Italy Trips for Fun and Language Learning
Visiting Italy can be a wonderful experience. Go there to enjoy the scenery, people, food, music, fashion and culture. Practice your Italian in real-life situations. If you would like to study Italian in Italy or want to enroll in an immersion school/program aimed towards Italian fluency, view the Italian Language Schools in Italy/Immersion Programs in the United States page.Madison Sister City - Mantova, Italy 30-minute video (RealPlayer), produced by Madison City Cable. Talk-show style, hosted by Frank Alfano (co-chair Madison-Mantova Sister City), and interviews with Leigh Mills (Anchor/Reporter NBC15), Gerri Di Maggio (Jazz Musician), Susan Boldt (Slow Food Madison) and Tony Bruno (co-chair Madison-Mantova Sister City). Photos of Mantova are interspersed throughout the video, especially during the last 5 minutes.
Note: To watch the video on your computer, you will need the RealPlayer "plug-in" installed on your computer. You will find a free version at www.real.com
Trip Planning Resources:
Advertised and Customized Trips
Visit the Italy Trip Planning Resources page for advertised and customized trips by various trip planners. Contact the company/organizer if you have an interest in joining one of their upcoming trips, or to plan a customized trip for you or your group.You may also like to view some of the Italy travel websites on the Italy Travel Links page.
Italy Trips Offered by WI Italian-American Clubs
NOTE: There are no trips listed at this time.Italy Trips Offered by WI Schools
University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Rome Program
The University of Wisconsin-Platteville's Rome Program, located at The American University of Rome (AUR), is designed to provide students with an unique living and learning experience in "The Eternal City."Students may participate for one semester, for a full academic year, or for the summer. Fall semester 2009: September 2 - December 19. Spring semester 2010: mid-January - mid-May. Summer semester 2010: May - June.
All study abroad students take 12 to 16 credits, including one course in Italian language, which is offered at all levels, from beginning through advanced. No previous knowledge of Italian is required, and the language of instruction is English or Italian depending on the student's proficiency. The university offers course work in Italian Language and Literature, Art History, Communications/Media Studies/Cinema, History, Political Science/International Relations, and International Business.
View the UW-Platteville Rome Abroad Program website (exit WisItalia) for more information. Consult the American University of Rome's website http://www.aur.edu (exit WisItalia); Study Abroad, Class Schedule, for a listing of the current semester's course offerings and course descriptions.
View the online Summer 2009 newsletter, WolfTracks (exit WisItalia, pdf).
Trinity Academy goes to Rome
March 25 - April 6, 2010Trinity Academy in Pewaukee will embark on its annual trip to Rome, Italy from March 25 to April 6, 2010. Every year, they visit Rome in the spring, usually around Easter. This year, they are taking a group of 15 students and 5 faculty. The students are a mix of 8th grade and high school students. One of the travelers this year is taking Italian IV, and another is in Italian III. The group plans to tour ancient, religious, and cultural sites throughout Rome and the surrounding areas, including Assisi, Florence, Orvieto, Siena, and possibly Naples. As head of the Italian Language Program, Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell will be leading the trip.
The two girls in the photo went on Trinity's trip last year – the girl in blue, Rachel Kolbeck, won the Italian Language Award for excellence in Italian study at Trinity's 2009 graduation, and the girl in white is a Junior, named Ellie Banholzer, who is making her fourth trip to Rome with Trinity. Her older sister Abby graduated from Trinity (also making a total of four trips to Rome), studied four years of Italian at Trinity and now studies Italian at Catholic University of America. She is currently doing a study abroad program in Rome this semester, and the group plans to visit with her in Rome this year!Immerse Yourself in Italy (Rome and Florence), Summer 2010
Fox Valley Technical College
May 12-24, 2010Course Number - 64572
Spend 7 nights in the historical city of Rome and visit cultural sites in and around the "Eternal City." Then travel by private bus to Florence where you will spend 2 full days and 3 nights in the city known as the "cradle of Renaissance." Travel back to Rome for your final night and enjoy a farewell dinner at a local restaurant. Take a 3-hour 'crash-course' in the Italian language and visit cultural sites, businesses and universities during your 13 day Cultural Immersion in Rome and Florence, Italy.
Estimated price of the program is $3,600, which includes airfare, 3-elective credits or 5.4 CEUs, hotel (Rome) and youth hostel (Florence) accomodations, breakfast daily and 2 dinners, in-country transportation, program fees and other items included in the agenda.
Contact Aaron Gorenc 920-735-4728 or Susan Beyer 920-735-4810 if interested. Deadline for submission of application is February 5, 2010.
View the Fox Valley Technical College website (exit WisItalia) for more information, including the Trip Itinerary (pdf).
Lodi High School Students go to Italy and Greece
June 21 - July 1, 2010Megan Dorsey, 10th-12th grade Counselor at Lodi High School, Wisconsin is taking a group of high school students to Italy and Greece. Prior to the trip, the students will be learning some basic Italian. They are traveling through a group called Explorica. Here is their itinerary:
Day 1: Start Tour.
Day 2: Ciao Rome! Meet your Tour Director and check into hotel. Rome City Walk, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Navona.
Day 3: Imperial Rome. Rome Ancient City - Guided Walking Sightseeing Tour with Whisper headsets, Colosseum visit, Forum Romanum visit, Piazza Venezia, Authentic Trattoria Dinner.
Day 4: Rome--Palermo. Vatican City Guided Walking Sightseeing Tour with Whisper headsets, Vatican Museums & Sistine Chapel visit, St. Peter’s Basilica visit Overnight ferry from Rome to Palermo.
Day 5: Palermo--Agrigento. Palermo Guided Sightseeing Tour, Quattro Canti, Palermo Cathedral, Teatro Massimo, La Martorana, Monreale visit. Travel to Agrigento Agrigento Guided Sightseeing Tour, Valley of Temples.
Day 6: Agrigento--Taormina. Travel to Taormina, Piazza Armerina Visit, Siracusa Guided Sightseeing Tour, Visit Ortigia Peninsula, Hieron II's Altar, Roman Amphitheatre, Ear of Dionysius, Latomia Intagliatella, Greek Theatre, Latomia del Paradiso, Cordari Cave, Grotticelli Necropoli, Archaeological site visit.
Day 7: Taormina Landmarks. Taormina Guided Sightseeing Tour, Palazzo Corvaia, Botanical Gardens, Greek theater visit.
Day 8: Taormina--Patras. Travel to Bari via Sibari, Overnight ferry to Patras.
Day 9: Patras--Athens. Travel to Athens via Delphi, Delphi Guided Sightseeing Tour, Delphi site visit, Temple of Apollo.
Day 10: Athens Landmarks. Athens Guided Sightseeing Tour, Parthenon, Acropolis visit, Temple of Athena Nike, Omonia Square, Syntagma Square, Olympic site Acropolis Museum visit, Athens City Walk, Plaka district, Temple of Olympian Zeus, Hadrian’s Arch, Greek dinner in Plaka.
For more information, contact Megan Dorsey at dorseme@lodi.k12.wi.us or 608 592-3853 ext. 4414.
Italy and Greece Tour Available to High Schools Students
June 24 - July 3, 2010Bill Hasley and Ginna Perrelle, teachers at Indian Trail Academy in Kenosha, are organizing a trip to Italy and Greece for high school age students. The trip is operated by Educational Tours, which specializes in international travel for teachers and students. The 10-day tour dates are June 24 - July 3, 2010, leaving from Chicago and traveling to Rome, Capri, Sorrento, Pompeii, and Brindisi in Italy, then on to Patras, Delphi, and Athens, Greece.
Cost as of October 1, 2009, is approximately $3,200, which includes airfare, transportation, accommodations, and European meal plan. A three-day optional add-on cruise is also available.
To enroll as a member of this group, contact Ginna Perrelle at g_perrelle@yahoo.com rather than enrolling online. For an itinerary visit the web site at http://student-travel.eftours.com/MyTeachersTour/teachers-tour.aspx?salestour=673782 (exit WisItalia).
Summer Study Trip to Italy:
Italian Language, History, Culture & Civilization
Visit Arezzo, Firenze, Pisa, Lucca, Siena, Cortona, and Roma: August 2 - August 14, 2010Overview: Visit Italy and see Italian art, history and language come to life. Enjoy eating the regional foods of Italy. Travel with expert care and comfort. This is your opportunity to join us on an unforgettable journey through Tuscany and Rome, Italy to see some of the world’s most remarkable and famous places. Italy has more heritage sites than any country in the world. It has been a center of cultural development for centuries, from the times of the Ancient Romans to the Renaissance and beyond. Witness for yourself the evolution from the Roman Civilization to modern Italian life.
Program Activities: Daily lessons of Italian taught by certified Italian language and history professors. Communicative lessons to teach and reinforce the Italian language. This trip is an approved Italian Language and Culture Immersion Course. It is equivilent to a half-year high school semester (63 contact hours). Credit approval is dependent on school district or college policies.
Entertainment & Activities: Summer events at local pools, cinema and cultural outings.
For more information, view the Trip Brochure for details (pdf - brochure design and photography by Nathan Godding and Rita Prigioni).
CONTACT:
International Study Center
Baldassarre Castiglione
Vitale Giotto 70
52100 Arezzo, Italy
www.studycenter-bcastiglione.it
Raffaele Annina, USA Coordinator
rannina@wi.rr.com
414 350-0730
Updated March 6, 2010
