I think the best thing to do, is to visit the place yourself. Spend a day there or 2 to see. I have never lived there, but let's say it is not really in a central location, not much to do there besides concentrate about your flying. I would say with the amount of money you will be spending on the training, I would personally worry less about what to do in spare time etc. - and worry more about getting the flight training to the optional. End of the day, you will be there for a short period of your time, every course there will be different kind of people there, some you like and some you don't.
Personally I would focus on my own task, you will not have many distractions if you live there, and just get on with your training. You have time to make friends when you finished training!
