Ultimate Guide to Studying Abroad in Italy with Celiac Disease

Studying abroad in Italy with celiac disease? This guide was made for you!

Getting ready to move to another country is exciting, overwhelming, and already comes with about a million things to figure out. Add celiac disease into the mix, and suddenly you’re also wondering what you’ll eat, how you’ll grocery shop, whether you can safely eat in the university cafeteria, how to explain celiac disease in Italian…the list goes on.

The Ultimate Guide to Studying Abroad in Italy with Celiac Disease was created to answer those questions and help you feel prepared for the whole study abroad experience, not just where to find gluten-free pasta.

Written by Catalin Varela, founder of The Celiac in Italy, this guide brings together years of firsthand experience living in Italy with celiac disease, traveling throughout the country, speaking Italian, and helping other celiac travelers navigate Italy safely and confidently.

What’s Inside

This comprehensive digital guide covers everything from getting ready to leave home to navigating everyday life once you arrive in Italy, including:

• Packing for Italy: what to bring, what to leave at home, and what you can easily buy once you arrive
• Money & banking: practical tips for accessing and managing your money abroad
• Phones & technology: staying connected and getting your devices ready for life in Italy
• Health insurance, safety & emergencies: what to know before you need it
• Navigating celiac disease in Italy: understanding how celiac disease and gluten-free food are handled differently in Italy
• Eating out: how to find restaurants, communicate your needs, order confidently, and reduce the risk of cross-contact
• Grocery shopping: where to shop, what to look for, how to read labels, and where gluten-free products tend to hide
• The AIC & AIC Mobile app: how to use one of the most valuable resources available to celiacs in Italy
• Useful Italian: key words and phrases to help you communicate about celiac disease and everyday life
• Everyday life & Italian culture: the little things that make adjusting to life abroad much easier
• Curated recommendations & resources: including products, apps, websites, and tools worth knowing about

Plus, plenty of firsthand tips and lessons learned from someone who has actually made the move herself.

More Than a Gluten-Free Travel Guide

Studying abroad is about so much more than finding safe food. It’s about saying yes to spontaneous weekend trips, going out to dinner with your new friends, navigating a new language and culture, and building a life somewhere completely unfamiliar.

Celiac disease requires some extra preparation, but it shouldn’t keep you from having those experiences.

This guide is designed to give you the knowledge and tools you need before you arrive, so you can spend less of your semester stressing about logistics and more of it actually enjoying Italy.

Format: Digital PDF download

Access: Delivered immediately after purchase

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