learn Italian in Italy

Learn the language, get to know the culture in a beautiful seaside town

Bay of Otranto

Italian Language School in Italy

      The ILS is a school specialised in teaching the Italian language and culture
      to foreign learners. Our Italian language school is open all year round for
      students of every age, level and nationality, with a friendly and informal
      atmosphere. It is ocated in a nice residential district of Otranto, 50 meters
      away from the sea, 5 minutes walk from the central railway station and from
      the most important monuments like the Cathedral and the Castello Aragonese.
      The school was set up in 2003 and it is one of the first Italian language
      schools in Apulia.

Italian summer language school at the seaside

Otranto's beach

      Study Italian in Italy where it is spoken — The italian language school "ILS"
      organizes all the year round Italian Language and Culture Courses to learn
      italian in Otranto, one of Italy's most beautiful beaches.

      Learn italian while learning the italian culture — Take part in one of our
      italian language programs here in Otranto, Apulia, Italy! We offer a wide range
      of different italian language programs from our popular standard language
      course to individual tuition and our CILS and CELI exam preparation courses.
      People from all over the world come here to learn the italian language and to
      study the italian culture and way of living. The climate is excellent. We are
      right in Salento, one of the most exciting and interesting Italian seaside
      resorts. Otranto is located close to the main city Lecce the socalled Florence
      of South of Italy for its artistical beauties. A bus and train service links
      Otranto to Lecce. In 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 Otranto won "the
      five flags" prize for the cleanest sea of Italy by "Legambiente" and
      "Touring Club" (Italian associations about environment and Tourism),
      and the National Association of the Italian Towns listed Otranto among
      the first 14 more bautiful towns in Italy. Otranto is an important historic and
      artistic centre because it is rich in remains of the different populations that
      lived in the Mediterranean area.