Travel
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Note 123 – Italy – Rome: The Imperial Era
Itinerary Day 6 – Today, after your breakfast at the hotel, you will start the day with the visit to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Then, you will proceed with the visit of St. Peter’s Basilica. Lunch on your own. In the afternoon, you will go to the Coliseum, Rome’s greatest amphitheater, commissioned by…
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Note 122 – Italy – Rome: Vatican City Highlights
Itinerary Day 6 – Today, after your breakfast at the hotel, you will start the day with the visit to the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel. Then, you will proceed with the visit of St. Peter’s Basilica. Lunch on your own. In the afternoon, you will go to the Coliseum, Rome’s greatest amphitheater, commissioned by…
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Note 121 –Italy – Pisa: More Than a Leaning Tower
Itinerary Day 5 – This morning you will say farewell to Florence and drive to Vinci, a picturesque town set among Tuscan hills, vineyards, and olive groves. You will visit Casa di Leonardo, a farm – house that was the birthplace of Leonardo da Vinci, which displays some reproductions of his works. From there you…
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Note 120 – Italy – Florence: Art and Architecture
Itinerary Day 4 – This morning you will begin with a walking tour of Florence. During the time that the Medici family was powerful in this area (14th -16th centuries), Florence was at the cultural and intellectual heart of Europe. You’ll stroll along Ponte Vecchio, the beautiful old bridge lined with shops spanning the Arno.…
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Note 119 – Italy – Assisi: Birthplace of St. Francis
Itinerary Day 1 – Depart for Rome Day 2 – You will arrive in Rome this morning where you will be met by your tour escort who will take you to your waiting motorcoach. You will then continue to Assisi, birthplace of St. Francis, where you will have dinner and overnight at your hotel. Day…
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Note 118 – Italy with Dr. Todd Still – Itinerary
In the fall of 2022, we went on a Baylor Alumni sponsored trip called In the Footsteps of Paul to Greece and Turkey. Several of our friends on that trip encouraged us to travel with Dr. Todd Still, the dean of Baylor’s Truett Seminary, on one of his trips to the Holy Land. We had…
Notes By Nancy 