All in-house students are entitled to subscribe to our weekly activity programme.
Some of the activities are for free and some require a contribution to costs!
The weekly programme offers plenty of opportunities to immerse in Italian culture and Italian lifestyle. Guided visiting tours in Trieste, visiting museums, castle tours, movie evenings with Italian films and seminars on Italian culture and Italian customs are an integral part of the cultural programme. As a language course add-on we also offer effective workshops for oral and written communication!
In the area of “Le Venezie” (Friuli-Venezia-Giulia, Veneto and Trentino) there are numerous UNESCO World Heritage Sites, ensuring a rich and varied excursion programme. The classical weekend tour goes to Venice. On a full-day excursion, you will discover the “City of Gondolas” with its art treasures and architectural wonders. Further important cultural sites are Aquileia, the Lombard town Cividale, Udine, Palladian Villas and much more. Wine and “Prosciutto” tastings, bicycle tours, boat tours and nature hikes with the WWF will round off the activity programme, which is offered to supplement the Italian language courses.
| Activities | Duration | Performance | Price in € |
| Field trips – excursions: | |||
| *Aquileia and a visit to the Basilika as well as the archaeological sites | Half-day | TUE – FRI | 40 |
| *Cividale del Friuli: Longobards in power | |||
| Udine and the masterpieces of Tiepolo | |||
| DOC Vineyards “Colli Orientali del Friuli” and visit of a winery with wine tasting | |||
| Venzone: “Il borgo più bello d’Italia 2017” | |||
| Spilimbergo and visit of the Friulian Mosaic school | |||
| Guided visiting tour of Duino castle and Rilke path | |||
| Visit of the „Grotta Gigante“ | |||
| Hiking trips in the surroundings of Trieste, accompanied by a WWF guide | |||
| Guided tour of the Natural History Museum and visit of a coffee roaster | |||
| Wine and Oil tasting at the Parovel farm | |||
| San Daniele: The taste and the history of the land of Prosciutto | |||
| *Venice: The City of Gondolas | Full-day | SAT | 50,00 – 80,00 |
| *Vicenza: The City of Palladian Villas | |||
| *Verona: The City of Romeo and Juliet | |||
| *Padova and the Botanical Garden | |||
| *Ferrara: the city of the Renaissance | |||
| Seminars: | |||
| “Say it with a gesture” | 1 – 2 hours | TUE – FRI | 10 |
| The origins of Italian language | |||
| The history of: Italian Opera, Italian cinema, Italian pasta, Trieste | |||
| Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance | |||
| Made in Italy: The Italian excellence | |||
| Bora museum | |||
| Vespa: the icon of freedom | |||
| Communication workshops: LAB COM (open to all language levels) | |||
| Guided city tours + Social activities | |||
| Trieste – The city of writers | 1 – 2 hours | TUE -FRI | Included |
| Trieste and its majestic palaces | |||
| Trieste – A crossroad of cultures and religions | |||
| The Jewish Trieste | |||
| Trieste’s ancient markets | |||
| Tergeste – Discovering Roman Trieste | |||
| Italian movies in the school cinema with introduction seminar | Afternoon / evening | Included | |
| Opera and concerts | Evening | from 25 | |
| Cooking lessons | 40 – 50 | ||
| Osmiza: farmers offering their own produces (wine, cheese, prosciutto,…) | 25 | ||
| Sports activities: | |||
| The Baia of Sistiana by SUP | Half-day | TUE -FRI | 30 |
| The Barbarian coast by sailing boat | 60 | ||
| The lagoon of Grado by boat/canoe | 50 | ||
| The Miramare marine reserve by sailing boat | |||
| Mountain-bike tours in the Karst mountains | 40 | ||
