OWU Battling Bishops Tour & Promote Football in Italy: May 13 – 21, 2014
Tour Highlights
• Experience Italy and la vida dolce – from Milan to Rome
• See the financial and fashion capital of Italy that is Milan
• Take in the dining and authentic Italian pleasures of Parma
• Climb the steps of the ‘Leaning Tower’ of Pisa
• Stroll the artistic streets and museums of Florence
• Step inside to admire the Colosseum and walk the historic Roman Forum
• Tour Holy Rome taking in Vatican City & St. Peter’s Basilica
• American football competition against an Italian team
Milan, Parma & Pisa
• Milan – leading the way in European fashion and home to the 5th largest cathedral in the world
• Parma – one of the oldest universities in the world, some of the best dining in Italy and home to the famous Parma Panthers American football club
• “The Leaning Tower” of Pisa
• Tuscany Countryside – view some of the most beautiful and famous landscapes in Europe as we make our way to Florence
Beautiful & Artistic Florence
• “Birthplace of the Renaissance”
• Capital of the world famous Tuscany Region
• Home to “The David”, Piazalle Michelangelo, Cathedral Sante Maria de Fiore (“The Duomo”)
• Ponte Vecchio Bridge over the Arno River
• The Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace
• The powerful and influential Medici family
Magnificent Rome
Roman Forum
• The Colosseum & Roman Forum
• Vittoriano Monument, Trevi Fountain & the Pantheon, Piazza Venezia, the Spanish Steps, the Appian Way and Circus Maximus Castel.
• St. Angelo, St. Peter’s Square & Basilica
• The sense of history and beauty will leave you longing to return to Rome
Beautiful & Artistic Florence
• “Birthplace of the Renaissance”
• Capital of the world famous Tuscany Region
• Home to “The David”, Piazalle Michelangelo, Cathedral Sante Maria de Fiore (“The Duomo”)
• Ponte Vecchio Bridge over the Arno River
• The Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace
• The powerful and influential Medici family
Magnificent Rome
Roman Forum
• The Colosseum & Roman Forum
• Vittoriano Monument, Trevi Fountain & the Pantheon, Piazza Venezia, the Spanish Steps, the Appian Way and Circus Maximus Castel.
• St. Angelo, St. Peter’s Square & Basilica
• The sense of history and beauty will leave you longing to return to Rome
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