Itinerary Weber State Renaissance Europe 4.15.13.DRAFT

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11 Day Evolution of the Renaissance TourFlorence, Provence, Shakespeares England

May 21-31, 2013


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DAY ONE Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Salt Lake City8:05am

11:05am

Check in at Salt Lake City Intl Airport.

Depart Salt Lake City International Airport on Delta flt# 619

DAY TWO Wednesday, May 22, 2013 Florence8:05am

10:00am

11:50am

Arrive Amsterdam, Schiphol Intl Airport.

Depart Amsterdam on KLM flt# 1583.

Arrive Bologna, Guglielmo Marconi International Airport.

Meet your English-speaking Contemporary ToursRepresentative.

Transfer by motor coach to Florence.

The Renaissance was a rebirth that occurred

throughout most of Europe. However, the changes that we associate with the Renaissance first occurred in theItalian city of Florence and continued to be more

pervasive there than anywhere else. The city'seconomy and its writers, painters, architects, and

philosophers all made Florence a model of Renaissanceculture.

Using your museum pass and public transportation visit the

Bapistry, an elegant octagon with a glistening Ventian mosaicin the dome. The bronze doors are of different periods, theEast Door was dubbed the door of Paradise by Michelangelo.

Afterwards continue to the Duomo, which was completed byBrunelleschi; the Campanile; and the Ponte Vecchio, theoldest bridge in Florence and one of the only bridges in Italy


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to have survived allied bombing during World War II.

Check in to the Hotel Kursaal & Ausonia for your three nightstay in Florence.

Evening free.

DAY THREE Thursday, May 23, 2013 Florence

Breakfast at your hotel.

Using your museum pass and public transportation tour of Medici Palace with your group leaders.

Built in the mid fifteenth century by Michelangelo oncommission from the Medici, the building became theprototype of Renaissance civil architecture. The robust andaustere pile of the mansion, originally designed as a sort of cube, was for at least a century the most direct andefficacious symbol of the political and cultural primacy of theMedici in Florence.


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Next tour the San Marco Monastery all included with yourFlorence Museum pass.

San Marco is now a museum housing many of the paintingsand frescoes by Beato and Bartlomeo. Every one of themonks' cells on the upper floor has its own fresco.

The balance of the day as directed by your group leaders.

DAY FOUR Friday, May 24, 2013 Florence


Visit the Uffizi Gallery with your group leaders.

Tour the Uffizzi Galleries. The Uffizi is one of the world's greatmuseums, and the single best introduction to Renaissancepainting, with works by Giotto, Masaccio, Paolo Uccello,Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Perugino, Michelangelo,


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Raphael Sanzio, Titian, Caravaggio, and the list goes on. Themuseum is deceptively small. What looks like a small stretchof gallery space can easily gobble up half a day -- manyrooms suffer the fate of containing nothing but masterpieces.

The balance of the day free.

DAY FIVE Saturday, May 25, 2013 Florence/Avignon


Check out of your hotel.

Depart Florence by motorcoach.

Stop in Nice for arranged lunch.

Nice , Queen of the Cte d Azur, city of charm and international tourism. The capital of the Riviera, Nice isa delightful and important town in a beautiful setting onthe Baie des Anges. The city has preserved its colorful old town, baroque churches and extensive flower market.


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Nice itself is an attraction: the rich blue-green sea, diverseshopping and lovely art-deco faades. But there are severalspots that a visitor can enjoy, such as the Cours SaleyaFlower Market, the Matisse Museum, ancient Roman ruins, theRussian Cathedral and more. Nice is second only to Paris inthe number of museums and galleries.

Lecture and discussion en-route on your motorcoach.

Arrive Avignon.

Check into Hotel Regina for your three-night say in Avignon.

Avignon is a great city in the south of France and ishome to the beautiful Pope's Palace. This enchanting

historical city was built has a rich history with a large part of the city walls still in place. The walls offer agreat impression of how magnificent the city onewas.


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Evening free.

DAY SIX Sunday, May 26, 2013 Avignon


Guided walking tour of Avignon.

Begin with the Palace of Popes in Avignon.

Avignon became the residence of the Popes in 1309, fleeingthe violent chaos of Rome. The Palace was built between 1335and 1364 on a natural rocky outcrop at the northern edge of Avignon, overlooking the river Rhne


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Visit the St. Benezet Bridge.

The bridge was built between 1171 and 1185, with an originallength of some 2950 ft, but it suffered frequent collapsesduring floods and had to be reconstructed several times.Several arches were already missing (and spanned by woodensections) before the remainder was damaged beyond repair in1660. Only four of the bridge's original 22 arches remaintoday.

Afternoon free.

Optional visit to the Petrarch Homestead at your ownexpense.

Evening free.

DAY SEVEN Monday, May 27, 2013 Avignon/Arles/Avignon


Transfer to the rail station.


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Depart Avignon on a morning train.

Arrive Arles.

Meet your local guide upon arrival and begin touring Arles.

Arles was made famous in recent times by painters Van Goghand Gaugin, but has been a center since Roman times, asevidenced by the wonderful Arena in the center of Arles, stillused for bullfights. The area around Arles is famous for itsnatural beauty, especially in the Camargue.

Visit the Roman Arena. The Arena was built around 1 B.C., orapproximately 125 years after the Romans colonized Arles andthe Rhne Delta. It seated 20,000 spectators on three tiers.Today, the Arena is used for bullfights concerts, operas, andtheatre performances.

Afternoon free in Arles.

Return to Avignon at your leisure by rail.


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DAY EIGHT Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Avignon/Strafford-upon-Avon

3:35pm

4:30pm

Breakfast at your hotel and check out.

Morning transfer to the Pont du Gard.

More than 1,250,000 tourists visit the Pont du Gard everyyear. The bridge is part of the aqueduct built around the year50 to transport water from the Eure spring near Uzs toNmes, a distance of over 30 miles.

Continue on to the Marseilles Airport.

Depart Marseilles on Ryan Air flt# 6542.

Arrive Stansted, UK.

Transfer by motorcoach to Stratford-upon-Avon.

Check into the Stretton House (or similar) for your three-nightstay in Stratford-upon-Avon.

DAY NINE Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Strafford-upon-Avon


Tour of Stratford-upon-Avon.

Enjoy a guided tour of this charming market town withcrooked half-timbered 16 th century buildings. Visit WilliamShakespeares birthplace and his wife Anne Hathawayscottage.


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In the evening Attend a performance of As you Like It at theRoyal Shakespeare Festival.

The aim of the Royal Shakespeare Festival is to keep modernaudiences in touch with Shakespeare as our contemporary.That means that in addition to the work of Shakespeare andhis contemporaries, the companys repertoire includes classicplays by international dramatists and works by living writers.

DAY TEN Thursday, May 30, 2013 Strafford-upon-Avon


Visit Kenilworth Castle.


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Immortalized and romanticized by Sir Walter Scott in his early19th century novel, Kenilworth is probably one of the finestruined castles to be seen in Britain today. Dramaticallyportrayed amidst the gentle rolling countryside of Warwickshire, Kenilworth Castle is a memorable landmark of the powerful Normans, and a fitting memorial to the powergames of Elizabethan England. The inner court contains arange of ruinous buildings dating from the 12th to the 16thcentury, including Leicesters Building. Remainingsubstantially intact are the great Tudor gatehouse andstabling block located in the outer court, both from RobertDudleys time. From a 17th century plan, the Tudor gardenshave been reconstructed in the form of a parterre.

Lecture and discussion lead by Bernard Capp and PeterMarshall (subject to confirmation)

Return to Stratford-upon-Avon.Evening free.

DAYLEVEN

Friday, May 31, 2013 Strafford-upon-Avon/Salt Lake City


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12:30pm

3:40pm

5:17pm

7:08pm

Breakfast at your hotel and check out.

Transfer to London Heathrow International Airport.

Depart London on Delta flt# 041

Arrive Minneapolis.(Clear US Customs and Immigrations)

Depart Minneapolis on Delta flt# 2333.

Arrive Salt Lake City International Airport.


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