Pizza, Pasta and the Past: Adventures in Italy

6/25/2019

Earlier in June, a small group of Tabor students and two Tabor chaperones traveled to Italy. The focus of the trip was on art, history and culture, as they worked their way through thousands of years of history and hundreds of miles of coastline. The group of nine travelers began and ended the tour in Rome, heading south to the very tip of Italy’s boot before crossing into Sicily, trekking across that island including hiking an active Mt. Aetna, and heading back north to Rome. Along the way, they swam where the Ancient Greeks first landed in Sicily twenty-five centuries ago, saw Roman theatres, Bourbon castles, and Norman cathedrals, decorated meticulously by Arab Muslim artisans. In between times, they explored cities and towns, hunting down the best gelato and pizza, while trying to understand how today’s Italians live.

View the itinerary of the trip here:

Day 1 - Monday, June 10, 2019 Fiumicino & Rome

Fiumicino port and beach
Piazza Navona; Pantheon

Day 2 - Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Rome

Roman Colosseum & Forum
Vatican City; Sistine Chapel; St. Peter’s Basilica
Trevi Fountain; Spanish Steps

Day 3 - Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Capri & Sorrento

Ferry to Capri island through the Tyrrhenian Sea
Boat cruise tour of Capri; walk to Giardini di Augusto (is this the correct name?)
Ferry to Sorrento

Day 4 - Thursday, June 13, 2019 Messina & Giardini Naxos

Long bus ride through Reggio Calabria and ferry to Messina
Swimming in the Ionian Sea

Day 5 - Friday, June 14, 2019 Taormina & Etna

Tour of Taormina: ancient theater of Taormina and English gardens of Florence Trevelyan

Mount Etna

Day 6 - Saturday, June 15, 2019 Siracusa

Tour of Siracusa: ancient theater; limestone quarries; the Ear of Dionysus
Town of Ortygia: kayak water polo; small windy streets

Day 7 - Sunday, June 16, 2019 Palermo

Tour of Palermo: Teatro Massimo; walk down the main street to Quattro Canti with the four corners; San Cataldo church (arabic style three domes and tower)
Visit to the Cathedral of Monreale
Return to Palermo: Cappella Palatina; Palazzo dei Normanni; Palermo Cathedral

Day 8 - Monday, June 17, 2019 Pompeii

Tour of Pompeii
Return to Rome

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