Afternoons and evenings with Istituto Venezia in July and August 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 21st July, cinema on the terrace: “Riprendimi”, meeting point: at school at 8.35 pm with Sara T
- tuesday 22nd July, Venetian Toponomastic: campi, calli, sotoporteghi, meeting point: at school at 3,30 pm with Verusca
- wednesday 23rd July, religious minorities in Venice, meeting point: on the top of Rialto Bridge at 4.30 pm with Sara M.
- thursday 24th July, walk in the sestiere of Castello: from Arsenale to campo della Guerra, meeting point: at the vaporetto stop Giardini at 9 pm with Valeria
- Friday 25th July, walk around in the sestieri of Castello and Cannaregio, meeting point: in campo Santa Maria Nova at 5.30 pm with Marina
- Monday 28th July, the life and the art of Tintoretto in Venice, meeting point: on the top of the Rialto bridge at 9 pm with Valeria
- tuesday 29th July, Let’s play with Italian language, meeting point: at school at 3.30 pm with Verusca
- Wednesday 30th July, visit to the Venetian pearls laboratory, meeting-point: in campo Santa Maria Nova at 5 pm with Marina
- thursday 31st July, walk in the sestiere of Cannaregio: the Ghetto, meeting point: on the top of Guglie bridge at 9 pm with Valeria
- friday 1st August, Rialto in the evening: “spritz, cicheti e ciacole al bacaro”, meeting point: at school at 8.30 pm with S.T
- monday 4th August, walk from Santa Margherita to Salute: the plague in Venice, meeting point: at school at 8.30 pm with Valeria
- tuesday 5th August, the charme of the precious stones, meeting point: at school at 3.30 pm with Verusca
- wednesday 6th August, cinema on the terrace: “Notturno bus” di D. Marengo, meeting point: at school at 8.35 pm with Sara T
- thursday 7th August, walk in the sestiere of Castello, meeting point: at the boat stop Giardini at 9 pm with Valeria
- friday 8th August, spritz, prosecco e cichetti, meeting-point: at school at 1 pm with Anna
- monday 11th August, walk in the San Marco zone, meeting-point: on the top of the Rialto at 9 pm with Valeria
- tuesday 12th August, be an actor for one hour: guess the right emotion, meeting point: at school at 3.30 pm with Verusca
- wednesday 13th August, cinema on the terrace: “Tutta la vita davanti” di P. Virzì, meeting point: at school at 8.35 pm with Sara T.
- thursday 14th August, walk from Santa Margherita to Rialto, meeting-point: at school at 9 pm with Valeria
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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.
