Course Catalogue

Tours and Site Visits

SITE VISITS

In order to offer the student a comprehensive understanding of the city of Rome, site visits are organized and included in the educational program of the different courses. During the semester, there are various one-day tours to sites in the Rome area.

Traditionally we plan the following visits:

Campo Marzio - Capitoline Hill and Roman Forum - Capitoline Museums - Palatine Hill and Colosseum - Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II - Imperial Fora and Trajan's Market - Hadrian's Mausoleum - Crypta Balbii - Portico d'Ottavia - Teatro di Marcello - S.Clemente - Santo Stefano Rotondo - SS.Quattro Coronati - S.Giovanni in Laterano - Santa Maria in Trastevere - Palazzo Venezia - Villa Farnesina - Via Giulia - Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio - Saint Peter's Basilica and PiazzaVatican Museums – Villa Giulia - S. Maria della Vittoria - S. Susanna - Strada Sistina and Strada Pia - Piazza del Popolo - Museo Andersen - Quartiere Coppede’ - Foro Italico - ex-Gil in Trastevere - EUR - Palazzo dei Congressi - Museo della Civiltà Romana – Church in Tor Tre Teste, R. Meier - Ara Pacis Museum - Rome’s Auditorium, Renzo Piano - MAXXI, Zaha Hadid – Macro, Odile Decq

 






ONE DAY DIDACTIC TOURS

Although the program is based in Rome, the Rome Center arranges several visits which are considered part of the program and curriculum. There are day trips within the Lazio region. The excursions include transportation, entrance fees to museums and the participation of a Rome Center professor who leads the group.

Traditionally we plan the following visits:


Ostia Antica

Hadrian’s Villa and Villa d'Este

Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola and Villa Lante

Vatican Museums (optional)







OPTIONAL TOURS

The Rome Center organizes additional optional weekend tours led by one or two professors.
These tours will be subject to payment by the students.





Some optional tours may include the following:


     Bay of Naples    
(3 days/2 nights)

Tuscany

      (3 days/2 nights)    

Barcelona 
    (3 days/2 nights)