Transfer service -arrival on July 4th or July 11th- from Bilbao and Vitoria airport, Vitoria bus station or train station is included in the package price. A representative of the school will pick campers up and bring them directly to their place of accommodation or the BasketballCamp Facilities, depending on the arrival time.

For arrivals at Bilbao airport, there are 1 Group transfer in the morning -13:00 h- and 1 group transfer at midday-afternoon -15:00 h.

For departures from Bilbao airport, there are 1 group transfer in the morning at 9:00 am.

For arrivals or departures before or after Group Transfer times, we provide a private transfer with an extra cost.

If you want to come with your children or organise the trip own your own, the easiest way is to arrive to Vitoria airport (Foronda). It is located 9 km from Vitoria city centre and it takes about 15 min. by car. There are domestic flights that connect Vitoria with Madrid and Barcelona.

The nearest airport with international flights is Bilbao (Loiu), approx. 45-60 minutes from Vitoria by car. TEL: Airport information: 94 486 96 63 / 64 Flight information: 905 505 505. If you do not want to rent a car, you can take a taxi to Termibus in Bilbao city center, and then take a coach of LA UNION to Vitoria. Buses run every hour from Termibus Bus Station to Vitoria.

If you arrive to Madrid or Barcelona another option is to take a train. You can check times, frequency and prices on www.renfe.es

In any case, please feel free to contact us.

For Spain, we can say that Vitoria is a medium size city. It has around 240.000 inhabitants.

Temperatures are moderate and usually there is no rain. The average temperature in July 2007 was 19°C the average of the maximum temperature was 27ºC and the average of the minumum, 11ºC.

See the temperatures of July 2007.

	T	TM	Tm	SLP	H	PP	VV	V	VM	Vg	RA	SN	TS	FG
1	16.1	22.7	12	-	75	0	10.5	9.8	24.1	-
2	16.4	24.2	11.8	-	73	0	11.3	9.4	25.9	-
3	16.7	26.7	9	-	76	0	9.8	10.7	25.9	-	o
4	16.1	21.6	10	-	66	1.78	11.3	15.6	33.5	44.3
5	15.9	26.9	5.9	-	53	0	10.6	7.8	24.1	-
6	18.3	28.9	7.6	-	61	0	10.5	9.3	25.9	-
7	19.9	29.5	15.6	-	75	0	11.1	11.7	27.8	-	o		o
8	16.5	21.6	13	-	84	1.52	11.1	13.1	24.1	-
9	14.3	19.8	11	-	69	0	10.9	13.7	25.9	-	o
10	14.9	21.1	8.7	-	72	0	11.3	11.3	27.8	42.4
11	16.2	23.8	11	-	73	0	11.3	10.9	27.8	-
12	18.7	30.1	8.6	-	56	0	10.3	5.9	20.6	-
13	21.4	35	9.5	-	58	0	10.1	5.6	25.9	-
14	23.8	34	11.6	-	50	0	10.8	11.9	33.5	50
15	23.4	33.6	16	-	50	0	10.5	15.7	29.4	48.2
16	18.9	25.6	13.6	-	62	0	10.5	12	33.5	37	o
17	18.7	27.6	11.9	-	69	1.02	11.3	12.6	31.3	-

Column definitions:
T	Mean temperature (ºC)
TM	Maximum temperature (ºC)
Tm	Minimum temperature (ºC)
SLP	Mean sea level pressure (mb)
H	Mean humidity (%)
PP	Precipitation amount (mm)
VV	Mean visibility (Km)
V	Mean wind speed (Km/h)
VM	Maximum sustained wind speed (Km/h)
Vg	Maximum wind gust (Km/h)
RA	Indicator for occurrence of: Rain or Drizzle
SN	Indicator for occurrence of: Snow or Ice Pellets
TS	Indicator for occurrence of: Thunder
FG	Indicator for occurrence of: Fog

Whith these temperatures it is always recommendable to take a jacket or a thin pullover in the evening, just because it can get cooler from 8 or 9 pm. This also happens in the early morning, but at noon, you will need to take the pullover out since it will be hot.

The basketball camp is designed for teenagers and parents are not encouraged to participate. For parents who want to visit Spain while their children are in the basketball summer camp, we can suggest different hotels and activities or we can arrange necessary lodging and activities for them to enjoy their stay for a fee. Please feel free to enquire for further information.

As in all cities, Vitoria offers different possibility for visitors’ comfort: from hotels to rural houses, apartments… There are 4* and 5* star hotels, such as the Gran Hotel Lakua (5 stars) or the hotels Gasteiz, Canciller Ayala, or Ciudad de Vitoria (4 stars). Another of the important hotels in Vitoria is the General Álava Hotel (3*). The offer is completed with smaller hotels such as Almoneda, Páramo, or Dato and apartments such as San Fermín or Dream Park. As you may imagine, prices go from 40 to 130 or more euros.

▪ Accommodation per category (approximate prices per double room): o
5 stars: between 200 and 300 euros
4 stars: between 100 and 200 euros
3 stars: between 70 and 130 euros
2 stars or less: less than 60 euros.

Here you can download a list of Hotels, Hostels, Rural Houses...

Of course. There are many websites with information about Vitoria, surrounding area, festivities and events in the city... Here you have some.

▪ Vitoria Tourist Information:
http://www.vitoria-gasteiz.org/we027/http/index_en.shtml
▪ Alava Tourist Information:
www.alavaturismo.com
▪ Spain Tourist Information:
www.spain.info
▪ Cathedral of Santa María:
www.catedralvitoria.com
▪ International Jazz Festival:
www.jazzvitoria.com
▪ Alava Incoming (Business Association):
www.alavaincoming.com
▪ Of course, you can visit Zador main Website:
www.zadorspain.com

There are some questions on the enrolment form about your Spanish knowledge. With your answers we can get an idea about your Spanish level.

On Monday you will have a written test and an interview. With this information we can place you in the apropriate group according to your Spanish level.

If you are beginner, you will have Spanish lessons the first day.

There is a maximum of seven students per classroom.

Our small-group Spanish lessons will:
- allow you to get the most from our personalized teaching,
-facilitate active and dynamic participation in class,
- maximize the use of classroom interaction techniques, thus facilitating your ability to speak Spanish.

No, but do not worry if you are a beginner: it is a question of few days. It is an immersion program and therefore you will surrounded by Spanish everywhere.

Many of our students have no previous knowledge of Spanish. Our teachers have the training and the experience to teach beginners and the total immersion system allows you to learn very quickly. We have a Spanish/English translator as part of our staff, who will be glad to help you communicate if you have any questions for the administration.

It is a good idea if you have your own pocket dictionary, some pencils, some pens and a note book.

The first day you will receive a file with the teaching material or a book.

You are going to have a General Spanish course and depending on your levels you will learn vocabulary about different topics. Of course, you are going to learn many words about basketball.

Yes. You will recieve a Certificate of Attendence, with the number of Spanish lessons that you have attended and your Spanish level.

If you bring your own computer, the apartments have WIFI access.

Yes. You can continue learning Spanish in our school in Alicante. In Vitoria, we have only a Basketball Camp. If you want to practice other sports, in ZADOR Alicante there are different Sports Camps: Tennis Training Summer Camp, Windsurfing Camp and Sailing Camp.

Zador staff will help you in arranging the trip from Vitoria to Alicante and we can organize your transfers from your accommodation to the airport, bus or train station at any time.

Yes, all the tiket entrance or price for the activities are included in the price. However, if students want to drink or to eat something out of the camp, students have to pay for them.

Yes, all the transports to go from the Residence to the Basketball Camp Area and for the off-campus activities programmed are included in the price. In some cases are public and in other private transport.

Yes, there is always at least one group leader every ten campers in the activities programmed.

Yes. Depending ont he excursion, for example in the excursion to San Sebastina, students receive a package lunch.