Colorado College, 11 days

Colorado College
Italy: May 24th - June 3rd, 2008
Day 1: Saturday 24th May 2008
• Depart Denver International Airport at 8:15 pm on British Airways Flight BA218 to Milan Malpensa International Airport via London Heathrow, TERMINAL 5. Please be at the British Airways ticket and check center no later than 6:00 pm with passport and hard copy ticket.
Day 2: Sunday 25th May 2008
• Arrive London Heathrow at 12:10 pm and transfer to BA 566 departing at 2:45 pm from TERMINAL 5.
• Arrive in Milan at 5:45 pm where our full time bilingual Harvard Sports Italia Tour Escort, Ms. Eileen, meets the group to
transfer by private motor coach to beautiful Lake Garda
• Dinner will be on the motor way at Autogrill between Milan
and Lake Garda. We have booked your group and pre-paid for
dinner within the restaurant!
•Check in to Hotel Antares
{Via Postumia 88 - 37069 Villafranca
di Verona (VR), ( +39 045 6301879
(http://www.hotelantares.com/ ).
Day 3: Monday 26th May 2008 Game 1
•Breakfast at the hotel then check out and depart for Venice
•Located on the Adriatic Sea, the magnificent city is comprised of over
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four hundred islands
Transfer by motor boat to San Marco Island for a walking guided tour of the city, including the
Doge’s Palace and Bridge of Sighs
Lunch on your own and free time in Venice then return to the motor coach in Tronchetto parking
lot.
Pre-game dinner at hotel
Transfer to Mozzecane for the first friendly game
Game 1: Colorado College Tigers vs. Fortitudo (Serie B) K/O 8:00 pm
Return after the game for overnight
Day 4: Tuesday 27th May 2008
T1
• After breakfast, check of the hotel
• Lake Garda is one of Italy’s favorite vacation destinations. Its shores are studded with villages and
small towns and it is also home to a number of Roman settlements, medieval fortresses, noble villas, and churches and monasteries of all descriptions
• Training at 8:30 - 10:30 am on the campus of the Hotel Antares
• Depart for the home of Romeo and Juliet, Verona. Meet the local guide for tour of this lovely city
from 11-12:30 pm. Free time in Verona. Visit the Roman “Colisseum”. (Guide services included)
•Lunch on your own
•Transfer after lunch to the Tuscany Valley and arrive in the spa village of
Montcatini, in Tuscany Valley.
•Check into Hotel Rubens
•Dinner and free evening to explore this lovely Italian village.
Day 5: Wednesday 28th May 2008
Game 2
•After breakfast
•Depart for a half day guided visit of Florence - Our local guided will introduce all the major sites of the Home of the Renaissance, including the Ufizzi
and Accademia Museums (admission fees not included),
and the markets around San Lorenzo,
•Free time to explore Florence - wander the medieval
streets in Dante's old neighborhood, and maybe to sip a
cappuccino on the famous Piazza della Signori
•Lunch on your own
• Transfer for Game 2 friendly at 4:00 pm
• Game 2: Colorado College vs. TIl Gioiello Firenze (Serie A) K/O 5:00
pm
• Return to the hotel for dinner and a free evening
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T2
Breakfast at the hotel
Training at 8:00-9:30am
Then travel south to the city of Siena
Free morning to explore the city - Siena is beautifully self-contained and still part-rural behind its
medieval wall, and is home to the great scallop-shaped piazza il Campo, possibly the loveliest of
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all Italian squares, and the Duomo and Palazzo Pubblico which are two of the purest examples of
Italian Gothic architecture
• Lunch on your own then transfer to San Gimignano
• San Gimignano rose from an ancient etruscan settlement around a seventh century parish and a
castle gave to the Volterra’s episcope in 929; during the XII century became a city-republic.
Its first walls were born in 998, when San Gimignano became a business centre along the Fran
cigena Way. San Gimignano Panorama The families, enriched with the commerce, ordered 72
towers to be built (but, as the law forbade, everyone could not exceed in height the Commune
tower, called Rognosa).
Further to the continuous infighting between Guelfi and Ghibellini factions (in 1300 also Dante Alighieri stopped there few days as Guelfi’s league ambassador) and to the conflict with Volterra, in
1343 was subordinated to the duke of Athens and in 1353 was subdued • to Florence, following later the rule of Grand Duchy of Tuscany till 1860.
•Return to the hotel for dinner and a free evening in Montecatini
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Day 7: Friday 30th May 2008
Game 3
After breakfast check out and depart for Pisa.
• Pisa was once a major shipping hub and home to the rising middle
class during the Renaissance
Free time to explore Pisa, including the Pavilion area with the Cathedral,
Baptistry and famous Leaning Tower
Pre game luncheon at the seaside at Rapallo Ristorante (Included as 2nd meal)
Free time
Transfer to pitch by motor coach at 2:00 pm
Game 3: Colorado College vs Sampierdarenese (Serie A2 ) K/O 3:00 pm
After today’s match travel north en route to Lake Como
Travel via the scenic coastal route
Dinner on the motorway (not included)
Arrive Lake Como, and check in to Hotel Plinius situated about 60 yards
from the lake’s water-front.
Como, a magnificent combination of Alpine peaks and Mediterranean foliage
Como is a fabulous contrast of Medieval Cathedral, cobbled stone streets
and protective city walls, and modern luxury villas and upscale shopping
mecca just north of Milan
Day 8: Saturday 31st May 2008
Game 4
• Breakfast at the hotel then depart for nearby Milan
• Enjoy a half day guided tour of the fashion capital of Italy, including the
Castle Sforzeni, the Duomo, the world’s 3rd largest Gothic structure, and
the flagship boutiques of some of the world’s most famous designers
• Lunch on your own and a free afternoon to discover Milan
• If available, transfer at 10:30 am to the refectory of the Church of Santa
Maria della Grazie for a viewing of Da Vinci’s The Last Supper - viewings
by appointment only so this is a wonderful opportunity to see one of the
world’s true masterpieces (Entry included)
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Later, transfer to the fourth game of the tour
Game 4: Colorado College Tigers vs. AC Tradate (Serie A2) K/O 6:00 pm
Dinner at local restaurant in Tradate and a free evening
Return to the hotel
Day 9: Sunday 1st June 2008
Breakfast
Depart for Cooking School at 3D Culinary Institute.
After Cooking classes and “gourmet” luncheon, we depart for Milan, Italy’s fashion Capital
Stop first at San Siro Stadium for Guided tour of the Stadium facility, Museum of both Milan
clubs: Internationale FC and AC Milano.
• Free time in Milan.
• Dinner on your own and return to hotel
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Day 10: Monday 2nd June 2008
• After breakfast enjoy a relaxing cruise on Lake Como
• Travel by Lake Como Water taxi to the Centro Lago section and visit Bellagio, possible the prettiest village in all of Italy with its steep narrow streets, lakeside piazza, and beautiful gardens.
• Free time to explore Bellagio and have lunch on your own.
• Return to hotel and Tonight the menu calls for “Pasta and the Sauces of Italy”
• Return to the hotel
Day 11: Tuesday 3rd June 2008
• Breakfast at the hotel then check out and depart for Milan Malpensa International Airport at 8:30
am for the return journey to the United States on BA573 departing Malpensa at 12:00 Noon.
• Arrrive Heathrow, TERMINAL 5, and transfer to flight BA219 at 3:49 pm for departure to Denver for arrival at 6:25 pm MST
INCLUSIONS: 11 Days / 9 Nights
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Round trip airfare: Denver - Milan - Denver
Airline departure tax and fuel surcharge allowance**
9-nights accommodation in 3 or 4 Star hotels in twin bedded rooms with private facilities
2-meals daily - breakfast and 2nd meal unless otherwise stated
Full time bilingual Harvard Sports Italia Tour Escort
All transfers by full time private motor coach
4-games against international opposition
2-training sessions -1-1/2 hours duration
Sightseeing in Como
Lake Como Cruise & sightseeing in Bellagio
3-D Culinary Cooking School
Half day guided tour of Milan
Appointment and entry to view Da Vinci’s The Last Supper
Sightseeing in Verona
Guided tour of Venice (including city entry fees and boat transfer)
Half day guided tour of Florence
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• Sightseeing in Siena
• Sightseeing in Pisa
• Harvard Sports International Tour Liability Insurance
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Personal Insurance
Admission to Uffizi or Accademmia Museums (by Appointment)
Lunches and beverages (soda) with meals
Single room upgrades - surcharges apply
Gratuities for motor coach driver and Tour Escort
On site professional medical trainer
Admission to attractions not specified in above “Inclusions”
Hotel Overview
Hotel Plinius, Como, Italy
This Lombardy hotel has a superb central location in the town of Como, between Monte Brunate
and Lake Como itself, and near to Castello Baradello. Located in the 'centro storico' of downtown
Como, the Hotel Plinius has everything you need for a most comfortable stay: rooms have bathrooms with toilet and shower, phone, safe, minibar, air conditioning, direct modem link, desk and
lamp, and colour TV. A buffet breakfast is served each morning. The hotel front desk is open around
the clock, there is a restaurant and bar and parking for guests.
The hotel is situated in Volta Piazza only 40 yard walk to the lake waterfront.
Hotel Antares, Verona, Italy
Via Postumia, Villafranca di Verona 37069
A few kilometres from Verona Old City, near the International airport of Verona and within easy
access from the motorways and the ring road, the Hotel Antares is waiting to offer you its serv-
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ices. It is a peaceful oasis for relaxation and well-being, where the management and staff have
an innate desire to offer hospitality to the traveller.
Business facilities
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Business Centre*
Conference Rooms*
Fax*
Photocopying*
*May incur an additional cost
Disabled facilities
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Accessible Rooms
Hotel facilities
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Parking
Concierge
Night Porter
Air Conditioning
Safety Deposit Boxes
Laundry
Gardens
Free newspaper
Banqueting facilities
Luggage room
Lobby bar
Elevator/Lift
airport shuttle service (on request)
Leisure facilities
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Indoor swimming pool
Outdoor swimming pool
Gym
Sauna
Turkish bath
Health Club
Fitness Center
Room facilities
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Private Bathroom
Telephone
Air Conditioning
Hairdryer
Safe
Television
Pay TV*
Room Service
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Cable/satellite
Complimentary toiletries
Mini-bar
Hotel Rubens, Montecatini, Italy
HOTEL RUBENS - MONTECATINI TERME, İTALYA
Kategori: Otel
Adres: via Torino 10 - Montecatini Terme, İtalya
Ozel odalar 45.00 EUR (oda basi)
Aciklama: Hotel Rubens is situated in small and tranquil thermal town of Montecatini
Terme the heart of Tuscany in Italy.
It is a short walk from the town centre and very near the thermal baths.
Hotel *** Rubens has 21 room, all renovated and fitted with new furnishings in whitecoloured wood, air conditioning, satellite TV with international channels, safe and courtesy services.
The proprietor of Hotel Rubens dedicates much attention to the cuisine, taking special
care of details, offering a wide selection of local and international dishes with a choice
of wines suitable for each dish. This is a fruit of many years experiences in the wine
and gastronomic sector.
It is possible to contact us in ITALIAN, ENGLISH AND POLISH.
Via Torino, 10
51016 - Montecatini Terme (PT)
Tel.: (+39) 0572 78852 - 335 6147106
Fax: (+39) 0572 290069
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