How to get to Vitoria, north coast.
By air: The nearest airport is Vitoria airport, which has
good flight schedules to and from the main international
airports Madrid and Barcelona. There are also a reasonable
number of direct flights to many major European cities.The other
airport only 50km (30 miles) away, is Bilbao airport, which has
more direct flights than Vitoria to other European cities.
By sea: There are direct car/passenger ferry services
from Santander to Plymouth in England and also from Bilbao to
Portsmouth.If coming by own boat, the nearest port is Bilbao,
which has two marinas.
By road: Driving is easy using the fast motorways (toll
roads), Vitoria is about 1'30" from the French border,
about 4'00" from Madrid and about 5'00" from
Barcelona.
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How to get to Barcelona, mediterranean.
By air: Barcelona International airport has good flight
schedules worldwide, and it is easy to find economical fares.
By sea: There are daily direct car/passenger ferry
services from Mallorca, Ibiza and Menorca. If coming by own
boat, Barcelona and the nearby coast, has a number of good
marinas.
By road: Driving is easy using the fast motorways (toll
roads), Barcelona is about 1'30" from the French border,
about 4'00" from Madrid and about 5'00" from Vitoria.
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How to get to Palma Mallorca, mediterranean.
By air: Palma International Airport has good flight
schedules for national and European flights. Incoming worldwide
flight connections to Palma, are very easy and frequent from any
major European airport.
By sea: There are daily direct car/passenger ferry
services from Palma to Barcelona and Valencia, as well as Ibiza
and Menorca. If coming by own boat, the island of Mallorca has a
number of good marinas.
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Our Location.
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have three operation bases, which we run courses from. |
Vitoria,
north coast.
Barcelona, mediterranean.
Palma
Mallorca, mediterranean. |
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About our bases.
Vitoria: is where our adminstration offices and theory
classrooms are based. Vitoria, in the region of Alava, is
located 50km (30 miles) inland on the north coast of Spain.
Some of the theory courses are undertaken there as well as all
the STCW'95 safety courses.
Palma-Mallorca and Barcelona:
is where all our practical courses and the related theory
courses are undertaken.
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Where can I stay ?
Theory courses and STCW95 safety courses: For all courses
in Vitoria, and the related theory courses for the practical
courses undertaken in our bases at Barcelona or Palma Mallorca,
we can arrange on your behalf, accomodation locally. Depending
how much you want to spend, we can find you a basic small hostel
to a luxury five star hotel. Generally speaking the quality of
the accomodation in Spain, is good and quite inexpensive for
short stays.
Practical courses: Unless you specify otherwise, we
assume that you will be staying aboard the boat during the
duration of these courses. This is free of charge.
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Is there anything to do locally in or around Vitoria ?Besides
museums, art galleries, theaters; there are many good
restaurants and bars, and high quality shops; as well as a very
lively spanish night life at the week ends. (which we try not to
encourage to much, for obvious reasons!)
About 100km (60
miles) south of Vitoria, is the wine region of "La Rioja"
which is famous for it´s classic wines and it is possible
to arrange visits to "bodegas" for sampling. During
the winter months, it is possible to ski in the Pyrenees about
3'00" drive away and there are extensive lakes, mountains
for treking close by to Vitoria.
Going 50km (30 miles) north
to the coast, there are spectacular cliff backed beaches,
including surfing ones as well as further along the coast, the
spectacular towns of San Sebastian, Biarritz to the east; and to
the west Santander.
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