This section of the SACI website offers a series of useful links for prospective and current students, divided by categories. Please click on the titles below to view these links.
www.theflorentine.net
Website of the bi-weekly English publication covering news, events, culture, politics, business, travel, food, sports, weather, etc., in and around the Florence area.
www.flonthego.com/
Flo’n the go is prepared by the Association Partners Palazzo Strozzi (APPS) to inform foreign students of the vast range of events and activities happening in Florence. Sign up online for their monthly newsletter!
www.firenze-online.com
Provides useful information on hotels, restaurants, transportation, etc. in Florence.
www.firenzespecial.it/eng_index.htm
Website of the San Lorenzo district of Florence, where SACI is located!
www.firenzeturismo.it/en.html
The official site of the Tourism Board of Florence (APT).
www.arca.net/florence.htm
Interactive tourist information site with guide to transportation, accommodations and attractions.
english.firenze.net
Information site with daily updates on current events and attractions in Florence.
www.mega.it/eng/egui/hogui.htm
"The Florence Art Guide" is an exploration of monuments, historic periods, artists and art works in Florence.
www.florenceitaly.net
More tourist information with hotels, maps, and attractions.
www.thais.it/citta_italiane/firenze/mappa/pag_01.htm
Interactive map of Florence and monuments
http://portalegiovani.comune.fi.it/
Web portal dedicated to youth culture in Florence, featuring many pages in English.
http://portalegiovani.comune.fi.it/cartagiovani/convenzioni_public_list_en.php
The Carta Giò is a special card for students, which offers discounts on museums, concerts and much more
http://www.radiofleur.it/
Radiofleur (acronym for Florence Europe) is a radio completely managed by students and dedicated to culture and music. SACI students may even contact the radio station if they are interested in hosting their own program in English.
www.firenzecard.it
The Firenze Card is especially useful when you have visiting friends or family. This pass, which costs 50 euros and is valid for 72 hours, allows you to enter all major museums in Florence, including the Uffizi, the Accademia, Pitti, and Palazzo Vecchio (without waiting in line!) and gives you free access to all public bus and tram transportation.
Facebook: SACI has created its own profile so that it can be added to your "friends" list. If you are already a Facebook user, add SACI Florence as a friend to join the network and keep in touch with SACI students and alumni.
www.facebook.com/saci.florence
SACI Facebook groups are formed for upcoming terms. Here you can receive useful information from the SACI staff, Registrar and Housing director, while also enjoying the possibility to meet your future fellow SACI students. See the SACI Late Spring 2013 Group. Make friends before you even get here!
Flickr: SACI is on Flickr! See dozens of images of student life and our facilities.
See images of the SACI Post-Baccalaureate experience on Flickr!
You can also follow SACI on Twitter, for frequent information about what's going on in the school and around Florence: http://twitter.com/SACI_Florence
The SACI Digital Multimedia class has a page on Facebook. Have a look at student work!
Take part in the SACI Creativing Writing blog (instructor Lee Foust) - for current and former students of the SACI Creative Writing course.
Hidden Perspectives: www.icastic.com/HP/index.html
A visual journal on the area of San Lorenzo in Florence, a threatened area of central Florence, realized by the Illustration and Graphic Design classes of SACI (instructor Camilla Torna)
