The Ancient Classics Department are excited to announce the 2020 study trip to Italy!
     
    In the inter-semester break (27-31 January 2020), the Department will be putting on a five-day, four-night tour to Rome and the Bay of Naples, designed to complement our students’ studies of the Roman world, to be led by Dr. Jon Davies and Dr. Kerry Phelan. All students registered for courses in Latin, Greek or Greek and Roman Civilisation are eligible to sign up for the trip, provided that they will be 18 or over on 27th January 2020. The tour aims to complement your primarily text-based study of the Roman world by introducing you to some of the most significant and impressive archaeological remains from the heart of the Roman Empire.
     
    The provisional tour schedule will be as follows:
     
    27th January (Day 1): Fly to Rome. Afternoon tour of the Catacombs of St. Callixtus, ancient Early Christian burial tunnels. Evening walk through Rome, taking in some of the more iconic post-classical sights like the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps.
     
    28th January (Day 2): Full-day walking tour of classical Rome, visiting some of the most iconic remains of the ancient city, including the Circus Maximus, the Palatine, the Forum, the Colosseum, Trajan’s Column and the Pantheon.
     
    29th January (Day 3): Transfer to Naples via coach. Visit the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, where many of the moveable objects from Pompeii and Herculaneum are displayed. Bus trip to the peak of Vesuvius, the volcano which buried Pompeii.
     
    30th January (Day 4): Full-day tour of Pompeii, one of the richest, most spectacular and most famous archaeological sites in the world.
     
    31st January (Day 5): Transfer from Naples to Rome airport via coach. Fly back to Dublin.
     
    The cost of the tour will be €750. This will cover flights, accommodation, entrance to sites and museums, coach hire for the transfer from Rome to Naples (Day 3) and Naples to the airport (Day 5), and insurance.
     
    IMPORTANT! Please read carefully the  Rome Trip Information Sheet  before committing to the trip.

    All welcome - contact [email protected] with queries.