Art History

Depart home to Rome, Italy

Arrive in Rome, Italy
Airport Transfer
Rome Walking Tour
Santa Maria della Vittoria (Bernini’s Ecstasy), Spanish Steps, & Trevi Fountain
Welcome Dinner
The group will be taken for an authentic dinner with a variety of options to cater all diets.

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Guided Tour of Colosseum & Roman Forum The Colosseum (Colosseo) remains the largest amphitheater ever built and is one of the most recognizable and iconic symbols of Rome. The 5-story, elliptical structure measures 617-feet long, 512-feet wide, and 187-feet high and is made of travertine and brick.
Lunch Break 
Saint Peter in Chains
Michelangelo’s Moses, Trajan Column, Vittoriano, Capitol (City Hall & Lookout Point)
Free Time & Cultural Immersion

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Churches & Squares Walking Tour: Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Sant’Ignazio, San Luigi dei Francesi (Caravaggio)
Lunch break 
Vatican Museum & St. Peter’s Basilica
The museum displays works from the immense collection amassed by popes throughout the centuries including several of the most renowned Roman sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. The museums contain roughly 70,000 works, of which 20,000 are on display, and currently employ 640 people who work in 40 different administrative, scholarly, and restoration departments.

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Borghese Gallery & Park
The Borghese Gallery, located in the heart of Villa Borghese in Rome, houses a prestigious collection of artworks by Caravaggio, Bernini, Canova, and Raphael. Surrounding it, Villa Borghese Park offers a vast green space with gardens, lakes, and panoramic views, ideal for walks, picnics, and relaxation, as well as hosting other museums and cultural attractions.
Lunch break 
Piazza del Popolo
Pincio Lookout Point & Santa Maria del Popolo
Trastevere Walking Tour
Santa Maria in Trastevere, Bramante’s Tempietto, & Gianicolo Lookout Point

Train to Florence (approx. 2 Hours)
Lunch Break at Central Market
Florence Walking Tour
The Duomo, Piazza della Signoria, Loggia dei Lanzi, Ponte Vecchio, Palazzo Pitti

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Accademia Gallery
Best known for Michelangelo’s David
Uffizi Gallery
The greatest Renaissance art collection in the world
Santo Spirito, Santa Maria del Carmine & Brancacci Chapel

Breakfast & Day Briefing
Train to Venice (approx. 2 hours)
Venice Walking Tour
Madonna dell’Orto, San Zanipolo, & Rialto Bridge
Free Time & Cultural Immersion
Return to Florence

Breakfast
Visit to S.Maria in Fiore
The iconic dome by Brunelleschi, is a Gothic-Renaissance masterpiece. Giotto’s Campanile offers spectacular views of the city. Facing the Duomo, the Baptistery of San Giovanni, one of Florence's oldest buildings, is known for its bronze doors, especially Ghiberti’s "Gates of Paradise," and its interior mosaics depicting the Last Judgment.
Free time to enjoy the city 

Breakfast
Train to Rome
GNAM: National Gallery of Modern Art - The National Gallery of Modern Art (also GNAM) is the largest collection of modern Italian art. Located in Rome, has over 4,400 works of painting and sculpture and some 13,000 drawings and prints by artists - mostly Italian -nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In its 55 rooms you can see the masterpieces of the collection. It is the only national museum dedicated to modern art.
Farewell Dinner Aperitivo & Program Closing

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