ROMtravel – World Cultures Tour Let our experts be your guides Palazzi & Palladio in Northeast Italy May 8 – 19, 2017 This trip, featuring Resource Person Ken Hotels Bartlett, will show you the wonderful sights of Bologna Hotel Corona D’Oro 5 nights Northeast Italy that so many miss! Verona Due Torre Hotel 3 nights We will see beautiful palaces, including Day 6 Bologna – Verona Before leaving Bologna, we’ll see the Mira Hotel Villa Franceschi 3 nights the Gonzaga family’s impressive Palazzo Archiginnasio with its anatomical theatre, and Ducale in Mantua, the Palazzo dei Diamante Resource Person in Ferrara with its façade covered in marble Palazzo Poggi, both part of one of Europe’s oldest universities. Later, visit the Madonna Dr. Kenneth Bartlett is “diamonds”, and Parma’s Palazzo della di San Luca and transfer to Verona. Professor of History & Pilotta. Renaissance Studies at In the Veneto, we’ll discover the work of Day 7 Mantua Day trip to Mantua, visiting the duke’s Victoria College, Andrea Palladio, perhaps Europe’s most apartments in the Palazzo Ducale, Basilica di University of influential architect. In the 16th century he Sant’Andrea, Palazzo d’Arco, and Palazzo Te. Toronto. He is author designed the Villa La Rotonda, an Day 8 Valpolicella & Verona of A Short History of architectural icon epitomizing Palladian style, This morning will be a treat: a Valpolicella the Italian Renaissance, the Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza, and many winery visit, villa tour and wine tasting with The Civilization of the others. lunch. After, a walking tour of Verona, Italian Renaissance and The English in Italy: Giotto’s ground-breaking frescoes in the including the Roman Arena and castle. A Study in Culture and Politics as well as 5 Scrovegni Chapel in Padua will astonish us, as Day 9 Verona – Mira video series, including the most recent, The will Ravenna’s splendid Byzantine mosaics. Today, transfer to Mira on the Brenta Canal. Guide to Essential Italy, with the Smithsonian We will stroll the piazzas of romantic Verona On our way, visit Palladio’s Villa Foscari Institution – and many other books, and see “Juliet’s House”, once reputedly (“La Malcontenta”) and Villa Pisani. translations and articles on Italian history and owned by the family on which Shakespeare’s Day 10 Vicenza & Palladian Villas culture. A frequent traveller to Italy and a Capulets were based. And did you know that A tour of Palladian Vicenza, the Villa La regular instructor in summer abroad programs Bologna has not one, but two, leaning towers? Rotonda and Villa Valmarana ai Nani. in Siena, Ken will enlighten us and enrich our This region is particularly known for its Day 11 Padua experience. food, and it will be a highlight, as will the Excursion to Padua to see the Scrovegni ROMtravel Coordinator wines, including Valpolicella and prosecco. Chapel, the university’s historic Palazzo Bo as Anne Lindsey is a Trustee of the ROM, a past Tour Itinerary and Highlights well as the Basilica di Sant’Antonio with its Co-Chair of ROMtravel, and an experienced Day 1 Bologna Donatello altar panels. Farewell Dinner. traveller. Her interests include archaeology, Individual arrivals at the hotel in Bologna. Day 12 Mira art and cuisine. She has coordinated ROM Orientation walk and welcome reception. Group transfer to Venice airport for individual trips to Sicily, the Dalmatian Coast & Venice, Day 2 Bologna departures. Tuscany & Umbria and Uzbekistan. Tour of the city including Piazza Maggiore, Basilica San Petronio, Piazza di Nettuno, Piazza di Porta Ravegnana & Due Torri. Tour Cost Welcome dinner. Double Occupancy $8,995 Day 3 Ravenna Single Supplement 1,400 A full day in Ravenna to visit the golden 6th century mosaics of the Basilica di San Vitale, Tour begins at the hotel in Bologna and ends at the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia and more. Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE). Day 4 Ferrara International flight costs to/from your home Our day in Ferrara will include the moated and Italy are NOT included. Castello Estense, 12th century Duomo, Palazzina di Marfisa d’Este, Palazzo Photos Schifanoia, and Palazzo dei Diamante. Villa La Rotonda, near Vicenza, courtesy of Day 5 Parma Wikipedia and Mark Beston Tour Parma’s Duomo, Baptistry and Teatro . Duomo, Ferrara, courtesy of Wikipedia and Herbert Ortner Farnese. Taste balsamic vinegar near Modena . Giotto’s Life of Christ, Last Supper (detail), at the Villa Donnino. Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, courtesy of Wikipedia Terms & Conditions Palazzi & Palladio in Northeast Italy May 8 – 19, 2017 Tour Cost Insurance Double Occupancy: $8,995 per person Comprehensive insurance to afford protection against penalties caused by Single Supplement: $1,400 cancellation of trip due to injury, illness or death of tour participant or Tour cost does NOT include international flight costs to/from your home member of participant's family is recommended. It is TIPS insurance, and Italy. Georgia Hardy Tours can assist with booking flights. underwritten by Reliable Life Insurance Company. The insurance premium is NE Italy Tour Cost Includes non-refundable and must be submitted at time of deposit. A waiver will be . Group coach transfer from hotel to Venice Airport on Day 12 for those necessary if insurance is not taken. Ontario taxes are included in the quoted prices. The rates quoted are subject to change until insurance policy is issued. departing at or after the departure time of the ROMtravel Coordinator. Porterage of one standard-sized suitcase per person at the hotels. Based on accommodation in double occupancy room (tax included) . Ground transportation in a deluxe, air-conditioned coach for transfers and Age All Non- Age All Non-Medical Inclusive Medical Inclusive excursions as per itinerary. To 59 $420.77 $391.39 70-74 $856.49 $655.45 . Shared accommodation in double occupancy room with private facilities. 60-64 $519.26 $464.83 75-79 $1,279.80 $1,057.32 . Meals: Buffet breakfast daily, 3 lunches and 7 dinners with wine, including water and coffee or tea. Bottled water daily on the bus. Welcome Reception 65-69 $670.14 $566.41 80-84 $1,680.48 $1,379.16 with wine and finger foods. For single accommodation, or for those aged 85 and over, or for other . 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