College & University Art Design Trip to Florence

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An Unforgettable Experience Awaits

Florence is the jewel of Renaissance Italy and offers university and college art and design students a feast for the senses.

Visit its glorious palazzos and breathtaking buildings to inspire your students course work and studies.

Trip Highlights

Galleria Dell’Accademia to see Michelangelo’s David

Fra Angelico’s frescoes at Museo di San Marco

Boticelli at Galleria degli Uffizi

Baroque masterpieces at Galleria Palatina

Optional visits

Day Trip To Pisa

Check out the dramatic cathedral-baptistery-tower complex of Piazza del Duomo, or hang in one of the lively cafes or bars among the locals and some of the city’s many students.

Day Trip To Siena

One of Italy’s best-preserved medieval cities, Siena boasts a stunning Gothic Duomo, and the glorious Palazzo Pubblico overlooking its vast Campo – where the opening of Quantum of Solace was filmed.

Hall Day In San Gimignano

Come and wander around this classic medieval walled hill town known as the ‘City of Beautiful Towers’.

Lucca

Here Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus agreed to rule Rome as a triumvirate in 56BC. The composer Puccini was born here; he is celebrated during the summer opera and music festival.

Recommended excursions

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The Uffizi Gallery – built in 1560 for Cosimo I de’Medici – is one of the most famous museums of paintings and sculpture in the world. Students can trace the progress not only of Italian art but also the art of Western Europe from the 13th-18th centuries. They can view works by Boticelli, Michelangelo and da Vinci among many others.

Half day View on map

Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence

Here your group can view major religious paintings of the Renaissance, with the highlight of the original Michelangelo’s David, a milestone in sculpture and an important symbol of Florence. Students can reflect on the context and the importance of this sculpture to the people of the region.

Half day View on map

Museo Nazionale del Bargello

Set in an impressive building built for the Capitano del Popolo in the mid-13th century, this museum houses many important Renaissance sculptures, including masterpieces by Donatello, Luca della Robbia, Michelangelo and Cellini. There are also bronzes, medals, ivories, amber, tapestries, furniture and textiles from the Medici collections and private donors.

2 hours View on map

Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Florence

Set on the second floor of the Pitti Palace, this gallery has a fine collection of paintings and sculpture, mostly Italian, dating from the late 18th century to World War I. The gallery makes a fine setting for students to reflect on the art of this grand era. The elegant rooms, formerly inhabited by the Lorraine grand-dukes, are decorated with works of the neo-classical and romantic periods. Photo © Sailko

2 hours View on map

Galleria Palatina

Set on the first floor of the Pitti Palace this gallery shows an impressive collection of works by Raphael, Titian, Correggio, Rubens, Pietro da Cortona and other Italian and European masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The sumptuously framed paintings cover the walls of the rooms in the style of traditional 17th-century picture galleries.

2 hours View on map

Palazzo Vecchio

This impressive Romanesque, crenellated fortress-palace is the town hall of Florence, and was the workplace of Macchiavelli when he was Secretary of the Florentine Republic. The frescoes and staircases reveal the connection of patronage and power within art, and show how art is made not only to be hung in galleries, but to be a part of everyday life.

2 hours View on map

Museo di San Marco

The museum occupies a vast area of the Dominican convent of San Marco, founded in 1436. Fra Angelico, one of the great artists of the Renaissance, frescoed extensive parts of the convent. Students can soak up the serene atmosphere and peruse an important collection of 16th-century paintings, including numerous works by Fra Bartolomeo.

2 hours View on map

Typical accommodation

Hotel Leonardo Da Vinci ★★★

Why groups like it:

Located close to Fortezza da Basso and Santa Maria Novella Basilica
Not far from the Statue of David and Ponte Vecchio
Set in a green and tranquil square

Facilities

Satellite TV in all rooms
Free Wi-Fi access
Private bathroom

Hotel Donatello ★★★

Why groups like it:

Close to the Santa Apollonia Convent, Statue of David and the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Close to the Academy Gallery and San Lorenzo church
Set in a green and tranquil square

Facilities

Luggage storage
Bathrooms have separate bath and shower
Air-conditioning, TV and internet in rooms

Learning outcomes

Our further educational trips team are the experts in planning and booking tailored tours that fit the requirements of your course learning objectives.If there is a visit or activity not listed that you would like to include in your tour, get in touch with us and we’ll try to make it happen.We have contacts in Tuscany who we have worked with for years and enjoy collaborating on the best itineraries and the highest levels of safety and security in the educational travel business. If there is anyone who can help put the perfect Art and Design course tour together, it’s us!

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The whole trip was very enjoyable, as Florence is a beautiful city.

Arts University Bournemouth

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