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Where the school is located: 

Otranto is a beautiful town on the seaside at 40 km from the main city Lecce the socalled Florence of South of Italy for its artistical beauties. A bus and train service links Otranto to Lecce.

Otranto is also placed at a short distance from the other touristical seaside resorts on the beautiful coast. 

Very famous touristical place Otranto offers several hotels, restaurants, shops, supermarkets, banks. The town overlooks the beautiful beaches with white and fine sand and the clear water.  Otranto offers the possibility to enjoy and to relax with its several pubs, open-air performances, discos.

The prospect of the school                              The street of the school

An avant-garde school

 It is located in the historical centre in an ancient building from 900, at 20 mt from the several beaches that surround Otranto.

 Classrooms are provided with audio-didactic supports and air-conditioning for summer lessons. There is a linguistic-multimedia laboratory with computers and a library where you can find every kind of book, essay, novel, dictionaries, Italian newspapers, and the most famous films from the Italian cinema.

INTERNET + E-MAIL and FAX SERVICE  
Students at School Porta d'Oriente have access to email and internet at a low price.

The school cooperates with other European partners in the collaboration of innovative projects in the field of linguistic learning. It takes part in the program called "Lingua", a European network which cooperates with other institutions for the development of didactic materials and methods. Our Institute is a promoter (in collaboration with the town of Otranto) of cultural events such as stages, workshops and international meetings on projects and cultural themes that are presented every year. The school is seat and preparation center (officially recognized by the University of Siena) for the CILS-certificate, certification of Italian as foreign language officially recognized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It is also officially recognized by the Swedish authorities for Education.

The average age of your students? 
Our students are generally aged between 22 and 25, but we often happen to have younger or elder students (40-50-60) attending our classes. 

Where do your students come from? 
Our students come from: 

• Europe 30%
• North America 40 %
• Japan 2 %
• Latin America 10 %
• Other 8 %