Useful links for your staying in Italy at Accademia del Giglio. Explore our links about Florence and Tuscany, tranports in the Florence area, hotels and places where to eat and drink, Art and Italian language resources and the sites of our former students.
Florence and Tuscany
Comune
The official site of Florence.
APT – Florence Official Tourist Office Web Site
Information on events, museum, where to stay, eat, study…
Boxol
Information and booking service for concerts and theatre plays in Italy and in Florence.
Firenze Musei
The official site of the Florentine Museums.
Weather
What is the weather like in Florence?
University
The University of Florence
Fiorentina
The Florence football team.
Transports in the Florence area
Florence Airport
Flights to and from Florence Airport “Amerigo Vespucci”.
Vola in bus (Fly by bus)
Shuttle to and from Florence Airport.
Pisa Airport
Flights to and from Pisa International Airport “Galileo Galilei”.
Terravision
Shuttles to and from Pisa Airport.
at – Autolinee Toscane
Florence bus city company.
Trenitalia
Italy by train.
Italo treno
AV trains to and from Florence, Milan, Rome, Venice, Turin…
Barberino Designer Outlet
Daily shuttle service for your shopping 30 minutes away from Florence.
Sleeping in Florence
Hotels, B/B and Hostels
Residenza Fiorentina
Via de’ Fossi 12 (close to Santa Maria Novella and Arno River).
Hotel Lorena
Via Faenza, 1 (San Lorenzo, Medici’s Chapels)
Hotel Villa Liana
Via Alfieri, 18 (Piazza d’Azeglio, Santa Croce, synagogue)
Plus Florence
Luxury hostel in the centre, via Santa Caterina D’Alessandria.
Art resources
Pittura & Dintorni
A site about other Art courses, Art academies, painters… (in Italian).
Zecchi
Art material: discounts for our students.
Italian and other languages resources
Adgblog
Exercises, activities and songs to improve your Italian.
Accademia della Crusca
The leading institution in the field of research on the Italian language.
I read Italian
A collection of resources for anyone interested in teaching or learning Italian as a second language.
Italian culture
Resources on Italy and Italian language
Dictionaries
Many and good Italian dictionaries.
Italy resources
Italia
The Italian Tourist Board official site.
Ansa
Italian press agency ANSA.
Esteri
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Italian Embassies.
Rai
Radio and TV.
The websites of our former students and friends
Bruce Sledge
The opera singer.
Yas Yamamoto
Wonderful photos by the photographer Yas Yamamoto.
André Bustamante Carretoni
Brasilian writer.
Manolo Gonzalez
Sculptor in Gran Canaria Island.
Lucy Penfield
Interior designer in Minneapolis.
Anna Foley
Australian artist.
