LIVE Tours from Italy!

Follow our Italian tour guides, Mirella & Debora, and let them take you around an Italian city, in real time, from your living room!

The Covid 19 pandemic has put the world “on hold”, preventing people from traveling. While this is certainly irritating for most of us, it is actually devastating for Italian tour guides who can no longer lead groups of tourists through cities and museums.

To help alleviate the situation, we have partnered with Mirella and Debora, two tour guides based in Milan, who will offer live tours on Zoom so that we can travel in real time, but without leaving the house.

In addition to being licensed tour guides, Mirella and Debora are also teachers of Italian as a second language. They will offer Tours in Italian for students of Italian interested in practicing the language, and Tours in English for everyone who loves Italy - but does not yet speak Italian.

Tour in Italian

The perfect opportunity for students of Italian to practice listening and conversational skills while touring with Mirella and Debora in a small group setting. Level intermediate and up. Space is limited!

Before the tour: You will receive a glossary with a preview of the vocabulary used during the tour.

During the tour: You will have the opportunity to interact and ask questions. Following the guided presentation (about 1 hour), you are invited to stay for an extra 30 minutes of Italian language conversation practice.

After the tour: You will receive a link to the video of the tour, so that you can watch it again and again to practice listening comprehension and absorb the new vocabulary.

March tour: i navigli di milano (Milan’s waterways) Saturday, March 27

Milan is a city that developed around its canals and waterways. On this tour we’ll visit the neighbourhood that still preserves the ancient watery spirit of the city: I Navigli. Along the road that takes to Ticinum (Pavia) we’ll see the paleo-Christian basilica of San Lorenzo and its beautiful portico with 16 Roman columns from the 1st century A.D. We’ll stop at Sant’Eustorgio, the meeting place of the first Christian community in Milan and famous for its relics of the three kings. We’ll pass through the medieval and Spanish gates and arrive at the Darsena, the port that was the centre of international exchange and commerce. From here we can admire the two canals that are still open, the Naviglio Grande and the Pavese. Their construction involved politicians, engineers, architects, and common people over various periods.

During the tour, there will be the opportunity to enter the courtyard of a traditional residential building with its charming cobblestones and balconies full of flowers and green.

We’ll walk along the canals and visit some characteristic shops and the colourful food market. We’ll talk and interact with owners of the shops who will explain us the Milanese life along i Navigli.

Live from Italy in English! I Navigli - Milan’s famous waterways

Presentation is in English, live from Milan, Italy!

When: Tour postponed! We will post the new date soon!

How much: Pay as you wish!

Register for this live presentation by giving a donation in any amount. You will then receive an email confirmation with the Zoom link to join the live tour on Saturday.

Past Tours

FEBRUARY TOUR: Leonardo’s The Last Supper - February 25 & 26

The Last Supper is the outstanding painting realized by Leonardo da Vinci at the end of the XV century by the order of his Lord, the Duke of Milan, Ludovico il Moro. For centuries, this masterpiece has intrigued everyone with its fascinating symbolism, becoming an icon of western art. It depicts the instant in which Jesus announces to the apostles that he knows one of them will betray him, showing the reactions and emotional tensions of the characters. We’ll start the tour from the lovely square in front of the church and the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie where the Last Supper is kept. We’ll look at the striking dome designed by architect Donato Bramante and considered the most beautiful renaissance monument in the city. Using high-definition pictures, we’ll show participants the details of the painting and explain all the secrets and legends behind it.

SCOPRI MILANO E IMPARA L’ITALIANO! LIVE tour on Zoom with Mirella & Debora, licensed Italian guides and Italian instructors, based in Milano.

They will take us around Milano’s main attractions: from Teatro alla Scala, to Piazza San Fedele, through Galleria Vittorio Emmanuele II and ending at Piazza Duomo. Complimentary 20-minute, Italian conversation group practice with Valeria following the tour.

When: Thursday, January 14, at 11:00 AM EST (9:00 AM MT)

Level: B2 or Intermediate