Itinerary

Day 1   Arrive Venice  

Day 2   Lecture by Prof. John Van Der Borg on the problems of the touristic city at the University of Venice. Visit of commercial network of Venices

May 20
Day 3   Naturalistic tour with the boat: route of main islands of the Venice lagoon
May 21
Day 4  Visit of Murano (The Glass Island) and Burano (renown for its lace and colourful houses)
May 22
Day 5  Visit of Port Marghera by Venice Port Authority
May 23
Day 6  Tour to the new Venice: VEGA (Venice Gateway for Science and Technologies)
May 24
Day 7 Transfer to Florence and city walk
May 25
Day 8 Self-paced exploratory study in Florence
Day 9 Visit of Siena (walled Medieval hill town) and San Gimignano (Medieval town with brick-red towers)
May 27
Day 10 Transfer to the Chianti region
Visit the area by local authority in Tavarnelle on the topic of rural heritage conservation
May 28

Day 11   Visit to Medieval town of San Donato and Castellina and tour to the farm producing olive oil and tour to vineyard

 

Day 12   Return to Hong Kong

 

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