Reviews of Intercultura Costa Rica Spanish Schools, Samara, Costa Rica

Total number of reviews: 30

NOTE: All reviews are authentic. Only students who booked their course through us can publish evaluations here, and only after the end of their programme. These evaluations then are not manipulated in any way, neither by us nor by the school, and can be trusted as honest opinions about personal experiences with the school.

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Based on 30 reviews of former students of Intercultura Costa Rica Spanish Schools

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Overall rating Intercultura Costa Rica Spanish Schools, Samara, Costa Rica	4.9
City	4.6
Organisation	4.9
Facilities	4.7
Social activities	4.5
Quality of teaching	4.9
Value for money	4.4
Homestay	4.0
Shared Flat (apartment)	4.0
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Individual Reviews

Intercultura Costa Rica Spanish Schools

4. Apr. 2024

1. Richard (58 years) United States
101.Course: Standard Course 20 - 3 weeks

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The school was excellent. During the three weeks I was there I had two teachers. They were both very good. The school was well organized and the office staff were very nice and helpful. The school was clean and well organized. I appreciated that the classrooms had 4-6 students and they were air conditioned. I have only good things to say about the school.

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I have nothing to say here.

City/place

I felt safe. I appreciated the beach and the local restaurants. I bought some light shirts because it was so hot. Everyone was nice. I didn't take public transportation while I was there. I enjoyed a little nightlife.

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Jenarina was very nice. She tried to engage me in conversation and corrected my Spanish. The property was clean and she cleaned my room and washed my clothes weekly. The food was simple. She tried to make what I wanted.

4. Apr. 2024

2. Maik (43 years) Germany
102.Course: Standard Course 20 - 4 weeks

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The teachers explained things really well and were always helpful and answered questions really well.

11. Mar. 2024

3. Beate (61 years)

103.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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Very good teachers, right on the beach, lockers, super nice garden, showers, changing room

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Air conditioning in the classrooms.

6. Feb. 2024

4. Maik (59 years)

104.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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They were very well organised and I thought both the group and the teacher were very good. The material was taught really well.

Negative aspects

It would be great if the material that is shown electronically were also available electronically in a cloud or similar. I think that could be done better in this day and age. The tasks could also be electronised so that you could always repeat them afterwards. With paper, they are already filled and you don't have them empty.

City/place

Small town with a few restaurants. High prices in high season.

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It was great fun

18. Dec. 2023

5. Eva (35 years)

105.Course: Bildungsurlaub Course - 2 weeks

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Good organisation and motivated teachers, clearly structured lessons, teachers change weekly, usually small groups

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Beautiful little place, here you get to know the Pura Vida

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Nice family, nice experience, good food and local insights

7. Mar. 2023

6. Beate (60 years)

106.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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Unfortunately, there was renovation work going on in the school, which was a bit noisy.

6. Feb. 2023

7. Birgit (57 years)

107.Course: Standard Course 20 - 4 weeks

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Very nice, generally motivated teachers. The school is beautifully located, directly by the water

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I would have liked us to practise typical everyday situations such as shopping, going to the doctor, renting a car, buying a bus ticket. Less grammar, especially in beginners' courses.

30. Jan. 2023

8. Peter (54 years)

108.Course: Bildungsurlaub Course - 2 weeks

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No meals. Self-catering.

23. Jan. 2023

9. Bastian (19 years) Germany
109.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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Everything,

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Except for the afternoon activities. The cooking class was so much fun, but was only offered once a week. Maybe, you could offer it more often. And a surf class (if it's too expensive for extra money) would have been nice too.

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The nightlife isn't that good, except for the Arriba bar. The groceries are very expensive. Apart from that Sámara is a city in paradise.

14. Nov. 2022

10. Birgit (54 years)

110.Course: Standard Course 20 - 2 weeks

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I liked everything about the Intercultura school. The lessons were given in small groups, by very motivated and capable teachers. You could tell that they also enjoy their work. There were also modern smartboards in the air-conditioned rooms. The atmosphere in the whole school was great!

City/place

Nice little town on the beach with many souvenir shops, pubs and restaurants. Unfortunately, many of them were closed at the time.

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The room was very large and even had a wardrobe, air conditioning and a fan. It was also cleaned regularly. Unfortunately, there was no hot water. A small lamp by the bed would have been nice, but was missing.

4. Oct. 2022

11. Lena (28 years)

111.Course: Standard Course 20 - 2 weeks

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20. Sep. 2022

12. Gertrud (55 years)

112.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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Everything

20. Sep. 2022

13. Bernd (56 years)

113.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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Nice and good teachers. You learn a lot. It's demanding but also good!

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(Still) beautifully simple and endearing.

Quality of teaching / language progress

See above - very good school that addresses individual levels of knowledge. Beautifully located. Friendly atmosphere.

15. Aug. 2022

14. Sebastien (56 years)

114.Course: Standard Course 20 - 2 weeks

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Very good course structure. Competent teachers.

28. Mar. 2022

15. Marie (23 years)

115.Course: Standard Course 20 - 2 weeks

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Great teachers, excellent courses, wonderful fellow learners.

22. Feb. 2022

16. Beate

116.Course: 2 weeks

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Extra requests, such as lessons outside, are taken into account.

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Very good teachers who have listened to my requests.

8. Feb. 2022

17. Sofia Sweden
117.Course: Standard Course 20 - 2 weeks

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1. Feb. 2022

18. Rebecca (25 years)

118.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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Positive aspects of school

Nice teachers, cool students, good timetables and the school is right next to the beach. For me, it was the perfect place to learn Spanish and I can only recommend it to everyone.

City/place

Great!

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For me, 20 hours per week was ideal. Anything else would have been too much.

24. Jan. 2022

19. Beate (59 years)

119.Course: Standard Course 20 - 2 weeks

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Positive aspects of school

Very good teachers, use of many media, proximity to the beach; shower, changing room and locker in the school

Negative aspects

The rooms are heavily air-conditioned because of the use of the digital media. Therefore there was also a "wind" that was very unpleasant for me. For me, the rooms were far too cold, too windy and one of them was damp and smelled mouldy. I always had to dress thickly to take part in the lessons. There is a lot of material, a lot of grammar, but this means that speaking takes a back seat, which is very important to me. That's why I will only book individual courses in the future.

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Super location, with a fantastic beach where you can swim really well.

13. Sep. 2021

20. Christa (75 years)

120.Course: Standard Course 20 - 2 weeks

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The teachers were fantastic. The lessons were very exciting.

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Nelson was sick last week and still taught, in times of Covid and extremely small classrooms.

City/place

The nice thing about Sámara is the beach, otherwise the town or village doesn't offer much. There are some excellent restaurants

4. Aug. 2021

21. Vicki (39 years) United States
121.Course: Standard Course 20 [Spanish] - 2 weeks

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19. Apr. 2021

22. Alli (32 years) United States
122.Course: Standard Course 20 - 2 weeks

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Being able to start any week, location, teachers, lessons.

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Getting photocopies of assignments instead of the book.

15. Apr. 2021

23. Janine (46 years)

123.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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Super great teachers, focus on spoken language. Great vibe and location. Very pleasant, also social life and activities in Samara.

City/place

The city in combination with the beach is great. Lots of opportunities for social life or just the beach. Overall also recommended for longer stays.

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Clean and basically ok, but somehow a bit careless and drearily furnished (the rooms). Especially not recommended for longer stays.

30. Mar. 2021

24. Kerstin (54 years) Switzerland
124.Course: Intensive Course 25 [Spanish] - 3 weeks

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Method and most of the Teachers, the receptionist, And environment (sea , village). Some free activites.

Negative aspects

Presentation General introduction in too fast American English for the other foreigners speaking not or less english. One prof seemed bored and ditracted.

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Great.

15. Feb. 2021

25. Beate (58 years)

125.Course: Standard Course 20 [Spanisch] - 2 weeks

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The only thing I was missing is that the lessons are more focused on real Spanish learning than Spanish for travel, which I would actually need.

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This accommodation is only suitable for young people, completely simple, a little dirty and the food is eaten in a large group of people (family and guests).

21. Jan. 2020

26. Katrin (55 years)

126.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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20. Jan. 2020

27. Mirjam (60 years)

127.Course: Standard Group 20 - 2 weeks

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Very good organization and infrastructure (lockable boxes, coffee, clean water, showers and food during breaks and at lunchtime. Great!

Insider tips about what future students should not miss

Handcraft with Katja. Beautiful bracelets and footbands can be tied. Zumba for advanced users only.

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As a woman traveling alone it was not possible to try the night life. The dogs are out of control and unpredictable. They also defend the families on the beach.

Quality of teaching / language progress

The school recommends taking private lessons so that you can work individually. I wanted to take private lessons that week, but the school couldn't offer any because all the teachers are fully booked. It would be good if the school offered conversation groups as an alternative instead of just nothing. The conversation parts in class were terribly boring because we all lacked the necessary vocabulary. The school should be didactically more skillful here and introduce a basic vocabulary that allows everyday life to be better formulated. Grammar is very important, although the aim of the students is to be able to speak Spanish.

20. Jan. 2020

28. Ralf (54 years)

128.Course: Standard Course 20 - 1 week

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Samara is a small place on a fantastic bay, with quite a lot of tourist shops and bars. It's a bit of real "Tico" life.

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Great language school, nice, competent team in a great location, right behind palm trees on the beach. I can recommend.

23. Dec. 2019

29. Hannele (55 years) Finland
129.Course: Only Private Lessons - 1 week

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I very much liked the overall atmosphere: students and teachers and other staff and all human beings are appreciated. Teachers seem to like each other and their work! I also liked to sit on a real chair and around a table (to be able to write!), not just on a plastic chair like somewhere else. The air conditioning worked, too - thank you!

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Samara is very nice compared to San Jose: there are no barbed wires around the houses. Still it would not be wise to wander around night time.

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I'd like to thank my super kind teacher (Maria)! I really liked her company. She was patient enough to listen to my long and slow sentences... and we laughed a lot :)

9. Jun. 2019

30. Natalia (54 years) United States
130.Course: Private Lessons - 1 week