friLingue Open Tennis Camp, St. Bernard
Liddes, SwitzerlandfriLingue Language Camps
- Dates
- Mar 28 – Aug 14, 2027
- Duration
- 1–6 weeks
- Ages
- 10–15
$1,103
Per week on a 6-week stay
Course price for 1 week — $1,685
English & Tennis
A one-to-six week tennis and language camp in the Swiss Alps. Participants aged 10 to 15 combine 15 hours of language tuition a week in groups of about six students with eight hours of tennis training on the courts next to the friLingue chalet in the mountain village of Liddes, in the Grand St. Bernard region of Valais. Language courses are offered in French, German and English; full board, excursions, workshops and the evening programme are included.
Age
10–15 yrs
Language
English, French +1
Program type
Language Camps, Sport Camps
Accommodation
Hostel
About
About the Course
Fifteen hours of language tuition a week, taught as twenty lessons in groups of an average of six students. Courses are available in French, German and English; after arrival every participant takes a short placement test so that they join a group at their own level, from complete beginner to near-native. Tennis training runs alongside the course as three afternoon blocks of two hours.
What’s Included
The price covers language tuition, tennis training, two excursions plus workshops and the evening programme, accommodation, full board, the participation certificate and the registration fee. Flights are not included.
Accommodation
Participants stay in shared bedrooms at the friLingue chalet Relais de Dranse, a large rustic chalet with a garden and a common room with billiards and table tennis, set on the Dranse river a few minutes below the pass road to the Aosta valley. Bathrooms and showers are shared. During the summer season rooms at the Auberge des Alpes hotel, a ten minute walk from the camp, are also offered.
Meal Plan
Full board with three meals a day prepared by the in-house kitchen team, plus fruit and snacks through the day.
Activities & Excursions
Eight hours of tennis training a week on the courts next to the chalet, two excursions a week, workshops and an evening programme.
Facilities
The chalet has a large garden and a common room with a billiard table and a table tennis table. The tennis courts are a short walk away, surrounded by the Valais Alps.
Camp Experience
A sports and language week in a quiet alpine village with no through traffic, for children and teenagers aged ten to fifteen who want to train on court and improve a language at the same time.
Language Camp prices
English & Tennis
20 Lessons · 10–15 yrs · All levelsDates
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Twenty lessons of English a week, fifteen hours of tuition in groups of an average of six students, combined with tennis training on the courts beside the chalet.
Twenty lessons (fifteen hours) of English a week, Monday to Friday, in groups of an average of six students. A short placement test after arrival decides the group.
Communication-based English tuition alongside three afternoon tennis blocks of two hours each, eight hours of training a week.
Daily Schedule
Breakfast
07:00–08:00
Classes
08:30–12:30
Lunch
12:30–13:30
Dinner
18:30–19:30
Evening activities
20:00–22:00
Lights out
22:30
Included items
Optional Extras
Recommended for most families
Smooth arrival and fewer surprises.
Staff meet the participant at Bern main station and travel to the camp together with other young people. The train ticket is included. A reduced rate applies to holders of a Swiss GA travelcard.
Sunday transfer between Geneva airport and the camp, arrivals between 10.00 and 16.00 and departures between 12.00 and 18.00. Transfers outside these Sunday hours or on other days of the week are charged at a higher rate quoted by the school.
School
friLingue Language Camps
friLingue is Switzerland's leading language camp organiser for children and teenagers aged 9–17, running French, English and German camps at its own alpine properties: Liddes-St. Bernard (Valais), Schwarzsee (Fribourg), Braunwald (Glarus) and more. Classes average just 6 participants, with full-board accommodation, 3 weekly excursions, 2 workshops and optional extras from horse riding to tennis. Camps run in summer, spring and autumn, with supervised transfers from Geneva, Zurich and Bern.
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