Il Sillabo
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Il Sillabo is an Italian language school for foreigners in San Giovanni Valdarno (Toscana): 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 San Giovanni Valdarno to plan your stay, and a form to write to the school directly.
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Ciao gentile staff di Il Sillabo, I'd like to know the price of your Italian courses. Could you send me the total cost including enrolment fee, materials and accommodation, and the available start dates for the coming months? Grazie infinite del vostro aiuto e ci vediamo presto!
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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
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Why choose this school
- 30 years of experienceteaching since 1996, without a break
- 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
Compact centre: you can walk almost everywhere. For the rest there are city buses — buy the ticket at a tobacconist or newsstand before you get on.
From the school to the three places above it is usually a short walk: the schools are in or near the centre.
Firenze Peretola (FLR), 38 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:
- Arezzo31 km
- Firenze32 km
- Siena32 km
- Bagno di Romagna45 km
Trenitalia regional trains from San Giovanni Valdarno station. Autolinee Toscane buses for towns without a railway station.
Distances are as the crow flies.
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San Giovanni Valdarno at a glance
Il Sillabo is in San Giovanni Valdarno (Toscana). 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.
Perdono di San Giovanni In September the town celebrates the pardon with a fair, rides, stalls and fireworks, as it has for centuries. An authentic small-town festival: ideal for traditional vocabulary and informal Italian. | September |
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Good to know before you enrol
What not to miss in San Giovanni Valdarno
- Palazzo d'ArnolfoThe Terre Nuove museum in the fourteenth-century palace.
- Basilica e l'AnnunciazioneThe panel by Fra Angelico.
- Casa di MasaccioBirthplace of the father of Renaissance painting.
Planning your Italian course in San Giovanni Valdarno: fly into Firenze (FLR), 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.
Before you leave for San Giovanni Valdarno, start from home.
With the ti app you arrive in San Giovanni Valdarno 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
★★★★★(7)by Alessio, a teacher since 2018
Start with A1 ↗︎Search for amo Italian
