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Rome on a budget

There are couple of things you can visit this month and they all cost 10 euros or even less!
Take advantage of our experience:
1.    Villa Farnesina, cost €5:
Via della Lungara 230, www.villafarnesina.it
Villa Farnesina is a splendid Renaissance villa located in Trastevere, build for a wealthy banker from Siena, Agostino Chigi around 1511. What makes this villa [...]

Synopsis of my experience at the Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci

“I have followed Italian courses at this school in Rome for the winter seasons of 2011 and 2012. I intend to return for the winter of 2013. In my opinion this is a good school. I believe that a school is good in the first place because of the teachers. The teachers at this school [...]

What I learned in school today

“I’m now in week nine of my Italian classes, Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12:15, and it’s time to talk a little about the experience. I’m enjoying the Scuola Leonardo da Vinci, and I’m learning a lot”.
We found this article on the net, wrote by Sandra, a student of our Italian language school [...]

Give an Italian language course in Italy as Christmas Present!

If you’re searching an original idea for Christmas, Leonardo da Vinci schools have a suggestion for you:
a voucher for studying Italian in Italy, with 2 very special offers:
1) La Dolce Vita 50+ course:
Italian language and culture course for 1 week plus 1 week accommodation in single room (in family with breakfast) for 550€ instead of [...]

Eat, Pray, Love inspires travel

Eat, Pray, Love hits cinemas this month, based upon the bestselling memoir of Elizabeth Gilbert. Liz’s quest for fulfilment takes her to Rome, India and Bali, and to celebrate the release of the film we’ve put together some top tips on where to stay and what to do in these three [...]

Eat, Pray and Love, the director’s cut

And the book, the bestseller Eat, Pray and Love,  became a movie, hopefully a blockbuster.
As we hinted last year, Julia  Roberts (yes that Julia Roberts!) plays Elizabeth Gilbert touring  the world  after  a divorce in a quest for the perfect life, i.e. good food, spirituality , love and success. And she really found them. Not [...]

Study at University in Italy

Every year many young Leonardo da Vinci students study italian language with us in order to attend university in Italy. Architecture and  Medicine are their favourite choices. Are you one of them? Or are you a foreign student living and attending university in Italy? How did you manage? How is it going? Since when? Where? [...]

Mafia Conference by Captain Fatone

If you ask people some words to identify Italy, they will probably tell you food, fashion, art, beauty and, mafia. These stereotypes are actually true, unfortunately for the last one.
Coppola’s movies and TV series like “The Sopranos’” helped the world in falling in love with the Mafia myth. But how does it really affect the [...]

AND THE WINNER IS…..

So guys, the jury has proclaimed the best pictures as follows:
1- Anic’s “News Stand”
She won a voucher for a “one week Intensive Group Course” at the Leonardo da Vinci School!
2- Alicia’s “Alight from the Above”
She won a voucher for a “40% Discount for one week Standard Course” at the Leonardo da Vinci School!
3- Elisabeth’s “Past [...]

SPRING TERM PART TIME COURSE IN ROME

If you live in Rome and you would like to improve your italian but you don’t have enough spare time for an intensive course, Scuola Leonardo da Vinci in Rome has the right answer to your needs. Starting on February 2nd, the 8 weeks Spring Term (February-March) Part Time course will [...]

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