What about joining Centro Culturale Giancomo Puccini in Viareggio in Toscany, Italy ?

Question

I m thinking of spending the period from 5th to 18th of Oct 2008 and Italy is the place I want to learn Italian a little bit coz I love Italian language So, please advise about the weather at that period and about teh school and the city Viareggio .

Thankssssss.

Answer 1

I took Italian lessons at that school.  It is a good school with good teachers, but you need to be prepared to do some work after hours if you really want to make the most of your experience.  You attend class from 9am until 12:30pm each day and can add an extra session or two of private lessons- which I highly recommend.  Be aware that it is not cheap though.

Viareggio is a nice seaside town with one of the largest shipbuilding ports in Europe.  In October it will be cool and the beach clubs will have closed for the season.  It will be olive harvest time when you are here- you may enjoy staying up in the hills and experiencing the olive harvest more than staying by the sea.  If in fact this interests you visit the website of the villa where I live- they rent out fully furnished vacation flats and have tons of olive trees.  I helped with the olive harvest last year and it was so interesting.  www.cenami.it

Answer 2

Viareggio is the holiday place of Tuscany, i'm sure that you could learn basic Italian, but i know that  you will have a lot of fun!