Trulli Italian School
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Trulli Italian School is an Italian language school for foreigners in Alberobello (Puglia): 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 Alberobello to plan your stay, and a form to write to the school directly.
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The course
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Ciao gentile staff di Trulli Italian School, 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
★★★★★(7)by Alessio, a teacher since 2018
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Why choose this school
- Classes of no more than 6 studentsbelow the industry average, so more time to speak
- 20 timetabled hours are really 18 hours 20 minutesa lesson lasts 55 minutes, not 60
- Quality checked by an independent bodyLICET accreditation
- The school arranges your accommodationfree service
- Course materials included
Where you'll be
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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.
Bari Karol Wojtyla (BRI), 56 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:
- Grottaglie32 km
Trenitalia regional trains from Alberobello station. Ferrovie del Sud Est for the Itria Valley villages.
Distances are as the crow flies.
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Alberobello at a glance
Trulli Italian School is in Alberobello (Puglia). Outside the classroom this is where the language gets practised: at the coffee counter, in the square, at the market.
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Good to know before you enrol
What not to miss in Alberobello
- Rione MontiOver a thousand trulli lined up on the hillside: a UNESCO site, best explored early in the morning.
- Trullo SovranoThe only two-storey trullo, now a museum: it shows how people really lived here.
- Rione Aia PiccolaThe district where the trulli are still lived in: quiet, no shops, far more authentic.
Planning your Italian course in Alberobello: fly into Bari (BRI), 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 Alberobello, start from home.
With the ti app you arrive in Alberobello 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
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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.
Festa dei Santi Medici Cosma e Damiano In late September Alberobello lights up with monumental illuminations, brass bands and a procession for its patron saints. The biggest festival of the year: perfect for the vocabulary of Apulian traditions. | late September |
Alberobello Light Festival Over the Christmas weeks the trulli turn into screens for light projections and the town fills with markets. A striking way to see Alberobello off season, with fewer tourists and more time to talk. | December–January |
Sagre della Valle d'Itria In summer the nearby towns (Locorotondo, Martina Franca, Cisternino) take turns hosting festivals of orecchiette, bombette and wine. The best possible setting for food vocabulary and informal Italian at the table. | summer |