# Dieci A1, Unit 5: Booking a guided tour

**Language:** Italian  
**CEFR Level:** A1  

> Master finding your way around a town by listening to Patrick and Antonella's conversation at a tour desk in Matera, which pairs with the themes of unit 5 of Dieci A1. It may feel challenging at first, but by the end of this course you will be able to fully understand and participate.

**Setting:** The desk of a small guided-tour office in the old town of Matera on a morning in October. Patrick is in Matera with his wife and their two grandchildren and wants a tour of the Sassi today; Antonella runs the desk and guides the tours. They use Lei with each other, and Antonella says voi to the family.

## Lessons

### 1. Asking if there's a tour today

Patrick asks Antonella about guided tours today, and picks the morning one.

### 2. Asking what you'll see

Antonella tells Patrick what the tour visits, and he is surprised by the churches in the rock.

### 3. Buying tickets

Patrick buys four tickets, two of them reduced for the children.

### 4. Asking where to meet

Antonella tells Patrick where the tour meets.

### 5. Asking the way

Antonella tells Patrick how to get to the square, and he checks the turning.

### 6. Asking how long it takes

Patrick tells Antonella where their hotel is, and she tells him how long the walk is.

### 7. Asking the time

Patrick asks the time and finds they have time for a coffee first.