Italian Language Tour – Sorrento, Italy

Sorrento is a coastal town in southwestern Italy, facing the Bay of Naples on the Sorrentine Peninsula. Perched atop cliffs that separate the town from its busy marinas, it's known for sweeping water views and Piazza Tasso, a cafe-lined square. The historic center is a warren of narrow alleys that's home to the Chiesa di San Francesco, a 14th-century church with a tranquil cloister.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

We will have an orientation meeting to provide students with relevant information and useful tools to familiarize them with their host country and the program ahead.

We will have the opportunity to participate in language classes that will enhance our cultural understanding and linguistic skills.

Enjoy a pizza party in the garden with Italian students. We will have the opportunity to practice our language skills with the local students.

Demonstration of professional processes for Italian ice cream making and decoration. Throughout the demonstration, the owner describes basic ice cream knowledge, ice cream components, science and the importance of each ingredient.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

We will have the opportunity to participate in language classes that will enhance our cultural understanding and linguistic skills.

We will enjoy a guided visit of a pasta factory, and after the tour we will learn how the pasta is made. Enjoy the fresh pasta.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

We will have the opportunity to participate in language classes that will enhance our cultural understanding and linguistic skills.

Enjoy an afternoon of kayaking along the Sorrento Coast.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

We will have the opportunity to participate in language classes that will enhance our cultural understanding and linguistic skills.

We will have the opportunity to practice our language skills with local students.

This afternoon, enjoy a pizza making course to learn the secrets of traditional Neapolitan pizza and the art of combining the ingredients and working them together to create delicate samples of pizzas.

We will have the opportunity to participate in language classes that will enhance our cultural understanding and linguistic skills.

Watch a demonstration, enjoy a tasting of 4 types of cheese, bread, tomatoes, salad and water. Stay for a first-hand look at how they produce the best cheeses Sorrento has to offer. There will be a demonstration of how they create mozzarella from the simple cow's milk. Final tasting in the welcoming tasting room of all our specialties: mozzarella, caciocavallo, provolone del Monaco and Caciotta.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

Pompeii is a ruined and partially buried Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. Along with Herculaneum, its sister city, Pompeii was destroyed, and completely buried, during a long catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days in AD 79.

Explore the magnificent Roman ruins at Pompeii, which give a fascinating glimpse into Roman life. In 79 AD, the fury of nearby Mt. Vesuvius was unleashed upon this prosperous city, killing its 2,000 inhabitants and burying it under pumice and ash. Today, the excavations reveal the ruins of the city's amphitheaters, forum, baths, streets and splendid houses, some with their frescoes still visible. Finally we explore the Villa of the Mysteries outside the city walls.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

Known to many as the "Eternal City", Rome is the capital of Italy, with an uninterrupted history spanning two and a half thousand years. As one of the founding cities of western civilization, Rome is filled with incredible historical sites. It is a city with many faces, encompassing medieval, renaissance, and modern. To define Rome is an impossible task, but to enjoy Rome is a wondrous experience.

Step back in time to perfect the art of gladiatorial combat with a tutorial at the Gladiator School. The gladiatorial games were an essential feature of political and social life in the Roman world, and grew in popularity until the 5th century CE when the last recorded games took place. Instructors will teach us the finer points of combat as we discover the long and tumultuous history of the games.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

Originally built as Hadrian’s mausoleum, it served as a fortress, prison, and a burial place for emperors before becoming a museum in 1925. It contains a historical military museum, paintings, rich ceramics, sculptures, and tapestries.

This museum features an impressive collection that includes sculptures by Bernini, such as Apollo and Daphne, and masterpieces by 16th and 17th century Italian artists, such as Raphael, Correggio, Titian, and Caravaggio.

Enjoy a Bike Ride through the Borghese Gardens, the oldest gardens in Rome.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

Enjoy a guided tour, through the spectacular remains of the Roman Empire. The Colosseum, considered to be the greatest symbol of Ancient Rome's power and glory, was completed under Titus in 80 A.D. The Colosseum could hold 55,000 spectators, on a par with many of today's modern sports stadiums. Among the sights included is the Arch of Constantine, a triumphal arch finished in 315 A.D., commemorating the victory of Constantine I over Maxentius in the year 312 A.D. We will also tour the ruins and excavations of the Roman Forum, which features the remains of magnificent temples, basilicas, and triumphal arches that once formed the heart of the Empire.

The prison was typically reserved for higher-profile prisoners and those that posed a threat to the security of Rome; the most famous of these was St. Peter.

Enjoy an evening meal with your group.

The Pantheon is a masterpiece of architecture with its huge hemispherical dome. It also contains the tombs of the kings of Italy and that of the artist, Raphael.