Travel Tree City/State: Florence Country: ITALY Italian Language, Culture, Art, Cooking, Fashion REQUEST MORE INFORMATION »» Worlds Best Language Schools 57 Carruthers St Ilam Canterbury NEW ZEALAND www.worldsbestlanguageschools.com Program description: Excellent Italian language courses with free complementary short courses of Italian Cooking and wines, Business Italian, Italian Fashion, Art History and Painting. David School specialises in teaching the Italian language and culture to foreign learners. The school, which owes its name to Michelangelo's famous sculpture, is located in Florence and it is open all year round. It was set up in 1983 and it is one of the first Italian language schools in Italy. Our vast experience in the field of language teaching guarantees our students both good results and a pleasant stay in Florence. A strong point of our school is its friendly and relaxed atmosphere. This helps our students feel at home during their whole stay in Florence and gives them the chance to get to know people and places. Learning Italian not only means acquiring the mere ability to talk and understand the language but also "to live" it, that is, getting to know the country and its people, thus actively participating in the Italian life. An Italian language course at the David Schoolbroadens our students' horizons; it is an unforgettable experience in a city boasting an ancient artistic and cultural history. Florence is known all over the world as the city of art, the capital of the Renaissance and one of the most important centers of literary and scientific culture. Florence is the capital city of the Tuscany region Complementary short courses of Italian Cooking and wines, Business Italian, Italian Fashion, Art history and Painting enable  students to deepen various aspects of the Italian culture and to acquire a general knowledge of the subject they are interested in. There are also Italian language courses combined with arts and crafts workshops are offered in the following subjects: furniture restoration painting restoration goldsmith's and jeweller's art leather goods manufacture. Come and join our friendly school in Florence! General program information: Program open to: Everyone Travel to site: Independent Travel Is opportunity more independant or group orientated: Varies No. in group: 6-8 How long does the program last?: Various Durations What are the dates of this program: Every Monday Benefits and advantages of the program: Florence: the right place for your studies! Florence, for many reasons, is the ideal place to learn Italian or to improve your knowledge of the language. It is the city where the Italian language was born and where it evolved. Therefore it is here where the purest form of Italian is spoken with its distinctive and unique dialectal inflection. Florence has an immense and rich artistic heritage and therefore it has become one of the world's artistic and cultural centers. Florence is located in the heart of the Tuscany region and in less than one hour it is possible to reach towns like Siena, Lucca, Pisa, Arezzo, San Gimignano, Cortona, Pienza, Volterra and the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Florence is a rather small university and tourist city and its historic center is free from traffic and far from the metropolitan industrial area. Therefore it is the perfect environment to attend a course of study. It is a quiet city with a low crime rate. Florence is not only rich in famous museums, churches, palaces and monuments, but also in typical small restaurants ("trattorie"), where it is possible to taste delicious Tuscan dishes, and in countless typical places where you can enjoy the evening, meet people and amuse yourself. Florence offers plenty of live music events and shows in any period of the year. It is also rich in gardens and parks where you can relax. It has the world's most famous fashion designers shops, as well as in typical artisan shops ("botteghe"), where it is still possible to watch painters and artists at work. During traditional events and historical re-enactments you have the impression you are transported into Dante's or Michelangelo's time. The present and past merge in the typical alleys of this city. For these reasons more and more tourists and students come to stay in the city and study at an Italian language school in Florence, thus creating an extremely intense cultural exchange. Studying Italian at an Italian language school in Italy means having the opportunity to live the Italian culture everyday and to practise the Italian language constantly. Studying Italian at an Italian language school in Florence also means having an unforgettable experience in the city where the Italian language was born and where the most correct form of the language is still spoken. Also for this reason every year about 40% of the students enrolled at Italian language schools in Italy chooses to attend a course at an Italian language school in Florence Cost or price of this program: courses from only €200. Please inquire for our speicific courses: Dates for 2005  are: January: January 10th - February 4th February: February 7th- March 4th March: March 7th - April 1st April: April 4th - April 29th May: May 2nd - May 27th June: June 6th - July 1st  July: July 4th - July 29th August: August 1st - August 26th September: August 29th - September 23rd October: September 26th  - October 21st November: October 31st - November 25th December: November 28th - December 23rd Terms: Throughout the year Typical person for this program: Anyone with an interest in Italy and the Italian Language and Culture! 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