Geography, Environment, and Sustainability

Grand Tour 2023

This itinerary will be continually updated as we travel with links to key activities and places.

June 15-16: Transatlantic flight (students arrive in Milan / class starts)

• arrival MXP & train to Milano Centrale
• check-in at Milano Ostello
• lunch (and coffee) at Kitchenette 
• subway orientation
• phones at TIM Piazza Cordusio
• gelato at Ciacco
• walk in Parco Castello Sforsceco
• dinner at Trattoria da Abele 

• breakfast at bar
• walk in fashion district (Via della Spiga)
• lunch at Un Posto A Milano 
• visit La Scala museum
• gelato at Naturalia
• dinner at Pizzeria Spontini
• opera at Teatro alla Scala: Verdi, Macbeth

• breakfast at bar in Piazza del Duomo
• visit Duomo (and Piazza dei Mercanti and Colonne di San Lorenzo)
• street food lunch (and walk) in Navigli district
• visit Basilica di Sant’Ambrogio
• aperitivi at NoLo.So

• checkout & 1005 Train (EC35) from Milano Centrale to Padova (arr. 12:15pm)

• check-in at Best Western Plus Hotel Galileo
• lunch at Boss della Focaccia
• soundwalk to Prato della Valle
• coffee at Caffè Pedrocchi
• freetime

• visit Cappella degli Scrovegni and Museo degli Eremitani
• visit Basilica di Sant Antonio
• lunch in the market of Palazzo della Ragione
• visit Duomo
• gelato at Gelateria Giotto
• tour of Palazzo Bo
• cicchetti at Corte Sconta
• freetime

• boat tour (Il Burchiello) to Venice
• lunch picnic with food from Lo Stizzeri

• arrival at Riva degli Schiavoni, vaporetto passes, and check in to Airbnb on the Lista Vechia dei Bari
• dinner at Osteria ai do farai
• nighttime vaporetto ride on the Grand Canal

• walk by Ponte del Rialto
• morning mass at Basilica San Marco
• visit Piazza San Marco area, including Chiesa della Pietà (Vivaldi’s church)
• lunch at Muro San Stae
• gelato at Bacaro del gelato
• visit Ghetto Ebreo
• cicchetti at Cantina del vino gia’ Schiavi
• opera at Teatro La Fenice: Wagner,Der fliegende Hollaender 

• checkout and train (Frecciarossa 9413) from Venezia SMN to Bologna Centrale

• check in at Combo Bologna
• lunch at Ristorante Adal
• gelato at Stefino
• orientation to bus system and groceries (Despar, NaturaSi, Paladino)

• walking tour of central Bologna
• coffee sampling at Caffe Terzi
• lunch at Centro Natura
• freetime

• freetime

• freetime
• lunch at Trattoria da Vito
• gelato at Cremeria la vecchia stalla
• visit Archiginnasio/Teatro Atomico
• freetime

• check out and train (Frecciarossa 8506) to Roverto

• check in at Ostello della citta’ di Rovereto
• gelato at Gelateria la Torretta
• lunch at Osteria del Pettiroso
• visit MART
• aperitivi at Caffe Gambrinus

• bus to Riva del Garda
• lunch at Il Bastione
• gelato at Etabeta
• return to Rovereto
• dinner at Locanda al castello

• bus to Besenello
• walk to Castel Beseno
• lunch at  Plotegher House
• return to Rovereto
• freetime

• check out and train (Frecciarossa 8507) to Bologna

• check (back) in at Combo Bologna
• visit Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica                     
• lunch at Drogheria della Rosa
• freetime

• freetime or OPTIONAL day trip to Rimini (beach )

• freetime

• train to Florence (Frecciarossa 9515)
• walking tour by Santa Maria Novella to Palazzo Pitti
• visit Giardini Boboli
• walk across Ponte Vechio to Duomo
• lunch at Osteria Nuvoli
• solo trips to get gelato at Gellateria alla Carraia & solo trips back to Bologna

• train to Ravenna (TTPER 17543)
• visit … Mausoleo di Galla Placidia, Basilica di San Vitale, Battistero Neoniano, Archiepiscopal Museum
• lunch at Ca’ de Ven (and pass by Dante’s tomb)
• visit Basilica di Sant’Apollinare Nuovo
• return to Bologna (TTPER 17554)

• freetime (required solo trips)

• check out and train (Frecciarossa 9619) to Naples

• arrive, get metro tickets, and check in to apartment on Vico San Nicola a Nilo
• walking tour and groceries
• dinner at Pizzeria Sorbillo
• pastries (sfogliatella riccia, sfogliatella frolla, baba’ al rhum, etc.) from Pasticceria Capparelli

• visit Naples Archeological Museum
• lunch at La Cantina di Via Sapienza
• visit Teatro San Carlo and walk in Porto area
• opera at Teatro San Carlo: Puccini, La Boheme

• visit Pompei
• picnic lunch (and dinner!) with delicacies from Geppino (Cava de’ Tirreni)

• visit Ercolano
• lunch at Alleria (Portici)
• dinner from Antica Pizza Fritta da Zia Esterina Sorbillo

• train (Frecciarossa 9490) to Rome

• arrive and check in at Hostel Trastevere
• walking tour of Trastevere (Santa Maria in Trastevere, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere)
• gelato at Fior di Luna
• lunch at BaGhetto
• tour of Le domus Romane di Palazzo Valentini
• freetime

• walking tour of ancient Rome (Foro Boario, Circus Maximus, Arch of Constantine, Colosseum, Imperial Fora, Villa Aldobrandini, Campidoglio)
• visit Largo Argentina
• coffee granita at Tazza d’Oro
• lunch at Trattoria del Pallaro
• visit Basilica di Sant’Andrea
• shopping at Ibiz and Dolciumi Onorati
• freetime

• visit Pantheon
• coffee at Sant’Eustachio
• walking tour of central Rome (Ponte Sisto, Campo dei Fiori, Piazza Navona, Mausoleo di Agosto / Ara Pacis, Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain)
• walking tour of Aventine Hill (Giardino degli Aranci, Santa Sabina, Pizza of the Knights of Malta)
• lunch at Flavio al Velavevodetto
• freetime

• visit Catacombe di S. Domitilla & S. Callisto
• lunch at (a random bar and) Aventina
• gelato at Torce
• freetime

• visit Vatican City and St. Peter’s Basilica
• lunch at Pizzeria da Simone
• gelato at Otaleg
• freetime

• visit Baths of Caracalla
• visit S. Giovanni in Laterano & Ponitifcio Santuario della Scala Santa
• visit Museo storico della Liberazione – Roma
• lunch at Osteria Isadoro
• visit Basilica di S. Clemente
• freetime

• freetime
• concluding lunch at Osteria Poerio
• freetime

• departures from Rome (end of class)