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ITALY AND FRANCE

Veritas in Italy and France

A Journey through Rome, Florence, Normandy, and Paris
A Journey through Rome, Florence, Normandy, and Paris
Ad Fontem
For students and families of Veritas School, this journey will bring you to the foundational sites of your Classical and French education. Whether strolling through Rouen of Joan of Arc, the Palatine of Romulus, Dantes' Florence, or climbing Brunelleschi's dome, each day will bring you ad fontem, to the source.
Rome and Florence
These cities provide the landscape for the ideas and figures who shaped Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance. While exploring the themes of virtue, power, and the soul, travelers won't just see the sites of Rome and Florence, you'll also ask and try to answer some of life's hardest questions.
French, Italian, and Latin
You'll use the language that belongs to each place. While traversing the Tiber and Roman forum, you'll hear the words of Virgil and Cicero; in the cafes and gellaterias of Rome and Florence, you'll greet locals in Italian, and in France, you'll visit markets and interact with locals en Franciaise.
Normandy and Paris
Your week in France will act as the keystone of your journey. On the banks of the river Seine, you'll experience a city whose history includes Julius Caesar, Saint Louis, the crusades, the Three Musketeers, and countless others. In Normandy, you'll visit the city of Joan of Arc, the beaches of D-Day, and spend time interacting with locals.
OVERVIEW

12 Nights / 13 Days

4 Nights
Rome
2 Nights
Florence
4 Nights
Normandy
2 Nights
Paris
Rome
Florence
Normandy
Paris
4 Nights
2 Nights
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Full Trip Details
Map Itinerary

The program begins in Rome, where the Republic and the Empire were born, where the Early Church bore witness through the martyrs, and where the figure of Augustine allows us to reflect on conversion, interiority, and the Christian transformation of the ancient world. It continues in Florence, the city of Dante, Botticelli, Brunelleschi, and Fra Angelico, where the Christian Middle Ages and the Renaissance show how faith, beauty, poetry, thought, and ideals can speak together. The journey concludes in Paris, a city where Gothic beauty, medieval learning, revolutionary memory, and the legacy of Napoleon still speak through streets and monuments.

DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
DAY 4
DAY 5
DAY 6
DAY 7
DAY 8
DAY 9
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DAY 11
DAY 12
DAY 13
DAY 14
DAY 1
Departure

Meet your classmates at Portland International Airport and be ready to embark on the trip of a lifetime.

DAY 2
The Eternal City

2:00 pm   Check into your hotel

4:00 pm   Orientation

5:00 pm   Walking tour followed by dinner

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DAY 3
Ancient Rome

8:00 am   Breakfast

9:00 am   San Clement, Forum, Palatine, and Capitoline

1:00 pm   Free afternoon and evening

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DAY 4
Pompeii

7:00 am   Breakfast

8:00 am   Train to Pompeii/Herculaneum

10:00 am   Archeological site visit

1:30 pm  Pizza lunch

4:30 pm  Return to Rome for a free evening

DAY 5
St. Peter's and the Vatican

7:00 am   Breakfast

8:30 am   Vatican Museum and St. Peter's

1:00 pm   Free afternoon

7:00 pm   Dinner followed by a night walk

DAY 6
Medieval and Renaissance Florence

7:00 am   Breakfast

8:30 am   Train to Florence

10:30 am   Drop bags at the hotel, followed by an orientation and free lunch

3:30 pm  Walking tour of Florence concluding with a visit to the Academia to see Michelangelo's David

7:00 pm  Dinner alla Fiorentina

DAY 7
San Marco and Brunelleschi's Dome

8:00 am   Breakfast

9:00 am   Visit to the Monastery of San Marco followed by climbing Brunelleschi's Dome

12:00 pm   Free afternoon and evening

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DAY 8
Bienvenue en France

6:00 am   Departure

10:00 am   Arrive in Paris (CDG or ORY)

11:30 am   Versailles

5:30 pm   Arrive and check in to Chateau

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DAY 9
Village France

8:00 am   Breakfast

9:30 am   A day of biking and interacting with locals

4:00 pm   Return to chateau for a cooking lesson

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DAY 10
Beaches of Normandy

8:00 am   Breakfast

9:30 am   Visit D-Day beaches and museum sites

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DAY 11
Rouen

8:00 am   Breakfast

9:00 am   Depart for Rouen

DAY 12
City of Lights

8:00 am   Breakfast

9:00 am  Depart for Paris

12:00 pm  Arrive and check-into our hotel in Paris, followed by free time for lunch

2:00 pm  Walking orientation of Paris with a visit using the Museum Pass followed by small group shopping at one of Paris' outdoor markets (this will be tricky in the afternoon) and a picnic in the Luxembourg Gardens.

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DAY 13
La Vie En Rose

8:00 am   Breakfast

9:00 am   Small group Museum Pass scavenger hunt in Paris

6:30 pm   Final dinner in Paris

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DAY 14
Au Revoir

TBD: Depart for home

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Trip FRAMEWORK

TRAVEL DATES
JUNE 5 - 18, 2027
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PRICE
COMING SOON
per person
GROUP
30
travelers max.
INCLUSIONS
MEALS
All breakfasts and 12 additional meals.
ACCOMMODATION
12 nights in boutique hotels and a french chateau.
ACTIVITIES
The cost of all entrances including San Clement, Roman Forum, Pompeii, Vatican Museum, St. Peter's Basilica, Florence Academy Museum, San Marco Monastery, Il Duomo (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore), Versailles, bike trip, cooking lesson, D-Day beaches and museum, Rouen tour, Parisian market, Luxembourg Gardens.
TRANSPORTATION
All transportation between trip activities including flights from Florence to Paris.
GUIDE
Your friendly Alithea guide throughout the trip
EXCLUSIONS
INSURANCE
Travel insurance for peace of mind.
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A Christian Classical Approach to Travel
Travel encourages a living experience of art, history, and ideas that transforms the classroom into an immersive experience of truth, beauty, and goodness. Museums, meals, archeological sites, and foreign languages are not merely artifacts that help students consider the world, they cultivate a love of wonder, moral imagination, and a rich understanding of the truth. More than a student trip, travel is an invitation to become a lifelong practitioner of the loves that shape the soul.
The Prayerful Traditions of Europe
Rather than treating churches and monasteries as defunct historical monuments, Alithea and Oakdale Academy invite students to approach them as places of prayer and worship

FAQ

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