Uffizi Museum, Florence
Optional excursions are scheduled for afternoons. These include a visit to the Uffizi Museum, which holds Florence's inestimable collection of Renaissance paintings.
Optional excursions are scheduled for afternoons. These include a visit to the Uffizi Museum, which holds Florence's inestimable collection of Renaissance paintings.
In Florence we take in the major historical sites and visit places associated with Michelangelo, including his private home, the Medici Palace where he spent his youth, and the Medici Chapel, in which he melded architecture and sculpture into a…
Begin your learning adventure in Rome, the epicenter of Western Civilization. Take in the noble monuments and art of center city. Tour the Vatican complex and visit the splendid Borghese Villa and Museum. Venture back in time at the ancient…
On the way to Cortona, visit Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola and the fantasy garden of Bomarzo. Spend a day in romantic Cortona, with an evening cooking lesson. On a second day, tour vineyards in the Montalcino region, see the monastery…
Visit Arezzo for Piero della Francesca's frescoes and the palatial home of artist Giorgio Vasari. Tour Florence, the cradle of the Italian Renaissance. Take in such sites as the Cathedral and Baptistery, Uffizi Museum, Medici Palace and monastery of San…
We camp overnight in Peneda-Gerês National Park, recognized by UNESCO as a World Biosphere Reserve. We will examine how the park incorporates sustainable tourism and the conservation of a unique ecological space through a system of hiking trails, camping sites,…
We travel by bus to Santiago de Compostela, Spain, to visit the end of the Caminho, a rich cultural center of inestimable value and global significance that has UNESCO world heritage site status.