12 Rome
Day 1 Thursday, February 17
| 7:00 am | Bus leaves from Urbino (Borgo Mercatale) for Rome |
| 11:30 am | Bus arrives at Hotel Pacific. Check-in, eat lunch on your own |
| 1:00 pm | Leave the hotel as a group. Walk to St. Peter’s Basilica. |
| 2:00 | Presentation by Team Charlemagne at the location where Charlemagne was crowned emperor in 800 CE. (Team members will each present to one of the other teams) |
| 3:00 | Tour St. Peter’s with Dr. Fachechi (using Whisper units) |
| 3:30 | Walk to hotel. |
| 5:00 | Depart via Metro for Teatro dell’Opera di Roma. (Line A, Repubblica-Teatro dell’Opera) |
| 6:00 | Performance: Verdi’s Luisa Miller. Optional dinner afterwards. |
Day 2 Friday, February 18
The Vatican Museums
| 8:00 am | Leave hotel together, walk to the Vatican. Meet Prof. Fachechi. |
| 9:00 | Enter Vatican. Visit Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s School of Athens, and other sites. |
| 1:00 | Enter Vatican. Visit Sistine Chapel, Raphael’s School of Athens, and other sites. |
| 3:00 | Presentation by Team Reformation/Counter-Reformation near the Fontana dei Quattro. |
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Lunch on your own.
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| Walk to Piazza Navona (18 minute walk) Fiumi by Bernini. (Team members will each present to one of the other teams) | |
| 4:00 | Visit Sta. Agnese in Agone Church, the Pantheon and Raffaello’s tomb |
| 5:00 |
Free time |
Day 3 Saturday, February 19
Ancient and Medieval Rome
| 8:00 am | Depart hotel as a group. Take Metro A at Cipro station (direction Anagnina) to Termini stop. Walk to Collosseum. |
| 9:00 am | Colosseum, Arco di Constantino, Forum, Palatine Hill. |
| 1:00 | Lunch & Free time |
Day 4 Sunday, February 20
Bernini and Caravaggio
| Early morning: | free time or attend Mass at St. Peter’s: 9 am in Italian or 10:30 in Latin, and receive the Papal blessing at noon. Suggested alternative activity: climb Michelangelo’s dome. |
| 12:30 | Lunch |
| 2:00 | Meet Dr. Fachechi in front of S. Giovanni in Laterano, walk to S. Clemente, Santa Maria della Vittoria (to view Bernini’s Santa Teresa in Estasi), Trevi Fountain, San Luigi dei Francesi (to see Caravaggio’s Calling of San Matteo), Trastevere |
| 5:00 | Free time |
Day 5 Monday, February 21 (extended day)
| 8 am | depart for Catacombs of San Sebastiano http://www.catacombe.org/info.html#Walk on Appian Way; visit grave of Keats and Shelley in Protestant Cemetery). Lunch along the Appian Way |
| 3 pm | Departure from Hotel by bus |
Other suggested sites to visit on your own:
For everyone who loves art and architecture (generally speaking):
- Musei Capitolini (specially Palazzo dei Conservatori)
- S. Maria in Cosmedin (also to see the Bocca di Verita)
- S. Maria Maggiore (also for its beautiful mosaics)
- S. Maria degli Angeli (Diocletian Baths converted by Michelangelo in a church)
- Via del Quirinale (S. Andrea, S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, S. Maria della Vittoria) to see important Baroque architecture and sculptures
- S. Pietro in Vincoli (to see the Moses by Michelangelo)
- Centrale Montemartini (to see an interesting match between ancient artworks and modern display)
- SS. Cosma e Damiano
- Piazza Venezia
- S. Ignazio
- Piazza Navona
- Museo Nazionale Romano
- Spanish Steps (including the nearby house where Keats died)
For everyone who loves Contemporary art and architecture:
- MAXXI (by Zaha Hadid)
- MACRO via Reggio Emilia (by Odile Decq)
- Auditorium Parco della Musica (by Renzo Piano)
- the Cloud at EUR (by Massimiliano Fuksas)
- the church Tor Tre Teste (by Richard Meier)
For everyone who loves shopping:
- expensive shopping streets: via Condotti, via Frattina and all the streets surrounding the Spanish Steps
- more affordable shopping streets: via del Corso, via Nazionale, via Cola di Rienzo
For everyone who loves night life:
- Campo de’ Fiori
- Piazza Trilussa-Trastevere
- Monti
- Pigneto
NOTES
In order to have reduced price, always take your Student ID Card with you. Also don’t forget to bring your “Super Green Pass” and your passport.
Have fun! Buon divertimento!