you utilise your time trying to squeeze in as many attractions as possible or let you explore Barcelona at your group's own pace.
At present, we can't guarantee that we can include a visit to Camp Nou in your itinerary due to extensive ongoing renovations. Speak to one of our travel experts for the latest information.
The Mas Pagès residential centre is well equipped with fantastic onsite activities. Groups can spend more than a day enjoying the onsite supervised adventure and team-building activities which are all conducted in Spanish. Our highly trained monitores will supervise all the onsite activities and ensure that students only hear and speak Spanish throughout their trip to create a fully immersive language experience.
Students can easily spend a full day experiencing the fantastic facilities and activities on offer at the Mas Pagès centre. The centre stretches across 100 acres, with its own forest, swimming pool, basketball court, football field, vegetable garden, playgrounds and orienteering circuit. The centre even has its own 18-hole golf course!
Your group can learn how to make 'coca de recapte', a traditional savory pastry covered with roasted vegetables.
Dance like nobody’s watching. Learn how to dance the traditional Spanish Flamenco. You’ll be a pro in no time!
The students will be taught map reading using orienteering games and courses in the centre grounds. As well as using the target language for features, directions and map symbols the team orienteering challenges will involve quizzes along with finding the control markers.
Our Spanish language immersion programme at Mas Pagès includes:
Extras to budget for:
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“Mas Pages was immaculate indoors and their grounds are beautifully kept. It is a beautiful building in a fantastic location. The food was delicious and plentiful … the cooks were really kind and took great care looking after our students' dietary needs.”Minerva Villalba Pérez, MFL Teacher at The Webber Independent School
They were friendly and engaging with students. Students developed very positive relationships with the monitores and genuinely enjoyed spending time with them and felt able to ask and answer questions. . The monitores were very flexible and catered to all of our needs and requests.Caroline Johnson, Primary Languages Coordinator at St Benet Biscop Catholic Academy
The monitores are outstanding at Mas Pages. This is our second visit and they are so impressive. Their enthusiasm is genuine and contagious; our children loved them.Fiona Jones, Spanish Teacher at Bishop's Stortford College
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