A new High Speed Train, in Spain called the AVE, has been approved to be installed between Seville airport and Santa Justa train Station in the centre of the city.

This new connection between Seville airport will make it possible to be in the centre of Seville in just 7 minutes! This new high speed train won’t only link Seville to the airport but also to Malaga, Granada and Almeria.

Inside the Alhambra in Granada, one of the cheapest places to stay in Spain

The work is 60% finished already, and will hopefully be finished by the start of 2010. The High speed train in Andalusia will be able to have trains going at 250km per hour, making it possible to connect Seville and Almeria in 3 hours! It’ll take just 55 minutes to get to Malaga and 1 hour and 15 minutes to get to Granada!

What’s more, a recent study of travel in Europe has found that the hotels in Spain are some of the cheapest in North Europe. Compared to more beachy destinations like Greece and Turkey Spain’s hotels are, on average, a lot cheaper.

The new route for the AVE between Granada and Seville, in light blue

The hotel prices in Spain are on average 102€ a night, whereas in England the average price for a room is 120€ and in Switzerland 167€ a night! In Spain the hotels of Cordoba, Malaga, Granada and Seville were below the European average. The prices in Seville are on average 115€ a night, whereas in Cordoba the price is 106€, and in Granada the average price for a room is only 84€ a night!

A map of the routes in Spain so far, as in February 2008

If you’re looking for cheap accommodation in Spain staying with Mester during your Spanish Language Course is a great way to combine learning Spanish and a cheap holiday to Spain! The prices of our accommodation in Spain is cheap and works out even better than some of the hotels in Seville and Granada. Staying in Granada in a student flat works out at 105€ for the whole week, not just one night in a hotel!!

Each night staying with a Spanish family, full-board, in Seville or Granada only costs you 22€ for a single room, a fifth of what it’d cost in one of the cheap hotels in the city. If you fancy more privacy and luxury a night in a student apartment, (including a private bathroom, kitchen, television and weekly cleaning in the centre of Seville or Granada!) it only costs 46€.

Our residences in Sevilla and Granada cost 25€ full board in a single room. They’ve shared bathrooms, televisions, video and music systems and a laundry service!

In Madrid and Barcelona the prices have dropped too, with a reported fall of 30%, making Spain one of the cheapest places in Europe.