Piccola Università Italiana Tropea
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Piccola Università Italiana Tropea is an Italian language school for foreigners in Tropea (Calabria): 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 Tropea to plan your stay, and a form to write to the school directly.
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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
★★★★★(7)by Alessio, a teacher since 2018
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Why choose this school
- Exam centre on siteyou can sit CILS, CELI where you study
- 33 years of experienceteaching since 1993, 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.
Lamezia Terme (SUF), 39 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:
- Reggio Calabria67 km
- Milazzo77 km
Trenitalia regional trains from Tropea station. Intercity buses from the station for towns the train doesn't reach.
Distances are as the crow flies.
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Tropea at a glance
Piccola Università Italiana Tropea is in Tropea (Calabria). Outside the classroom this is where the language gets practised: at the coffee counter, in the square, at the market.
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Caffè Italiano ClubEvents 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.
Feste patronali d'estate In summer Tropea and the surrounding villages celebrate their saints with processions, illuminations and fireworks over the cliffs. Genuine popular festivals: excellent for the vocabulary of Calabrian traditions. | summer |
Sagra della cipolla rossa In summer Tropea's famous red onion gets its own festival, with tastings, stalls and music. A tasty chance for food vocabulary and for chatting at the table with Calabrians. | summer |
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Good to know before you enrol
What not to miss in Tropea
- Santa Maria dell'IsolaA Benedictine sanctuary on a rock that really was an island: the sandy strip joining it to the coast built up over the centuries. You climb up a stairway carved into the stone.
- Centro storico a picco sul mareThe town sits on a sandstone cliff some sixty metres high, its noble palaces looking out over the Tyrrhenian. Beneath it run cellars and passageways cut into the rock.
- Capo VaticanoA granite headland with small coves and one of the widest sunsets in the south: on clear days you can see Stromboli smoking on the horizon. The lighthouse dates from 1885.
Planning your Italian course in Tropea: fly into Lamezia Terme (SUF), 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 Tropea, start from home.
With the ti app you arrive in Tropea 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
