Lima Archaeological Museum The visit to the museum will be our plenary stop in Peru where students will get their initial exposure to ancient Peruvian culture. We anticipate spending 90-120 minutes at the museum before continuing onto the Larco Museum.
Machu Picchu Inca engineers cut off the entire top of a mountain to build this holiday retreat for their emperor, far away from the hustle and bustle of their Cuzco capital. At Machu Picchu’s highest elevation, we’ll see the Intiwatana, known in English as the Hitching Post of the Sun. Through places such as this,…
Colonial Churches of Cusco Gem-studded golden chalices, towering historic wooden crucifixes, Spanish religious painting traditions, ornate altars within enormous stone churches. These are some of the many colonial gems we will visit in Cusco. These visits offer students an opportunity to appreciate firsthand, the wealth and power of the conquistadors and the Spanish Crown.
Nazca Lines The Monkey. The Hummingbird. The Condor. These are just a few of the amazing Nazca Lines, which we’ll FLY over! From our small plane, we’ll be able to grasp why Nazca’s desert farmers took the time and effort to make these lines some 2,000 years ago.
Outside the City A day trip outside of Paris is always planned for each group. We have gone on so many adventures with our students. We have spent the night at Mont St. Michel and watched the tide come in. We climbed the towers of Notre Dame de Reims where kings were coronated. Biking through…
Opera, Ballet or Theatre Performance The stage thrives in Paris. Take in a concert under the stained glass windows of La Sainte Chapelle. Or possibly enjoy a ballet staged in the famous Palais Garnier where the Phantom of the Opera lives. Or see a theatrical performance of a French play at the National Theater. The…
Art Museums See the paintings that made Monet famous, or Delacroix’s masterpieces, or some zany surrealist art at one of the National Museums in Paris. Every summer, we take a tour with a docent who shows us exquisite art and then teaches us about all the scandals or stories told by these works.
French Picnic A quick French lesson to learn how to interact with merchants, then off to an open air market where we buy supplies for a picnic. Enjoy French cheeses, fresh bread, fruits, salads, and pastries.
Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica Vatican City is considered to be the center of the Roman Catholic Church and home to the Pope. The KIIS group will visit St. Peter’s Basilica, the Sistine Chapel and the Vatican Museum, all of which are the most popular landmarks of Vatican City.
Merida Museums Merida summer program offers additional activities and excursions such as the visit of several local museums: Museo de la canción yucateca, Museo de arte popular, Museo de la ciudad, language exchange in the English Library, Cementerio General, and many more fabulous places and free cultural events.