Christian Immersion Spanish Academy

Location
CISA is located in Tuis de Turrialba in the province of Cartago, Costa Rica, Central America. It is two hours south-east from the capital, San Jose.

Tuis is a small rural town of 3,000 people surrounded by a tropical and mountainous landscape.

Tuis has an excellent bus transportation (clean and safe) with hourly service.

The majority of the people work in coffee and sugarcane farms, while others commute to Cartago and San Jose for work. The families of Tuis are generous and hospitable and always make students feel welcome. Tuis is a safe, family-oriented community.

About 25 minutes from Tuis is the city of Turrialba which is the closest major city. It is in a beautiful valley with approximately 70,000 people. It contains all the basic necessities such as; banks, a hospital, Internet Cafes, supermarkets, restaurants, a post office, gas stations, a modern bus station which offers hourly service to San Jose and the Carribean, pharmacies, private clinics, dentists, lawyers, clothing & shoe stores, tourist shops, cafes, photo developers, stationery stores, hotels, coffee and sugarcane processing plants.

Turrialba is home to two public universities and CATIE (An institute for graduate students specializing in agricultural research).

The main attractions on Turrialba are: Turrialba Volcano, Guayabo National Monument, Botanical Reserves, canyoning, hiking, and world famous river rafting.