online@malacainstituto.com

Select your language

MALACA INSTITUTO
SPANISCHE SPRACHSCHULE
MÁLAGA

SCHOOL ACCREDITED
BY THE CERVANTES
INSTITUTE

Malaca Instituto Logo

MALACA INSTITUTO
SPANISH SCHOOL
MÁLAGA

Instituto Cervantes Logo

SCHOOL ACCREDITED
BY THE CERVANTES
INSTITUTE

More than
50 years
forging a story

MALACA INSTITUTO MÁLAGA
SPAIN

IDA WILLADSEN

A malagueña by adoption

To think of Malaca Instituto is to think about the story of Ida Willadsen.

In every company there are important and decisive moments that shape what is to become and without a doubt, that first moment happened when an intrepid young Danish girl decided to come to Malaga to learn Spanish (you may be making this very same decision right now).

Ida’s arrival to Spain was triumphant, after an interminably long journey from Copenhagen to Malaga, (back then took more than 24 hours), Ida was exhausted and needed a good hefty breakfast. She had never been into a bar before and when she entered the first one she came across and wanted to order a coffee, answered the waiter’s question to: 

“¿Qué le pongo, señorita?” - was: - “Pues, … un Gin Tonic”!

Just imagine the looks on the waiter’s and other customer’s faces - it’s 7:00 am in the morning and an impressive young, 1.85-meter-tall blond Danish girl wearing a miniskirt walks in and orders a Gin and Tonic, for breakfast!

Ida obviously needed to learn much more than just ask for a coffee and that’s just exactly what she did! She learnt to fight against all odds in a then hostile Spain, where being young, a foreigner and above all a woman was not precisely an advantage. Despite all, she had a dream and in order to accomplish it broke all the barriers and started up her very own business.

The most valuable thing Ida discovered was, without a doubt, her love for our culture, our people, our climate and our way of life. She deeply fell in love with Spain with such intensity that she could just never imagine leaving. And here she still is living in Malaga; Danish by birth and Spanish at heart.

Teaching Spanish since 1971

More than 100,000 students have learned Spanish with us

IDA WILLA​DSEN

Spanish at heart

Spanish at heart but international in perspective, Ida deeply understands the concerns, worries, and apprehensions you may feel when deciding to learn a new language and immerse yourself safely in a way of life different from your own.

Ida’s knowledge along with her valuable sense for student needs is something that over the years she’s been transmitting to all Malaca Instituto staff.

This is what has made us the experts (more than 50 years teaching Spanish) who guarantee not only your learning success but also an unforgettable experience that, like Ida, will make you fall in love with Spanish forever.