Illustrating Italy: March 8 – March 17, 2017
An art experience for Jackson Prep students
Trevi Fountain
March 8: Leave USA for Rome, Italy
March 9: Arrive Rome: check into the hotel, have a nice lunch in the area; sketch and/or photograph the Pantheon. Walking tour of the area; early dinner.
March 10: Visit the Colosseum, the Palatine Hill, the Forum, and the Capitoline Museum. There will be many opportunities for gesture sketches.
Ponte Vecchio, Florence
March 11: Travel by train to the Renaissance city of Florence. Take a walking tour of the city while creating your own art.
March 12: Visit the Uffizi Galleries and the Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David. Afternoon free for sketching.
The Grand Canal, Venice
March 13: Take the train to Venice at 8:30. Arrive Venice at 10:35. Take the vaporetto to the Accademia. Sketch from the bridge. Have lunch in the Zattere. Go to St. Mark’s and sketch. Leave Venice on the 6:25 train to arrive in Florence at 8:30. Dinner at 9:00.
March 14: Take a public bus to the walled city of Siena, spending the day sight-seeing and sketching.
March 15: Leave Florence by train. Arrive Rome. Visit the Borghese Galleries and the area of the Spanish Steps.
March 16: Visit the Vatican Museums and St. Peter’s Basilica. Enjoy a night tour of the famous Roman piazzas.
market, Bologna
Cost of Trip: $3976
What the price includes: All museums, transportation, hotels, breakfasts and dinners, transfers to and from the airport, down payment.
What this price does not include: Taxis from the train station, lunches, spending money.
A $250 non-refundable down payment insures your place. Checks should be addressed to Inside Italy and mailed to Inside Italy, 216 River Place, Jackson, MS 39211.
Payment plans:
Monthly June 2016 through February 2017, $414 + down payment.
Payments in halves due June 2016 and February 2017, $1863 +down payment.
Colosseum, Guttuso
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