Vienna to Paris
Faculty: Dale Issak, Michael Meek
Meeting Time: Monday - 6:30 - 9:00PM
Student Cost: $2170
Travel Dates: May 7 - May 27, 2019
This study will take a tour of Western Europe starting in Vienna and ending in Paris. We will spend time in Austria, Italy, and France during the course of this trip. The course will focus on the region’s geographical beauty, history and culture with a secondary emphasis on how those elements have shaped modern western society. In preparation for the trip, students will explore the general history and culture of the countries to be visited through readings and presentations.
Our trip begins in Austria with overnight stops in Vienna, the beautiful Sound of Music City of Salzburg and the two time winter Olympic host city of Innsbruck. Highlights in Austria will include a tour of the Historic Vienna State Opera House and attendance at the Opera, visits to Schonbrunn and Hoffsburg palaces, sites from the Sound of Music, a day trip to Hallstatt, perhaps Austria’s most picturesque town, a ride down an Olympic bobsled course and hiking in the Austrian Alps.
From Innsbruck, we will travel to Italy with overnight stops in Romeo and Juliet’s Verona, the cosmopolitan city of Milan and the Italian Riviera town of Monterosso. Highlights in Italy will include day trips to Venice and Lake Como, visits to the ancient Roman Cathedral and Juliet’s home in Verona, window shopping for things you can’t afford and admiring “The Last Supper” and other paintings by Leonardo da Vinci while in Milan, and hiking along the Mediterranean Sea while in Monterosso.
From Monterosso we will travel to France with overnight stops in the French Riviera city of Nice and the City of Light, Paris. Highlights of our stops in France will include swimming in the Mediterranean, day trips to the Riviera towns of Monte Carlo and Antibes, a visit to the Palace of Versailles, seeing the Mona Lisa in The Louvre, and finishing off the tour with a trip to the top of the Eiffel Tower at sunset.
Preliminary Itinerary:
Day 1 - Travel from Portland to Vienna, Austria
Day 2 – Arrival in Vienna
Visit St Stephen’s Cathedral, Hofburg Imperial Palace
Day 3 – Vienna, Austria
Tour the Vienna State Opera House and Haus der Musik, a museum of sound and music
Day 4 – Vienna, Austria
Visit Schonnbrunn Palace, Attend an Opera at the Historic Vienna State Opera House
Day 5 – Salzburg, Austria
Visit Old Town, Mirabell Gardens and Hohensalzburg Fortress
Day 6 – Salzburg, Austria
Take a day trip to Hallstatt, Austria
Day 7 – Innsbruck, Austria
Stroll Maria-Theresien Strasse, Hike in the Alps
Day 8 – Innsbruck, Austria
Take a ride on an Olympic Bobsled Run, Travel to the top of the Alps on The Innsbrucker Nordkette Cable Car
Day 9 – Verona, Italy
Stroll through Piazza delle Erbe, Visit the Ancient Roman Arena
Day 10 – Verona, Italy
Take a day trip to Venice, Italy
Day 11 – Milan, Italy
Visit Galleria Vittorio Emanuele and the Milan Cathedral
Day 12 - Milan, Italy
Visit Santa Maria delle Grazze Church and see da Vinci’s The Last Supper, Visit Museo della Scienza e della Technologia Leonardo da Vinci
Day 13 – Milan, Italy
Take a day trip to Lake Como, Italy
Day 14 – Monterosso, Italy
Hiking along the Mediterranean in the Italian Riviera
Day 15 – Nice, France
Visit Old Town and take a stroll on Promenade de Anglaisa on the French Riviera
Day 16 – Nice, France
Take a day trip to Monte Carlo, Monaco
Day 17 – Nice, France
Take a day trip to Antibes France and swim in the Mediterranean Sea
Day 18 – Paris, France
Visit Basillica du Sacre-Coeur and Notre-Dame de Paris
Day 19 – Paris, France
Visit The Louvre Museum, and stroll The Avenue Champs-Elysees
Day 20 – Paris, France
Visit Palace of Versailles and Gardens, Finish the tour with a sunset trip to the Eiffel Tower
Day 21 – Travel Home to Portland
