SIE Italy 2010 Faculty and Staff:
Group A: Rome to FlorenceDavid Lux, Dean, College of A&S and Professor of History
Lori Johnson, Assistant to the VPAA and Director of Advising
Organizational Meeting For Spring Semester 2010 – Thursday, January 28, MRC 4
Draft Itinerary for Rome to Florence -- Group A
(Lux and Johnson)
Noon / Check-in and lunch
1 – 4:30 p.m. / Pre-departure class session
5:30 p.m. / Dinner
7 - 10 p.m. / Evening class activity and film
Day 2: May 25 -Tuesday
8: 00 – 9:00 a.m. / Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – noon / Pre-departure session
2:00 p.m. / Bus departure for Logan Airport
5:45p.m. / Overnight flight to Rome
Day 3: May 26 - Wednesday / Rome
7:45 a.m. / Arrival at Rome Fiumicino Airport
am: / API Orientation at Hotel
Hotel Tiziano
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 110
00186
+39 06 686 5019
Noon (or later) / Hotel check-in
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. / Walking tour and orientation to Rome’s public transportation system: Piazza del Popolo, Spanish Steps, Via dei Condotti, and the Trevi Fountain
5:00 p.m. / Guided walk to the Ghetto, Campo Fiori, Piazza Navona, and the Pantheon
7:00 p.m. / API Welcome Dinner
Day 4: May 27 - Thursday
a.m. / Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica
p.m. / Student Interest Group activities
p.m. / Galleria Borghese
Day 5: May 28 - Friday
a.m. / Coliseum, Roman Forum, and the Palatine
p.m. / Student Interest Group activities / Shopping
p.m. / Opera
Day 6: May 29 - Saturday
Tivoli: Villa d’Este and the Villa Adriana
Day 7: May 30 – Sunday / Departure for Florence
a.m. – p.m / Bus departs for Villa Medicea di Lilliano for tour of the wine cellar, olive oil processing, and gardens.
Typical Tuscan lunch at the Villa Medicea di Lilliano
p.m. / Hotel Check in:
Hotel de Lanzi
Via delle Oche 11 (red)
50122
+39 055 288 043
p.m. / Brief walking Tour of the historic center of Florence:
Duomo, P. Repubblica, Mercato Nuovo, Ponte Vecchio, and the Oltrarno
p.m. / API Dinner and Welcome Session @ Hotel Baglioni
Day 8: May 31 - Monday
a.m. / Duomo, San Lorenzo and the Central Market, Medici Chapel, and Santa Maria Novella
a.m. / GROM Tour
p.m. / Santa Croce and the Leather School
Day 9: June 1-Tuesday
a.m. / Museum of the Opificio delle Pietra Durè
The Restoration School
Galleria Accademia (Michelangelo’s David)
p.m. / Galleria degli Uffizi
p.m. / A Tavola – Cooking School
Day 10: June 2 – Wednesday
a.m. / Fiesole: Museum of Archaeology and the Roman Theatre
p.m. / Student Interest Group activities / Shopping
p.m. / API Farewell Dinner
Day 11: June 3 - Thursday
7:10 a.m. / Departure from Florence Airport
1:30 p.m. / Arrival at Boston Logan airport (optional bus returning to Bryant Campus
SIE Italy 2010 Faculty and Staff:
Group B: Florence to RomeRon Machtley, President
Kati Machtley, Director, Women’s Summit
Organizational Meeting For Spring Semester 2010 – Thursday, January 28, MRC 4
Draft Itinerary for Rome to Florence -- Group B
(Machtley and Machtley)
Noon / Check-in and lunch
1 – 4:30 p.m. / Pre-departure class session
5:30 p.m. / Dinner
7 - 10 p.m. / Evening class activity and film
Day 2: May 25 -Tuesday
8: 00 – 9:00 a.m. / Breakfast
9:00 a.m. – noon / Pre-departure session
2:00 p.m. / Bus departure for Logan Airport
5:45p.m. / Overnight flight to Rome
Day 3: May 26 - Wednesday
10:45 a.m. / Arrival at Florence Vespucci Airport
Noon (or later) / Hotel Check in:
Hotel de Lanzi
Via delle Oche 11 (red)
50122
+39 055 288 043
p.m. / Walking tour and orientation to the historic center of Florence:
Duomo, Piazza San Lorenzo, P. Repubblica, Mercato Nuovo, Ponte Vecchio, and Piazza della Signoria
p.m. / GROM Tour
p.m. / API Orientation at Hotel Baglioni
API Welcome Dinner
Day 4: May 27 - Thursday
a.m. / Museum of the Opificio delle Pietra Dure,
The Restoration School, and the Galleria dell’Accademia
p.m. / Student Interest Group activities / Shopping
p.m. (Evening) / Cooking School
Day 5: May 28 - Friday
p.m. / Artisan tour in the Oltrarno (including Giannini, Bartolozzi)
Day 6: May 29 - Saturday
a.m. / Galleria degli Uffizi
p.m. / Fiesole
Day 7: May 30 – Sunday
a.m. / Departure for Rome
Bus departs for Villa Medicea di Lilliano for tour of the wine cellar, olive oil processing, and gardens.
Typical Tuscan lunch at the Villa Medicea
p.m.
Evening / Arrival in Rome @ 6 p.m. (approx)
API Orientation at Hotel
Hotel Tiziano
Corso Vittorio Emanuele 110
00186
+39 06 686 5019
p.m. / Brief Walking tour to Piazza Navona and the Pantheon
Day 8: May 31 - Monday
a.m. / Coliseum, Forum, and Palatine
p.m. / Galleria della Villa Borghese
Day 9: June 1-Tuesday
a.m. / Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica
p.m. / Student Interest Group activities / Shopping i
Day 10: June 2 – Wednesday
a.m. and p.m. / (Tentative) Tivoli: Villa d’Este and the Villa Adriana
p.m. / API Farewell Dinner
Day 11: June 3 - Thursday
10:15 a.m. / Departure from Rome Fiumicino Airport
1:30 p.m. / Arrival at Boston Logan airport (optional bus returning to Bryant Campus