BREVARD COLLEGE
SOUTH ITALY AND SICILY
MAY 11-24, 2003
Led
by Professors Jim Reynolds, Robert Bauslaugh, and Anne Chapin
| May 11 | Departure day; fly to Rome.
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| May 12 | Arrive in Rome; head out to the Colosseum.
Night in Rome at the Hotel Alpi.
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| May 13 | Rome: Roman forum, Imperial fora, Palatine Hill, Capitoline
Hill, and the
Pantheon.
Night in Rome at the Hotel Alpi.
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| May 14 |
Rome. Morning: Vatican Museum and St. Peter's. Afternoon: Sta. Domitilla's Catacomb. Night in Rome at the Hotel Alpi
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| May 15 | Pompeii: Bus to Pompeii; afternoon visit Pompeii.
Night in Pompeii at the Hotel Forum.
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| May 16 |
Morning: Bus tour of the north side of the Bay of Naples: visit the Phlaegrean Fields (Campi Flegrei), the Solfatara Volcano, the Museum of the Phlaegrean Fields at the Castle of Baia, Roman amphitheater at Puteoli, and Cumae. Night in Pompeii at the Hotel Forum.
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| May 17 |
Morning: Visit Roman villa at Oplontis, the Villa of the Papyri, and Herculaneum. Afternoon: Naples Archaeological Museum. Night train to Milazzo, Sicily.
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| May 18 | Afternoon hydrofoil to Stromboli; upon arrival,
climb volcano (bring flashlights!).
Night at the Hotel Villaggio Stromboli
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| May 19 | Morning hydrofoil to Lipari; visit archaeological museum, obsidian fields,
volcanic formations.
Night in Hotel Villa Augustus.
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| May 20 | Morning hydrofoil to Milazzo, Sicily; bus
to Mt. Etna.
Afternoon: visit Greek Theater in Taormina. Night in Hotel Villa Esperia, Taormina, Sicily
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| May 21 |
Morning: bus to Syracuse, visit Greek theater, Cathedral and Museo Arch. Regionale in the morning and early afternoon. Afternoon: Catacombs of S. Giovanni; and geological tour of area. Night in Relax Hotel, Syracuse, Sicily
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| May 22 |
Agrigento: Morning: Visit Morgantina and Roman villa at Piazza Armerina Afternoon: Visit Agrigento, Valley of Temples and museum Night in Akrabello Hotel, Agrigento, Sicily
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| May 23 | Palermo: Bus to Selinus, Cave di Cusa and Segesta; continue
bus tour to Palermo.
Night in Hotel Athenaeum, Palermo, Sicily.
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| May 24 | Return flights from Palermo - Rome - home (?) |