Italy is a wonderful destination for your school trip and has something to offer every student and subject. It could be a school history trip, a school art trip, a school geography trip, a school technology trip and of course a modern language trip.
Rome (immediately below), Sorrento, Venice, Lake Garda and Sicily are very popular destinations for school trips to Italy.
Rome
Suggested visits for school trips to Rome :
Colosseum in Rome*
- Colosseum
- Roman Forum
- Arch of Constantine
- Pantheon
- St Peter’s Basilica
- Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel
- Catacombs of San Callisto
- Capitoline Hill and Museum
- Trevi Fountain
- Spanish Steps
- Borghese Gallery
- Piazza Navona
- Rome Guided Tours
- Ancient Rome
- Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
- St Peters Basilica
- Historic Art of the churches of Rome
- Borghese Gallery
Excursions from Rome
- Pompeii archaeological site
- Herculaneum
- Naples
- Vesuvius National Park
Sorrento and the Sorrento Peninsula
Sorrento located in Campania looks out over the Bay of Naples towards Mount Vesuvius. Sorrento and the towns dotted along the Sorrento Peninsula make an excellent base for the many possible excursions in this area.
Suggested tours from Sorrento:
Amalfi Coast*
- Amalfi Coast Tour – Amalfi, Ravello and Positano
- Isle of Capri
- Pompeii
- Herculaneum Archaeological site
- MAV – Virtual Archaeological Museum at Herculaneum
- The Phlegraean Fields and Solfatara
- Underground Naples (Napoli Sotteranea)
- National Archaeological Museum of Naples
- Vesuvius National Park
- Gnocchi making class
- Pizza demonstration with tasting
- Pasta making class – demonstration, tastings and meal
- Struffoli demonstration and tasting
- Ice cream making class – demonstration and tasting
- Local farms – see how mozzarella is made, taste the local cheese, hams, salamis and marmalades
- Tarantella dance show
“The trip was wonderful – thank you! The girls really enjoyed their stay and were amazed by the scenery!! The gnocchi making was especially great – I didn’t realise that it would include a tour of her farm, a mozzarella-making demonstration, the gnocchi making, a 2 course meal and marmelade and liquor tasting as well!! It was a lovely thing to do and would be worth publicising to other schools!”
Gleed Girls School, Spalding
Venice
Venice is one of the most popular destinations for school trips to Italy. Lido di Jesolo on the Venetian coast is less than 50 km from Venice and offers all the amenities of a modern resort but with excellent value for money for your students.
Suggested Venice visits:
Venice side canal*
- St Mark’s Basilica
- Doge’s Palace
- Piazza San Marco
- The Rialto Bridge
- The Bridge of Sighs
- Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection
- Gallerie dell’Accademia
Excursions from Venice:
Lake Garda
Lake Garda is the largest and most popular lake in Italy, reaching right up into the mountains, its location makes it one fo the most spectacular settings in the world. Being only 30 km from Verona, 100 km from Milan and 130 km from Venice, Lake Garda is excellently positioned for visiting some of the most beautiful cities in Italy.
Lake Garda*
Excursions from Lake Garda:
- Venice
- Verona
- Milan
- Gardaland Theme Park
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Sicily
With its startling diversity of landscape and impressive cultural legacy, Sicily is fast becoming one of the most popular destinations for school trips to Italy. The volcanic landscape and classical civilisation sites make it a very interesting destination for school geography trips and school classics trips.
Suggested visits for school trips to Sicily:
- Palermo – the capital city of Sicily
- Segesta Archaeological Site – Doric Temple and Greek Theatre
- Agrigento and the Valley of Temples
- Piazza Armerina and the Roman Villa of Casale
- Syracuse Archaeological Site – Greek Theatre, Roman Amphitheatre and Ear of the Dionysius
- Selinunte Archaeological Site
- The city of Taormina
- Mount Etna
- Museum of Lava and Volcano
- Alcantara Gorges
- Messina Strait and Tindari
- Giardini Naxos coastal area
- Etnaland Theme Park
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