español · A1 · vocabulary · 4 minutes
Places in town
Find essential services and landmarks around town.
Understand the choice
Find essential services and landmarks in an unfamiliar town. Pair each place with estar, ir a, and a simple location phrase.
Core rule: Use estar to locate city places and entre ... y ... to place something between two reference points.
Notice it in context
La farmacia está entre el banco y el supermercado.
The pharmacy is between the bank and the supermarket.
Está locates the pharmacy between two named places.
Voy al banco después del trabajo.
I go to the bank after work.
A + el contracts to al.
La biblioteca está cerca de la plaza.
The library is near the square.
Cerca requires de before its reference point.
What to remember
- Farmacia is the shop and often displays a green cross.
- Estación needs context or a modifier for bus or train station.
Common trap: Do not confuse biblioteca with librería: a biblioteca lends books; a librería sells them.