Learn Spanish at Ixquic Spanish School in Antigua Guatemala

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  • 10 Things to Know Before Visiting Antigua, Guatemala

    Antigua is one of the most visited places in Central America and it’s not hard to see why. Whether you’re here to sightsee, hike up volcanoes or improve your Spanish, you’re going to have a good time – but there are a few things you should be aware of before you arrive. Here’s our essential guide: The locals are…

  • Ixquic Spanish School: Antigua

    Nice description from our friends http://www.mujeresmayasenarte.org/links.html  This small school, at www.ixquic.edu.gt, features highly experienced teachers and a lovely courtyard setting not far from the Parque Central.  Most of the teachers are women who worked for years at bigger schools, but then found that they needed to set up their own, independent project in order to receive…

  • Learn Spanish in Antigua Guatemala – Cultural Interchange

    I found this article very fascinating… it is taken from https://aroundantigua.com Enjoy it!! Many People from all around the world decide to come to Antigua Guatemala to learn about other cultures and to share their experiences with people from other countries, because Antigua is a place where many different cultures join and find their similarities…

  • Latest Recommendation

    We are so proud to read and show the comments that the students leave in our “guest book” as reference. Thanks for being part of Ixquic 🙂 Love you all!!!  

  • Do you need references??

    Through the years we have been collecting memories of what  the students think about Ixquic after finished their clases, and proudly we can say that they leave with the feeling it was their other home in Antigua. Maybe here are not all the comments that we have had in all the five years we had…

  • Corpus Christi (feast)

    The Feast of Corpus Christi (Latin for Body of Christ), also known as Corpus Domini, is a Latin Rite liturgical selemnity clebrating the tradition of belief in the body and blodd of Jesus Christi and his Real Presence in Eucharist.  (Wikipedia) La Antigua Guatemala is a place that keep alive a lot of traditions, most…

  • Being Bilingual

    Words are sharp weapons.  They speak  with their letters, but especially, with the use we give them: the way we pronounce them, the gestures that go with them, the context, the objective. They are pure emotion and therefore can sometimes play us a trick. How can we be more cerebral when talking? Easy: you have…

  • Guatemala among the 10 happiest countries in the world

    Study was revealed by The New Econimics Foundation (NEF) Web writing Photo: File elPeriódico After being released the third edition of the Happy Planet Index conducted by The New Economics Foundation (NEF), Guatemala was ranked among the top ten happiest countries in the world, a ranking which classifies every two years the level of happiness…

  • First-ever female Vice President for Guatemala

    Posted by HarrietteRWI on January 9th, 2012 January 14th will see a landmark occasion in Guatemalan politics take place. Roxana Baldetti is the woman setting tongues wagging as she is due to be sworn in to start her term as Vice President of Guatemala this weekend – a post previously only occupied by men. One report…

  • World’s top destinations for 2012

    By A. Pawlowski, CNN December 27, 2011 — Updated 1241 GMT (2041 HKT) (CNN) — Globe-trotters everywhere, it’s time to raise your champagne glass and toast to all the wonderful new journeys you’ll take in the new year. But where exactly should you go in 2012? As always, some places will stand out above the…