seville Abroad

Seville Abroad

Why choose Seville Abroad?

We are a agency dedicated to organizing Spanish courses, high school programs and educational trips to Spain. Our business philosophy is focused on the closeness, trust and personalized attention we give to students and families.

If you want to improve your Spanish, enjoy an experience abroad or go on the educational trip of your dreams, we are your agency, and you our priority!

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Reviews

Adam
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Seville Abroad for High School Was a Beautiful Experience for Our Daughter!

Our daughter had a beautiful experience, increased her Spanish proficiency a lot, and enjoyed the travel set up. Additional gems were the beloved team at Seville Abroad--Pepa, Ena, Chelo, and Ana, and her incredible host family.

It was a transition for her to make from being an American to being an American in a Spanish High School. Her relationships in the High School did not really happen. Among the students in the Seville Abroad, connections and fun did happen. And with the real life, amazing host family.

I did see a divide in attention between friends at the Seville Center and outside of the center. With the center being a comfort zone, that helped her adapt and slowed assimilation into Spanish culture. This is something that happens with many high school study programs.

The trips, the outings, the dance, and Pepa, Ena, Chelo, and Ana, and her host family were standouts.

If you can not tell, we enthusiastically recommend Seville Abroad for the High School Program!

What was the most surprising thing you saw or did?
Riding camels in the Moroccan Sahara was a once in a life time experience, as was Sintra in Portugal.
Pros
  • Team at Seville Abroad--Pepa, Ena, Chelo, and Ana
  • Host Family Was Real and Supportive
  • Spanish Language and Cultural Understanding Skyrocketed
What other participants should know
  • Host Family 35 Minutes Away from Seville Abroad by Public Transportation and Walking
  • No Bond Developed between Daughter and Students at Local Public School
  • Sometimes Pull to Center with Americans Was Stronger than Pull to Be with Sevillianos
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Malin
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

A wonderful expreience for our daughter

Our 16-year-old daughter from Australia wanted to go and study in Spain and I am forever grateful that we somehow in our search came across Seville Abroad. She has had the most amazing 3 months of her life. Although she was only there for a short time she has learnt so much. She has grown and matured as a person and made some really special friendships. And she learnt so much Spanish as well. The program offers the perfect balance of support and independence, and it is all thanks to Pepa and her team who have been wonderful from start to finish. I couldn't recommend this organization enough!

Pros
  • Excellent communication
  • The warmth and care of the team
  • The safe city of Seville
What other participants should know
  • Cant think of a single one
Camryn
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Life changing experience

Seville abroad is truly a once in a lifetime experience. The staff feel like family, and the students in the program become your closest friends. I’m so grateful to have found this amazing program that gave me the opportunity to travel, discover more about the world and myself, and help me build connections with so many people I never would have without it. This is a special program that prioritizes your needs and is there for you with every struggle. If you’re thinking about doing this program, let this be your sign!!

Pros
  • Staff
  • City
What other participants should know
  • Host family
Amelia
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Best experience ever

Seville Abroad is genuinely the best decision I have ever made. The support and care you get from Pepa, Ana, Ena and chelo is unmatched and they work tirelessly to make sure we are all safe, welcome and happy. Not only are they amazing at their job but I’ve been able to build personal relations with all of them and consider them friends. My host family was incredible and I was lucky enough to have my house be in the heart of the centre. Going to the office four times a week every afternoon was my favorite part of the day. It provided a fun space to hangout with everyone in your program and was extra amazing because of its insane location. Right next to the metro and the cathedral in town centre, there couldn’t be a better spot. The friends and memories I’ve made through this program are endless and I’m forever grateful to myself for choosing Seville Abroad. If you’re thinking about doing a study abroad, don’t hesitate to choose Seville Abroad because it will be the best thing you ever do.

What is your advice to future travelers on this program?
Make as many friends as you can!! Hangout with Pepa and her team because they are the best and so so fun. Say yes to everything and hangout with everyone. The people in this program have become life long friends and there’s something extra special about experiencing something new with people. Throw yourself into the culture here and try hard to make connections with Spanish friends.
Pros
  • Friendships that will last you forever
  • Trips to other countries with the program that are incredible
  • So supportive, incredible and fun
What other participants should know
  • Can’t think of a single one
Kara
5/5
Yes, I recommend this program

Amazing experience for our daughter

Our daughter spent an entire year with Seville Abroad, and we cannot speak highly enough about the program. Pepa and her team were excellent from the first contact my daughter made, answering all of our questions and meeting with us to discuss the various school placement options. She worked hard to match our daughter with a host family, and when an issue arose with the initial placement, she immediately addressed the situation and found a replacement host family for the remainder of the year - the transition couldn’t have been smoother. Seville Abroad provides wonderful opportunities for the students to travel both within and outside of Spain, as well as language and cultural immersion opportunities in Seville itself, forging strong bonds among the students participating in the program. Our daughter returned to us happy, confident, mature and incredibly independent (not to mention nearly fluent in Spanish). So grateful that she had this opportunity!

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Staff Interviews

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Pepa Hernandez Vargas

Job Title
High School Program Director
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Pepa was born in Madrid, Spain, traveling, learning from other cultures, and meeting people from other countries has always been constant in her life during more than 25 years in which she has developed her professional career working for high-level multinationals. She has gained experience in organizing travel and in the management of large groups.

At the same time, she also took part as host family welcoming young students of different nationalities to her home for more than 15 years. This experience gave her enough knowledge to know in detail what each student needs when traveling outside their home and how to deal with cultural change and adaptation in Spain.

What is your favorite travel memory?

Without a doubt, my favorite travel memory was my first experience abroad. At the age of 20, I put my things in a suitcase and traveled across half the world, destined for Seattle. I was going on an educational program that would change my life completely. That experience opened my mind to other countries, cultures, to another language. It was one of the most enriching experiences of my life, and from which I keep the best memories. My American family and my friends were the best part of my year abroad, I´m still in touch with all of them and I am lucky to be able to see them every so often.

How have you changed/grown since working for your current company?

Being able to work with people from all over the world, traveling, and helping young people to have a unique experience in Spain has always been one of my greatest passions in life, so, to lead this company, is to fulfill a dream and make others can do it too.

I would highlight maybe the relationship with our student´s families in their home countries, it feels good when you see that parents trust you their children and the relationship that we developed with them before and during the stay of their children in Spain It is very satisfying for me.

What is the best story you've heard from a return student?

In general, all the messages we receive when the students return home thanking us and letting us know how special the experience has been for them and how they miss their host families. But we always get emotional when we receive images of one of our students from their graduation in their home country, we are very pleased to have contributed, in some way, when they get to graduate.

If you could go on any program that your company offers, which one would you choose and why?

The full-year High School program. Shorter programs are very fun and enjoyable, but the vision that you get from Spain is more in a tourist way, however, with the full school year it is how you really get to live and experience the real local life, and is also when you can make more real friends and strengthen your emotional relationship with them and with your host family.

What makes your company unique? When were you especially proud of your team?

Commitment, closeness and communication, are our company values. For us, being a coordinator goes beyond solving specific problems with students, it has to do with dedicating your time to them, knowing them, and being able get them to see you like a close person to trust.

All of us who coordinate students have been in our youth abroad, just like them, and we know all the satisfaction that a program of this type brings, but also the difficulties and problems of adaptation to Spanish culture. As a director, I feel particularly satisfied with the commitment and love with which all the coordinators give to the student and their families.

What do you believe to be the biggest factor in being a successful company?

Particularly for this type of organizations, the most important factor to be successful is trust. After all, you are working with younger children, they are young people who embark on an unknown adventure away from their parents, for most part it is the first time they leave their homes, so, trust both for the students and parents is a determining factor.