Casco Antiguo Spanish School

Very friendly staff, excellent teaching, builds confidence early. Good atmosphere with activities after class
Silka was my instructor and was very good at engaging the class and encouraging early speaking that is essential.

Part of class involved entering the community to practice speaking and how to interact with locals.

The school were very helpful to anyone new to the area who and gave really helpful advice on how to make the most of time in Panama.

Fully recommend to anyone wishing to learn or improve their spanish.

The school was absolutely great. I enrolled very spontaneously and received individual lessons because no-one was at the same level. I was able to make up the paid lessons on the other days of the week because of public holidays. Everyone is incredibly friendly. There are free activities in the evenings (salsa, biking...), which were also great. Sandra, my teacher, was perfect! I learnt so much in the two weeks. We often practised outside and she was incredibly nice and welcoming. Thank you so much! I would absolutely recommend the school!

A lovely school in a good location. Friendly staff and good teaching. A very enjoyable week. Some afternoon activities but the rain prevented us from doing the cycle. We had 2 different teachers and this worked very well. Ismael, the receptionist and activity organizer was particularly friendly and helpful. Muchas gracias. I would suggest that organizing a guided walk of the city on the first day would be very useful. This includes a little of the history of Panama and show the students important services like ATMs supermarkets and good restaurants.

Outstanding small group intensive Spanish class. The Instructor was very experienced, and the learning exercises encompassed a lot of speaking and listening with only 2-3 students per Instructor, mini video stories where we chose the correct verb tenses to explain what we saw, written exercises, trips to nearby stores and museums, games, as well as speaking to other language teachers. The after-school activities also gave me the opportunity to meet other students and teachers, learn more about Casco Viejo, and practice more Spanish speaking. Casco Viejo offers excellent sightseeing and restaurants, and was a great starting location for our Panama vacation. After this class, we traveled to other parts of Panama, and my communication was greatly improved.

My experience at Casco Antiguo was really amazing. I took a small group class for only 4 days and felt that my Spanish improved exponentially, so much so that I am inspired to continue my lessons virtually now.

I loved that at the beginning and at the end of each class we had 30 min of just conversing in Spanish, which gave us the opportunity to use what we had learned in previous lessons. The lessons are well thought through for different learning styles. We used a lesson book, some audio activities, some games and some computer activities.

The extra-curricular activities were a bonus - we had a blast at the salsa class and got quite a workout! ;)

Silka, our instructor, was patient and organized. She made the class a lot of fun. She is definitely the reason I feel that I learned so much.

Ismael, at the front desk, always greeted us with a huge smile and patiently allowed us to practice our newly learned Spanish by asking all the questions about where to go and what to do in Panama City. Tenemos preguntas... El tiene respuestas!

Truly a wonderful experience all around!