CLIC around the clock
During your stay in Florence, school will occupy most of your time. Not only during the strict timetable of language and culture courses, but also beyond, because CLIC is a sort of international linguistic club which regularly organizes parties, dinners, games, lectures, concerts and evenings at the cinema.
Some activities are free, and others require you to pay for the expenses (museum entrance fees, food, means of transportation, etc.).
The program encourages you to meet and make new friends among your classmates, experience cultural activities together and practise your language skills in real-life situations. Here is an example of a weekly cultural program:
Monday, afternoon
Architectonic Walk
Guided visit of Florence with its most important monuments and masterpieces
Tuesday, afternoon
Lesson in the school as introduction to the guided visit to the Uffizi Museum.
Tuesday, evening
Open-air cinema, movie under the moon light.
Wednesday, afternoon
Guided visit to the Uffizi Museum.
Thursday, afternoon
A trip to the Chianti area.
Visit of a wine farm in the beautiful Chianti area, including tasting of wine and other typical Tuscan food.
Friday, evening
Night life.
An evening in one of the more fashionable disco-bars of Florence.
Saturday, day trip
To Siena by bus. Guided visit to a beautiful city!
Other frequent activities:
Guided visit to Palazzo Pitti
Excursion to Vinci: Leonardo's Home Town
Florentine Hills (by bus)
And more :
night at the Opera in Florence.
All together to the park of the Cascine for a morning of physical activity (soccer, volleyball, rollerblading).
Guided visit of Palazzo Vecchio –historical town hall and palace in Florence.
Excursion to the historic town of Lucca and sight-seeing by bike.
Guided visit of San Gimignano.
A day to the beach.
A night in the Arena of Verona.
A visit to a restoration bottega.
Lectures about:
Italian Identity
Italian History in popular songs
Italian History in stamps
The Italian Opera
Italian musicians: Vivaldi
La pizza e la pasta: history of the Italian food
Italian Wines
The soccer in Italy
and more....
HINTS
Art:
Uffizi: Madonna by Cimabue and Giotto, Nascita di Venere e La Primavera by Sandro Botticelli, Tondo Doni by Michelangelo, and works by Raffaello, Tiziano, Leonardo da Vinci.
Palazzo Strozzi: the peak of Renaissance architecture.
Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore and Campanile: the dome by Brunelleschi.
Battistero: Mosaics.
Santa Croce church: frescos and tombs of Michelangelo, Galilei, Machiavelli, Rossini.
Santa Maria Novella church: Frescos by Ghirlandaio and Masaccio.
Galleria dell´Accademia: among others Michelangelo's "David" and "Pietà".
Ospedale degli Innocenti built by Brunelleschi.
Bargello: Michelangelo´s "Bacco", "Bruto", Donatello's "David".
Museo degli Argenti: The Medici treasure.
Palazzo Pitti: Galleria Palatina and Boboli Gardens.
Nightlife:
In summer the open air disco "Central Park" and smart bars "Teatro Sull´ Acqua" and "Lido" on the river Arno.
In winter the bars "Rive Gauche", "La Dolce Vita" and "Cabiria".
Food:
Typical meal: Pappardelle, Ribollita.
Main dishes: Bistecca alla Fiorentina, Pollo alla Diavola and all types of fish.
Wine:
Chianti Classico, Brunello di Montalcino, Rosso di Montepulciano.
Shopping:
The colourful street market "San Lorenzo" (daily) and "Cascine" (Tuesday morning): Women’s fashion and leatherwear at reasonable prices.
Shoes:
The "Via Nazionale" and the "Borgo San Lorenzo" in Florence. Versace´s boutiques, Ferré, Max Mara, Gucci, Armani and Krizia are located in "Via della Vigna Vecchia", "Via Brunelleschi" and "Via Tornabuoni".
Special shopping tips:
Florentine writing paper, art calendars, and straw wares at the market "Mercato del Porcellino".
More information at: http://www.florenceforfun.org, http://www.firenze.net
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