The Institute is also an active cultural center in which the student has the opportunity to know and to study Italian Literature, history, music and art as well as cuisine, the typical wines, places and the characteristics of an ancient and simultaneously modern civilization. The Institute organizes every day, different optional, cultural and recreational activities, including in the price of the course. During their stay in Florence, the students are invited to participate in celebrations, meals and dinners in typical Florence restaurants, with friends and professors. On Sundays, trips to places of artistic and cultural interest are organized, under the guide of the professor of history of the art, such as Siena, San Gimignano, Lucca, Assisi, Pisa, Orvieto, Ravenna, etc. In summer excursions to le Cinque Terre, Tower of the Lake, etc are organized. It is possible to visit Rome and Venice.