15 Day Italian Language Course with Food and Wine Holiday in Sicily, Province of Messina

The Food and Wine of Sicily Program

Sicily has an extraordinary production of excellent wines, oils, cheeses, preserves, pastries, jams, etc. You will be able to learn more about the history and the traditions of the different products with a personal tasting experience. The course includes tasting and explanations about origin, production, and recipes. Moreover, the food and wines of this program are divided into three afternoons where Babilonia Italian Language School will present red wines paired with meats and preserves, white wines paired with Sicilian cheeses, and dessert wines paired with Sicilian pastries and pastries.

Standard, Italian courses

These Italian courses are designed for those who want a complete language experience, studying four lessons per day, focusing on the language analysis activities and the communicative activities.

Social activities

During the full immersion Italian language courses, you are also offered a scheduled program of social and cultural extra-curricular activities, which are included in the price of your course. These activities may include, but are not limited to, lectures, walks, films, games, seminars. The weekly seminars cover a variety of subjects from Italian literature and poetry to Sicilian specific subjects including history, politics, cuisine and others.

The school also organizes excursions, guided tours, field trips and trips around Sicily, dinners, theater performances and concerts, which subject to additional costs. Learning Italian is not just language training, but also a full cultural experience.

Babilonia Italian Language School usual timetable

• 08:30-00:25 Private lessons
• 09:30-11:00 Group courses: language analysis session
• 11:00-11:30 Coffee break
• 11:30-13:00 Group courses: communicative task session
• 13:00-14:00 Lunch break
• 14:00-14:55 Private lessons and Intensive or culture or extra courses
• 15:00-15:55 Private lessons and Intensive or Culture or Extra courses

This timetable may change according to the school's organizational needs. On rare occasions (e.g. high season) group classes may be scheduled in the afternoon (14:00-15:30 / 15:00-17:30).

Sicily

Most people do not seem to realize how much Sicily has to offer. With its sun, its beige pebble and sandy beaches, its warm aqua blue water, its snow-topped volcano of Mount Etna, its forests, and rolling golden hills, Sicily has always been at the center of the Mediterranean Sea, and therefore, it has always been at the center of Mediterranian history.

Sicily is at the center of the Mediterranean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea has been the center of western civilization since 3,000 years ago. Every major civilization that wanted to have power in Europe and over the Mediterranean Sea "had" to own Sicily. And down through the last almost 3,000 years of the history, every major Mediterranean civilization has left its mark on Sicily! Important artistic, architectural, and cultural remains are visible in virtually every town at virtually every corner of this island in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea.

Taormina

Taormina can be the base for a more expansive tour of Sicily. Taormina is perfectly situated to offer Italian language students easy access to the beauties and historically huge cultural heritage of Sicily; the right place for combining study and holidays. Babilonia Italian Language School would love to welcome you soon and help you have an unforgettable personal, cultural, and educational experience with them in Taormina, Sicily!

Distances

• Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA), 45 kilometers
• Giardini-Naxos train station - 10 minutes by bus or taxi

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Sicily is a lucky land, anything you plant grows. The quality of food in Sicily is really excellent, from vegetables to fruit. And this thanks to its truly varied territory such as countryside, mountains, plains, and beach soils. On top of that, the Mediterranean Sea gives people the best fish to bring on their tables with dozens of different recipes.

Sicily is a region of excellence for typical and quality products, counting as many as 69 PDO and IGP branded agri-food products, including Capper and di Pantelleria, Ficodindia dell'Etna, Ficodindia di San Cono, Limone di Siracusa, Pesca di Leonforte, Pistacchio Verde di Bronte, Pomocloro di Pachino, Uva da Tavola di Canicatti, Uva da Tavola di Mazzarrone, Arancia di Ribera, and Arancia Rossa di Sicilia.

There are also Sicilian cheeses such as Pecorino Siciliano, Piacentinu Ennese, Ragusano, and Vastedda della Valle del Bence. Meanwhile, the Sicilian oils are Olio Extravergine di Oliva Monte Etna, Olio Extravergine di Oliva Monti Iblei, Olio Extravergine di Oliva Val di Mazara, Olio Extravergine di Oliva Valdemone, Olio Extravergine di Oliva Valle del Belice, and Olio Extravergine di Oliva Valli Trapanesi.

Regarding the wines, Sicily is the region with the largest area under vines in the country with about 17% of the national one. Its wines are internationally recognized among the best Italian wines. This is thanks to the many vines that are grown on the island and to the soil, so different from one side of the island to the other. Among the most renowned vines for the production of red wine, there are Nero d'Avola, Nerello Mascalese, Nerello Cappuccio, Frappato, Nocera, Corinta Nero, and Perricone. The best known among the white grape varieties are Catarratto, Grillo, Carricante, Inzolla, Zibibbo, Malvasia, and Moscato di Note.

• Cookery course
• Diving in Sicily
• Hiking and trekking in Sicily
• Outdoor sports in Sicily
• Pottery and ceramics decoration

• 2 week Italian language course (30 hours total)
• "Food & Wine of Sicily” program (6 meetings, 1.5 hours each)
• Social and cultural activities program
• Teaching materials and a certificate
• Enrollment fee
• Welcome pack
• Internet access and Wi-Fi
• Entry test
• Student card
• Insurance
• 14 nights' accommodation

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• A reservation requires a deposit of 24% of the total price.
• The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
• The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.