Host family placement throughout the country in cities and rural areas. Late September or early October through June. Optional educational trips are available for an additional fee. Soccer, meeting at caf s, movies, theater events, concerts, and dancing, including salsa and merengue. YFU prepares young people for their responsibilities and opportunities in a changing, interdependent world.
Fiestas enjoy enormous popularity in Spain.
In addition to important Christian holidays such as Christmas, Holy Week, and All Saints Day, all towns, cities, neighborhoods, and professions have their patron saints whose feasts last for a number of days. Like fiestas , family meals are a valued tradition in Spain. Some famous Spanish dishes are paella , tapas , and flan . The country itself offers the visitor a varied topography, with Europe's only desert in Almaria, mountains, and long coastlines. As you might imagine, the weather varies too, from temperate and rainy in the north, dry with hot summers and cold winters in the central plateau, and hot, dry summers with mild winters in the south.