Summer schools abroad as adult holiday/break

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I’m wondering if anyone has ever done one? My friend teaches on a week-long one every year. Seminars in the morning and organised trips in the afternoon. All meals included and accommodation in student rooms, so not the most luxurious, but they give a sort of university experience. It’s just made me realise that these must exist abroad and could be an interesting version of holidaying solo to see, say, Canada or Japan. Has anyone ever done one?

It depends on what “holidaying solo” means to you. Having an organised seminar and organised afternoon trip is neither a holiday nor a solo trip in my opinion.

Group travel exists, and many solo travellers join these organised itineraries with more or less organised days and activities.

Summer schools abroad are a thing, but I don’t think you’d get to see much of the country by the time you’ve done your classes and been on/off the bus with everyone else. If I’m going to Japan for 2 weeks, I want as many hours available to discover the incredible country.

Perhaps a language school combination would work. My local school in my home country runs these every summer. It’s a minimum of 4 weeks, with one of them spent totally outside of the classroom, visiting the main sites.

I just meant travelling to the airport, getting there, and having a room by myself - as opposed to in a couple. I’m asking more about any courses available like this. On the contrary, on the UK ones these students see and do a fair bit, obviously it’s limited as it’s only a week, off the top of my head, Stonehenge, Oxford, London, Bath and then a few of them took extra days and visited Edinburgh or Dublin. Obviously I wouldn’t expect to see “the whole of Japan” but maybe a course like this, focusing on one or two zones, would be interesting and picking up a new subject could be fun. These people studied history as their academic subject.

I know they run in the UK, the city where my friend taught hers had a one week one - and then students can choose if they want consecutive courses up to 6 weeks. I’m asking if anyone has attended them abroad rather than opinions, thanks for reply.

I just meant travelling to the airport, getting there, and having a room by myself

That is not holidaying solo. That is just basic travel?

Ok, well not to split hairs, would you like me to rephrase my whole post? 🤣 I think people get the gist. I have time for a holiday by myself as opposed to with my dh and family and I am thinking of this as way of doing some “basic travel”. It’s actually not basic, but thanks!