Italy Trips for Fun and Language Learning
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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).
Special Note: Bob Marino, President of the AUR, indicated that the University has been granted regional accreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. This accreditation recognizes the AUR's outstanding accomplishments in preparing study abroad and degree students from around the world to live and work across cultures.
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).
Signor Annina's Best of Italy Tour
March 12 - 20, 2011Experience Italy with trip leader, Ralph Annina, as he takes you to Florence, Pisa, Venice, Verona, Assisi, Roma, Orvieto.
Ralph Annina, Italian language teacher at Bradford High School in Kenosha, announces a trip to Italy for high school age students and interested adults.
The trip is operated by Explorica, Inc., which specializes in connecting teachers and students to new cultures, languages and people on educational tours across the globe.
The 9-day tour dates are March 12 - March 20, 2011, leaving from Chicago and traveling to Florence, Venice, Assisi, and Rome. Italian lessons are included before departure.
Cost is $2,374 for students, $2,643 for adults, which includes airfare, transportation, accommodations, and European meal plan.
For an itinerary, visit the website at www.explorica.com/Annina-5769 (exit WisItalia), view the promotional flyer (pdf), or contact Ralph Annina at 414 350-0730, email rannina@wi.rr.com.
Updated June 21, 2010
