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WHO WE ARE
So you want to study abroad in Florence, Italy? We can help! Select Study Abroad is a highly specialized study abroad program that helps very – select – students study abroad in Florence in a whole new way. We are not a company with locations all over the world, a variety of different programs, or endless semesters or sessions.

We do one thing and we do it really really well: summer abroad in Florence, Italy.

See our About section to learn more about us, our mission, and why we do what we do!

WHAT WE OFFER
Select Study Abroad provides students who want to study abroad in Florence with the opportunity to see and explore Italy stress-free! We offer a truly unique ALL-INCLUSIVE study abroad experience. We arrange your housing, classes, many of your meals, countless activities in Florence and all your travel within Italy! If you always wanted to study abroad in Italy, but didn’t know where to start or if you are a student with a heavy workload and a less flexible academic schedule, then Select Study Abroad Florence is the program for you.

In other study abroad programs you are often left to fend for yourself when it comes to traveling around Italy or even just getting settled in Florence. However, we at Select Study Abroad don’t want you wasting any of your precious time cooped up in an internet café planning your weekends or finding the best places to go in Florence. Instead, we do all of the grunt work. In addition to providing accredited college-level courses, we take you to more than 10 cities in just four weeks! We plan trips to all of the must-see sites in cities like Rome, Venice, Verona, Tivoli, Cinque Terre and more! We take you to our favorite places to eat and the most important museums and monuments. Select Study Abroad students are lead by the best tour guides Italy has to offer. Your Select Study Abroad Directors are all trained Art Historians who specialize in Italian art and who have all lived in Italy. You will be surrounded 24/7 by endless resources of information on living and studying in Florence.

See our Travel section for more information on where we travel outside Florence and see our Summer 2012 Calendar for more information on when.

WHY FLORENCE
Florence has been dubbed the #1 city in Europe and #2 in the entire world for tourism (Rome is close behind at #3) by Travel + Leisure magazine. With Florence and Rome claiming spots #2 and #3 in the entire world, Italy wins the prize for the ONLY European country with two cities in the top five.

There are various reasons why tourists have been making their way to this Renaissance city for centuries: the food, the culture, the art, the people and so much more make Florence, Italy the ideal place from which to experience life abroad. The David, the duomo, the delectable dishes, and the designer duds will quickly become part of your daily life with Select Study Abroad Florence. (Check out Condé Nast’s December 2010 article on the merchant and artisanal treasures of Florence from the Renaissance to today here!)

See our Activities section to learn more about our endless on-site offerings and check out our Summer 2012 Calendar for a tentative outline of a month spent in Florence Select Study Abroad-style.

WHY SELECT
Unlike any other study abroad summer program in Italy, Select Study Abroad offers a truly ALL-INCLUSIVE summer program that personally takes its students to over ten different cities in the span of just four weeks! On top of extensive travel in Italy, we provide daily activities all over Florence from wine tastings to art tours and from cooking classes to soccer matches. Our #1 goal is making sure a student feels like they spent an entire semester abroad in just one month!

To compare and contrast what Select Study Abroad offers to what the other programs offer, check out our Why Select page. To get a better idea of what you will be seeing with Select Study Abroad, check out the endless photos in our Gallery, descriptions and photos of where you’ll be living and what you’ll be eating in our Housing and Activities sections, course listings and accreditation information in our Academics section, and all the information you might need about pricing and timing in our Dates & Fees section.

Explore, ask questions, request materials, or apply right now for Summer 2012!

We look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely, the Select Team:

Carrie, Sean, and Kellin

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