Greece and Italy Program
2026 Schedule
Arriving in Crete, the students enjoy an introduction to Greece in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea. From there, students travel to various cities and towns in Greece and Italy for six weeks. The program ends in Venice.
Week 1: May 18 - May 22
Knossos
Monday, May 18
Minoan Palace at Knossos; King's Megaron, Queen's Megaron; Heraklion Archaeological Museum.
Mycenae
Tuesday, May 19
Lions’ Gate; Grave circle B; Megaron; Cistern; Treasury of Atreus.
Olympia
Wednesday, May 20
Propylon; Prytaneion; Altis; Temple of Hera; Temple of Zeus; Thesauroi; Philipeion; Zanes; Stadion; Paleastra.
Delphi
Thursday, May 21
Temenos of Athena Pronaia, Thesauroi, Temple of Apollo, Theater; Stadion; Archaeological Museum.
Epidaurus
Friday, May 22
Epidaurus; Propylaea; Sanctuary of Asklepios; Tholos; Theater; Archaeological Museum.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 23
Recommended trips/studies: Cycladic Museum; Keramikos Archaeological Museum, Lyceum of Aristotle, Temple of Poseidon
Individual Study Day
Sunday, May 24
Recommended trips/studies: Temple of Aphaia, Aigina (500 BCE); Pnyx, Areios Pagos, Niarchos Foundation, Calatrava Stadium
Week 2: May 25 - May 31
Athens: Acropolis
Monday, May 25
Acropolis Museum; Theater of Dionysus; Asklepion; Odeion of Herodes Atticus; Acropolis: Propylaea, Temple of Athena Nike; Erechtheion, Parthenon.
Athens: Classical Hellenistic and Roman
Tuesday, May 26
Classical Agora; Panathenaikon Stadion; Olympeion; Hadrian’s Gate; Lysicrates monument; Roman Agora.
Athens: National Archaeological Museum and Agora
Wednesday, May 27
National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
Paestum Archeological Museum
Thursday, May 28
Workshop II: Tessellations and Tilings
Paestum
Friday, May 29
Temple of Hera I; Hera II; Agora; Roman Forum; Amphitheater; Bouleuterion; Heroon; Temple of Athena; Archaeological Museum.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, May 30
Recommended trips/studies: Naples Archaeological museum; Oplontis; Villa Poppea, Stabia; Villa Boscoreale.
Individual Study Day
Sunday, May 31
Recommended trips/studies: Neapolis; Ischia; Pithekoussai; Cumae; Capri.
Week 3: June 1 - June 7
Pompeii
Monday, June 1
Porta Marina; Forum; Temple of Apollo; Basilica; Building of Eumachia; Temple of Vespasian; House of the Faun.
Forum & Palatine
Tuesday, June 2
Arch of Septimius Severus; Mundus; Rostra; Hypogeum; Basilica Julia; Basilica Aemilia; Comitium; Lapis Niger; Curia; Temple of Deified Julius; Regia; Temple of Vesta and Atrium Vestae; Tomb of Romulus; Basilica Maxentius and Constantine; Temple of Roma Amor; Antiquarium. Palatine: Lupercal; Domus Augustana; Domus Flavia; Stadium; Museum
Early Imperial Rome
Wednesday, June 3
Capitoline Museums, Forum of Augustus;Forum of Peace; Forum Transitorium; Domus Aurea; Colosseum;
High Imperial Rome
Thursday, June 4
Pantheon; Trajan's Forum and Markets; National Museum of Roman Art; Baths of Diocletian.
Ostia Antica
Friday, June 5
Necropolis; Porta Romana; Castrum; Hortii, Forum, Forum Baths, Insula of Diana, Insula of Thermopolium, Garden Apartments, Baths of Porta Marina; Square of the Guilds; Theater; Baths of Neptune.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 6
Recommended trips/studies: Temple of Hadrian; Mausoleum of Hadrian.
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 7
Recommended trips/studies: Ara Pacis Museum; Column of Marcus Aurelius; Mausoleum of Augustus.
Week 4: June 8 - June 12
Late Classical/Medieval Rome
Monday, June 8
Santa Constanza; San Clemente; Arch of Constantine; Santa Sabina.
Renaissance Rome and Urban Planning
Tuesday, June 9
Tempietto; Villa Farnesina; Palazzi Massimi; Palazzo Farnese; Cancelleria; Santa Maria della Pace; Villa Giulia (1551) and Etruscan Museum.
Renaissance Villas and Roman Precedents
Wednesday, June 10
Villa d’Este (1570); Villa Adriana (130 CE)
Vatican
Thursday, June 11
Vatican Museums, St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza di San Pietro
Baroque Rome
Friday, June 12
St. Andrea al Quirinale; St. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane; Fontana dell' Acqua Felice; S Maria della Vittoria - Cornaro Chapel; Villa Borghese; Porta Flaminia; S Maria del Popolo; Piazza del Popolo and Pope Sixtus V; Flaminio Obelisk.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 13
Recommended trips/studies: Museo della Civilta Romana in EUR (history of the city of Rome and the enormous model of the city)
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 14
Recommended trips/studies: MAXXI Museum
Week 5: June 15 - June 21
Florence
Monday, June 15
San Miniato al Monte
Medieval and Early Renaissance Florence
Tuesday, June 16
San Marco; Foundling Hospital; Basilica of San Lorenzo, Old Sacristy; National Museum of the Bargello; Ponte Vecchio; Piazza della Signoria; Palazzo Vecchio
Renaissance Florence
Wednesday, June 17
Baptistery; Brunelleschi’s Dome; Museo del Duomo; Orsanmichele; Intro to Uffizi Gallery.
Renaissance Palazzi
Thursday, June 18
Loggia dei Lanzi; Palazzo Medici Riccardi; Palazzo Rucellai; Palazzo Gondi; Palazzo Strozzi.
High Renaissance Florence
Friday, June 19
Santa Croce / Pazzi Chapel; Santa Maria Novella; New Sacristy at San Lorenzo; Laurentian Library; Santo Spirito; Palazzo Pitti and Boboli Gardens.
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 20
Recommended trips/studies: Archealogical Museum; Museum of Science; Fiesole
Individual Study Day
Sunday, June 21
Recommended trips/studies: Train trip to Pisa to visit the Cathedral, Baptistry and Leaning Tower. San Gimignano; Lucca; Cinque Terre
Week 6: June 22 - June 27
Vicenza
Monday, June 22
Villa Valmarana ai Nani; Villa Rotonda
Palladio’s Vicenza
Tuesday, June 23
Basilica (1549), Palazzo Chiericati (1550), Teatro Olimpico
Veneto Urbanism
Wednesday, June 24
Basilica Palladiana, Palladio's Loggia del Capitaniato
Venice Urbanism
Thursday, June 25
Rialto Bridge; Palazzi on the Grand Canal; Piazza San Marco, Basilica, Palazzo Ducale, Querrini Stampalia
Venice Biennale
Friday, June 26
Giardini Biennale
Individual Study Day
Saturday, June 27
Recommended trips/studies: Accademia Gallery; Peggy Guggenheim Museum; Scarpa's Querrini Stampalia; Ca’Rezzonico; Ca’ d’Oro.