Grand Tour 2019

Itinerary with Pictures and Links

Participants: Karen Adkins, Katie Moffitt, Kristen Wood, Nathaniel Troxler, Peter Christopher
TA: Allison Sermarini (UNCG ’17)

19 June: Depart from USA to ITALY

20 June: Arrive Milan

Students arrive at airport, bus to Milano Centrale
Check in to Hotel Central Station (+39 02 6707 1766, Via Giovanni Battista Sammartini 15, Milano 20125)
Orientation: set up cell phones
Dinner: Trattoria da Abele
Sleep: Hotel Central Station

21 June: Milan

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23 June: Padua (+Veneto)

7:45am, 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)
- All students wrote brief reflections of their trip on the Burchiello, which was sponsored by the UNCG Green Fund: Karen Adkins, Peter Christopher, Katie Moffitt, Nathan Troxler, Kristen Wood
Dinner: Birraria al Corte (Venice)
Return to Padua by bus

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24 June: Padua-Bologna

24 June – 13 July: Bologna

25 June: orientation / walking tour, lunch at Tamburini, Gelatauro, and Caffe Terzi (evening free)
26 June: free day
27 June: morning walking tour, lunch at Centro Natura and Gelateria Galliera 49 (evening free)
28 June: morning walking tour (visit Archiginnasio, Music Museum), lunch at Terra del Sole and Stefino (evening free)
29 June: day trip to Rimini, visit beach, lunch at Casina del Bosco, visit city center (evening free)
30 June: day trip to Venice, lunch at Trattoria da Fiore, opera at Teatro La Fenice: Mozart’s Don Giovani
1 July: free day
2 July: day trip to Modena, lunch at Trattoria Aldina, visit Gallerie Estense (evening free)
3 July: day trip to Ravenna, lunch at Ca’ de Ven, visit Dante’s Tomb and the Byzantine mosaics of Ravenna (evening free)
4 July: free day
5 July: day trip to Florence, lunch at Fiaschetteria Nuvoli, gelato at Passera and Carabe’ (evening free)
6 July: free day
7 July: free day
8 July: day trip to Loiano, picnic lunch (evening free)
9 July: free day
10 July: free day
11 July: day trip to Marzabotto, visit to/dinner at XM24 Farmers’ Market (“Campi Aperti”)
12 July: mostly free day, but dinner at Pizzartist DLF and opera (at 8pm) at Teatro Comunale di Bologna: Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeria
13 July: Train, Bologna Centrale — Napoli Centrale (Frecciarossa 9525)

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13 July: check in to Hostel of the Sun (+39 081 4206393, Via G. Melisurgo 15, Napoli 80133), Sfogliatella Mary, dinner at Trattoria da Nennella, Il Gelato Mennella
14 July: walking tour (via “Spaccanapoli“), lunch at Trattoria da Donato, opera at Teatro San Carlo: Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana, Scaturchio Opera Cafè, dinner at Pizza Fritta Sorbillo
15 July: day trip to Herculaneum, visit to Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, lunch at La Cantina di Via Sapienza
16 July: day trip to Pompeii, picnic lunch, dinner at Antica Pizzeria da Michele, gelato at Gay-Odin
17 July: free day (but private dinner with Mozzarella di Bufala Campana [Salerno])
18 July: day trip to Amalfi, lunch at Ristorante Lo Smeraldino, dinner at Cuoppo d’Amalfi, gelato at Bar Nettuno (Salerno)
19 July: day trip to Procida, pastries from La Panetteria, lunch at Da Girone
20 July: train, Napoli Centrale — Roma Termini (Frecciarossa 9528)

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20 July: Check in to Hostel Trustever (+39 06 45763600, Via Francesco Benaglia 13, Rome 00153)
20 July: Lunch at Trapizzino (Testaccio), walking tour of vistas (including this, this, and this), gelato at Fior di Luna, dinner at Proloco Trastevere
21 July, 9:30am: Le Domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini, walking tour of Forum and Colosseum area, lunch at Velavevodetto, evening free
22 July, walking tour of center, lunch at Beppe e i sui formaggi, dinner at Osteria Mangiafuoco
23 July, walking tour of center, lunch at Roscioli, gelato at Fatamorgana, Vino Roma Wine Tasting, dinner at La Barrique
24 July, walking tour of center, coffee at Sant’Eustachio, gelato at Del Teatro, lunch at L’Angolo Divino, dinner at Barnaba, opera (at 9pm): Verdi’s Aida at The Baths of Caracalla
25 July, walking tour of center, visit Villa Borghese (gardens), lunch at La Casina del Orologio, gelato at Ciampini, dinner at La Tavernaccia

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Honors Extension of Grand Tour

26 July, lunch at Proloco Trastevere, gelato at Otaleg, dinner at I figli del Vinaio
27 July, visit catacombs (S. Domitilla, S. Sebastiano, & S. Calisto), lunch at Garden Risto, gelato at Torce (Palatino) dinner at Trapizzino (Testaccio)
28 July, morning free, visit Palatino, aperitivi (light dinner) at Enoteca Provincia Romana, gelato from a bar in Piazza dell’Aracoeli
29 July, day trip to Bracciano (visit Castello Odescalchi, picnic lunch, visit Lago Bracciano), dinner at La Gatta Mangiona
30 July, visit The Baths of Caracalla, gelato at Biolee, lunch at Barnaba, visit Villa Borghese, dinner at Osteria Mangiafuoco

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