Italian Food Tech - Sample Itinerary

BESPOKE EDUCATIONAL TRIPS, CUSTOMISED TO YOUR REQUIREMENTS

EA School Tours has been working with schools for 20 years to facilitate informative and inspiring school tours around the world. We offer trips to the USA, Europe, NZ, Asia and South America, with each tour being customised to your educational goals. All packages are fully inclusive with flights, accommodation, activities and more.

SUPERIOR ORGANISATION FOR A STRESS-FREE EXPERIENCE

EA School Tours provides an unsurpassed level of support to teachers. From the concept to completion of your school tour, our dedicated team will work with you to ensure a memorable and safe experience for your students, parents, and teachers. There is a high level of communication required in order to successfully plan an international trip, and our team will ensure the planning is on track to deliver an exceptional school trip.

PROFESSIONAL LOCAL TOUR MANAGERS PROVIDING 24-HOUR SUPPORT WHILE ON TOUR

If selected as part of your package, when on tour, our qualified and experienced on-ground tour manager will work with you to ensure flexibility and provide ongoing support throughout. Our representatives are selected for their ability to quickly develop a great rapport with teachers and students, and because they are passionate about providing excellent service, alongside being knowledgeable about the area you are travelling to.

CSTO CERTIFIED SCHOOL TOUR SPECIALISTS

We only work on school tours, so our team are intricately aware of what schools need and how to provide it. We hold the CSTO certification from SYTA, where we have been assessed over 25+ rigorous safety standards – this certification demonstrates a commitment to the well-being of travellers through comprehensive risk management, adherence to ethical practices, correct insurance coverage, bonding, assessment of suppliers and emergency response (amongst others).

BONDINGS AND INDUSTRY INVOLVEMENT

Educating Adventures is bonded with numerous oversight agencies around the world and is heavily involved in the school tour travel industry within our main territories. We are part of The School Travel Collective in NZ, SETO and ATIA in Australia, and also have bonding via TAANZ and ATOL. We operate in a financially positive environment, where your school’s funds are only spent on your tour during the lead-up to the trip.

GROUP TRAVEL MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

We use the latest software to make teachers' lives easier by performing tasks and collating information on their behalf. Instead of teachers chasing up parents for students' passport details, medical information, waiver forms, meal pre-orders, etc, Educating Adventures will do this on your behalf.

Our planning

The next step is to let know that you would like to work with us and we can advise and help you to make this tour a reality. There is no obligation to travel, this step just allows us to make all necessary enquiries and work with our suppliers on organising initial details for your group while you advertise the trip to your school and collect deposits.

 

Get it right

This quotation and itinerary is a starting point. We enjoy this stage, spending time with teachers to make changes and ensure each school group gets the best itinerary at a suitable package price.

 

Confirm the trip

To confirm your trip a non-refundable deposit (normally 15% of the package price) is required. This can be completed ahead of flight release and would be refundable until your flights are booked and agreed. Note: international flights are generally only available to be booked 11 months prior to travel.

 

Price Guarantee

We know how difficult it is for teachers to ask parents for more money. Once we have issued your second invoice, the price will never change as long as the itinerary does not change and the number of travellers remains the same. So the price of the tour will not increase if flights and/or taxes increase or exchange rate changes. Another reason why EA School Tours makes teachers' lives easier!

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Today your guide will meet you at your accommodation and take you on an awe inspiring walking tour of ancient Rome, including the entrance to the Colosseum, which is the largest Ancient Amphitheatre in the world and The Roman Forum. This was the scene of public meetings, law courts, and gladiatorial combats in republican times.

Enjoy a guided tour of two world-renowned attractions and Vatican city's pride and glory: the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel. Scout through the magnificent Vatican Museums and peruse the crucial collections of the 54 galleries. Pass by the Greek Cross Room, the Gallery of the Candelabra, the Gallery of the Muses and much more.

This afternoon enjoy touring many of the other highlights of Rome under your teachers' discretion.

Check out of your hotel and travel to Pompeii and explore the fascinating ancient city of Pompeii with an expert guide on this guided tour. Walk through the cobblestone streets to see the ruins of the forum, bathhouse and  individual homes. Gain fascinating insight into the tragedy of the city from the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Travel on from Pompeii to Sorrento on the Amalfi Coast where you'll spend the next two nights.

Today travel by coach to Positano and visit this stunning cliffside village on southern Italy's Amalfi Coast. Its Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta features a majolica-tiled dome and a 13th-century Byzantine icon of the Virgin Mary. Carry onto Gragnano for a tour of a pasta factory.

 

Transfer to Naples and take the trains to medieval Orvieto.

Orvieto is a striking hilltop town in central Italy, perched dramatically on volcanic rock above the Umbrian countryside. Known for its magnificent Gothic cathedral and underground Etruscan tunnels, it blends medieval beauty with ancient history at every turn.

For the next three days you'll have the choice:

1. Learn under the guidance of Lorenza and his excellent Cooking School

Activities and classes will include:-

• Visits to The Farmers’ market, with tasting
• Truffle hunting with Giovanni and Chris the dog
• Umbrian BBQ at Casale Polegri
• 2 Café and snacks
• Butchery workshop and salami tasting
• Grape harvest and grape stomping
• 2 cookery classes with lunch or dinners
• 3 meals with drinks

Or

2. Stay at a local agriturismo homestay and enjoy learning to cook with fresh ingredients from farm to plate.

Enjoy visiting the many Orvieto sights in this atmospheric town.

 

Today you'll visit the stunning city of Assisi, which is a hill town in the Umbria Region. Enjoy a guided tour of the massive Basilica of St. Francis which is a 2-level church built in the 13th century. Its frescoes portraying the life of one of Italy's patron Saints, St. Francis have been attributed to Giotto and Cimabue, among others.

Spend the next two nights in Florence exploring the city under the discretion of your teachers.

Enjoy a guided tour around the Accademia Gallery in Florence, most famous for its sculpture of David by Michelangelo. 

Check out of your hotel and head to Bologna, known by many as the "culinary capital of Italy". In Bologna, you'll spend the day at FICO Eataly World where you'll learn about, and experience the behind-the-scenes creation of Italian food and drink.  Eataly World is the first food park in the world, which brings the experience of food from its origins to the plate on the table while stimulating all five senses and combining a passion for flavours and fun.

Travel on to Venice and take a private boat to your accommodation on Venice Lido where you'll spend the next two nights.

Take the Venice vaporetti to the main island and meet your guide who'll take you on your tour of Venice. Here you delve into Venetian history and includes a tour around Doge's Palace, where you'll explore this masterpiece of Gothic architecture, which is an impressive structure composed of layers of building elements and ornamentation from its 14th and 15th century original foundations to the significant Renaissance and opulent Mannerist adjunctions.

Spend the afternoon exploring the rest of Venice under your teachers' guidance.