Afternoons and evenings with Istituto Venezia in August and September 2010
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.
Venice
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Monday 16th august, walking tour of Dorsoduro: find out all about school's surroundings, meeting at 4 pm at school with Andrea.
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Tuesday 17th august, introduction to traditional Venetian cooking, meeting at 4 pm at school with Anna.
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Wednesday 18th august, walking tour of Castello: people's Venice, meeting at Giardini waterbus stop at 9 pm with Valeria.
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Thursday 19th august, photographic exhibition by Ferdinando Scianna. Ikona Gallery, meeting at 4 pm on Guglie bridge with Cristina.
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Friday 20th august, walking tour of Cannaregio: from SS. Apostoli to Gesuiti, meeting at 3.30 pm in Campo Santi Apostoli with Andrea.
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Monday 23rd august, walking tour of Cannaregio: the Ghetto, meeting at 9 pm on Guglie bridge with Valeria.
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Tuesday 24th august, walking tour from Santa Margherita to Rialto, meeting at 3.30 pm at school with Valeria.
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Wednesday 25th august, reading aloud in a Venetian house , meeting in Campo S.Maria Nova at 6 pm with Marina.
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Thursday 26th august, sculpture exhibition at Ca’ Zenobio: Alla deriva by J. Peyser , meeting at 4 pm at school with Cristina.
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Venerdì 27th august, italian and music: summer songs, meeting at 4 pm at school with Alessia.
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Monday 30th august, walking tour from Santa Margherita to Salute, meeting at 4 pm at school with Valeria.
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Tuesday 31st august, conversation lab: images make you speak, meeting at 3.30 pm at school with Alessia.
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Wednesday 1st september, gnocchi party , meeting at 6 pm on Guglie bridge with Anna.
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Thursday 2nd september, italian and opera , meeting at 3.30 pm at school with Alessia.
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Venerdì 3rd september, traditional Venetian pastries:recipies and tasting, meeting at 3.30 pm at school with Anna.
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Monday 6th september, night tour in San Marco, meeting at 9 pm on Rialto bridge with Andrea.
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Tuesday 7th september, night walking tour in Cannaregio, meeting at 9 pm in campo Santi Apostoli with Andrea.
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Wednesday 8th september, early morning visit to Rialto market, meeting at 7.45 am on Rialto bridge with Marina.
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Thursday 9th september, walking tour about Venetian legends, meeting at 9pm with Valeria.
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Venerdì 10th september, walking tour from Rialto to Accademia, meeting at 3.30 pm on Rialto bridge with Valeria.
Trieste
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Monday 30th august, welcome party and city walking tour.
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Tuesday 31st august, Miramare Park.
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Wednesday 1st september, walking tour along Napoleonica road.
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Thursday 2nd september, S. Giovanni park and cinema.
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Monday 6th september, a night in osmizza.
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Tuesday 7th september, boat excursion to Muggia.
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Wednesday 8th september, the churches of S. Spiridione and S. Niccolò.
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Thursday 9th september, excursion to val Rosandra.
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Monday 13th september, excursion to the hill of S. Giusto.
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Tuesday 14th september, the Rilke Path .
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Wednesday 15th september, dinner with teachers.
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Thursday 16th september,the Giant Cave.
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Monday 20th september, S. Marco Cafe.
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Tuesday 21st september, excursion to the fishers' path and to the beach.
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Wednesday 22nd september, guided tour of Sartorio museum.
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Thursday 23rd september, visit of carsic houses and of Monrupino fortress.
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Monday 27th september, a night in osmizza .
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Tuesday 28th september, Miramare Park.
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Wednesday 29th september, excursion of Timavo rivermouth.
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Thursday 30th september, guided tour of Revoltella museum.
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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.
