Monnalisa School Florence

Monnalisa School teaches Italian language and culture at Via de’ Pandolfini 20 in Florence. Its classrooms are in a fourteenth-century building near Santa Croce, Piazza della Signoria and the Ponte Vecchio. The school developed from its founders’ experience teaching abroad. Florence’s municipal youth information service lists its courses for learners at all levels, including students preparing for the CILS certification in Italian as a foreign language.

Learning alone or with a group

An individual learner can join a group or choose personalised lessons. The difference matters if you already know what you want to work on. Someone preparing for an Italian exam may want lessons built around the skills the exam tests. Someone visiting Florence to become more comfortable speaking Italian may prefer regular conversation with different classmates on a group course.

There is a third option for people who already know one another. Monnalisa offers to design courses for a small group of friends or colleagues with shared needs. A group can approach the school with a particular subject, level or timetable in mind. Students choosing the Florence experience should specify in-person teaching when discussing a programme, since the school also offers online Italian.