FIELDTRIPS
An important part of the curriculum is focused on guided tours, fieldtrips and cultural excursions. One to two full days every week will be devoted to such excursions; the preliminary schedule (subject to change) includes:
- a fieldtrip to Paestum, Pompeii, and the Vesuvio area;
- a fieldtrip to a Northern Italian city (usually it is Milan, Padua or Venice)
Full-day excursions to:
- Tarquinia and Cerveteri (two of the most important Etruscan towns, Tarquinia being especially famous for the painted tombs) - UNESCO sites
- Rome
- Florence
- Tivoli (where we will visit Hadrian's Villa, the astonishing architectural project of the Emperor Hadrian, and Villa d'Este)
- Perugia and Todi (two of the most beautiful Umbrian hill towns, with Etruscan, Roman, Medieval remains)
Guided visits to:
- Etruscan necropolis in Orvieto
- Archaeological sites in the Orvieto area
- Museums in Orvieto
- "Orvieto Underground", a special guided tour to the hidden, underground section of the town
We will also have a chance to experience some of the local most important traditions, tied with food, arts and crafts, with visits to an oil mill, a wine factory, a potter.
All costs (transportation, admissions to sites/museums, food and lodging for the 2/3 day trip to the Vesuvio area and North Italy) are included in the program fee.
A photo gallery of some excursions: