Discover the best Portuguese courses for you.
Founded in 1959, CIAL is the leading language school in Portugal, welcoming students of all ages who want to learn while exploring the country. View courses
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Group Courses
All levels, year round! Begin or continue your Portuguese language studies in an enjoyable communicative way, taking advantage of our extensive...
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Portuguese + Surf
Surf´s Up! Group Course in the mornings and Surf lessons in the afternoon. Each surf lesson includes transportation, board, wetsuit, insurance...
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Erasmus Courses
Studying in Portugal? Join our intensive and extensive courses for Erasmus+ students or other academic programs. Courses start at the beginning...
Immersive Portuguese Culture.
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The CIAL Experience.
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Student Testimonials.
What our students say. Testimonials from around the world!
Jillian Jaclyn Waechter
Switzerland
Cial school is perfect if you want to surf and learn Portuguese.
John Still
United Kingdom
The lessons were interesting, informative and well structured. I feel that I made good progress in a short time.
Johanna Behrens
Germany
The course had a very good quality, very fast progress and the teacher answered all the students’ questions.