Learning languages in Girona
The main language in Girona is Catalan, followed by Spanish and English. Locals speak both Catalan and Spanish, but it's a good idea to learn Catalan to integrate better.
Learning Catalan[edit]
See Learning_Catalan_in_Girona
Learning Spanish[edit]
Girona Buddies has a free Spanish conversation meetup every Monday at Ohkey Cafe, 6-8 PM. Join the WhatsApp group at https://chat.whatsapp.com/KxFyKsLCmes8zc5vhzPVce or follow their Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/speak.spanish.girona/.
Learning English[edit]
Girona Buddies has a free English conversation meetup every Thursday at PdePa Claret, 7-9 PM. Join the WhatsApp group at https://chat.whatsapp.com/CUxeJJJwBCcB8UYoR3tDVn or follow their Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/speak.english.girona/.
Language schools in Girona[edit]
There are several language academies in Girona. These include:
- EIS Escola d'Idiomes http://www.eisgirona.com/ @eisgirona
- EOI Girona (Escola Oficial d’Idiomes). Affordable Spanish & Catalan courses. Recommended by locals for quality teaching. Group classes. @eoigirona
- Up! Idiomes offers Spanish courses (A1-B1) in Girona. @upidiomes http://www.upidiomes.cat
- Girolingua. https://www.girolingua.cat @girolingua
- Escola d'idiomes Eica. http://www.eica.cat @eica_idiomes_girona
- What's Up! Academia de inglés Girona. https://whatsup.es @whatsup.girona
- Linguae, a foreign language book shop that also offers language classes @linguaegirona
- Private tutors are also available, but prices vary (e.g., €15/hour for private lessons).
One-on-one language exchanges[edit]
- https://www.mylanguageexchange.com/city/Girona__Spain.asp Costs $5.99 US per month or $23.99 US per year to contact other members. Has 2-4 new members a month.
- Girona Buddies has a free language exchange, join at https://chat.whatsapp.com/LXGWCHHS2CJ43Ti8OxH9oH and read the group description
Group language exchanges[edit]
- Girona International sometimes organises language exchange events. They used to be every other Thursday at 7 pm at River Girona (Carrer de la Barca 2). You get a sticker with the languages you speak and find someone who speaks the language that you want to practice. If there's another one, they (I say "they", Girona International is actually one guy called Alexey who organises everything) will post the details at https://www.instagram.com/girona_international.See Making friends in Girona for more info about Girona International.
- Figueres Language Exchange meet every week in Figueres. Organised by a man called Ernest. There are different tables, and each table speaks a different language.[1][2]
- ↑ https://www.meetup.com/es-ES/girona-international-meetup
- ↑ Message in the Girona Buddies volunteering group on 2025-05-26: "Maybe instead of having different hours for different groups on different days.. it could be an idea to simply have one day, one café/Parc/centre civic and different tables with the sign of the language in the middle. So people can practice different languages in one space and frustration/work to organize may be less." "The Figueres language exchange do this, same day. 'Friday' but different tables."
