PILGRIMAGE TO INNER BEAUTY IN ITALY
May 29 – June 10, 2009
Led by Dana Lynne Andersen, internationally known artist, teacher, and director of Awakening Arts,
and Mary Kieran, director of Bella Italia Travel.
Itinerary
Day 1 - May 29, 2010 – Saturday
(Sleep Roma)
Arrive Roma – 4 PM Panthenon and Piazza Navona – Group dinner, Passeggiata/Early to bed.
Day 2 – May 30, 2010 – Sunday
(Sleep Roma)
Breakfast at hotel – Start 9 AM all day visit to Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, and Saint Peter's Basilica– 2 PM group lunch – 7 PM Dinner on your own –
Day 3 - May 31, 2010 – Monday
(Travel Day/ Pack suitcase ready for after breakfast departure) (1 ½ hour train ride)
(Sleep Firenze)
Breakfast at hotel – 9 AM travel from Roma to Firenze – Group Lunch – 2 PM San Marco Museum to see Fra Angelico work – Free Time/Shopping – Dinner on your own – Evening Ponte Vecchio Passeggiata
Day 4- June 1, 2010 – Tuesday
(Sleep Firenze)
Early Breakfast – 8:45 Climb Duomo and/or portrait option at Uffizi – 10:30 bead work class
– Lunch on your own – 2 PM Accademia to see Michelangelo's David– 4:30 Santo Spirito – Group Dinner
Day 5 - June 2, 2010 – Wednesday
(Travel Day/ Pack suitcase ready for after lunch departure) (3 hour train ride)
(Sleep Venezia)
Early Breakfast – 9 AM Optional Portrait Sittings at Uffizi/Walk to Piazzale Michelangelo/ Visit San Lorenzo –Lunch on your own – Afternoon train to Venezia – 5:30 PM arrive Venezia – Gondola ride – Group dinner
Day 6 - June 3, 2010 – Thursday
(Sleep Venezia)
Breakfast at hotel – 9 AM departure for Torcello, Burano and Murano to see Byzantine Mosaics in Santa Maria Assunta Church, Lace Working, and Glass Blowing
Lunch Break on Murano (on your own) – Vaporetto to Venice – Saint Mark's Square - Free Afternoon – Group Dinner – Optional sharing time/Free evening
Day 7 - June 4, 2010 – Friday
(Sleep Venezia) – (Optional Add On: Day Trip to Damanhur)
Breakfast at Hotel – St. Mark's Square (tower visit (elevator) for panoramic view) – Lunch on your own – Free afternoon with Journaling activity – Group Dinner
Add On Day Trip to Damanhur
(Sleep Venezia) (4 hour drive to get there; 4 hour drive to get back to Venezia)
Early breakfast – 8 AM departure for Damanhur – Lunch upon arrival – 2 PM Tour of Temples of Humankind – 5 PM departure – Journaling Activities – Group Dinner en route – 10 PM arrival in Venezia
Day 8 - June 5, 2010 – Saturday
(Travel Day/ Pack suitcase ready for after lunch departure) (5 ½ hour train ride)
(Sleep Spello)
Breakfast – 9 AM train to Spello – Picnic Lunch on train – Arrive Spello 3 PM – Observe/help with flower display preparations – Art exercise/Journaling – Free Afternoon – Group Dinner – Evening Passeggiata
Day 9 - June 6, 2010 – Sunday
(Sleep Spello)
Breakfast – 6 AM Early Morning Flower Festival Viewing – 1:30 Lunch/Free Time (on your own) – 2:56 Train to Assisi – 3:04 Arrive Assisi – Santa Maria degli Angeli - Bus up hill to Assisi walled city – 7:30 PM Group dinner – Return to Spello
Day 10 - June 7, 2010 – Monday
(Travel Day/ Pack suitcase ready for after breakfast departure)
Sleep Ananda Assisi)
Breakfast – 9 AM bus to Ananda Assisi – 10 AM flower art preparation at Ananda Assisi – 12:30 Group Lunch – 2 PM Art Workshop with Dana – 5 PM free time – 7:30 Group dinner – Free Evening
Day 11 - June 8, 2010 – Tuesday
( Sleep Ananda Assisi )
Breakfast – 9 AM bus to Assisi, San Damiano, 12:30 PM Picnic Lunch on Mt. Subasio
– 3 PM Art Process at Ananda Assisi – 7:30 PM Group Dinner
Day 12- June 9, 2010 – Wednesday
( Sleep Ananda Assisi )
Breakfast – 9 AM bus to Assisi, - Free morning in Assisi - Lunch on your own – 2PM Bus back to Ananda Assisi, Closing Art Process at Ananda Assisi – 7:30 PM Group Dinner
Day 13 - June 10, 2010 – Thursday
(Travel Day/ Pack suitcase ready for after breakfast departure) (2 ½ hour train ride)
(Sleep Roma)
Breakfast – 8:30 AM Assisi Basilica and Minerva Temple, 12 PM lunch on your own
– 2 PM travel to Roma – 6 PM Borghese Museum and Gardens – 8 PM Group Farewell Dinner
– Pack to fly out in the morning
Day 14 - June 11, 2010 – Friday
(Travel Day/ Pack suitcase ready for after breakfast departure to airport)
(Fly home)
Itinerary details subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances.
