Scuola Virgilio
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Scuola Virgilio is an Italian language school for foreigners in Trapani (Sicilia): 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 Trapani 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
★★★★★(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
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.
Trapani Birgi (TPS), 12 km away · Palermo Punta Raisi (PMO), 54 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:
- Palermo (Mondello)74 km
- Palermo75 km
Trenitalia regional trains from Trapani station. Intercity buses from the station for towns the train doesn't reach.
Distances are as the crow flies.
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Trapani at a glance
Scuola Virgilio is in Trapani (Sicilia). 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.
Processione dei Misteri On Good Friday twenty sculpted groups are carried on shoulders through Trapani for twenty-four hours without a break. One of the longest processions in Europe: striking and central to local identity. | Easter |
Luglio Musicale Trapanese In summer Villa Margherita hosts opera, operetta and open-air concerts, in a tradition going back decades. An evening both popular and elegant: good for the vocabulary of opera. | summer |
Cous Cous Fest a San Vito Lo Capo In September San Vito Lo Capo, an hour from Trapani, hosts an international couscous competition with concerts on the beach. Delicious: perfect for the vocabulary of food and spices. | September |
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Good to know before you enrol
What not to miss in Trapani
- Centro storico e le salineA sickle of land between two seas, with its windmills.
- EriceThe medieval town by cable car, above the clouds.
- EgadiFavignana and Levanzo by hydrofoil.
Planning your Italian course in Trapani: fly into Trapani (TPS) or Palermo (PMO), 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 Trapani, start from home.
With the ti app you arrive in Trapani 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
