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DAY 10 • Trento • Controversial Topic: an archaeological museum featuring Otzi, a DAY 15 • Return to U.S.
Climate change 5,300-year-old ice mummy found nearby. After, Transfer to the airport for our flight home. Or,
After a guided walking tour of Trento, we’ll meet you may spend more time in Bolzano or return to begin your Classic Venice: Murano & Burano or New!
with a local environmental group to discuss the Breassanone. For those return, you may join an The Balkans: A Crossroads of Civilization & History
Controversial Topic of climate change and it’s Optional Tour featuring a gondola to the summit of extension.
effects on the Italian Alps. You will then have the Plose Mountain. B
option to explore Trento on your own, or join your B,D — Hotel Krone or similar
Trip Experience Leader on a scenic hike through the
countryside. DAY 13 • Ladin Valleys • Nature hike •
B,L — Grand Hotel Trento or similar Bressanone
Visit Val Gardena, nestled in the heart of the
DAY 11 • Bressanone (Brixen) • Tyrol Castle Dolomites and a center of Ladin culture. We’ll meet
and Merano a Ladin-speaking local who will accompany us on a
Head to Bressanone, and along the way stop at hike through the Dolomites. After, you’ll have some
Tyrol Castle, a castle sitting above the Alpine town free time to explore on your own before returning to
of Merano. After, stop in Merano to explore on foot Bressanone.
before continuing on to Bressanone (also known B,L — Hotel Krone or similar
as Brixen), the oldest city in the Alto Adige region.
Stroll along the medieval streets of this Austrian- DAY 14 • Valsugana • Apple orchard •
influenced city, which was founded in 901 A.D. Venetian countryside
Leave the Alps for the hills of the Veneto region.
B,L — Hotel Krone or similar
Along the way, spend time at an apple orchard
DAY 12 • Villages of South Tyrol • to meet with the farmer, learn about local
Controversial Topic: Tyrolean culture • apple cultivation, and enjoy a homemade lunch.
Bolzano • Optional Plose Mountain tour Afterward, journey to our accommodations for the
Depart by train for a visit to Bolzano, the capital evening, and then gather for a Farewell Drink and
of South Tyrol. After a walking tour of Bolzano, Dinner at our lodgings, an ancient villa set in the
we’ll stop at the civic museum to discuss the Venetian countryside.
Controversial Topic of cultural identity in the B,L,D — Villa Patriarca or similar
region with a resident, followed by a visit to

Unique Accommodations

Hotel Krone
Bressanone

The Hotel Krone is situated in the heart of
Bressanone, about a 10-minute walk from the
ancient cathedral. Hotel amenities include a
restaurant, bar, café, spa, and sauna. There are
53 rooms, each with wireless Internet access,
satellite TV, and private bath. There is no
air-conditioning.
Explore Trento on Day 10.

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