NETC 2012 Educational Tours to Europe Catalog

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European Combinations We have many more educational travel programs to

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LEAP! in Europe

• Behind the Carnival Mask: Create a Venetian mask inspired by Carnival

• Bon Appétit: Cook a French dinner in the Loire Valley

• Caesar’s Gladiators: Train as a Gladiator

• Cocina Española: Cook your own Spanish meal

• Cover the Canvas: See art from the artist’s perspective

• Cucina Fiorentina: Cook a Tuscan Dinner in Florence

• Cuisine Provençale: Cook a Provençale meal on the French Riviera

• Debate the Great: Decide who is the greatest German of all

• En Garde!: Which is mightier - the pen or the sword?

• Great Renaissance Debate: Meet some Renaissance grandees up close and

personal

• Making Scents: Create your own perfume in the home of chic

• Painters’ Provence: Why did the Impressionists fall in love with Provence

• Prime Time Shakespeare!: See Shakespeare’s times in a new light

• Seize the Château!: Get to know the French revolutionaries

• Soldiers’ Stories: Relive D-Day through the eyes of those who were there

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Finished works of art showing the beauty of Paris

Teacher Favorite

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Day 1-2: Fly overnight to England Arrive in London Take a walking tour of London with your Tour Director

Day 3: LONDON See London with a local guide: •HousesofParliament •WestminsterAbbey •St.Paul’sCathedral •TrafalgarSquare •PiccadillyCircus •ChangingoftheGuard(seasonal)

Day 4: EUROSTAR-PARIS Board the Eurostar to Paris Explore Paris with a local guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral Add: Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 5: LOUVRE MUSEUM Explore the Louvre Museum

LEAP! Cover the Canvas

Day 6: VERSAILLES Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château! Board an overnight train to Rome

Day 7: ROME Discover Rome with a local guide: •Colosseum •RomanForum

Day 8: VATICAN CITY-ANCIENT ROME See Vatican City with a local guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Add: LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators

Day 9: Return Home to the United States

Customize this tour by adding: •EiffelTowerVisit •LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiator

Three Capitals Price this tour: www.EducationalTravel.com/Educational-Tours-to-European-Combinations/THC/Three-Capitals/Pricing

9 Days

• Full time, bilingual Tour Director, LEAP!-

trained in experiential education

• Conveniently located 3 and 4 star hotels

for 6 nights

• Filling breakfast to start the day energized

and ready to go

• Hearty,authenticdinnerdaily

• Tour Director or local guide-led exploration

of historic sites and city highlights described

in itinerary

• Travel Insurance and Assistance

• Round trip airfare and transportation as

described in itinerary

• Cover the Canvas: Live the artist’s

life. Explore line, color, perspective,

negative space and form, then paint

a masterpiece inspired by the beauty

of Paris.

• Seize the Château!: Get to know

the French revolutionaries

• Caesar’s Gladiators: Train as a Gladiator

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Day 1-2: Fly overnight to England Arrive in London

Day 3: LONDON See London with a local guide: •HousesofParliament •WestminsterAbbey •St.Paul’sCathedral •TrafalgarSquare •PiccadillyCircus •ChangingoftheGuard(seasonal) Enjoy a walking tour and dinner in Covent Garden

Day 4: OXFORD-STRATFORD Add: Oxford & Stratford: LEAP! Prime Time Shakespeare! Visit Stratford-Upon-Avon: •Shakespeare’sBirthplace •AnneHathaway’sCottage

Day 5: EUROSTAR-PARIS Board the Eurostar to Paris Explore Paris with a local guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower

•LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedralDay 6: LOUVRE Explore the Louvre Museum LEAP! Cover the Canvas Enjoy a walking tour of Montmartre

Day 7: VERSAILLES Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château! Seine River Cruise Add: Dinner atop the Eiffel Tower


Customize this tour by adding: •Oxford&Stratford •DinneratoptheEiffelTower

London and ParisPrice this tour: www.EducationalTravel.com/Educational-Tours-to-European-Combinations/LAP/London-and-Paris/Pricing

Producing a TV show for a sixteenth century audience

• Prime Time Shakespeare!:

Produce a prime time TV show

for sixteenth century England!

Compare Shakespearian times to

our own and see the Bard’s work

in a new light.

• Cover the Canvas: See art from

the artist’s perspective


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Sharing Soldier’s Stories of D-Day in Normandy

London, Paris and the Loire


Day 3: LONDON See London with a local guide: •HousesofParliament •WestminsterAbbey •St.Paul’sCathedral •TrafalgarSquare •PiccadillyCircus •ChangingoftheGuard(sea-sonal) Add: Theater performance in the West End

Day 4: STONEHENGE-SALIS-BURY Visit Stonehenge Explore Salisbury LEAP! Who Rules? Board a ferry to Normandy

Day 5: NORMANDY-MONT ST. MICHEL Explore Normandy

LEAP! Soldiers’ Stories Journey to Mont St. Michel

Day 6: LOIRE CHÂTEAUX DiscovertheLOIRECHÂTEAUX: •ChâteauofChenonceau •ChâteauofChambordDay 7: CHARTRES-VERSAILLES Visit Chartres Cathedral Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château!

Day 8: PARIS Explore Paris with a local guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral Visit the Louvre Museum Add: Seine River Cruise & din-ner atop the Eiffel Tower

Day 9: Return Home to the United States, or Add: Extra Days in Paris

Customize this tour by adding: •TheaterperformanceintheWest End •SeineRiverCruise&EiffelTower Dinner •ExtraDaysinParis

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• Soldiers’ Stories: Step into the

shoes of US servicemen as they land

in Normandy on D-day. Learn about

their lives and their experiences to

gain personal and historical perspec-

tive.

• Who rules?: Decide who is the

greatest Briton of all


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Day 4: EUROSTAR-PARIS Board the Eurostar to Paris Explore Paris with a local guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral

Day 5: LOUVRE MUSEUM Explore the Louvre Museum Add: LEAP! Cover the Canvas Add: Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 6: VERSAILLES Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château! Board an overnight train to Italy

Day 7: VENICE Explore Venice with a local guide: •St.Mark’sSquare •GrandCanal •Doge’sPalace •BridgeofSighs

Day 8: MURANO-VENICE Visit Murano Add: LEAP! Behind the Carnival Mask


Customize this tour by adding: •LEAP! Cover the Canvas •EiffelTowerVisit•LEAP! Behind the Carnival Mask

London, Paris and VenicePrice this tour: www.EducationalTravel.com/Educational-Tours-to-European-Combinations/LPV/London-Paris-and-Venice/Pricing

Creating historical Italian carnival masks

• Behind the Carnival Mask: Cre-

ate a Venetian mask inspired by

the Italian Carnival, the Commedia

dell’Arte - or by your imagination!

Learn the meaning of the mask

anditshistoricalsignificance,then

decorate yours using professional

techniques.



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Cooking popular Spanish cuisine

Culinary Europe

Day 1-2: Fly overnight to Spain Arrive in Madrid Take a walking tour with your Tour Director

Day 3: MADRID Explore Madrid with a local guide: •PlazadeEspaña •PlazaColón •PuertadelSol •RoyalPalace •PradoMuseum Visit the Reina Sofía Museum LEAP!CocinaEspañola

Day 4: BARCELONA Board the AVE for Barcelona See Barcelona with a local guide: •Gaudí’sSagradaFamília •ParcGüell •Montjuïc •OlympicStadium

Day 5: BARCELONA Visit the Casa Milà

Add: Dalí Museum in Figueres

Day 6: CARCASSONNE- PROVENCE Explore Carcassonne Continue to Provence

Day 7: NICE Travel to Nice LEAP! Cuisine Provençale

Day 8: MONACO-EZE- FLORENCE Travel to Monaco •PalaceofPrinceRainer •CasinodeMonteCarlo •CathédraledeMonaco Visit Eze Continue to Florence

Day 9: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide •Duomo •Baptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio

•Accademia-Michelangelo’sDavid Add:UffiziGallery LEAP! Cucina FiorentinaDay 10: SAN GIMIGNANO Explore San Gimignano Tuscan Farm lunch in place of dinner Enjoy a wine tasting


Customize this tour by adding: •DalíMuseuminFigueres •UffiziGallery

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• Cocina Española: Create some

of Spain’s most popular and iconic

dishesanddiscoverfirsthandwhat

makes these dishes enduring classics

of Spanish cuisine.

• Cucina Fiorentina: Cook a Tuscan

Dinner in Florence

• Cuisine Provençale: Cook a Provençale meal on the French

Riviera

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Day 5: LOUVRE MUSEUM Add: LEAP! Cover the Canvas Explore the Louvre Museum Add: Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 6: VERSAILLES Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château! Board an overnight train to Spain

Day 7: MADRID Explore Madrid with a local guide: •PlazaMayor •PlazaColón •PradoMuseum •ReinaSofía LEAP!CocinaEspañola

Day 8: EL ESCORIAL Add: El Escorial & Valley of the Fallen

Day 9: Return Home to the United States, or Add: Extra Days in Madrid

Customize this tour by adding: •LEAP! Cover the Canvas•EiffelTowerVisit•ElEscorial&ValleyoftheFallen •ExtraDaysinMadrid

London, Paris and MadridPrice this tour: www.EducationalTravel.com/Educational-Tours-to-European-Combinations/LPM/London-Paris-and-Madrid/Pricing

Showing off a masterpiece inspired by Paris

• Cover the Canvas: Live the

artist’s life. Explore line, color, per-

spective, negative space and form,

then paint a masterpiece inspired

by the beauty of Paris.



• Cocina Española: Cook your own Spanish meal

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Participating in the restoration of Renaissance art

Rome, Florence and Paris

Day 1-2: Fly overnight to Italy Arrive in Rome

Day 3: VATICAN CITY- ANCIENT ROME See Vatican City with a local guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Discover Rome with a local guide: •ArchofConstantine •Colosseum •Pantheon •Trajan’sColumn

Day 4: ASSISI Explore Assisi •BasilicaofSt.Francis LEAP! Great Renaissance Debate

Day 5: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry

•ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michelangelo’sDavid Add: LEAP! Renaissance Re-stored!

Day 6: SIENA-SAN GIMIG-NANO Visit Siena Explore San Gimignano Enjoy a Tuscan farm lunch in place of dinner today Board an overnight train to Paris

Day 7: DISCOVER PARIS Explore Paris with a local guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral Visit the Louvre MuseumAdd: Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 8: GIVERNY LEAP! Cover the Canvas Visit Monet’s home in Giverny** Day 9: Return Home to the United States, or Add: Extra Days in Paris

Customize this tour by adding: •LEAP! Renaissance Restored!•EiffelTowerVisit •ExtraDaysinParis

** before April 1, Van Gogh’s home at Auvers sur Oise will be substituted

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• Renaissance Restored!: A faded

and cracked masterpiece needs to

be rescued! Professional art restorers

show you why painting restoration is

an art in itself. Discover the secrets

of cleaning and retouching, then try

your hand at this great tradition!

• Great Renaissance Debate: Meet some Renaissance grandees

up close and personal


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Day 1-2: Fly overnight to Spain Arrive in Madrid

Day 3: MADRID Explore Madrid with a local guide: •PlazadeEspaña •PlazaColón •PuertadelSol •RoyalPalace •PradoMuseum Visit the Reina Sofía Museum LEAP!CocinaEspañola

Day 4: BARCELONA Board a train to Barcelona See Barcelona with a local guide: •Gaudí’sSagradaFamília •ParcGüell

Day 5: OVERNIGHT STEAMER TO GENOA Explore the Barri Gòtic Visit the Picasso Museum Discover Casa Milà Board an overnight steamer to

Italy

Day 6: TUSCANY Drive through the Tuscan coun-tryside LEAP! Great Renaissance Debate

Day 7: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michelangelo’sDavid Add: Pisa

Day 8: ROME Discover Rome with a local guide: •ArchofConstantine •Colosseum •Trajan’sColumn •PiazzaNavona •SpanishSteps •TreviFountain

Day 9: VATICAN CITY See Vatican City with a local guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Add: LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators

Day 10: Return Home to the United States, orAdd: Extra Days in Rome

Customize this tour by adding: •Pisa •LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators •ExtraDaysinRome

Kingdoms of the MediterraneanPrice this tour: www.EducationalTravel.com/Educational-Tours-to-European-Combinations/KDM/Kingdoms-of-the-Mediterra-nean/Pricing

Suiting up for combat as one of Caesar’s Gladiators

• Caesar’s Gladiators: Discover

the ancient secrets of the Roman

gladiator games and master the

basics of hand-to-hand combat at

gladiator school.

• Cocina Española: Cook your

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Creating a signature fragrance in the world’s perfume capital

Paris, the Riviera and Italy

Day 1-2: Fly overnight to France Arrive in Paris

Day 3: PARIS Explore Paris with a local guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral Visit the Louvre Museum Add: Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 4: TGV-NICE Board the TGV to NICE Explore Nice with your Tour Director: •PromenadedesAnglais •Cimiez

Day 5: MONACO-EZE Explore Monaco: •PalaceofPrinceRainier •CasinodeMonteCarlo •CathédraledeMonaco

Visit Eze Add: LEAP! Making ScentsDay 6: PISA Visit Pisa LEAP! Great Renaissance Debate

Day 7: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michelangelo’sDavid LEAP! Cucina Fiorentina

Day 8: ASSISI-ROME Explore Assisi •BasilicaofSt.Francis Continue to Rome Enjoy a walking tour: •SpanishSteps •TreviFountain •PiazzaNavona

Day 9: ROME See Vatican City with a local guide: •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Discover the Colosseum Explore the Roman Forum

Day 10: Return Home to the United States, or Add: Extra Days in Rome

Customize this tour by adding: •EiffelTowerVisit•LEAP! Making Scents •ExtraDaysinRome

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• Making Scents: Distill your own

aromatherapy fragrances and experi-

encefirsthandtheFrenchpassionfor

perfume. Take your scents home as

souvenirs.

• Cucina Fiorentina: Cook a Tuscan

Dinner in Florence



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Day 5: VENICE Arrive in Venice Explore Venice with a local guide: •St.Mark’sSquare •GrandCanal •Doge’sPalace •BridgeofSighs

Add: LEAP! Behind the Carnival MaskDay 6: PISA LEAP! Patron of the Renaissance Visit Pisa

Day 7: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michelangelo’sDavid Add:UffiziGallery LEAP! Cucina Fiorentina

Day 8: ROME Journey to Rome Discover Rome with a local guide: •Colosseum •RomanForum •ArchofConstantine •Trajan’sColumn •Pantheon

Add: LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators

Day 9: VATICAN See Vatican City with a local guide: •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica


Customize this tour by adding: •EiffelTowerVisit•LEAP! Behind the Carnival Mask•UffiziGallery •LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators

Artist’s JourneyPrice this tour: www.EducationalTravel.com/Educational-Tours-to-European-Combinations/ARJ/Artist-s-Journey/Pricing

Experiencing Italian history from Behind the Carnival Mask

• Behind the Carnival Mask: Cre-ate a Venetian mask inspired by the Italian Carnival, the Commedia dell’Arte - or by your imagination! Learn the meaning of the mask anditshistoricalsignificance,thendecorate yours using professional techniques.

• Seize the Château!: Get to know the French revolutionaries• Patron of the Renaissance: Explore the motivation of Renaissance Patrons • Cucina Fiorentina: Cook a Tuscan Dinner in Florence• Caesar’s Gladiators: Train as a Gladiator

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Practicing the skills of ancient Roman gladiators

Paris, Barcelona and Rome

Day 1-2: Fly overnight to France Arrive in Paris Take a walking tour with your Tour Director

Day 3: PARIS Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château! Explore Paris with a local guide •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral Add: Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 4: PARIS-LOUVRE Visit the Louvre Museum LEAP! Cover the Canvas Board an overnight train to Barcelona

Day 5: BARCELONA See Barcelona with a local guide •Gaudí’sSagradaFamília

•ParcGüell •Montjuïc •OlympicStadium Visit the Casa Milà

Day 6: BARCELONA Add: Dalí Museum in Figueres Take an overnight steamer to Citavecchia

Day 7: ROME Travel to Rome

Day 8: ROME Discover Rome with a local guide •ArchofConstantine •Colosseum •RomanForum LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators

Day 9: VATICAN CITY See Vatican City with a local guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica

Day10:ReturnHometotheUnited States

Customize this tour by adding: •EiffelTowerVisit •DalíMuseuminFigueres

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• Caesar’s Gladiators: Discover the

ancient secrets of the Roman gladi-

ator games and master the basics of

hand-to-hand combat at gladiator

school.




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Day 3: LONDON See London with a local guide: •HousesofParliament •WestminsterAbbey •St.Paul’sCathedral •TrafalgarSquare •PiccadillyCircus •ChangingoftheGuard(sea-sonal)


Day 5: LOUVRE MUSEUM Explore the Louvre Museum LEAP! Cover the Canvas

Add: Eiffel Tower Visit


Day 7: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michelangelo’sDavid

Day 8: ROME Discover Rome with a local guide: •ArchofConstantine •Colosseum •Trajan’sColumn Add: LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators

Day 9: VATICAN CITY See Vatican City with a local

guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Take a walking tour of Rome: •PiazzaNavona •SpanishSteps •TreviFountain


Customize this tour by adding: •EiffelTowerVisit•LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators •ExtraDaysinRome

London, Paris and RomePrice this tour: www.EducationalTravel.com/Educational-Tours-to-European-Combinations/LPR/London-Paris-and-Rome/Pricing

Discovering the ancient secrets and skills of Roman gladiators

• Caesar’s Gladiators: Discover

the ancient secrets of the Roman

gladiator games and master the

basics of hand-to-hand combat at

gladiator school.

• Cover the Canvas: See art from

the artist’s perspective


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Creating personalized fragrance in the capital of perfume

RomanConquest

Day 1-2: Fly overnight to Spain Arrive in Barcelona

Day 3: BARCELONA Discover Barcelona with a local guide: •OlympicStadium •Gaudí’sSagradaFamília •ParcGüell Tour Gaudí’s Casa Milà Explore the Barri Gòtic

Day 4: CARCASSONNE Explore Carcassonne Visit the Picasso Museum

Day 5: NIMES-PONT DU GARD-COTE D’AZUR Take a walking tour of Nîmes: •MaisonCarrée •NîmesArena See the Pont du Gard LEAP! Painters’ Provence Continue to the Cote D’Azur

Day 6: MONACO- EZE

Explore Monaco: •PalaceofPrinceRainier •CasinodeMonteCarlo •CathédraledeMonaco Visit Eze Add: LEAP! Making Scents

Day 7: PISA Travel to Italy LEAP! Great Renaissance Debate Explore Pisa: •LeaningTowerofPisa •Baptistry

Day 8: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michelangelo’sDavid Continue to Rome Enjoy an evening walking tour: •PiazzaNavona •TreviFountain

Day 9: VATICAN-ANCIENT ROME See Vatican City with a local guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Discover Rome with a local guide: •ArchofConstantine •Colosseum •Pantheon


Customize this tour by adding: •LEAP! Making Scents •ExtraDaysinRome

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• Making Scents: Distill your own

aromatherapy fragrances and experi-

encefirsthandtheFrenchpassionfor

perfume. Take your scents home as

souvenirs.

• Great Renaissance Debate: Meet

some Renaissance grandees up close

and personal

• Painters’ Provence: Why did the Impressionists fall in love

with Provence

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Day 4: LUCERNE Board the TGV to Switzerland Swiss Folklore Show

Day 5: LUCERNE LEAP! Swiss Life and Legends Add: Zurich

Day 6: TUSCANY Journey to Tuscany LEAP! Great Renaissance Debate

Day 7: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michelangelo’sDavid LEAP! Cucina Fiorentina

Day 8: ROME Explore Rome with your Tour Director: •Pantheon •ArchofConstantine •TreviFountain •SpanishSteps

Day 9: ROME See Vatican City with a local guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Add: LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators


Customize this tour by adding: •EiffelTowerVisit•Zurich •LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators

Paris, Switzerland and ItalyPrice this tour: www.EducationalTravel.com/Educational-Tours-to-European-Combinations/PSI/Paris-Switzerland-and-Italy/Pricing

Cooking three courses of Tuscan flavor in Cucina Fiorentina

• Cucina Fiorentina: Cook up

a three-course traditional meal

with a local chef using fresh local

produce. Get a taste of Tuscan life

andzestyflavors!Mangia!

• Swiss Life and Legends: The his-

tory of Switzerland comes to life

• Great Renaissance Debate: Meet some Renaissance

grandees up close and personal

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Exploring the French Revolution through an exciting role-play

Paris, Switzerland and Bavaria


Day 3: PARIS Explore Paris with a local guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral Visit the Louvre Museum

Day 4: VERSAILLES Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château! Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 5: TGV-LAUSANNE Board the TGV to Lausanne Enjoy a walking tour of Lausanne Stop in Bern Continue to Lucerne

Day 6: LUCERNE Take a walking tour of Lucerne:

•LionMonument •JesuitChurch •KornmarktandWeinmarktSquares LEAP! Swiss Life and Legends Add: Swiss Folklore Show

Day 7: NEUSCHWANSTEIN Visit Neuschwanstein Castle LEAP! Debate the Great

Day 8: MUNICH Explore Munich with a local guide: •Frauenkirche •Glockenspiel •OlympicStadium •NymphenburgPalace Enjoy traditional Bavarian dinner and entertainment

Day 9: Return Home to the United States, or

Add: Day 9-11: Prague Exten-sion

Discover Prague with a local guide: •GoldenLanes •TynChurch •CharlesBridge •AstronomicalClock •HradcanyCastle

Customize this tour by adding: •SwissFolkloreShow •PragueExtension

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• Seize the Château!: A lively role-

play puts you in the shoes of the

monarchy, clergy, nobility, bourgeoi-

sie, or peasantry to explore the issues

underlying the French Revolution.

• Swiss Life and Legends: The his-

tory of Switzerland comes to life

• Debate the Great: Decide who is the greatest German of all

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Day 3: LONDON See London with a local guide: •HousesofParliament •WestminsterAbbey •St.Paul’sCathedral •TrafalgarSquare •PiccadillyCircus •ChangingoftheGuard(sea-sonal) Add: West End Theater Performance

Day 4: OXFORD-STRATFORD Explore Oxford LEAP! Prime Time Shakespeare! Add: Stratford-Upon-Avon: •Shakespeare’sBirthplace •AnneHathaway’sCottage

Day 5: EUROSTAR-PARIS Board the Eurostar to Paris Explore Paris with a local guide:

•ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral

Day 6: LOUVRE Explore the Louvre Museum Add: Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 7: VERSAILLES Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château! Visit the Chartres Cathedral

Day 8: LOIRE VALLEY CHÂTEAUX DiscoverLOIRECHÂTEAUX: •Château!ofChenonceau •Château!ofAmboise Explore Clos Luce Visit a Loire vineyard LEAP!BonAppétit

Day 9: MONT ST. MICHEL Continue to St. Malo

Visit Mont St. Michel

Day 10: NORMANDY BEACHES-BAYEUX LEAP! Soldiers’ Stories Explore Normandy: •AmericanMilitaryCemetery •MemorialMuseumoftheBattleof Normandy Marvel at the Bayeux Tapestry

Day 11: GIVERNY Add: LEAP! Cover the Canvas Visit Monet’s home in Giverny**


Customize this tour by adding: •WestEndTheaterPerformance•Oxford-Stratford •EiffelTowerVisit•LEAP! Cover the Canvas

**Before April 1, a trip to Auvers-sur-Oise will be substituted

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Preparing delicious French cuisine

• Bon Appétit: Slice, dice and stir!

Savor the French county lifestyle

bycreating(andeating)traditional

Loire Valley cuisine.

• Prime Time Shakespeare!: See

Shakespeare’s times in a new light



• Soldiers’ Stories: Relive D-Day through the eyes of those who

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Discovering the lives and experiences of soldiers in Normandy

Britain, France and Spain



Day 4: WINDSOR CASTLE-BATH Visit Windsor Castle LEAP! Who Rules? Explore Bath

Day 5: STONEHENGE Visit Stonehenge Board the steamer to Normandy

Day 6: NORMANDY See the Bayeux Tapestry

Explore Normandy: •MemorialMuseumofthe Battle of Normandy •AmericanMilitaryCemetery LEAP! Soldiers’ Stories

Day 7: GIVERNY LEAP! Cover the Canvas Visit Monet’s home in Giverny** Journey to Paris

Day 8: PARIS Explore Paris with a lo-cal guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral Visit the Louvre Mu-seum Add: Eiffel Tower Visit

Day 9: VERSAILLES Discover the Palace of Versailles

LEAP! Seize the Château! Board an overnight train to Spain


Day 11: DALÍ MU-SEUM Add: Dalí Museum in Figueres

Day 12: MADRID Journey to Madrid LEAP! Spirit of Spain

Day 13: PRADO-Reina Sofía Explore Madrid with a local guide: •PlazaMayor •PuertadelSol

•RoyalPalace •PradoMuseum Visit the Reina Sofía Museum LEAP!CocinaEspañola

Day 14: Return Home to the United States, or Add: Extra Days in Madrid

Customize this tour by adding: •EiffelTowerVisit•DalíMuseuminFigueres •ExtraDaysinMadrid

** before April 1, Van Gogh’s home at Auvers sur Oise will be substi-tuted

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• Soldiers’ Stories: Step into the shoes of US servicemen as they land in Normandy on D-day. Learn about their lives and their experiences to gain personal and historical perspective.• Who rules?: Decide who is the greatest Briton of all

• Cover the Canvas: See art from the artist’s perspective • Seize the Château!: Get to know the French revolutionaries: • Spirit of Spain: Immerseyourselfintheartthatdefinesthepassion of Spain• Cocina Española: Cook your own Spanish meal

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Day 1-2: Fly overnight to Italy Arrive in Rome

Day 3: ANCIENT ROME Discover Rome with a local guide: •ArchofConstantine •Colosseum •Trajan’sColumn Explore the Roman Forum

Day 4: VATICAN See Vatican City with a local guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Journey to Tuscany

Day 5: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michelan-

gelo’s David

Add: LEAP! Renaissance Restored!

Day 6: PISA-COTE D’AZUR Visit Pisa LEAP! Great Renaissance Debate Continue to the Cote d’Azur

Day 7: MONACO-EZE

Add: Monaco & Eze: •PalaceofPrinceRainier •CasinodeMonteCarlo •CathédraledeMonaco Visit Eze

Day 8: ROMAN PROVENCE LEAP! Painters’ Provence See the Pont du Gard Explore Nîmes: •MaisonCarrée •RomanArena

Day 9: CARCASSONNE-

BARCELONA Explore Carcassonne Journey to Spain Arrive in Barcelona


Day 11: MADRID Travel to Madrid

Day 12: PRADO-Reina Sofía Explore Madrid with a local guide: •CervantesMemorial •ParquedelRetiro •RoyalPalace •PradoMuseum Visit the Reina Sofía Museum LEAP!CocinaEspañola

Day 13: Return Home to the United States, or

Add: Day 13-16: Paris Extension Explore Paris with a local guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedralTour the Louvre Museum Visit Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château!

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adding: •LEAP! Renaissance Restored! •Monaco&Eze •ParisExtension

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Role-playing the French Revolution to understand all sides of the conflict

• Seize the Château!: A lively role-play puts you in the shoes of the monarchy, clergy, nobility, bour-geoisie, or peasantry to explore the issues underlying the French Revolution.• Renaissance Restored!: Learn thetechniquesofprofessionalartrestoration• Great Renaissance Debate: Meet some Renaissance grandees up close and personal• Painters’ Provence: Why did the Impressionists fall in love with Provence • Cocina Española: Cook your own Spanish meal

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Demonstrating fencing techniques in France

France and Italy


Day 3: PARIS Explore Paris with a lo-cal guide: •ArcdeTriomphe •ChampsÉlysées •EiffelTower •LesInvalides •NotreDameCathedral Add: LEAP! Cover the Canvas

Day 4: VERSAILLES-LOUVRE Discover the Palace of Versailles LEAP! Seize the Château! Visit the Louvre Travel to the top of the Eiffel Tower

Day 5: TGV-PONT DU GARD-NÎMES Board the TGV to Avignon

See the Pont du Gard Take a walking tour of Nîmes: •MaisonCarrée •NîmesArena

Day 6: LES BAUX LEAP! En Garde! Journey to Les Baux

Day 7: COTE D’AZUR Continue to Cote d’AzurLEAP! Painter’s Provence!

Day 8: MONACO-EZE Explore Monaco: •PalaceofPrinceRainier •CasinodeMonteCarlo •CathédraledeMonaco Visit Eze LEAP! Making Scents

Day 9: PISA Visit Pisa LEAP! Great Renaissance Debate!

Day 10: FLORENCE See Florence with a local guide: •Duomo •Ghiberti’sBaptistry •ChurchofSantaCroce •PonteVecchio •Accademia–Michel-angelo’s David Add:UffiziGallery

Day 11: ASSISI-ROME Explore Assisi •BasilicaofSt.Francis Continue to Rome Enjoy a walking tour: •SpanishSteps •TreviFountain •PiazzaNavona

Day 12: ANCIENT ROME Discover Rome with a local guide: •Colosseum •ArchofConstantine •Trajan’sColumn

Day 13: VATICAN See Vatican City with a local guide: •VaticanMuseum •SistineChapel •St.Peter’sBasilica Add: LEAP! Caesar’s Gladiators


Customize this tour by adding: •LEAP! Cover the Canvas •UffiziGallery•LEAP! Caesar’s Gladi-ators

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• En Garde!: Whichismightier–the pen or the sword? You decide! Learn basic calligraphy and fencing moves to gain new insight into old-world traditions. • Cover the Canvas: See art from the artist’s perspective• Seize the Château!: Get to know the French revolutionaries

• Painter’s Provence: Why did the Impressionists fall in love with Provence• Making Scents: Create your own perfume in the home of chic • Great Renaissance Debate: Meet some Renaissance grandees up close and personal!• Caesar’s Gladiators: Train as a Gladiator

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Documents

NETC 2012 Educational Tours to Europe Catalog