Afternoons and evenings with Istituto Venezia in May 2008
Learning a language is much more than being familiar with its grammar rules: it also entails learning in-depth about the culture it represents. Included in the course price the possibility to improve your knowledge of Italian culture thanks to social activities organized in Venice.
- monday 28th April, walking around the sestieri of Castello and Cannaregio,meeting point: in campo santa Maria Nova at 5 pm with Marina
- tuesday 29th April, walk from Gesuiti to san Francesco della Vigna, meeting point: in campo santi Apostoli at 5 pm with Andrea
- wednesday 30th April, walk from santa Margherita a san Nicolò dei Miracoli, meeting point: at school at 4,15 pm with Andrea
- thursday 1st May, day excursion to the island of the lagoon: Lido by bike, meeting point: at Santa Maria Elisabetta (Lido) at 10.00 am with Francesca
- friday 2nd May, “spritz, cicheti e ciacole al bacaro”, meeting point: at school at 6 pm with Andrea
- monday 5th May, cinema at school, meeting point: at school at 4 pm with Francesca
- tuesday 6th May, walk in the sestiere of Castello, meeting-point: at ponte del Paradiso at 4 pm with Valeria
- wednesday 7th May, walking from santa Margherita to Salute: the plague in Venice, meeting point: at school at 4 pm with Valeria, “ombre e cicheti al bacaro”, meeting point: at school at 6 pm with Francesca
- thursday 8th May, the Rialto’s market in the early morning, meeting point: on the top of the Rialto bridge at 7.45 am with Marina
- friday 9th May, italian songs: Fabrizio de Andrè, meeting point: at school at 4 pm with Francesca
- monday 12th May, at the cinema in the early afternoon, meeting point: in font of cinema Giorgione at 3 pm with Marina
- tuesday 13th May, walk from santa Margherita to Rialto, meeting point: at school at 4 pm with Valeria
- wednesday 14th May, religious minorities in Venice, meeting point: at school at 4 pm with Sara
- thursday 15th May, sun and ice-cream at the Zattere, meeting-point: at school at 2.30 pm with Enrica
- friday 16th May, the life and the art of Tintoretto in Venice, meeting point: on the top of the Rialto bridge at 4 pm with Valeria
- monday 19th May, walk in the sestiere of Castello: from Arsenale to campo della Guerra, meeting point: at the boat stop Giardini at 4.00 pm with Valeria
- tuesday 20th May, recipes and taste of typical venetians cakes, meeting point: at school at 4 pm with Sara
- wednesday 21st May, walk in the sestiere of Castello, meeting point: on the top of paradiso bridge at 4.30 with Valeria
- thursday 22nd May, cinema at school: “Saturno contro” di Ferzan Ozpeteck, meeting point: at school at 4 pm with Enrica
- friday 23rd May, good bye prosecco!, at school at 13 pm
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- At school
- Thanks to the afternoon activities at school you can improve your language skills: there are grammar workshops, thematic lectures, discussions on films or on literature, italian songs. The programme is updated weekly in order to offer you a wide variety of choices. All activities are free. Only in some cases students pay for entrance tickets or transport.
- Around the city
- Thanks to the experience of our assistants we organise afternoon
excursions and walking tour that allow you to expand your knowledge
about Venetian history, art, traditions and daily life.
These are some examples of our activities:
- Artistic itinerary: museums and art exhibitions.
- Itinerary about the local handcraft: visit to the glass and mask workshops and the squeri (where the gondolas are made).
- Historic itinerary: walks around the historical areas of the city.
- Gastronomic itinerary: walks around Rialto market (one of the greatest markets in the world), visit to local bacari and trattorie, tasting local dishes and wine, cooking lessons.
- Open air activities
- You can discover the city also by doing sport activities: trekking in the islands of the lagoon, bicycle trips on Venice Lido and in addition the possibility of becoming members of the CUS (Sport University Centre) where you can learn voga alla veneta (rowing), play soccer, volleyball and so on. For further information, visit the site http://venus.unive.it/venescus/
- Visiting the surroundings
- Venice is not the only destination of our trips, we also organise one-day excursions to some of the most interesting cities near Venice, such as Padua, Treviso, Verona, Ferrara, Riviera del Brenta Villas in order for you to enjoy the beautiful landscape around Venice and to explore the historical cities in the region.
