MALACA INSTITUTO
SPANISCHE SPRACHSCHULE
MÁLAGA
SCHOOL ACCREDITED
BY THE CERVANTES
INSTITUTE
MALACA INSTITUTO
SPANISH SCHOOL
MÁLAGA
SCHOOL ACCREDITED
BY THE CERVANTES
INSTITUTE
More than
50 years
forging a story
MALACA INSTITUTO MÁLAGA
SPAIN
To think of Malaca Instituto is to think
about the story of Ida Willadsen.
In every company there are important and
decisive moments that shape what is to
become and without a doubt, that first
moment happened when an intrepid
young Danish girl decided to come to
Malaga to learn Spanish (you may be
making this very same decision right now).
Ida’s arrival to Spain was triumphant, after
an interminably long journey from
Copenhagen to Malaga, (back then took
more than 24 hours), Ida was exhausted
and needed a good hefty breakfast. She
had never been into a bar before and when
she entered the first one she came across
and wanted to order a coffee, answered
the waiter’s question to:
“¿Qué le pongo, señorita?” - was: - “Pues, …
un Gin Tonic”!
Just imagine the looks on
the waiter’s and other customer’s faces - it’s
7:00 am in the morning and an impressive
young, 1.85-meter-tall blond Danish girl
wearing a miniskirt walks in and orders a
Gin and Tonic, for breakfast!
Ida obviously needed to learn much more
than just ask for a coffee and that’s just
exactly what she did! She learnt to fight
against all odds in a then hostile Spain,
where being young, a foreigner and above
all a woman was not precisely an
advantage. Despite all, she had a dream
and in order to accomplish it broke all the
barriers and started up her very own
business.
The most valuable thing Ida discovered
was, without a doubt, her love for our
culture, our people, our climate and our
way of life. She deeply fell in love with
Spain with such intensity that she could
just never imagine leaving. And here she
still is living in Malaga; Danish by birth and
Spanish at heart.
Teaching Spanish since 1971
More than 100,000 students have learned Spanish with us
Spanish at heart but international in perspective, Ida deeply understands the concerns, worries, and apprehensions you may feel when deciding to learn a new language and immerse yourself safely in a way of life different from your own.
Ida’s knowledge along with her valuable
sense for student needs is something that
over the years she’s been transmitting to all
Malaca Instituto staff.
This is what has made us the experts (more
than 50 years teaching Spanish) who
guarantee not only your learning success
but also an unforgettable experience that,
like Ida, will make you fall in love with
Spanish forever.