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The school was founded in 1976 and is accredited by the Italian ministry of education. It is located a few minutes from the historical center of the city, in a not very busy street, near the railroads central station

Tuition Programs

• 1 lesson: 45 minutes
• Minimum age: 16
• Schedule: (9:00 AM - 5:30 PM) flexible depending on the program chosen
• Maximum 12 students per class.
• All levels available
• Intensive classes (30 lessons per weeks): 20 group lessons and 10 private lessons per week.
   
• History of art: 6 lessons per week to be combined with a 4 weeks course, 20 or 30 lessons per week. Special material (books) included for this course.
   
• Italian and Cooking: 26 lessons per week among 20 lessons of Italian and 6 of cooking with preparation of dishes and of course....tasting.
   
• Language and arts, Design and photography, Jewellery: 8 students per class. 30 lessons per week among 20 lessons per week of Italian and 8 specific lessons per week. See next.
   
• Co-op program (Internship). Minimum age 18. Language course and working experience. This job will be unpaid, minimum 2 months. Here the following sectors available: tourism, imports, commercial, textile industry, leather, arts, restoration on wood, canvas and stone, professional offices, studios of design or photography, spectacle (theatre, ........), social work (assistance with handicapped persons, day-nursery, ..........).
  A course of 20 lessons a week, minimum 4 weeks will beforehand have to be followed. The level will have to be upper intermediate.
   
• School material not included
   
• Social activities organized at school included
• Test and certificate of linguistic training

END OF PROGRAM, SOME DETAILS ON THE CO-OP PROGRAM

Starting Dates

Beginners must start on the following dates :

The students with elementary level will begin each Monday of the year. But we recommend also those dates above.

School closing dates

ATTENTION: Group courses not available between December 22 and January 3, 2015.

Cooking courses 2, 3 or 4 weeks: see dates above. No course during August.

• Language and arts: will cover many aspects of Italian arts: 4 weeks course. Make your choice between:
  
  DESIGN
     industrial Design
     Interior design and furniture
     Fashion design
     Shoes & bags
     architecture
     graphic Design
  PAINTING
  PHOTOGRAPHY
  FASHION
  
  No course in May, June, July and August.

Options Available

• Airport Transfer one way: 55€ from Firenze airport.
   
• CULTURAL PROGRAMME FOR SENIORS: course + numerous activities, visits, .....: 2 weeks: May 12,  September 15: UPON REQUEST

• Our prices are available from January 1st to December 31. These prices never include the plane ticket.

Photos of the school

Costs

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    *   This course must be taken with 2 weeks of 20 or 30 lessons per week.
 

Accommodation : Family or apartment (shared or private like studio) to be paid directly on the spot maximum 3 days after your arrival.

• Arrival on Sunday. 
• Departure on Saturday.
• In family, single or double * occupancy, 0, 1 or 2 meals a day.
• In apartment, shared kitchen and bathroom, meals not included, single or double * occupancy.
  
           * Double occupancy for 2 people travelling together.
   
• Private apartment (studio) for 1 or 2 persons.

When reservation, each student will be requested to pay a caution to the school by credit card:
- 100€ for homestay and shared flat
- 30% of your accommodation package for independent flat

That will be refunded at the end of your stay if no damage is caused.

Prices are in Euros (€). "between" means different prices according to the place of residence.

Placement fee (once): 45€

Our greeting families are recruited with great care. The criteria of selection are very rigorous and each family must satisfy a precise schedule of conditions: excellent morality, desire to communicate with their host, satisfactory social standing. We should specify that the families will only speak with you the language of the country where you will be. It is the principle of the immersion courses!

City information

Capital of Tuscany, one of the best art places in the world. Florence gave to Italy its language, its art and its philosophy. Its cultural refinement, always visible, developed in the XV and XVI century. under the patronage of Médicis when artists like Giotto, Bruneschelli, Donatello, Boticelli and Michael-Angelo radiated there. Works of art still decorate its streets, its buildings and its parks. Piazza della Signora, for example is a true museum of sculpture in the open air, while priceless frescoes and paintings decorate the many churches. The gallery of the offices and the Pitti palace have the most beautiful collections of Renaissance painting in the World. The Michael-Angelo of David and his sculptures of slaves are within the museum of Accademia. Not far is the Bell-tower of Giotto, and the dome (the cathedral Santa Maria del Flore) with the enormous cupola of Brunelleschi

One also notices the church San lorenzo with the tombs of Médicis carved by Michael-Angelo, Palazzo Vecchio, one of the most beautiful Italian Gothic palaces, the Vecchio Big shot which is the oldest bridge on Arno and the immense church Santa Croce which contains frescoes of Giotto as well as the tombs of Michael-Angel, Machiaveli, Dante, Galileo and Rossini.

Pictures of Firenze

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