Centro Italiano
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Centro Italiano is an Italian language school for foreigners in Napoli (Campania): intensive courses of about 20 hours per week plus lighter options, usually starting every Monday. The school also helps you find accommodation. Below you will find the key facts, a mini guide to Napoli to plan your stay, and a form to write to the school directly.
The school
The course
Special programmes: Italian + Neapolitan cooking, Campanian wine tasting, Italian + opera singing, Immersion in the villages of Campania
Prices
More info
Arrive ready.
With the ti app you read graded stories with support in 14 languages. Five minutes a day between now and departure.
Half of the A1 path is open, no sign-up
€5,83 a month on the yearly plan
★★★★★(6)by Alessio, a teacher since 2018
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Why choose this school
- Classes of no more than 12 studentsbelow the industry average, so more time to speak
- 20 timetabled hours are 15 real hoursa lesson lasts 45 minutes, not 60
- The school arranges your accommodationfree service
- Course materials included
- Placement test before you startonline: you join the right class from day one
Where you'll be
schoolsnot to be missedairport
Metro lines 1 and 6 plus three funiculars up to the Vomero: one integrated ticket covers them all.
From the school to the three places above it is usually a short walk: the schools are in or near the centre.
Napoli Capodichino (NAP), 6 km away
What is worth knowing before you book
Prices, enrolment fee, real lesson hours, accommodation and cancellation: the same questions apply to every school. Read the full guide →
Day trips nearby
At the weekend, without a car:
Trenitalia regional trains from Napoli station. Circumvesuviana and EAV for the coast and the excavations.
Distances are as the crow flies.
Weather right now
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Napoli at a glance
Centro Italiano is in Napoli (Campania). Outside the classroom this is where the language gets practised: at the coffee counter, in the square, at the market.
Events this year
The city's big festivals, food fairs and cultural seasons through the year. They're not just entertainment: they're the best training ground for your Italian. At a local festival you end up ordering, asking directions, chatting with locals: the real language, the kind books don't teach. If you can, line up a week of your course with one of these.
Maggio dei Monumenti Throughout May Naples opens churches, palaces and courtyards that are normally closed, with tours and concerts often free. An extraordinary chance for art vocabulary and for exploring the city with locals. | May |
Miracolo di San Gennaro On 19 September the cathedral fills with people waiting for the patron saint's blood to liquefy, amid prayers and applause. The Neapolitan rite par excellence: intense, and revealing about the city's relationship with faith. | 19 September |
Napoli Pizza Village In June the seafront fills with pizza makers, ovens and concerts for a week devoted to Neapolitan pizza. Delicious and crowded: perfect for food vocabulary and for ordering without shyness. | June |
Frequently asked questions
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Good to know before you enrol
What not to miss in Napoli
- Spaccanapoli e Napoli sotterraneaThe Greco-Roman city beneath the alleys: forty metres down you walk through aqueducts dug by the Greeks and used as shelters during the bombing of 1943.
- Museo Archeologico NazionaleThe treasures of Pompeii and Herculaneum, including the mosaics from the House of the Faun. Many frescoes are here rather than on site: without the museum you only half understand Pompeii.
- Pompei e il VesuvioA day trip on the Circumvesuviana line. Vesuvius is the only active volcano on the European mainland, with one of the most densely populated areas in the world on its slopes.
Planning your Italian course in Napoli: fly into Napoli (NAP), book the course 2–3 weeks ahead (classes fill up faster in high season, June–September) and, if you can, match your study week with one of the city events listed below: using your Italian at a local festival is worth a week of lessons. And between lessons, there's the sea.
Before you leave for Napoli, start from home.
With the ti app you arrive in Napoli already understanding what you hear: graded stories with translation in 14 languages, exercises and an A1–C2 path.
Half of the A1 path is open, no sign-up
★★★★★(6)by Alessio, a teacher since 2018
Start with A1 ↗︎Search for amo Italian
