General Spanish Courses for Adults in Playa del Carmen from MX$2,280 for 1 Week

Reviews by former students who attended a Standard course in Playa del Carmen

Outdoor classrooms.
Friendliness of teachers.
Small groups.
Morning classes.
4 February 2026
Course: Intensive 20 - 2 weeks
Student age: 60 years

The atmosphere at International House River Maya is not that college pressure at all, its relaxed authentic Mexican hospitality was a safe space for fun interactive learning.
Would I go back? Yes I enjoyed the experience and the people at International House River Maya. While It felt like I was just there for a moment I genuinely felt like part of the International House River Maya family.
The location was easily accessible, the teachers were warm and friendly, the coordinator worked hard to get people in classes that would help them progress in their individual Spanish learning journeys.
The lessons started late enough we could grab a coffee and walk to class, they offered coffee sweet breads, eggs and other assorted breakfast items at the school's main kitchen for a very small fee.
Frankie, offered to prepare food such as eggs and coffee at a cost far below anything you'd find in town. When class broke for lunch, Frankie was there ready with lunch supplies mostly toasted sandwiches, coffee, juices etc. Again at such a low cost there is no point to look for anything else.
29 January 2026
Course: Intensive Course - 1 week
Student age: 56 years

The school is very well located and all the teachers are dynamic and welcoming.
Positive: Frankie, who is in charge of the cafe, among other things, is extremely friendly. Always smiling and available, he is a definite asset to the school.
Negative: One of the teachers was not at all friendly. She didn't even introduce herself during the first lesson and always gave very concise answers to my questions, as if I should have known the answer... even though I was there to learn! It's a pity, because she's a very good teacher in other respects, but I'm not sure I would have repeated my classes if I'd had her from the start.
28 March 2025
Course: Intensive Course - 3 weeks
Student age: 62 years

Lovely people and some excellent teachers. Central location. Great little cafe.
More and better organization would be better.
17 February 2025
Course: Intensive Course - 2 weeks
Student age: 58 years

The teaching staff and administration, being a family-run business, had a very close relationship and were wonderful people.
4 February 2025
Course: Intensive Spanish - 2 weeks
Student age: 38 years
























You can decide how many hours do you want to take per day, as the school is flexible with the schedules that you choose.