• Live with friendly, hospitable homestay families, carefully selected and screened by our staff (most have been with us for many years)
• Enjoy delicious, authentic French cuisine prepared by your homestay parents
• Learn in a fun, interactive way, outside of the classroom, immersing in the local community (hence our Experiential Learning Method!)
• Improve your French in intensive small-group language workshops
• Experience authentic cultural immersion
• Be a savvy, sophisticated traveler. Go above and beyond the standard tourist checklist!
• Meet local teens and make friends from all over the world
• Included trips to Monaco, Cannes, San Remo, Eze, Beaulieu, Villefranche, Antibes, St. Paul de Vence, and more
• All inclusive 2, 3 or 4 week sessions
• Optional 4-day travel extension to Paris
• Pre-Summer Language Courses and Tutoring Online (get an early start on practicing your French!)

Our students come from all over the United States, some of them – from all over the world. The typical group size is between 20 and 40 students, there are usually more girls than boys. The students will have the option of flying on the chaperoned “designated” flight from JFK to the program site (if there is a sufficient number), or flying independently. We will meet all students at the arrival airport and take them to the program residence. We encourage our students to arrive between the hours of 12 noon and 5 pm local time.

Your homestay mothers will make delicious food for you most mornings and evenings. Some of the local favorites include many varieties of seafood and pasta, such as the famous bouillabaisse, the signature specialty of Southern France, or gnocchis niçois, or pissaladière. Some days the group will also go on evening outings to local restaurants or outdoor picnics.

No one will better introduce you to the French culture than your homestay family. Their home, which is typically located a short walk from the center of St. Laurent, will be the focal point of your study abroad experience. Though you will live with your hosts for the duration of the program, you do not spend every afternoon and evening “at home.” The program itinerary balances time with your family and time with the Abbey Road group.
On average, you’ll spend 3-4 evenings per week at home enjoying dinner and activities with your hosts or attending family events; the remaining evenings are spent with St. Laurent and Nice groups.
You will be part of our Abbey Road family, making new friends, learning to be independent and self-reliant, to share responsibilities with your peers, manage your time, and getting ready for college years!

Every student on the program chooses two classes as their academic focus: a major Every student on the program chooses two classes as their academic focus: a major and an elective. The French major class meets every morning Monday to Friday while electives meet three afternoons a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Majors: French Language
Electives and Workshops: French Conversation and Culture, Photography
On this program, students are required to have completed at least one year of French. Students are placed in their French class according to their level, we accept intermediate and advanced speakers. There is a placement test on the first day of class.
In addition, we offer individual tutoring and intensive small group workshops, for those who want to challenge themselves and see a dramatic improvement in their French proficiency. Our language classes are taught in a fun, interactive, experiential way, maximizing intensive language and cultural immersion.

In addition to showing you all of the most celebrated and “lesser known” cultural sites in Nice and St. Laurent, the program allows you to explore the most beautiful sites of the French and Italian Riviera.
Some of the students’ favorites include:

• Snorkeling in the Bay of Villefranche sur Mer
• Visiting Cannes‘ Film Festival Palace
• Exploring the elegant St. Paul de Vence and its modern art museum, Fondation Maeght
• Shopping on La Croisette and Rue d’Antibes in Cannes
• Climbing to the top of Eze Village and its Fragonard Perfumery
• Admiring modern art in the Picasso museum of Antibes
• French cuisine workshop in St. Jean
• Kayaking along the coast of Cap Ferrat
• Visiting Monaco, its famous Palace of the Prince, Casino and Oceanographic Museum
• Tasting authentic Italian gelato on the day trip to San Remo
• Excursions to Villa Kerylos and Villa Rothschild