Study Abroad in Salamanca: Housing & Meals

AIFS students in Salamanca live in Spanish homes carefully selected by the Director. The homestay experience can be the most rewarding part of a student’s time abroad. Patience, respect and an open mind are essential to its success. It is the best way to learn to speak Spanish, get involved in the culture and integrate into the local community. Students have three meals a day with their host. Most rooms are based on double occupancy. If a student wants a single and one is available, the student pays a supplement of 60 euros per month directly to the host. Note that if a student chooses to live in a homestay, he or she may not change to residence or independent living once the semester begins.

Students may also choose to live in a student residence for a supplementary fee. The University co-ed residence is 5 minutes from the University. All of the rooms are singles with private baths and telephones. Students take three meals a day, seven days a week, at the residence cafeteria. The residence has two TV rooms (with video and DVD), a reading room (providing daily local newspapers), a chapel, an auditorium, a study room and a modest gym. For an extra fee internet and/or laundry services can be contracted. There are a limited number of places available in the Spanish residency, and, as it’s more expensive than the homestay, students choosing this option must pay a supplement before departing the U.S. For the Fall semester this is $700, and for the Spring semester it is $900.

If a student chooses to rent an apartment locally during his or her second semester with students from AIFS or the University, he or she must notify AIFS before the program begins to receive the housing rebate. Full year students changing housing to an apartment must inform the Resident Director before the spring semester begins.