One Million Visitors to Machu Picchu Estimated for 2008
800 Thousand Tourists to Visit Machu Picchu in Cusco, Peru in 2007 (Living in Peru): Jean Paul Benavente, the Regional Director for Foreign Trade and Tourism, "attributed the growth Cusco has had not only to the fact that its Inca Citadel was nominated one of the New 7 Wonders of the World but also to the tremendous effort that has been made in promoting Machu Picchu, Peru as a tourist destination."
The Spanish School "Aurora Andina", offers the most varied courses of Spanish, giving you the possibility to learn the language and to share experiences with the culture and the Cusquenian art.
For a better understanding of the language ,The School offers you a variaty of complementary activities that will help you to polish the language and to interact with the daily life of the cuzquenians. It will also give you the opportunity to supplement your classes of Spanish with cultural and artistic activities.
Our school is associated to the Civil Association ''Catolica del Cusco'' that has a program of typical artistic activities of the "Escuela Cusqueña"( Cusquenian School), where you will be able to know the traditional art of the region, the one that was born starting at the arrival of the Spanish colonists who fused the European Baroque art and the Andean traditions, achieving an original and interesting artistic style that blends both concepts. Our courses are supplemented with guided visits to different places that enhance your approach to the Andean culture and art..