A college study tour is specifically designed for students who want to establish connections between their academic studies and real-life travel experiences. Some colleges and universities offer academic credit for college study tours.
Education First is one college study tour provider that services Europe and the Americas. You can choose an Italian tour, such as City Stay: Rome, or a European tour that includes Italy, such as The Art of Paris, Florence and Rome. College faculty members with 20 or more travelers can design customized college study tours.
EF College Study Tours
One Education St.
Cambridge, MA 02141
(800) 665-5364
efcollegestudytours.com
Some tour providers approach the educational tour as a cross-cultural experience. Cross-Culture Journeys offers three tours related to Italy: a tour of Rome, Florence and Venice; a Sicilian tour; and a Mediterranean tour of Italy, France and Spain. The tour of Rome, Florence and Venice visits such traditional sites as the Vatican, the Accademia and the Uffizi Gallery. The Sicilian tour visits Palermo, Agrigento's Valley of the Temples and the Villa Romana del Casale. The Mediterranean tour has stops in Palermo, Naples, Pompeii, Nice, Marseille and Barcelona.
Cross-Culture Journeys
12 White Pine Rd.
Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 256-6303
ccjourneys.com
TourMagination offers many tours around the world, including ones of Italy. For example, in 2010, the Italy, Austria and Germany tour is an 11-day exploration into the history of Rome Siena and Florence as well as cities in Austria and Germany. In 2011, the 13-day From Nazareth to Rome tour visits Nazareth, Bethlehem, Jerusalem and Masada before continuing to Jerusalem via Munich, Germany. Some tours offered by TourMagination are designed in partnership with an educational institution.
TourMagination
2308 Wood St.
Lancaster, PA 17603
(800) 565-0451
tourmagination.com
