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Grand Tour 2016

Participants: Katlyn Adkins, Antonela Frasheri, Jonathan Loftis, Evan Sachs, Sera Shore, Julianne Vance, Elaine Wagoner, Bailey Williams

Outside the American Academy in Rome.[15 June]

Inside the Acqua Traina in the American Academy in Rome.[15 June]

Above the Aqua Traina in the American Academy in Rome.[15 June]

Working in the garden for the Rome Sustainable Food Project at the American Academy in Rome.[15 June]

Opera at Palazzo Doria Pamphilj (Roma). [9 June]

Dinner at Osteria Mangiafuoco (Roma). [13 June]

Pitting cherries for the Rome Sustainable Food Project at the American Academy in Rome. [15 June]

At Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella (Napoli). [7 June]

Pizza at Pizzeria Presidente (Napoli). [5 June]

Hike along the Reno River (Bologna). [4 June]

Waiting for solar noon at San Petronio (Bologna). [31 May]

Atop the Ponte Accademia (Venice). [28 May]

In the royal box during tour of La Fenice (Venice). [28 May]

Lunch stop (Burchiello) in Oriago. [27 May]

Villa Pisani (Stra), along the route of the Burchiello. [27 May]

Boarding “Il Burchiello” in Padova. [27 May]

Lunch in Milano Centrale train station. [26 May]

Itinerary

24 May (Tuesday)

Students arrive at Milan’s Malpensa Airport (MXP) or Milano Centrale train station (Dr. Allen meets everyone)
13:00, check in to the Koala Hostel (Via Canzio 15, 20131 Milan, +390249529927)
Lunch: Kitchenette
Orientation (set up cell phones)
Early dinnner: aperitivi (un bar)
Evening: free
Sleep: Koala Hostel (Via Canzio 15, 20131 Milan, +390249529927)

25 May (Wednesday)

Wake up: Koala Hostel (Via Canzio 15, 20131 Milan, +390249529927)
Morning: free
Lunch: Pizzeria Spontini
Visit: Duomo, Sant’ Ambroglio, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II
20:00-23:00, Puccini, La fanciulla del West (La Scala)
23:30, dinner: di Gennaro
Sleep: Koala Hostel (Via Canzio 15, 20131 Milan, +390249529927)

26 May (Thursday)

Wake up: Koala Hostel (Via Canzio 15, 20131 Milan, +390249529927)
Morning: free
Lunch (to take on train): Bistrot Milano Centrale
12:35, Frecciarossa 9721, Milan to Padova (14:42)
15:00, check in to the Hotel alla Fiera (Via Ugo Bassi 20, 35131 Padova, +390498755094)
15:30, Musei Civici Eremitani, Piazza Eremitani 8
17:45, Cappella degli Scrovegni
19:30, dinner: Trattoria al Fungo
Sleep: Hotel alla Fiera (Via Ugo Bassi 20, 35131 Padova, +390498755094)

27 May (Friday)

Wake up: Hotel alla Fiera (Via Ugo Bassi 20, 35131 Padova, +390498755094)
7:45, meet at the stairway of the Portello, Lungoargine Piovego 2, to take Il Burchiello from Padova to Venice (arrival circa 17:30)
Visit various villas and museums along the Brenta Canal
Lunch: Il Burchiello (Oriago)
18:00, check in to La Pescheria Backpackers Hostel (San Polo 1699, 30125 Calle dei Botteri,+390412434851)
18:30, dinner: Birraria al Corte (Venice)
Evening: free
Sleep: La Pescheria Backpackers Hostel (San Polo 1699, 30125 Calle dei Botteri,+390412434851)

28 May (Saturday)

Wake up: La Pescheria Backpackers Hostel (San Polo 1699, 30125 Calle dei Botteri,+390412434851)
Morning: visit chorus churches, ospedale, St. Mark’s Square, etc.
12:30, lunch: Anice Stellato
Afternoon: continue tour
16:00-17:00, Tour of Teatro La Fenice
17:30-18:30, light dinner (cicchetti), Cantina Schiavi
19:00-22:00, Verdi, Traviata (La Fenice)
Sleep: La Pescheria Backpackers Hostel (San Polo 1699, 30125 Calle dei Botteri,+390412434851)

29 May (Sunday)

Wake up: La Pescheria Backpackers Hostel (San Polo 1699, 30125 Calle dei Botteri,+390412434851)
Morning/afternoon: free
16:00, meet at Venezia Santa Lucia (main train station)
16:25, Frecciarossa 9443, Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna (17:50)
18:00, check in at We_Bologna (laundry!) (Via de’ Carracci 69/14, 40129 Bologna, +390510397900)
19:00, dinner at WellDone Bologna
Evening: free
Sleep: We_Bologna (Via de’ Carracci 69/14, 40129 Bologna, +390510397900)

30 May-4 June: wake up and sleep every day at We_Bologna (Via de’ Carracci 69/14, 40129 Bologna, +390510397900)

30 May (Monday)

Morning: orientation to city/ walking tour
Lunch: Tamburini and Stefino and Gelatauro
Afternoon: free
17:00-19:00: farmers’ market at Piazza Scaravilli (Campi Aperti)

31 May (Tuesday)

Morning: walking tour, continued
Lunch: Terra del Sole and Cremeria Funivia
Afternoon/evening: free

1 June (Wednesday)

Morning: Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica
Lunch: La tua piadina and Cremeria Santo Stefano
Afternoon: free
18:00-22:00, Teatro Comunale, Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro
22:30, dinner: Drogheria della Rosa

2 June (Thursday)

Pisa
Florence (Lunch at Fiaschetteria Nuvoli, visit sites on your own)

3 June (Friday)

Ravenna (Lunch at Ca’ de Ven, visit Dante’s tomb, various Byzantine monuments)

4 June (Saturday)

Marzabotto (visit Museo Etrusco, hike)
20:00, dinner: da Vito

5 June (Sunday)

Wake up: We_Bologna (Via de’ Carracci 69/14, 40129 Bologna, +390510397900)
9:40, Frecciarossa 9563, Bologna-Napoli (12:53)
13:00, check in to Ostello Mancini (Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 33, 80139 Napoli, +390815536731)
Lunch: Pizzeria dal Presidente
Afternoon: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
Evening: free
Sleep: Ostello Mancini (Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 33, 80139 Napoli, +390815536731)

6 June (Monday)

Wake up: Ostello Mancini (Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 33, 80139 Napoli, +390815536731)
Day trip to Pompeii
Picnic lunch with local specialties
Dinner: Sorbillo (pizza)
Sleep: Ostello Mancini (Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 33, 80139 Napoli, +390815536731)

7 June (Tuesday)

Wake up: Ostello Mancini (Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 33, 80139 Napoli, +390815536731)
Morning: visit Herculaneum
Lunch: Cantina di Via Sapienza
Afternoon: visit Conservatorio
16:15, Teatro San Carlo
20:00, Granados, Goyescas & Puccini, Suor Angelica (San Carlo)
Sleep: Ostello Mancini (Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 33, 80139 Napoli, +390815536731)

8 June (Wednesday)

Wake up: Ostello Mancini (Via Pasquale Stanislao Mancini, 33, 80139 Napoli, +390815536731)
11:00, Frecciarossa 9528, Napoli-Roma (12:10)
12:30, check in to Ciak Hostel (laundry!) (Viale Manzoni 55, Rome, +390677076703)
Lunch: Janta
Afternoon: orientation to Rome
Sleep: Ciak Hostel (Viale Manzoni 55, Rome, +390677076703)

9-15 June: Wake up and sleep every day at Ciak Hostel (Viale Manzoni 55, Rome, +390677076703)

9 June (Thursday)

12:30, Lunch: Enoteca Provincia Romana / Domus Romane
13:30-14:30, Le Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini
Walking tour: Trevi Fountain, Pantheon, Piazza Navona
Gelato: Fiocco di Neve
Granita: Tazza d’Oro
17:30-20:30, Roma Opera Omnia, Pergolesi, La serva padrona (Palazzo Doria Pamphilj)
Dinner: Ba’Ghetto

10 June (Friday)

All day: free time.
19:45, dinner: Velavevodetto

11 June (Saturday)

10:00, meet at the Arco di Costantino to visit Forum/Colosseum
Lunch: Trapizzino, Testaccio Market, Biscottificio Innocenti, Fior di Luna
Afternoon: Walking tour (Vatican, Spanish Steps, Churches in Trastevere)

12 June (Sunday)

Morning: free time.
Afternoon: trip to Ostia Antica and Lido di Ostia (beach)

13 June (Monday)

Morning & afternoon: free time
Dinner: Osteria Mangiafuoco

14 June (Tuesday)

Day trip to Tivoli
Evening: free time

15 June (Wednesday)

Morning: free time.
12:00-17:00, American Academy in Rome / Rome Sustainable Food Project (tour, lunch, volunteer, class presentations)
Early dinner: Trapizzino, Stefino
Evening: free time

16 June (Thursday)

Departure from Rome

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