French Summer School in Biarritz: Accommodation
French hosts/ess based (private household)
Offered on a shared room basis (either with a friend or the college will find another student for you to share with) with full-board (breakfast, lunch and evening meal) arranged by the hosts. Hosts offer either one twin room or in a few cases, two or three, twin rooms. Please note: Some hosts offer single beds whilst others offer double rooms.
French hosts live in and around Biarritz and Anglet – in houses just a walk or a short bus ride from the language school (30 minutes max by bus). Students are expected to keep their bedroom tidy and may be asked to clean the room. Hosts provide bed linen, but students should bring their own towel. The bedrooms have storage space, a workspace, a lamp and a window.
Hosts offer you the chance to share daily French life with native speakers. They may well have more than two student staying with them. They will collect you from Biarrtiz airport/station by arrangement, free of charge (if at reasonable hour) and take you back at the end of the course. They will also show their students to college on the first Monday of their course. Sundays are spent with your hosts, so that they can enjoy your company and may even take you out for the day or go to the beach with you (though this isn’t compulsory).
Going Out Permission
Teenagers aged 14/17 yrs old will need signed parental permission to be able to go out in the evenings. CESA will forward details upon enrolment.
Parents must indicate that either:
1/ no permission to go out is given
2/ students are free to go out at a time set by their parents but in any case no later than 23.00 hrs in the week & 24.30 hrs on Friday/Saturday nights or the eve of public holidays (no later curfews can be accepted).
NB: Parents cannot set alternative curfews as the college is unable to police them.
Travel
Arrive: Sunday PM
Depart: Saturday AM
Travel to Biarritz by plane (or train) and then take the host arranged two way transfer to your accommodation.
