Participants in the Intensive Italian Language Program are required to live with Italian families. All families have been carefully chosen to offer an authentic learning and living experience. Host families provide 2 meals a day.

▪  Participants in the semester program live in apartments arranged by the Program staff.

▪  The apartments are all located within the ancient city walls, with a range in walking time to the Palazzo dei Cerchi of 10 to 20 minutes. The apartments accommodate 2 to 6 persons, and generally have two single beds in each bedroom.

▪  All apartments have kitchen and bathroom facilities and a community space. The kitchens are furnished with dishes and cooking utensils and have a stove, oven or microwave, refrigerator, and clothes washing machine. Bed linen is provided; participants should bring their own bath towels or purchase them in Florence.

▪  Students are responsible for their meals and usually prepare their food in the apartment with groceries purchased at nearby markets or eat in local restaurants and trattorias.

▪  Students are responsible for the monthly rent, as well as an extra allowance to cover the cleaning service, normal use damage, utilities and a finder’s fee. Those latter costs are equal to one month’s rent. All housing costs are paid to Kent State prior to departure.

▪  All common spaces of student apartments are cleaned approximately once every ten days.