Customized Tour
Group Leader's name: Kathryn Johnson
Requested return date: 5/26/2022
The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you. Every detail from local restaurants to cultural discoveries has been customized by your professor for your group. Take a look at your personal itinerary for a sneak peek of what's in store.
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy
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Day 2: Milan • Turin
Meet your Field Director at the airportTravel to Turin
Enjoy dinner in Turin, an area famous for playing host to Slow Food’s Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre conferences
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Day 3: Turin • Cuneo region
Travel via Turin sites to the Cuneo region, known for its specialized pasta called ravioli al plin
Take a tour of Turin
With an expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza San Carlo, located between the impressive San Carlo and Santa Christina churches
- The Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista, where the Shroud of Turin is kept
Enjoy dinner in Cuneo Region
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Day 4: Cuneo region
Visit Piedmont Farm, where you will:
- Attend a cheese making demonstration
- See traditional pig farming
Visit the Banca del Vino, the renowned museum and storage facility of the world’s most prestigious wines
Enjoy lunch at Piedmont Farm and sample delicious farm products
Spend a half day exploring Cuneo on your own
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Day 5: Cuneo region • Liguria region • Florence
Travel to Florence via Liguria, known for its fresh seafood and fragrant herbs
Enjoy dinner in Florence
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Day 6: Florence
Take a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria, which is lined with classic statues
- Ponte Vecchio, a medieval bridge where many of Florence’s famed leather and gold artisans still keep shop
- Basilica of Santa Croce, where Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Galileo and others are buried
- Gates of Paradise, bronzed doors that depict scenes from the Old Testament and are considered an icon of the Renaissance
Add this in-depth excursionTuscan wine tasting
Sample the distinctive wines of the Tuscan region.
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Day 7: Florence • San Miniato • Bologna
Take an excursion to San Miniato, best known in culinary circles for its white truffles
Enjoy a local food tasting
Enjoy a Tuscan virgin olive oil tasting, and learn how olive oil is made and sample a variety of mouth-watering delicacies
Enjoy lunch at a Slow Food Association restaurant, made in accordance to traditional Slow Food methods
Travel to Bologna, well-known for its famous dish—tagliatelle al Ragù—commonly known as spaghetti Bolognese
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Day 8: Bologna
Visit the University of Bologna, the oldest existing university in Europe founded in 1088
Take a tour of Bologna
With an expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza del Nettuno, which features a once-controversial statue of Neptune and the seductive sirens
- Basilica di San Petronio, Bologna's beloved church which was the site of Charles V coronation
- Palazzo Comunale, Bologna’s 14th-century town hall
Test your culinary skills and learn from the experts in a cooking class, enjoying your tasty creation at the end
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Day 9: Bologna • Parma • Milan Region
Travel to the Milan Region via Parma, another culinary capital known for its meats and cheeses
Visit a local Parmigiano cheese factory to test and savor one of their most prominent local culinary traditions
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Day 10: Depart for home
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Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy
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Day 2: Milan • Turin
Meet your Field Director at the airportTravel to Turin
Enjoy dinner in Turin, an area famous for playing host to Slow Food’s Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre conferences
-
Day 3: Turin • Cuneo region
Travel via Turin sites to the Cuneo region, known for its specialized pasta called ravioli al plin
Take a tour of Turin
With an expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza San Carlo, located between the impressive San Carlo and Santa Christina churches
- The Cathedral of San Giovanni Battista, where the Shroud of Turin is kept
Enjoy dinner in Cuneo Region
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Day 4: Cuneo region
Visit Piedmont Farm, where you will:
- Attend a cheese making demonstration
- See traditional pig farming
Visit the Banca del Vino, the renowned museum and storage facility of the world’s most prestigious wines
Enjoy lunch at Piedmont Farm and sample delicious farm products
Spend a half day exploring Cuneo on your own
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Day 5: Cuneo region • Liguria region • Florence
Travel to Florence via Liguria, known for its fresh seafood and fragrant herbs
Enjoy dinner in Florence
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Day 6: Florence
Take a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria, which is lined with classic statues
- Ponte Vecchio, a medieval bridge where many of Florence’s famed leather and gold artisans still keep shop
- Basilica of Santa Croce, where Michelangelo, Machiavelli, Galileo and others are buried
- Gates of Paradise, bronzed doors that depict scenes from the Old Testament and are considered an icon of the Renaissance
Add this in-depth excursionTuscan wine tasting
Sample the distinctive wines of the Tuscan region.
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Day 7: Florence • San Miniato • Bologna
Take an excursion to San Miniato, best known in culinary circles for its white truffles
Enjoy a local food tasting
Enjoy a Tuscan virgin olive oil tasting, and learn how olive oil is made and sample a variety of mouth-watering delicacies
Enjoy lunch at a Slow Food Association restaurant, made in accordance to traditional Slow Food methods
Travel to Bologna, well-known for its famous dish—tagliatelle al Ragù—commonly known as spaghetti Bolognese
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Day 8: Bologna
Visit the University of Bologna, the oldest existing university in Europe founded in 1088
Take a tour of Bologna
With an expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza del Nettuno, which features a once-controversial statue of Neptune and the seductive sirens
- Basilica di San Petronio, Bologna's beloved church which was the site of Charles V coronation
- Palazzo Comunale, Bologna’s 14th-century town hall
Test your culinary skills and learn from the experts in a cooking class, enjoying your tasty creation at the end
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Day 9: Bologna • Parma • Milan Region
Travel to the Milan Region via Parma, another culinary capital known for its meats and cheeses
Visit a local Parmigiano cheese factory to test and savor one of their most prominent local culinary traditions
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Day 10: Depart for home
Building skills for a global world
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| 97% growth in the number of students who were confident navigating unfamiliar places post study abroad.1 | 93% of students who studied abroad and entered the workforce were employed within 6 months of graduation, compared to 49% who did not study abroad.2 | Students who studied abroad saw 100% greater improvement in GPA.3 |
*Sources: 1: EF Study Abroad Program Impact 2018; 2: IES Abroad 2015; 3: Georgia Learning Outcomes of Students Studying Abroad Research Initiative 2010
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