Course dates and public holidays

Course dates

Madrelingua Italian language courses run all year round, except for approximately 10 days over the Christmas/New Year period, so you plan your Italian study holiday or language class for whichever period is most convenient for you. You can begin your class any Monday and study for a period from one week to one year.

On Italian national public holidays (see list below), the school is closed. If your course is a short one (one or two weeks), we will discount the price for the lessons that you miss on those days. For longer courses (three weeks or more), we do NOT offer a discount for lessons lost due to public holidays: this is because longer courses are relatively cheaper anyway, and because it is difficult to keep track of "missed" days for courses which extend over long periods. We hope you understand!

Public holidays and school closure periods 2012 (excluding weekends)

• 26/12/11-30/12/11 Christmas/New Year closure period
• 06/01/12 Epiphany
• 09/04/12 Easter Monday
• 25/04/12 Liberation Day
• 01/05/12 Labour Day
• 02/06/12 Republic Day
• 15/08/12 Ferragosto (August national holiday)
• 01/11/12 All Saints' Day
• 24/12/12-4/1/13 Christmas/New Year closure period