The Buckswood Education Group offers personalised learning programmes for juniors and young adults in both the UK and New Zealand. By adding Scuola Lingueuropa to our choice of schools and centres students and clients now have the chance to visit the stunningly beautiful Italian Dolomites throughout the year to follow one of a number of courses under the Buckswood banner: Italian Language, Italian Culture, Eco Tourism, Winter Sports, Study Retreat to name but a few.

Belluno is a charming mountain town which provides the perfect base to deliver high-quality programmes to individuals and small groups. Belluno is only little more than an hour’s drive or train ride north of Venice and therefore easily accessible from all parts of Europe.

Students at Buckswood UK will have the opportunity to spend some of their time at Buckswood in Italy; just as they have the opportunity at age 14yrs to spend 6 weeks in New Zealand. Our aim is to offer as many international opportunities as possible and thereby fully equip our students to enter the “global village” of the 21st century which is fast becoming a reality.

In 1998 at Belluno, the school of European Languages was founded, by Christina Gavaz a German teacher.

Our classes are always a small number of students (of 12 students we take or pass 4/6).

In 2002 the School of European Languages underwent an important reconstruction and upgrade to the facilities of the school.

Today our School has courses in English, German, French, Spanish and Russian, with the help of teachers and multimedia laboratories.

The ancient city of Belluno rises above a cliff spur near the confluence of the Torrente Ardo and the Piave River. To the north is the imposing Schiara range of the Dolomites, with the famous Gusela del Vescovà (Bishop’s needle), and Mounts Serva and Talvena rising above the city. To the south, the foothills of the Alps separate Belluno from the Venetian plain. Further to the south is the Nevegal, in the Castionese area, well-known for its skiing resorts. The average annual temperature in Belluno is 9°C (49°F), and the average annual rainfall is 137cms (54 inches).