Rome Trip 2023 - HLS Louisville, KY

Each year, Highlands Latin seniors take a Rome trip over our two-week Spring Break. Over the years, the trip has grown to include 9 days in Rome, Athens, Florence, and Pompeii. Thirty-eight seniors and twenty-two parents joined us on the trip in 2023. Pictures of the 2023 Rome trip are below with a copy of the itinerary.

Saturday	25-Feb
12:05	Arrive in Athens
14:30	Train to Hotels: Marblous Athens, Athens Ikon
15:00	Lunch Afoi Bairaktari Ae in Monastiraki Square (quick Gyros)
15:30	Day Tour through The Plaka
18:00	Dinner: Geros Tou Moria
20:00	Visit Mars Hill at Night
21:00	Gelato: The Ice Cream Shop
Sunday	26-Feb
9:00	Morning Church Service
12:00	Lunch: Mythos
13:00	Visit the Acropolis (Parthenon)
15:00	Acropolis Museum
17:00	Shopping in Athens
19:00	Dinner: Arcadia
20:00	Gelato
Monday	27-Feb
9:00	Subway to Athens Airport
12:00	Depart Athens
13:10	Arrive Rome
14:30	Transport to Hotels: Hotel Pantheon, Albergo de Senato
15:30	Light lunch at Pizza Florida
15:30	Tour Pantheon, Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, Capitol Hill
19:00	Dinner: LeGrotte
20:45	Giolitti for Gelato
Tuesday	28-Feb
7:45	Meet in Pantheon Square
9:00	Borghese Museum
11:00	Lunch in Piazza
13:10	Visit Forum, Colosseum, Palatine Hill
18:15	Dinner: Achille al Pantheon
20:00	Giolitti for Gelato
Wednesday	1-Mar
7:30	Bus to Vatican
8:10	Climb Dome of St. Peter’s
9:30	Tours of St. Peter’s Basilica
11:30	Angry Pig Lunch
12:30	Vatican Museum
15:30	Sublican Bridge (Try to recite Horatius at the Bridge)
16:00	Keyhole in Malta
17:00	Mouth of Truth
18:30	Dinner: VII Coorte
20:00	Frigidarium Gelato
Thursday	2-Mar
8:25	Bullet Train to Florence on Italio
9:55	Arrive in Florence
10:45	Uffizi Museum
12:30	Lunch: Mercato Centrale
15:00	Accademia (Statue of David)
16:30	Duomo: Climb the Dome
17:30	Shopping in Florence
19:00	Pizza to go by Duomo
19:28	Bullet Train to Rome
22:00	Giolitti for Gelato
Friday	3-Mar
8:15	Bullet Train to Naples Centrale
10:45	Arrive in Pompeii
12:00	Lunch outside Pompeii
13:00	Tour Pompeii
17:00	Circumvesuviana to Naples Garibaldi
18:00	Bullet Train Roma Termini
20:30	Pizza Florida
21:00	Giolitti for Gelato
Saturday	4-Mar
9:00	St. John Lateran
11:00	Scala Sancta on knees
12:00	Catacombs of St. Callixtus
12:00	Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli
12:30	Lunch (Various Locations)
14:30	Capitoline Museum
16:00	Free Time near Pantheon Square
17:00	Church in the Pantheon
19:00	Dinner L’Eau Vive (Dancing Nuns)
20:30	Giolitti for Gelato
Sunday	5-Mar
9:55	Depart Rome