Tolomei Cultural Institute:
Located to the northeast of Florence in northern Italy, The Tolomei Cultural Institute uses the city of Florence and its surrounding territory as a grand “laboratory” for language learning. Systematic reflection on the language and its structure is inserted into exciting communicative situations of discovery, suggested by the enormous literary and artistic patrimony of the city of Florence, which may well be considered the cradle of Italian culture.
The language is considered as an instrument for communicating tradition, as a way of experiencing the world around us (culture, food, fashion, sport, etc.), and as a means for expressing beauty (literature, theatre, painting, architecture, music, etc.). The method is based on a direct relationship between the student and teacher, whose aim is to provide each participant with the knowledge necessary for acquiring the language.
Directions
By train:
The main train station in Florence, Santa Maria Novella, is approximately 6 km from the Tolomei Cultural Instutute and can be reached by public transportation (bus number 10).
By air:
The A. Vespucci airport is 10 km from the Tolomei Cultural Institute. Public Bus service and taxi available. It takes approximately 60 minutes to arrive at the residential school.
The Volainbus shuttle service, managed by ATAF and SITA, provides transport every half hour to the central station with no intermediary stops. This shuttle is appoximately a 25 minute ride.
By car:
Get off highway A1 at the Firenze Sud exit and follow signs towards Coverciano, direction Settignano. From Coverciano, follow Viale D’Annunzio for 820 mt. until the signs for “Villa Morghen”. Turn left in Via dei Ceci and follow the street (50 m.) until arriving at the Tolomei Cultural Institute.