Italy
Living and Learning on the Amalfi Coast: Independent Stay and Study
Program No. 24821RJ
Have you dreamed of living like a local along Italy’s Amalfi Coast? Stay in your own apartment, take daily Italian language classes and discover the region on this six-week adventure.
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45 days
44 nights
13 meals
2B 7L 4D
1
In Transit to Program
In Flight
2
Arrive Sorrento, Orientation, Welcome Dinner
Sorrento (NA)
3
Historic Sorrento
Sorrento (NA)
4
Residence, Orientation & Overview of Maiori
Maiori (Salerno)
5
Lectures
Maiori (Salerno)
6
1st Italian Language Lesson. Free Time
Maiori (Salerno)
7
Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
8
Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
9
Amalfi
Maiori (Salerno)
10
Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
11
Italian Language Lesson, Free Day (National Holiday)
Maiori (Salerno)
12
Free Day
Maiori (Salerno)
13
Capri
Maiori (Salerno)
14
Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
15
Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
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Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
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Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
18
Free Day
Maiori (Salerno)
19
Free Day
Maiori (Salerno)
20
Lecture, Ravello
Maiori (Salerno)
21
Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
22
Italian Language Lesson
Maiori (Salerno)
At a Glance
Overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy’s historic Amalfi Coast has served as a getaway for ancient Romans, as inspiration for creatives like John Steinbeck and as a one-of-a-kind residence by locals today. Over the course of six weeks, live like a local in this iconic region that is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Experience apartment living in the beach-side town of Maiori — famous for its limoncello — while taking daily language classes to improve your Italian. Immerse yourself in Italian culture and history during field trips to archeological sites like Pompeii and Paestum and a boat excursion to Capri. While you experience living in a new country independently, you’ll be supported by a Road Scholar Group Leader who’s always on call to help.
Activity Level
Let's Go!
Get around mainly on foot; you’re likely to walk at least two miles per day over uneven terrain with slopes. On field trips, walking up to three miles daily with cobblestones, very steep slopes and stairs without handrails.
Small Group
Love to learn and explore in a small-group setting? These adventures offer small, personal experiences with groups of 13 to 24 participants.
Best of all, you’ll…
- Live like a local in independent apartment accommodations in Maiori and become familiar with local markets, restaurants and more.
- Join your Group Leader for field trips to Ravello and Caserta, home to the Villa Rufolo and the Royal Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Enjoy a boat excursion to the island of Capri and marvel at its history, romanticism and charm.
General Notes
This program will be replaced with 25249 in 2026.
Suggested Reading List
(7 books)
Visit the Road Scholar Bookshop
You can find many of the books we recommend at the Road Scholar store on bookshop.org, a website that supports local bookstores.
Living and Learning on the Amalfi Coast: Independent Stay and Study
Program Number: 24821
Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook (Routledge Sourcebooks for the Ancient World) 2nd Edition
The original edition of Pompeii: A Sourcebook was a crucial resource for students of the site. Now updated to include material from Herculaneum, the neighbouring town also buried in the eruption of Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook allows readers to form a richer and more diverse picture of urban life on the Bay of Naples.
Focusing upon inscriptions and ancient texts, it translates and sets into context a representative sample of the huge range of source material uncovered in these towns. From the labels on wine jars to scribbled insults, and from advertisements for gladiatorial contests to love poetry, the individual chapters explore the early history of Pompeii and Herculaneum, their destruction, leisure pursuits, politics, commerce, religion, the family and society. Information about Pompeii and Herculaneum from authors based in Rome is included, but the great majority of sources come from the cities themselves, written by their ordinary inhabitants – men and women, citizens and slaves.
Encorporating the latest research and finds from the two cities and enhanced with more photographs, maps, and plans, Pompeii and Herculaneum: A Sourcebook offers an invaluable resource for anyone studying or visiting the sites.
Naples and the Amalfi Coast (The Silver Spoon)
Pompeii: The History, Life and Art of the Buried City
The Wonders of the Amalfi Coast: And Capri, Ischia, Naples, Pompeii, Sorrento (Italian Regions)
Naples & the Amalfi Coast
The Amalfi Coast, Capri & Naples
Walking on the Amalfi Coast