Week One: Venice and the Veneto
May 11, Wednesday, day 1: depart Washington, D.C., Dulles for Venice (via Frankfurt)
Depart Washington, DC (IAD) 3:25 pm on Lufthansa (LH) flight #417
May 12, Thursday, day 2: arrive in Venice
Arrive in Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) at 5:20 am. Depart FRA on LH #324 at 8:05 am, with scheduled arrival in Venice, Italy (VCE) at 9:20 am. Transfer (boat taxi) from airport to hotel,
Centro Culturale Don Orione for six (6) nights, May 12-17,
Zattere Dorsoduro 909/A
30123 Venice – Italy
Phone 011 39 041522 4077
Here is a link to the UNESCO site for Venice and its Lagoon.
Lunch at 1:30: Ristorante San Trovaso
Sites: Church of the Gesuati, Sta. Maria della Salute, Grand Canal, Ponte della Costituzione
Reports: Ariana, Sta. M. della Salute; Emily, Ponte della Costituzione
May 13, Friday, day 3: Venice
Sites: Giardinetti Reali, Coffee House Pavilion, Piazza San Marco, Basilica di San Marco (10:00 am), Palazzo Ducale, Sansovino’s Library and Mint, Museo Correr, Carlo Scarpa’s Olivetti Showroom (1957-58)
Reports: Kyrstiane, Porta della Carta (Palazzo Ducale); Ariana, Tetrarchs (Basilica di San Marco); Lauren, Napoleon and Venice (Basilica di San Marco); Malin, Collecting ancient art in early modern Venice (Museo Correr and Piazza)
May 14, Saturday, day 4: day trip (trains) to Vicenza and Padua
Sites, Vicenza: Villa Rotonda, Villa Valmarana, Teatro Olimpico
Sites, Padua: Arena Chapel (5:30 pm), Basilica di Sant’Antonio, Donatello’s Gattamelata
May 15, Sunday, day 5: Venice
Sites: Accademia Galleries (9:00 am), Ca’ Rezzonico, Sta. M. Gloriosa dei Frari, Palazzo Mocenigo, Scuola Grande di S. Giovanni Evangelista
Report: Hallie, Tintoretto’s St. Mark paintings
May 16, Monday, day 6: Venice
Sites: Scuola Grande di San Rocco, S. Giacomo di Rialto, Rialto Bridge, Sta. M. dei Miracoli, SS. Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo), Scuola Grande di S. Marco, Strada Nuova, Jewish Ghetto
Report: Samantha, Verrocchio’s Bartolommeo Colleoni
May 17, Tuesday, day 7: Venice, Torcello, Murano
Sites, Venice: Pescheria (fish market), Ca’ da Mosto
Sites, Torcello: Sta. Fosca, Sta. M. Assunta, museum
Sites, Murano: lunch at Osteria al Duomo, SS. Maria e Donato
Week Two: Croatia
May 18, Wednesday, day 8: Venice to Pula (Croatia) by bus, via Slovenia; stop in
Poreč (Croatia)
Sites, Poreč: Roman town plan and temples, Basilica of Euphrasius
Arrive in Pula; two (2) nights at the Hotel Galija, May 18-19
Epulonova 3
52 100 Pula – Croatia
Phone 011 385 52 383 802
May 19, Thursday, day 9: Pula
Sites, Pula: open air market, Amphitheater, Twin Gates, Hercules’ Gate, archaeological museum, Roman theater, Arch of the Sergii, Sta. M. Formosa, Roman mosaic, Temple of Augustus and Roma, Forum, Cathedral, Kastel
Reports: Kyrstiane, Amphitheater; Hallie, Gladiatorial contests; Samantha, Arch of the Sergii; Rebekah, Temple of Augustus and Roma
May 20, Friday, day 10: Pula to Zadar by bus, stop in Opatia
Sites, Opatia: cliff walk and beach time
Arrive in Zadar; one (1) night at the Hostel Boutique Forum, May 20
Široka ulica 20
23000 Zadar – Croatia
Phone 011 38 5 023 250 705
Sites, Zadar: Roman forum, St. Donatus, Cathedral of St. Anastasia, Franciscan church and monastery
May 21, Saturday, day 11: Zadar to Split by bus, stop in Trogir
Sites, Zadar: Archaeological museum, Land Gate
Sites, Trogir: the Venetian city
Arrive in Split; three (3) nights at the Goli I Bosi Hostel, May 21-23
Morpurgova Poljana 2
21000 Split – Croatia
Phone 011 385 21 510 999
May 22, Sunday, day 12: Split
Sites, Split: Palace of Diocletian
Report: Malin, the Peristyle
May 23, Monday, day 13: day trip to Solin (Roman Salona)
Sites, Split: Archaeology Museum
Sites, Solin: the archaeological site of Roman Salona
Reports: Lauren, Roman baths; Emily, Roman aqueducts
May 24, Tuesday, day 14: Split to Dubrovnik (Croatia) via bus; stops in Narona (Croatia) and Mostar (Bosnia Herzegovina)
Sites, Narona: the Augusteum
Sites, Mostar: the Old Bridge
Sites, Dubrovnik: beach time
Arrive in Dubrovnik; two (2) nights at the Tirena/Valamar Club Hotel, May 24-25
Iva Dulčića 36
20 000 Dubrovnik – Croatia
Phone 011 385 20 445 100
May 25, Wednesday, day 15: Dubrovnik
Sites, Dubrovnik: Bus into the old town of Dubrovnik for a walking tour of the city and the city’s walls
Report: Rebekah, Dubrovnik’s walls
May 26, Thursday, day 16: Dubrovnik to Washington, D.C.
Depart Dubrovnik (DBV) on LH #1711 at 9:50 am, arriving in Munich (MUC) at 11:25 am. Transfer to LH #414 for Washington, DC (IAD), at 3:35 pm with scheduled arrival at 7:00 pm.