Customized Tour
Group Leader's name: Chad Hankinson
Requested return date: 5/29/2018
The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from local restaurants to cultural discoveries has been customized by your professor for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy
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Day 2: Venice
Meet your Tour Director at the airport
Enjoy a pasta dinner in Venice
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Day 3: Venice
Take a guided tour of Venice
With your local expert guide you will see:
- St. Mark's Square
- St. Mark's Campanile
- Grand Canal
Visit the Doge's PalaceLearn about glass-blowing in a local craftsman's shop
Spend a half day exploring Venice on your own
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Day 4: Venice • Florence
Travel to FlorenceTake a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria
- Ponte Vecchio
- Basilica of Santa Croce
- Gates of Paradise
Enjoy dinner in Florence
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Day 5: Florence
Add this in-depth excursionPisa
Journey to Pisa on this half-day excursion. Enjoy a guided tour of the city’s Field of Miracles, where you can snap a picture of the 12th-century Leaning Tower, aslant ever since the third floor was built. This is where Galileo was said to have developed his laws of gravity. Also, visit the adjacent cathedral and baptistery, which contain exquisite marble pulpits carved in the Gothic style by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano.
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Day 6: Florence • Assisi
Travel to AssisiTour Assisi with an expert local guide
Visit the Basilica of St. FrancisEnjoy dinner at your hotel
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Day 7: Assisi • Pompeii • Sorrento Region
Travel via Pompeii to the Sorrento region
Tour Pompeii with an expert local guide
Snap a photo of seaside Sorrento
Enjoy dinner in Sorrento
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Day 8: Sorrento • Rome
Travel to Rome -
Day 9: Rome
Take a guided tour of Vatican City
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Sistine Chapel
- St. Peter’s Basilica
Take a guided tour of Rome
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Roman Forum
- Colosseum
Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome
You will see:
- Trevi Fountain
- Pantheon
- Piazza Navona
- Spanish Steps
Enjoy a pizza dinner in Rome
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Day 10: Rome
Take a guided tour of Trastevere and the Janiculum
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Theatre of Marcellus
- Jewish Ghetto in Rome
- Tiberino Island
Visit the Roman CatacombsVisit Saint Paul's Outside the Walls
Add this in-depth excursionFraschette Dinner in Ariccia
The tradition of the fraschette goes back to the medieval—and possibly even ancient—times of Rome, and were basically pit stops full of wine for people traveling from the countryside to the capital. They have remained nearly unchanged in their rustic and hospitable nature, but today patrons are also treated to generous servings of artisanal cheeses, olives and thick cuts of savory porchetta—whose buttery fame has spread as far as Brooklyn but originates right here in Ariccia.
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Day 11: Rome
Tour Ostia Antica with an expert local guide
Spend a half day exploring Rome on your own
Enjoy dinner in Rome
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Day 12: Depart for home
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy
-
Day 2: Venice
Meet your Tour Director at the airport
Enjoy a pasta dinner in Venice
-
Day 3: Venice
Take a guided tour of Venice
With your local expert guide you will see:
- St. Mark's Square
- St. Mark's Campanile
- Grand Canal
Visit the Doge's PalaceLearn about glass-blowing in a local craftsman's shop
Spend a half day exploring Venice on your own
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Day 4: Venice • Florence
Travel to FlorenceTake a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria
- Ponte Vecchio
- Basilica of Santa Croce
- Gates of Paradise
Enjoy dinner in Florence
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Day 5: Florence
Add this in-depth excursionPisa
Journey to Pisa on this half-day excursion. Enjoy a guided tour of the city’s Field of Miracles, where you can snap a picture of the 12th-century Leaning Tower, aslant ever since the third floor was built. This is where Galileo was said to have developed his laws of gravity. Also, visit the adjacent cathedral and baptistery, which contain exquisite marble pulpits carved in the Gothic style by Nicola and Giovanni Pisano.
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Day 6: Florence • Assisi
Travel to AssisiTour Assisi with an expert local guide
Visit the Basilica of St. FrancisEnjoy dinner at your hotel
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Day 7: Assisi • Pompeii • Sorrento Region
Travel via Pompeii to the Sorrento region
Tour Pompeii with an expert local guide
Snap a photo of seaside Sorrento
Enjoy dinner in Sorrento
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Day 8: Sorrento • Rome
Travel to Rome -
Day 9: Rome
Take a guided tour of Vatican City
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Sistine Chapel
- St. Peter’s Basilica
Take a guided tour of Rome
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Roman Forum
- Colosseum
Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome
You will see:
- Trevi Fountain
- Pantheon
- Piazza Navona
- Spanish Steps
Enjoy a pizza dinner in Rome
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Day 10: Rome
Take a guided tour of Trastevere and the Janiculum
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Theatre of Marcellus
- Jewish Ghetto in Rome
- Tiberino Island
Visit the Roman CatacombsVisit Saint Paul's Outside the Walls
Add this in-depth excursionFraschette Dinner in Ariccia
The tradition of the fraschette goes back to the medieval—and possibly even ancient—times of Rome, and were basically pit stops full of wine for people traveling from the countryside to the capital. They have remained nearly unchanged in their rustic and hospitable nature, but today patrons are also treated to generous servings of artisanal cheeses, olives and thick cuts of savory porchetta—whose buttery fame has spread as far as Brooklyn but originates right here in Ariccia.
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Day 11: Rome
Tour Ostia Antica with an expert local guide
Spend a half day exploring Rome on your own
Enjoy dinner in Rome
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Day 12: Depart for home
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