The Monsanto Forest Park – known as the Lungs of Lisbon - is the the largest urban forest park in Europe, covering 900 hectares.

If you're a nature lover and want the “exotic” experience of a stress-free Portuguese class amidst the trees, lots of green areas and fresh air, then this Portuguese in Nature Experience is for you. Ideal for those who enjoy outdoor activities!

The class will generally take place in an absolutely relaxed atmosphere, without any rush, at the student's own pace, and it will focus on more general vocabulary but somehow linked to healthy activities. The class will take place in a relaxed-conversation format. It's the ideal class for beginners, it has a minimum level of grammatical difficulty and the aim is to teach simple but useful words and sentences. As well as learning or strengthening your Portuguese skills, you get a morning or afternoon in the 'Lungs of Lisbon'.

In this experience, the student will learn the essentials for finding their way around Lisbon on their own and “understanding” the city like a local, as well as identifying the main “hotspots” for orientation. At the same time, they will be given the key words, phrases and grammatical explanations essential for solving the most varied and common interaction situations in Lisbon, namely, how to address strangers on the street to ask for information or simple directions (for example, to find out where the nearest pharmacy is or how to get to a certain address). This course is not intended to compete with the unbeatable practicality of GPS, but rather to take the student out of the status of “ordinary tourist” and give them the tools for basic ‘street communication’ in Lisbon. The aim of this experience is to provide the student with the minimum language skills to enable them to interact verbally with the locals, i.e., to understand and be understood (!!), in as many situations as possible (on the street, in shops, on transport, etc.). Note that the program was prepared to teach not just what to say, but how to say it (conversational etiquette, how to address people of different ages, unknown men and women, how to show appreciation, etc.). Mastering the language goes far beyond knowing the words: there are cultural codes, situational contexts, “more correct” words, gestures or intonations that must be taken into account when addressing strangers and that are more cultural than linguistic. In this program, students will learn these key verbal and non-verbal codes for clean, polite basic communication without misinterpretation.

In this experience, you will learn and practice all the necessary vocabulary and most common phrases you may come across in the most different situations when interacting with salespeople and staff in commercial areas. The aim is for you to gain as much linguistic independence as possible when shopping in Portuguese, regardless of the type of establishment considered: whether it's a pharmacy, coffee shop, bakery, supermarket, shoe shop, bookshop, etc.

In this experience, you will learn everything they need to be able to move around Portugal in general and Lisbon in particular in a completely independent and autonomous way. Lisbon  is home to an extensive network for public transport and has 6 convenient means to travel and commute in and around the city and its outskirts (metro, buses, trams, boats [for crossing the Tagus], intercity buses and trains [regional, inter-regional and international]), as well as a taxi system and app-based transport. You will learn everything to do with public transport in Lisbon (types of ticket, pass, where and how to buy, prices, etc.). They will also learn the "Portuguese specificities" of driving a car in Portugal (paying tolls, via verde, car parks, etc.).

You’ll be taught all the essential vocabulary for getting around Lisbon.

The aim is for you to gain full autonomy to get around Lisbon/Portugal safely and without the need for any help or translation.

The experience includes travelling by metro (with line changes), bus, tram, train and/or boat.

If you love Lisbon and History, this experience is for you!

As well as learning the language, you will have access to the memory of 800 years of history embedded in today's Lisbon: some of its stories, curiosities, secrets and legends. Some of the topics discussed will be: the Lisbon wall, the great earthquake of 1775, the origin of the names of certain streets and places, Lisbon professions that have disappeared, applied arts: the Portuguese sidewalk and tiles, Lisbon personalities, sayings, expressions and sayings that were born in Lisbon, important buildings and institutions in the city, popular artistic manifestations, Portuguese futurism, among others.

Please note that this experience is not a sightseeing tour! It's a journey into the secrets and nooks and crannies of Lisbon.

The aim of this experience is to “use Lisbon” and the words of its history as a basis for studying many Portuguese words and expressions in order to help students learn and memorize vocabulary more easily. A real immersion in the language and speech of the city with many curiosities about the language.

You’ll be taught all the essential vocabulary for getting around Lisbon.

The aim is for you to gain full autonomy to get around Lisbon/Portugal safely and without the need for any help or translation.

The experience includes travelling by metro (with line changes), bus, tram, train and/or boat.

Cafés in Portugal are an intrinsic part of the culture of the Portuguese people, not only those who live in the cities, but also the inhabitants of the smallest villages.

For Lisboners in particular, the café is an unshakeable part of their ethos and day-to-day life, whether it's to spend most of their free time there, to relax with friends for a "half hour" on the terrace, to chat a bit and "watch the soccer" or simply to have a quick cup of coffee on the way to work. 'Café' for Lisboners is a general term that covers various types of establishments that have in common the fact that they sell coffee. Lisbon's cafés have a service “etiquette” and knowing exactly what to ask for and how to ask for it in a café is a skill that most foreigners don't have.

This Experience will focus on teaching you to “master the essential language of cafés” in particular, and food establishment in general. You will be taught useful phrases and words to use in commerce in general (similar to the “Shopping in Lisbon” Experience) but with the specificity of vocabulary more geared towards cafés. As well as learning how to make general and common requests in cafés, you will learn some of the “secrets” and particularities of Lisbon's café culture: the ways to order a coffee (there are more than 10 different ways to order a coffee in Lisbon), cordial approach, etiquette, the “technical” name of the different establlishments, the vast food and drink vocabulary, expressions, etc.

During the class we will visit not only one or two of Lisbon's most iconic cafés, but also “more ordinary” cafés, where you will have the opportunity to place your own order with the waiter.

It is impossible to separate Lisbon from the Tagus River. The Tagus lives in Lisbon, and Lisbon sees and reflects itself in the river. On 28 June 1147, the Tagus became the gateway to Lisbon for a fleet of 164 ships carrying an army of 13,000 crusaders (the Second Crusade) led by Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, who conquered Lisbon from the Moors in a siege that lasted almost four months. Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal, would conquer Lisbon from the Moors in a siege that lasted almost four months. Having played a fundamental role in the Christian reconquest of Lisbon and, later, in the defence of the nation, the Tagus River and its port are closely linked to the city that was born and prospered with it. It is impossible to think of Lisbon without thinking of the waters of the Tagus ‘that take us to the sea’. Many of the caravels and ships that helped write the history of Portugal set sail from the Tagus.

Lisbon is a city that faces the Tagus, with much of its leisure activities taking place precisely in the riverside area of the city. Learning Portuguese on the banks of the Tagus is like letting the language flow into the sea and going wherever the currents take you. Conversations are completely free and can vary in theme, but they will always revolve around the love affair between Lisbon and the Tagus.

None of the above options appeal to you or meet your needs?

No problem! Choose the topic or theme you would like to explore, at the language level that interests you, and I will put together a “class in the city” program tailored to your preferences.
And there is absolutely no obligation on your part to accept my proposal if it does not interest you.