M3 / other spain padel weeks

My opinion if your are not a (semi)professional player you don’t NEED to go to M3 or such academies. They are really good but that makes them that much more expensive. An academy in Valencia or barcelona or alicante can bring exactly what you need for 3/4 or even half the price often. Also really depends if you speak spanish and untill what degree you want everything taken care of. But you can save up to 50% by looking for alternatives

I went to m3 and I did like it! Especially the private lessons, the groups were “oke”

I’m doing a 5 day package with Spain padel experiences in Barcelona. I chose this one, as it’s hotel + 2h training per day. I can eat what I want and spend my afternoon/evening how I want. M3 seems intense, they control every second of your day

Check Rafa Nadal academy in Mallorca. I think it’s the most immersive experience of all. And food is amazing - all types. M3 is nice but it is in the south of Madrid (Getafe) not very nice around there I’d say, and if you stay center of Madrid is quite some traffic every day.

My impressions are that most holiday/ experience packages are filled with players upto level p3.5. As you are likely to be playing with that level of player, it’s not as suitable for higher levels padel wise. I imagine that academies like m3, Prato, vest suit players above that level better because you are paying premium for higher level coaches with deeper insights. But then you usually are stuck in an industrial estate someplace and so it’s padded with fitness etc that is too much for me. I did a week I arranged myself with a “local” coach in Spain. That was way cheaper and it was useful to do but I learned that 3h/day individual lessons for three days, a rest day, then two days would work better. Also the coaching lost a lot in translation and wasn’t all that. I’d like to be in a nice place, so looked at Majorca etc but there doesn’t seem to be the same kind of structure. Putting this together, I’m next planning one of the academies in Alicante (Jmb, Pitu losada or Bela) on a 3d/2d format with spare time by the pool in a nice place. Interested to hear if others have different views on these assumptions