Italian Language Courses By The Sea

  Italy

• All Other Areas in Italy: 
Tropea

Term: Fall, Spring, Summer, Throughout the year, Winter 

Description: The Piccola Universita Italiana is recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research and our teachers have all graduated in order to guarantee the high quality the school is known for!

Our Italian language school is situated in the South of Italy, in an unspoilt and very original Italian area directly at the seaside. Its location is the charming old town of Tropea in a typical medieval palazzo from the 18th century. Our students stay in nice apartments nearby, most of them with breathtaking sea view.

The courses offered:
* Conversation Course (2 hours a day / 5 days a week)
* Main Course - mini-groups (4 hours a day / 5 days a week)
* Intensive Course (Main Course + 6 private lessons)
* Two-to-One
* Individual Tuition

Spend your spare time swimming or sunbathing on Tropea's beautiful beach, only a few minutes walk from the school. The school also organizes regular social activities and cultural excursions to discover Calabria as well as Sicily.

For 14 years the school attracted adults, business people and teenager the same way. Join us in South Italy, enhance yourself in Italy's culture and language, and combine relaxing vacation with high class language learning.

Highlights: The "Piccola Universita Italiana" was founded in 1993 as "Caffe Culturale." In 2004 the name was changed to "Piccola Universita Italiana" as our courses are now authorized by the Italian Ministry of Education, of University and of Research. The school aims to be a place where students from all over the world can meet. Our school has become a place where you can get to know interesting people of different ages, communicate, and exchange opinions and ideas - this is exactly what the name "Piccola Universita" suggests.

Not only does a highly professional school, located right on the toe of Italy's "boot," await lovers of the Italian language, but also a seaside village, Tropea, where study and leisure activities complement one another perfectly. Besides its cultural attractions and magical atmosphere, the "pearl of Calabria" offers many opportunities for relaxing.

It is not only the availability of numerous sports facilities that makes Tropea so attractive, but also its ideal location, which allows one to make many interesting trips, for instance to the fabulous nature reserve in the Sila mountains, to the volcanic island of Stromboli, or to culturally rich Taormina in Sicily.

Therefore if you
* expect good teaching in small classes (4-6 persons) and
* prefer a unique destination to mass tourism,
you will love Tropea.

The Piccola Universita Italiana focus on the following:

* High learning efficiency due to small groups in 3 to max. 6 students in one class
* Precise assignment into 6 different language performance levels during the oral and written grading test on the first day of school
* Language learning based on the direct method
* High customer satisfaction due to a warm, family like atmosphere

Special courses offered to you:

* Silver-activ-language-course (for 50+, only offered on special starting dates)
* Combine golf holidays with a language course of your desire
* Combine an Italian cooking course with a language course of your desire
* Combine arts and painting course with a language course of your desire
* Combine diving with a language course of your desire
* L'italiano navigando, learn Italian while sailing to the Eolian Islands

For further information and prices kindly send us an e-mail!

Cost in US$: please kindly email for more information

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to Worldwide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently Or in Groups

Typically Participants Work Independently Or in Groups of with 4 to max 6

Application Process Involves:

• Written Application

Piccola Universita Italiana's Mission Statement: The "Piccola Universita Italiana" was founded in 1993 as "Caffe Culturale." In 2004 the name was changed to "Piccola Universita Italiana" as our courses are now authorized by the Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research. The school aims to be a place where students from all over the world can meet. Our school has become a place where you can get to know interesting people of different ages, communicate, and exchange opinions and ideas - this is exactly what the name "Piccola Universita" suggests. If you wish to experience a learning environment which is lively, effective and friendly, in one of the loveliest parts of the Italian countryside, you will find the perfect place here with us. The ideal place to combine studies and holidays!

Year Founded: 1993