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The school offers a  program of  extra-curricular activities: organized-guided excursions are offered every week-end. 

Generally our excursions take students to not well known itineraries, off the beaten track, which are not included in the excursions program of most travel agencies.

itinerary 1:

GUIDED TOUR OF THE SOUTH COAST

-        the remains of the monastery of S. Nicola di Casole: the 2ns bigger library in the Mediterranean area, the first students’ house in Europe, very important centre for the Greek and Byzantine culture;

-        Visit of the fortified farms: ex. Of how the buildings become fortified castle to defend against Turkish invasion in 1480.

-        Stops to admire the landscape: the cliffs are often lofty and inaccessible, yet they teem with caves and gorges that form a jagged coastline

-        Visit to S. Cesarea Terme:  Arab style town, Castro and grout Zinzulusa (optional: boat-tour)

GUIDED TOUR OF THE NORTH COAST

the beautiful beaches of the South Coast, Alimini Lakes, S.Andrea and its beautiful landscape: little bays and cliffs, S. Foca and the archeological site

The coastline is dented with narrow strips of sandy shore, once bordered with sand hillocks covered by a glory of psammophyious (sand vegetation) plants. Lying at the feet of precipitous cliffs are enchanting little beaches that change shape according to the irregular and impulsive rhythm of the waves beaten back by the cliffs.

 itinerary 2

TOUR IN THE GRECIA SALENTINA: (THE GREEK PART OF SALENTO)

GUIDED TOUR OF SOME OF THE 9 VILLAGES WHERE OLD GREEK IS SPOKEN:

-VISIT OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL GREEK-BYZANTHINE CHURCHES (S. STEFANO, S.CATERINA)

-VISIT OF THE HISTORICAL CENTRES: ANALYSIS OF THE GREEK CONCEPTION OF THE TOWN AND LIFE IN THIS ZONE

-VISIT OF SOLETO, THE TOWN OF THE WITCHES;  CORIGLIANO WITH  ITS BEAUTIFUL CASTLE; STERNATIA, THE TOWN BUILD ON UNDERGROUND OIL-MILLS OF THE XVI CENTURY: ANALYSIS OF OLIVE-OIL PRODUCTION IN ON ONE OF THIS UNDERGROUND OIL-MILL

ITINERARY 3

GUIDED TOUR  TO THE CITY OF LECCE: the Florence of Southern Italy, the Baroque style