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Group Leader's name: Diane Best
Requested return date: 5/26/2022
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 Field Director at the airportEnjoy dinner in Venice
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Day 3: Venice
Learn about glass-blowing in a local craftsman's shop and watch expert craftsmen spin molten-hot wares
Visit the pink-and-white Doge's Palace, where mighty Venetian dukes once ruled
Take a guided tour of Venice
With your local expert guide you will see:
- St. Mark's Square, Venice's primary square and center of cultural importance
- St. Mark's Campanile, a 323-foot bell tower
- Grand Canal, Venice's major waterway filled with gondolas
Add this in-depth excursionGondola ride
Enjoy the ultimate Venetian experience—a gondola ride through the city's famed canals, passing by enchanting waterfront homes and under historic pedestrian bridges.
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Day 4: Venice • Florence
Take a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria, which is lined with classic statues
- Ponte Vecchio, a medieval bridge where many of Florence’s famed leather and gold artisans still keep shop
- Basilica of Santa Croce, where Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Galileo and others are buried
- Gates of Paradise, bronzed doors that depict scenes from the Old Testament and are considered an icon of the Renaissance
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
Visit the Accademia to admire Michelangelo’s statue of David and explore the winding halls of busts
Spend time exploring Florence on your own
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Day 7: Florence • Assisi • Rome
Travel via Assisi, nestled between Mount Subasio and fields of olive groves on a hill overlooking Umbria, on your way to Rome
Visit the Basilica of St. Francis, where the remains of St. Francis are entombed in a stone crypt
Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome
You will see:
- Trevi Fountain, Rome's iconic landmark
- Pantheon, built to honor all the gods of Rome
- Piazza Navona, a lively square lined with restaurants and shops
- Spanish Steps, Europe's widest staircase
Enjoy dinner in Rome
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Day 8: Rome
Take a guided tour of Rome
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Roman Forum, marking the former heart of the Roman Empire where Julius Caesar gave many of his political speeches
- The Colosseum, the world’s most famous arena used for gladiatorial combat
Spend time exploring Rome on your own
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Day 9: Rome
Take a guided tour of Vatican City, the headquarter of the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo’s breathtaking frescoes
- St. Peter’s Basilica, a site of religious and historical significance over which the Pope presides
Spend time exploring Rome on your own
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Day 10: Depart for home
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy
-
Day 2: Venice
Meet your Field Director at the airportEnjoy dinner in Venice
-
Day 3: Venice
Learn about glass-blowing in a local craftsman's shop and watch expert craftsmen spin molten-hot wares
Visit the pink-and-white Doge's Palace, where mighty Venetian dukes once ruled
Take a guided tour of Venice
With your local expert guide you will see:
- St. Mark's Square, Venice's primary square and center of cultural importance
- St. Mark's Campanile, a 323-foot bell tower
- Grand Canal, Venice's major waterway filled with gondolas
Add this in-depth excursionGondola ride
Enjoy the ultimate Venetian experience—a gondola ride through the city's famed canals, passing by enchanting waterfront homes and under historic pedestrian bridges.
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Day 4: Venice • Florence
Take a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria, which is lined with classic statues
- Ponte Vecchio, a medieval bridge where many of Florence’s famed leather and gold artisans still keep shop
- Basilica of Santa Croce, where Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Galileo and others are buried
- Gates of Paradise, bronzed doors that depict scenes from the Old Testament and are considered an icon of the Renaissance
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
Visit the Accademia to admire Michelangelo’s statue of David and explore the winding halls of busts
Spend time exploring Florence on your own
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Day 7: Florence • Assisi • Rome
Travel via Assisi, nestled between Mount Subasio and fields of olive groves on a hill overlooking Umbria, on your way to Rome
Visit the Basilica of St. Francis, where the remains of St. Francis are entombed in a stone crypt
Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome
You will see:
- Trevi Fountain, Rome's iconic landmark
- Pantheon, built to honor all the gods of Rome
- Piazza Navona, a lively square lined with restaurants and shops
- Spanish Steps, Europe's widest staircase
Enjoy dinner in Rome
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Day 8: Rome
Take a guided tour of Rome
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Roman Forum, marking the former heart of the Roman Empire where Julius Caesar gave many of his political speeches
- The Colosseum, the world’s most famous arena used for gladiatorial combat
Spend time exploring Rome on your own
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Day 9: Rome
Take a guided tour of Vatican City, the headquarter of the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope
With your expert local guide you will visit:
- Sistine Chapel and Michelangelo’s breathtaking frescoes
- St. Peter’s Basilica, a site of religious and historical significance over which the Pope presides
Spend time exploring Rome on your own
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Day 10: Depart for home
Building skills for a global world
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| 97% growth in the number of students who were confident navigating unfamiliar places post study abroad.1 | 93% of students who studied abroad and entered the workforce were employed within 6 months of graduation, compared to 49% who did not study abroad.2 | Students who studied abroad saw 100% greater improvement in GPA.3 |
*Sources: 1: EF Study Abroad Program Impact 2018; 2: IES Abroad 2015; 3: Georgia Learning Outcomes of Students Studying Abroad Research Initiative 2010
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