Italy Student Travel Programs for Teens

Yes. Rustic Pathways has operated in Italy with trained staff, vetted accommodations, reliable transportation, and a 6:1 supervision ratio. Italy is widely recognized as one of Europe’s safest destinations for supervised student travel, with low crime rates and excellent healthcare infrastructure.

The 8-day Northern Italy Adventure includes approximately 5 hours of trail maintenance in Lessinia Regional Park. Longer programs add sea turtle conservation on Kefalonia Island, Greece, including beach surveys, seagrass mapping, and public education.

Programs include between 5 and 36 verified community service hours depending on duration.

No. Italian language lessons introduce essential phrases for ordering food, asking directions, and basic conversation. Program leaders and local guides handle all complex communication.

Accommodations, meals, in-country transportation, activities, airport pickup, staff support, and insurance. Airfare to and from Venice is self-managed.

Students stay at a comfortable countryside base house in the Veneto region with shared rooms, pool access, and home-cooked meals. The base house provides a secure, authentic Italian home base rather than tourist hotels.

Most teen programs focus on central Italy-Rome’s Colosseum, Florence’s Uffizi, the Amalfi Coast. Our Northern Italy program offers a countryside base house rather than city hotels, authentic Veneto cuisine rather than tourist restaurants, and destinations that are iconic but less overwhelming.

Most students from the United States do not require a visa for short-term stays in the Schengen Area. Families should check entry requirements for their nationality.

A typical day includes pastries and coffee at the base house, a morning departure for the day’s adventure (city tour, cooking class, or service), lunch at local restaurants or picnic-style, afternoon activities, and group dinner followed by reflection and relaxation.