If you come to study Italian by the sea in Trapani, the intensive group course will be the heart of your learning experience, made up of sharing many moments, inside and outside the school.

At Scuola Virgilio students come from all over the world and are of different ages but what unites them is the same passion for the Italian language that animates us too.
Upon your arrival, you will find a warm and smiling welcome from all the staff of Scuola Virgilio: the director, the secretariat and the mother-tongue teachers: once in the classroom, their informal style will have the power to make you feel immediately at ease, even if your level of Italian is not particularly advanced.

The typical day of a student begins with the lesson in class: between grammar, conversation and a few games, every day you learn the language and in the meantime you get to know your classmates better and better. The relaxed atmosphere and the small number of students for each class is the secret: it helps you to forge friendships that often last even beyond the period of your holiday in Trapani.
However, the experience represented by intensive group courses wouldn’t be so unforgettable if the class didn’t meet outside of school too… Trapani offers various opportunities for recreation in its free time, such as a sunny afternoon on the beach or a walk at sunset; to these are added the free extra activities offered by the Scuola Virgilio, such as the guided walk through the historic center of Trapani and the aperitif animated by the native Italian teachers.

Every week the secretariat proposes a program of free or paid activities organized by the school itself or its partners, including very interesting meetings with local artisans, pleasant tastings of traditional Sicilian wines or street foods and engaging gastronomic experiences such as “food walks”, dinners homestay and cooking classes.

Finally, whether you are an archeology lover or are rather attracted by the beauty of unspoiled nature, or still interested in art and music, the city will have even more to make you experience, including excursions, art exhibitions, concerts such as the open-air opera in the historic garden of Villa Margherita, right in front of the Scuola Virgilio. In a nutshell, every day of your stay in Trapani you will be able to experience firsthand all the richness of Italian culture and the charm of the Sicilian “dolce vita”.