ETRUSCAN STUDY TOUR: FROM ROME TO TUSCANY
March 17-25, 2013 : With Dr. Patrick Hunt
This spring 2013 academic study trip travels from Rome to Florence.
Student credit is available. We start in Rome at the Villa Giulia and Museo Torlonia, proceed to Cerveteri’s Necropolis and Museum, Tarquinia’s necropolis with tomb paintings and Tarquinia Museum, Orvieto’s Museum and Necropolis, then Chiusi, Vulci, Arezzo, Cortona, Volterra, San Gimignano, Fiesole and Florence. Some added itinerary stops include Montalcino and Gaiole for wine history from the Middle Ages onward. Archaeological museums and sites are the highlights of this trip with very comfortable accommodations in historic venues including the Giardino Borghese area of Rome and a local monastery (badia), villa or castle (castello) converted to hotels. Like the Etruscans, we will also share legendary Tuscan food and wine in the local epicurean osteria of each place we stay. Major art museums will also be a feature when possible. Dates are from March 17-25, details available upon request from Dr. Patrick Hunt (phunt@stanford.edu) and Viaggi Micali, our Italian partners.
"SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TRAVEL RHINE RIVER CRUISE"
April 12-19, 2012 with Dr. Patrick Hunt
Dr. Patrick Hunt, Stanford, will be one of the lecturers on this Scientific American Travel Rhine River cruise from April 12-19, 2012. The Rhine River venues will be Amsterdam, Utrecht, Cologne, Koblenz, Rüdesheim, Worms, Speyer, Strasbourg, Breisach, and Basle, ending in Geneva. His seminar lectures will cover these topics: “Medicine in the Ancient World”, “Science in Archaeology”, “Climatic Problems, Famine, Disease, War, and Mass Death in History”, and “Tracking Hannibal”.
For more information on this InSight Cruise, please visit the Scientific American Travel website for this European cruise operator
or telephone (650) 787-5665.
"LONDON AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM"
March 19-24, 2011 with Dr. Patrick Hunt
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This private and exclusive trip - conducted annually since 1993 - is reserved for a small group of no more than 10-12 persons who love archaeology and ancient art and are willing to spend a week in museums in London. The primary venue is the magnificent British Museum in London, along with the breathtaking National Gallery in London as well as the elegant gem of the Victoria and Albert Museum. |
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Individual participants are responsible for hotel accommodations and airfare, since participants usually wish to travel in different manners. Space is always limited.
Tentative Itinerary
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3/19 |
SATURDAY, British Museum: 10:00 am, Parthenon Frieze / Elgin Marbles. 1 pm, Greek Vases and Sculpture, Dr. Patrick Hunt. |
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3/20 |
SUNDAY, British Museum: 10:00 am, Roman and Etruscan Galleries, Dr Patrick Hunt, 2:00 pm, Mesopotamia (Sumerian including Ur, Assyrian, Persian, including Oxus Treasure). |
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MONDAY, Victoria and Albert Museum: 10:00 am, Mughal India and Persian Galleries and jewelry, Dr. Patrick Hunt, 1:00 pm, Medieval Galleries, 4 pm Raphael Gallery. |
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3/22 |
TUESDAY, British Museum: 10 am, Egyptian Sculpture Galleries and Rosetta Stone, Dr. Patrick Hunt,
1 pm, Asian Gallery, Chinese Jades, Bronzes, Lacquerware, and precious objets d'art 4 pm, Coins and Medals. |
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WEDNESDAY, British Museum: 10 am, Mexico Gallery (Olmec, Maya and Aztec), Dr. Patrick Hunt, 1 pm, Print Room with Old Master engravings. |
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4/24 |
THURSDAY, 10 am, National Gallery: 1 pm Tour of Renaissance (including Titian, Bellini and others) and Baroque (including Caravaggio and Rembrandt) with Dr. Patrick Hunt. Closing Dinner: 6pm, Farewell Gala Banquet. |
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Note: Each museum day usually begins at 10:00 am and finishes around 5:00 pm with optional concerts, theater, and other participant-arranged events in the evenings. This itinerary is somewhat flexible and subject to minor change in times by our special extra museum staff lecturers, who have committed to covering these areas and topics.
"TREASURES OF MEDIEVAL BURGUNDY": Travel with Scholars, 10 days, August 17-26, 2010
With Dr. Patrick Hunt, Archaeologist and Art Historian
This is a fabulous specialized study trip for sophisticated travelers who love France and savor the Romanesque period of Medieval history. In 10 days we visit 10 Romanesque or Gothic basilicas and cathedrals, many with cloisters, 10 castles, 10 museums, and 10 world class circa 12th c. viticulture appellations. The Romanesque sites include Cluny, Vezelay, Autun, Beaune, Fontenay Abbey, Tournus as some of the cathedral or basilica churches. Rochepot, Gevrey-Chambertin, Aloxe-Corton, Clos-Vougeot, Neufchateau, Beaune, Dijon, are some of the castles or chateaux. Beaune's Hotel Dieu, Dijon's Musee du Beaux-Arts, Cluny, Autun's Musee Regionale are some of the museums we visit.
We have also arranged superb gourmandaise dinners in the Michelin *** Lameloise in Chagny and other famous restaurants such as Le Chef Coq at Hotel Gentilhommiere in Nuits-St-Georges, all gourmandaise establishments. From years of research and travel there, Patrick Hunt knows Burgundy very well and has many friends there who either own or manage restaurants, hotels or are vignerons/owners of world-class Grand Cru vineyards in Vosne-Romanee, Gevrey-Chambertin, Aloxe-Corton, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Morey-St-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Nuits-St-Georges, etc. Luxury accommodations are in superb Burgundian manor houses or castles restored to highest standards. Space is limited. This is at least the 10th time Dr. Hunt has conducted this trip.
For future study trips with Dr. Patrick Hunt, including Rome, Etruscan Italy and Sicily, contact Steve Ridgway at TRAVEL CONCEPTS.
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For booking info please contact: Patrick Hunt
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"PARIS AT THE LOUVRE"
with Dr. Patrick Hunt
Spring 2010 (late March)
"This exciting new Paris study trip will spend five days at the Louvre
(Western Art Paintings, and wonderful archaeological collections from
Mesopotamian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman and other departments), one
day at the Musee d'Orsay (Impressionist and Expressionist Art) and one
half day at the Cluny Museum (National Museum of the Middle Ages).
Accommodations and airfare not included.
Please contact Dr. Patrick
Hunt for details.
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"ADRIATIC SEA COLLEGE" Stanford University Alumni Travel with Dr. Patrick Hunt
TRIP OVERVIEW
Cruise along the Adriatic coastline aboard the luxurious yacht Le Levant, dine with Sicilian nobility at a gala dinner and private concert in Palermo; study ancient Roman, Greek and Byzantine ruins in Agrigento, Italy, and Butrint, Albania; and view exquisitely preserved mosaics in cathedrals in Ravenna and Venice, Italy.
Through Stanford's connections, experience a private, after-hours guided tour of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice. In the company of faculty leader Patrick Hunt, explore an incredibly diverse collection of ancient archaeological sites, and attend exclusive musical and dance performances, specially arranged lectures, private tastings of local epicurean specialties and a class at a local workshop on the art of creating mosaics.
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"CIRCUMNAVIGATING SICILY" Stanford University Alumni Travel with Dr. Patrick Hunt
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May 23-31 2008
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Embark the intimate, 30-passenger Callisto with classics professor Patrick Hunt for a seven-night circumnavigation of the island, awash in the splendor of spring. Sitting at the intersection of Europe and Africa, the island of Sicily has been witness, for over 3,000 years, to wave after wave of new cultures and new ideas, as well as countless historical events and occupations. Explore ruins that ... Read More
"SICILY: CROSSROADS OF HISTORY", Travel with Scholars
14 Days June 2007
With Dr. Patrick Hunt, Archaeologist and Art Historian
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Verdant Sicily amidst blue seas is not only regarded as the Blessed Isle, the ancient Island of Persephone and a fertile place sacred in Homeric epic and myth, but is also unique in having been occupied over the millennia by Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, Byzantines, Moslems, Normans, and many others, all of whom left their stamp on this beautiful island. Dazzling Greek temples and theaters, Roman mosaics, Byzantine basilicas, Norman castles |
and Baroque extravagance are only a few highlights we visit and study in their sites along with art museums with rare Caravaggio and Antonella da Messina paintings, among many others. After Sicily we travel to Naples to the famous sites of Pompeii and Herculaneum and the Naples National Museum of Archaeology as well as Capodimonte Palace and other venues, then finish in Rome. We visit the cities of Palermo (Palazzo Normanni, Monreale Cathedral and cloister, Palermo Cathedral, Archaeology Museum) Segesta (Greek temple and theater), Selinunte (Greek temples), Agrigento (Greek temples and museum), Piazza Armerina (Villa Casale Roman mosaics), Taormina (medieval city and Greco-Roman theater), Siracusa (Archaeological Park, Greek Theater, Ortygia, Duomo, Palazzo Bellomo, Arethusa Fountain), Messina (Art Museum), Reggio Calabria (civic museum with Riace bronzes), Naples (Archaeological Museum, Capodimonte Palace, Santa Chiara, Duomo, Certosa di San Martino), Pompeii (site) and Rome. Luxury accommodations and dining are superb in Palermo, Agrigento, Taormina, Naples and Rome. Space is limited.
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Heidi Binder
Program Manager
International Programs
UC Berkeley Extension
Tel: 1.510.643.1468
Fax: 1.510.643.1550
email: hab@unex.berkeley.edu
"TREASURES OF MEDIEVAL BURGUNDY": Travel with Scholars, 10 days, September 6-15, 2006
With Dr. Patrick Hunt, Archaeologist and Art Historian
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This is a fabulous specialized study trip for sophisticated travelers who love France and savor the Romanesque period of Medieval history. In 10 days we visit 10 Romanesque or Gothic basilicas and cathedrals, many with cloisters, 10 castles, 10 museums, and 10 world class circa 12th c. viticulture appellations. The Romanesque sites |
include Cluny, Vezelay, Autun, Beaune, Fontenay Abbey, Tournus as some of the cathedral or basilica churches. Rochepot, Gevrey-Chambertin, Aloxe-Corton, Clos-Vougeot, Neufchateau, Beaune, Dijon, are some of the castles or chateaux. Beaune's Hotel Dieu, Dijon's Musee du Beaux-Arts, Cluny, Autun's Musee Regionale are some of the museums we visit. We have also arranged superb gourmandaise dinners in the Michelin *** Lameloise in Chagny and other famous restaurants such as Le Chef Coq at Hotel Gentilhommiere in Nuits-St-Georges, all gourmandaise establishments. From years of research and travel there, Patrick Hunt knows Burgundy very well and has many friends there who either own or manage restaurants, hotels or are vignerons/owners of world-class Grand Cru vineyards in Vosne-Romanee, Gevrey-Chambertin, Aloxe-Corton, Meursault, Puligny-Montrachet, Morey-St-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Nuits-St-Georges, etc. Luxury accommodations are in superb Burgundian manor houses or castles restored to highest standards. Space is limited. This is at least the 10th time Dr. Hunt has conducted this trip.
View small gallery from previous tours
For booking info please contact:
Heidi Binder
Program Manager
International Programs
UC Berkeley Extension
Tel: 1.510.643.1468
Fax: 1.510.643.1550
email: hab@unex.berkeley.edu
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