Grand Tour 2019
Itinerary with Pictures and Links
Participants: Karen Adkins, Katie Moffitt, Kristen Wood, Nathaniel Troxler, Peter Christopher
TA: Allison Sermarini (UNCG ’17)
Archive of the 2019 printable poster and printable brochure.
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
- Lunch: Un Posto a Milano
- Visit: metro, Duomo, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Castello Sforzesco
- Dinner: Pizzeria Spontini
- Opera: Verdi’s I Masnadieri at Teatro alla Scala
- Sleep: Hotel Central Station
22 June: Milan-Padua
- Lunch: Bistro Milano Centrale
- Train: Milano Centrale — Padova (Frecciarossa 9731)
- Check in to Hotel alla Fiera (+39 049 875 5094, Via Ugo Bassi, 20 Padova 35131)
- Orientation: walking tour
- Dinner: Trattoria da Nane della Giulia
- Sleep: Hotel alla Fiera
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)
- Dinner: Birraria al Corte (Venice)
- Return to Padua by bus
Villa Pisani, Stra (Burchiello)
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Villa Pisani, Stra (Burchiello)
24 June: Padua-Bologna
- Tour of University of Padua
- Lunch: Pedrocchi
- Train: Padova — Bologna Centrale (InterCity 595)
- Check in to We Bologna (+390510397900, Via de’ Carracci 69/14, Bologna 40129)
- Dinner: WellDone
- Sleep: We 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)
13-20 July: Naples
- 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)
20-26 July: Rome
- 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
Giardino degli Aranci, Roma
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Giardino degli Aranci, Roma
26 July: Depart for USA
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
Inside Castello Orsini-Odescalchi, Bracciano, Rome
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Inside Castello Orsini-Odescalchi, Bracciano, Rome
31 July: Depart for USA
