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Program Excursions

The Hamilton College Academic Year in Spain sponsors a series of guided field trips to different parts of Spain throughout the year. During recent academic years, for example, cities visited included Granada, Segovia, Salamanca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Toledo, Sevilla, Cordoba, Pedraza, Avila, Santiago de Compostela, León, Burgos, Soria, Jaén, Cuenca, Cáceres, Tenerite, Mallorca and Santander. Usually three excursions take place each semester, including one of 3-4 nights (in addition to the Orientation trips). The careful guidance of the program?s own professional assistants (drawn from the HCAYS faculty) assures that the excursions are academically structured. Such trips are considered an essential part of the program?s educational experience, accounting for approximately 30% of the days dedicated to intellectual or course activities.

Recent Example of Excursions:
Fall semester:
September 3-10: Fall orientation trip: Granada, las Alpujarras, Nerja (classes),
Malaga, Ronda, Arcos de la Frontera, Sevilla, Córdoba

October 7-9: Salamanca, Segovia, La Granja, Pedraza, Avila

October 28-November 4: Barcelona, Figueiras, Cadaqués, Aigua Blava

December 1-3: Toledo, Aranjuez

Spring semester:
January 13-21: Spring orientation trip: Burgos, Comillas (classes),
Santillana del Mar, Santander, Picos de Europa, León

February 2-5: Carnaval in Santa Cruz de Tenerife , Canary Islands
(costumes required)

March 2-5: Trujillo, Guadalupe, Mérida (Extremadura), Lisbon, Sintra, Tomar
(Portugal), Ciudad Rodrigo

April 28-29: capea

La Albufera (Valencia), Spring 1995