May 3 - 17, 2009

Prague • Vienna • Venice • Verona • Florence • Rome •
Castel Gandolfo • Tivoli’s Villa d’Este • Vatican

Each May, Saint Leo University sponsors a study-tour of Europe.  In 2002, tour participants met with former Secretary of State Colin Powell and His Holiness Pope John-Paul II.  The Saint Leo tour also met with Pope John Paul in 2003 and 2004.  The 2006, 2007 and 2008 tour groups met Pope Benedict XVI.

Join us this year and participate in an audience with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI.

Travel Itinerary

Costs and registration 

• $4,000 ($3,600 for the tour, $400 air fare tax)
  

• Students may register for 3 academic credits for an additional $687 (financial aid is available) at 50% regular course cost. Course STA-101 will then be converted in one of a list of available courses. Visit E-Lion to find out if you are eligible and contact demetrice.sanders@saintleo.edu for more information.
  

• $1,500 non-refundable deposit due anytime before 1 December 2008
  

• Final payment due by 31 January 2009

• Checks should be made out to “Saint Leo University.' Please specify “Euro-Tour Account' in the memo field of your check and include your telephone number, e-mail address and send to Elizabeth Smith, Saint Leo University, P.O. Box 6665–MC 2097, Saint Leo, FL 33574. For more information, or pay by phone please call her at (352) 588-8102 or e-mail elizabeth.smith03@saintleo.edu.
  

• Please provide a photocopy of your passport with your payment.

Fees include

• Fifteen-day guided tour of Europe
  

• Round-trip airfare: Tampa to Prague / Rome to Tampa (including air fare tax)
  

• Audience with Pope Benedict XVI
  

• Guided-tours of Prague, Vienna, Venice, Verona, Rome, Vatican and Florence
  

• Double-occupancy hotel rooms in Prague, Vienna, Venice and Rome
  

• Daily breakfast and dinner
  

• Coaches to and from airports and hotels
  

• One-way train fare from Prague and Vienna
  

• One-way couchette overnight train from Vienna to Venice
  

• Ferry tour of the Grand Canal in Venice
  

• Round-trip train fare between Venice and Verona
  

• One-way train fare from Venice to Rome
  

• Round-trip coach between Rome and Villa d’Este’s Tivoli Gardens
  

• Round-trip train fare between Rome and Florence
  

• Admission to select museums in Prague, Vienna, Venice, Verona, Florence and Rome
  

• Local guided tours of Rome and Florence
  

• Round-trip coach to-and-from Saint Leo University and Tampa International Airport

Not included with registration fee

• Lunches: Sandwiches and soft drinks can be purchased for about $5 each day
  

• Subway/bus cards in Prague, Vienna and Rome.
  

• Ticket to the Vatican and Sistine Chapel - $15
  

• Ticket to Uffizi Gallery in Florence - $15
  

• Spending binges on Florentine leather, Roman shoes, Venetian glass and Viennese sweets!

Passports and visas

• U.S. and European citizens need a valid passport for travel. A photocopy of passport must be supplied with deposit.
  

• Non-U.S./non-European citizens need a passport and a European Union Schengen visa from the Czech Consulate in New York City. The application process takes a month, so apply early.

For more information, or to register for the tour, please contact:

Professor Marco Rimanelli, Ph.D.
marco.rimanelli@saintleo.edu
Saint Edward Hall, Room 327
(352) 588-8277