My Mother and I want to go to Italy to do either a language, cookery, art course or a combination of these!?

Question

I am 27 and have been learning Italian since September, my Mum is 53 and has been learning for over 5 years. We both love Italy, the cuisine and the history of art and can go around the Easter school holidays for about 4 days. Help!

Answer 1

There are a number of options.

http://www.aboutfood.co.uk/spotlight/hol...

http://www.theitaliancookingschool.com/

The best thing to do is to trawl the internet or talk to a travel agent. You're not likely to get the best advice from this website.

Answer 2

If you're asking for some hints on where to stay as a best compromise in order to fulfill all those purposes, I'd say Parma, then Piedmont (anywhere) and Verona.

For art and cookery, all Italy is a good choice, different location, different tradition and art history, but you can find big values everywhere; just as for language learning I recommend northern cities, anyway not south of Rome, since on daily life dialect or a mix of Italian and dialects is more used.  A lot of good places to visit or to live in, in the south, I don't want to be misunderstood, but not ideal for learning Italian.

Answer 3

FOUR DAYS!!!????

It takes that long to recover from jet lag!

Then again, you did say "mum" so maybe you are from Europe (England) not the U.S. A.