11 days
Turin Region, Florence, Rome
Summit Tour:
From July 5–15, discover the roots of Italian cooking as you explore the country’s emphasis on locally sourced ingredients and simplified cooking methods. As you travel across Milan, Rome and Florence, consider how each local community finds identity in their cuisine, and how new and emerging food productions are changing Italy’s culinary landscape in revolutionary ways.
Summit Leadership Conference:
Join other teachers and students from across North America and Europe in Turin, Italy, for a two-day leadership conference, July 8–9. Hear from world-renowned speakers, attend expert-led workshops and gain valuable insight into how food connects plates, people, politics and culture.
Using Design Thinking—a creative problem-solving technique used by companies like Apple and Google—international teams of students will create and present solutions to a human rights challenge.
Day 1: Fly overnight to Italy
Day 2: Milan • Turin
Meet your Tour Director at the airport
Continue on to Turin
Day 3: Turin
Visit a food-processing factory
Meet your teammates at a student activity
Day 4: Student Leadership Conference in Turin
Day 5: Student Leadership Conference in Turin
Day 6: Turin • Bologna • Florence
Travel to Bologna
Attend a Gelato-making class and Gelato Museum
Continue to Florence
Day 7: Florence
Take a guided tour of Florence
With your expert local guide you will see:
- Piazza della Signoria
- Ponte Vecchio
- Chiesa di Santa Croce
- Gates of Paradise
Visit the Duomo
Attend a Tuscan cooking class and dinner
Day 8: San Miniato • Florence
Travel to San Miniato
Visit a butcher shop
Visit an Olive Press and Truffles Producer in Montepulciano
Return to Florence
Day 9: Florence • Rome
Travel to Rome
Take a guided tour of Rome
Visit the Colosseum
Visit the Roman Forum
Day 10: Rome
Take a guided tour of Vatican City
Visit the Sistine Chapel
Visit St. Peter’s Basilica
Attend an Eataly workshop
Take a self-guided walking tour of Rome
Day 11: Depart for home
Transfer to Milan airport