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Italian lessons + Villas Tour

package for 1 week for 2 people

 Code: CO1-E/3

Italian course

Course type: italian course for 2 people

N. of lessons: 20 lessons per week (15 hours)

Length:  1 week

Frequency: 3 hours/day

Period: spring/summer/autumn 2015

Time: morning

Teaching material included

Method based on conversation with mothertongue teachers

Accomodation (included)

The students will stay in a 3 star Hotel situated near the school (3 minutes by walk).  Breakfast included

Excursions included (with a private guide)

Villas Tour (full day excursion):  visit of Villa Carlotta: the building has become a sort of icon of Lake Como, with its botanical garden of rare beauty which, in spring, offers the breathtaking view of 150 varieties of azaleas, rhododendrons and camellias in full bloom. Visit of the villa: the villa has been turned into a museum featuring statues, paintings and furniture mainly dating from the XIXth century.
A cruise in the central part of the lake follows. From the lake you will enjoy a unique view of the lake shores, of the villages, historical mansions and breathtakingly beautiful landscape for which this region, the Tremezzina, is famous worldwide.Late in the morning the guide will take you to visit the Villa Balbianello at Lenno; the villa, situated on top of a promontory overhanging the lake, was built on the remains of a convent for Cardinal Durini at the end of ‘700. Later it was inhabited by the aristocratic families Lambertenghi and Arconti Visconti.The interior of the Villa nowadays is a museum owned by FAI (Italian Environment Foundation) displaying the amazing collections and travel mementos of the last owner of the villa, Guido Monzino. Lunch at a typical restaurant with local cuisine.
The last leg of the tour features the visit of Villa Melzid’Eril at Bellagio: built in a short period of time for Francesco Melzid’Eril, it is surrounded by one of the most beautiful English landscape gardens in Northern Italy and is rich in exotic woods, eye-catching architectural elements, and precious furnishings.

Boat trip in the first part of Lake como (half day excursion)

Price

"Italian lessons + Villas Tour" package: price for 1 week for 2 people € 2.652,00

Included: course, accomodation in a 3 star hotel, training material, italian course certificate, transfers, villas tour, boat trip, ticket for Villa Carlotta, boat tickets

Not included: what not expressly mentioned above

For information and booking: tel 031 4310092 - como@inlingua.it