Siena Sojourn - Cultural Immersion in the Heart of Tuscany, Italy

  Italy

• All Other Areas in Italy: 
Siena

Term: Fall, Spring 
Dates: Inquire for specific dates

Description: "Sojourns Abroad combines serious academic discipline with hands-on, cross cultural experiences, and elevates the mix to a spiritual plane. It's no overstatement to assert that the richness students acquire under your tutalege enriches the world."

A three month cultural immersion program in the heart of Tuscany. Weekdays will be spent learning Italian - in an intimate classroom setting, in homestays and in social service internships. Weekends will include cultural excursions (visits to hill towns and important cities like Florence, Rome and Venice) and outdoor adventures (hiking, biking, skiing, e.g.) though the program will take up to 12 participants at a time, it is designed with the individual in mind.

Highlights: Frequent outings are to major cultural venues: museums, concerts, the theater. Sojourners are also provided opportunities for art and music instruction and are introduced to sports events, athletic facilities and health clubs to which they can return during unscheduled time.

Engaging informal seminars and group discussions provide cultural background and depth.

* language learning in an intimate classroom setting
* homestay with a Sienese family, which makes participants feel part of the community
* social service internships, which allow participants to give back to the community
* cultural excursions (visits to nearby hill towns and important cultural centers such as Florence, Rome, Assisi and Venice)
* outdoor adventures (hiking, biking, skiing, horse-back riding)
* cooking classes
* weekly communal dinners with distinguished visitors
* on-site mentoring
* Italian film series
* opportunities to explore individual interests
* sharing the experience with like-minded peers
* college credit is available

Cost in US$: 17,500

Not included: airfare, telephone or fax, personal items, insurance (travel, health or trip cancellation). Average monthly out-of-pocket expense once in the site city is generally $500-750.

Credit Available: yes

Experience Required: no

This Program is open to World Wide Participants.

Participants Travel to Italy Independently

Typically Participants Work Independently

Application Process Involves:

• In-Person Interview when Feasible
• Online Application plus Application Assessment
• Phone Interview
• Physical Exam/Health Records
• Written Application

Post Services Include:

• Alumni Network
• Exit DebriefingAbroad

Sojourns Abroad's Mission Statement: To provide in-depth, mentored, cultural immersion experiences in Europe for young adults (18 and older) and the perennially young at heart.

Year Founded: 2004