Welcome to Our Arenal Campus!

Adventure Education Center- Spanish Institute's, Arenal campus is located in the small city of La Fortuna in the northwestern portion of Costa Rica at the point where miles of gently rolling farmland are dramatically altered by the sudden presence of a series of volcanic peaks, dominated by the spectacular and active Arenal Volcano. Once past La Fortuna the region becomes one of lush rain forest, lakes, and hot springs cumulating with the Jurassic Era-like sensation of the Monteverde Cloud Forest.

La Fortuna has a population of about 7,000 residences. It has become, in recent years, a haven for ecotourism, as it stands as the gateway to an area of nature at its most elemental splendor. The friendly city possesses all the infrastructure (restaurants, hotels, tour offices, internet cafes) to serve its increasing tourist population. The charm of La Fortuna is that once you are removed from its heavily touristed main street, the city becomes most "Costa Rican" in flavor. This gives our students the option of stepping back and forth between all the tourist amenities of the main street and the more immersive Spanish study experience of our campus.

Our school is ideally located one block off the main street behind the Banco de Costa Rica in a newly built air conditioned structure specifically designed for AEC Spanish Institute. From the windows of our student center, our students can enjoy a cup of Costa Rican coffee and gaze directly out at the imposing sight of one of the worlds picture book volcanoes.