Gap Travel Italy
Gap Travel to Italy could involve you in art history or Italian cuisine, and as part of a well structured gap year you could study either in say Florence or Rome. No worries for gappers from EU countries about visas, and the weather is pretty nice too
Art courses should be arranged from the UK before you leave on a gap trip, but on-the-spot sign ups from gap travellers for cooking courses are common, and quite inexpensive. But gappers should beware, the cost of living is quite high, and unless you can find a job, your money will start draining away quite fast.