Helpful Advice

Dear Tina,

Thanks for your message, and I'm happy to hear that you will be traveling to Italy this summer. With one day in Venice, be very selective and leave yourself time to walk/wander the city--it's a living museum! The Basilica of San Marco cannot be missed--be sure to go inside. I would also suggest the Doge's Palace next door--perhaps only look outside rather than a tour inside since you're short on time.

One of my very favorite places in Venice is the major Franciscan church--Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (or the Frari for short). It contains several major altarpieces by Titian. The other major attraction is the main collection of paintings--the Galleria dell' Accademia (or the Accademia). This is large but well worth the time for masterpieces of Venetian painting by Giorgione, Titian, the Bellini brothers, Tintoretto, etc. Finally, if you find yourself near the church of San Zaccaria, it too is beautiful and holds many fine works including one of my very favorite paintings--Giovanni Bellini's S. Zaccaria Altarpiece.

Buon viaggio!

Dr. Moerer

On Apr 7, 2006, at 3:09 PM, m4lee@ucsd.edu wrote:Dr. Moerer-How have you been? I am writing because I am actually traveling to europeafter graduation and I was wondering if you had any suggestions aboutplaces to see when visiting venice. I will only have one day there sincemy schedule is kind of rushed, so your opinion about a few of the bestmuseums or exhibits of renaissance art would be appreciated.

Thanks!Tina Lee

This is our trip to europe

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25-Jun ....................................................................................Day 1

LONDON (1 day)
Arrival:

7:30am --> in Heathrow Airport
Take the Tube to Central London

Sights:
Westminster Abbery
Buckingham Palace
Dali Universe

Royal opera house violin concert
http://info.royaloperahouse.org/Calendar/Index.cfm?cls=39&cl=6830&cDay=25&cWeek=0&cMonth=6&cYear=2006&atf=d

Departure:

Take Eurostar to Bruges in the evening (duration: 2 hrs 40 min)

BRUGES
Sleep:
St Christopher Bahaus $23

26-June ...........................................................................Day 2


8am --> Find Koffieboontje and rent bikes for 6 euro/day

Sights:
Bell Tower of Market Square
Church of Our Lady
Straff Hendrik Brewery Tour
Find Chocolate shops

depart:
17:00--> eurorail to BRUSSELS

BRUSSELS:
http://www.trabel.com/brussels.htm

Sights:
Manneken Pis
Bruparck belgian village
21:30--> Music and Light Show at Grand'Place?

depart:
22:00--> eurorail to Paris Gare Nord (duration: 3 hr)

PARIS

Sleep:

Commines du Marais $22.48/ night
From Gare du nord take the line 4 until Strasbourg st Denis then change and take the line 8 until Filles du Calvaire then EXIT and read on this map

27Jun .................................................................................Day3

8am

Sights:

Louvre (Renaissance Art, Neoclassical, Egyptian, Greek scupltures)
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/commun/home_flash.jsp

Notre dame
http://www.paris.org/Monuments/NDame/
Orsay
http://www.musee-orsay.fr/ORSAY/orsaygb/HTML.NSF/By+Filename/mosimple+index?OpenDocument
Cezanne, Manet, Monet, Degas

June 28....................................................................................Day4

Sights in Southwest Paris:

Eiffel Tower

Audio tour Palace of Versailles
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/ 29

Puces de Paris
http://www.parispuces.com/en/historique/Default.htm

21:00 Jazz Clubs

June 29..................................................................................Day5&6

depart:
23:14--> depart Paris for Biarritz by Train (duration: long time)


30-Jun .....................................................................................Day 7


BIARRITZ
http://www.ville-biarritz.fr/anglais/cgi-bin/tourisme_activite.asp

6:54
Watch Surf Competition

Depart:
14:00 ---> eurorail to Bilbao

BILBAO

Sights:
Exit Renfe Station-->exit Hurtado de Amez to get ticket from Abando machine-->hop on tram to
Guggenheim Museum
Sleep:
From the central station (Abando) or SanMames station, near the Bus Station--> take a train to Santurtzi or Muskiz. 1.05 € (duration:8 min. from Abando and 3 min. from San Mames). The Property is 50 m. from the station in Zorrotza.There is a train each 5-10 min. and on weekends there is train all the night.
Hostal Don Claudio $19.24

Depart:
23:00-->Eurorail to Madrid (duration: 8 hrs)

1-Jul........................................................................................Day 8&9

MADRID
Arrival:
7:35am

Sights:
Royal Palace open 9-19:00
Charles III's Botanical Garden 10:00-21:00
Zarzuela Light Opera http://teatrodelazarzuela.mcu.es/en/index.html

Chapel San Antonio 10:00-14:00
Watch Las Ventas Bullfight Sunday 7:00pm
Flaamenco & Tapas Bars

Sleep:

Atocha Railway Station is 600 metres from the hostel.
2 nights
Students Hostel Luis Velez $22.23



3-Jul ...................................................................................Day 10

Depart:
Eurorail to Pamplona Train 3 hrs

Pamplona
1 night

Depart:

Eurorail to Barcelona (duration: 7 hrs)

4-Jul .......................................................................................Day 11

BARCELONA


Sleep:
take the metro in Sants Station to Girona stop (Line 4) which is the stop next to the hostel.
1 night
Mediterranean Youth Hostel $19.98
To Nice Train 9-12hrs Depart 20:00-16:00

6-Jul ...................................................................................Day13


NICE
1 day

Sleep:

Until 8.50pm, cross the two streets in front of the train station. At the n°23 bus stop (next to the Travelex exchange shop), take the n°23 bus to Saint MAurice (the terminus-- approx. 15 minutes ). Call us from the two phone cabins on the square, we'll come and pick you up. Our freephone no can be found in the terms & conditions on your booking confirmation.
Villa Saint Exupery $22.49


7/7/2006............................................................................Day 14

Depart:
To Venice Train (duration: 6 hrs)

VENICE

Sleep:
Magic Venice 2 $14.99 20 min away from center.
From the train station Santa Lucia in Venice, cross the bridge in front of you , turn right and continue towards Piazzale Roma.Our private shuttle bus leaves from yellow section D1at the following times 09.30/10.30/11.30/12.30 15.30/16.30/17.30/18.30 20.30/21.30/22.30



7/8/2006.......................................................................Day 15

Sights:
Basilica of San Marco
Doge's Palace
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
Galleria dell' Accademia
church of San Zaccaria

Depart:
To Florence by Train (duration: 3 hrs)


FLORENCE
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
Galleria dell' Accademia
Church of San Zaccaria

Sleep:

Ostello Firenze Santa Monica Italia
http://www.ostello.it/inglese/gbr.html
Due to its central position, the hostel is easy to reach: from the main railway station of S. Maria Novella, either by foot (about 10 minutes), or by bus (lines 11-36-37) and from the Campo di Marte station by the bus 19 to the main central station

9-Jul .......................................................................................................Day 17


Mantua

SIENA
Basilica di Santa Maria dei Servi
Via dell' Oliviera
Sant'Agostino church
Chiesa di San Niccolò al Carmine
Catedrale di Santa Maria
Palazzo del Magnifico


10-Jul ..............................................................................................Day 16



11-Jul ............................................................................................Day 17

Depart Siena/ Firenze for Roma Termini (3 hrs)

ROME

Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano
Colosseum
Pantheon

Depart Roma Termini by train --> Paris Lyon (duration: 17 fucking hours)
20:40 to 13:19

12-Jul .................................................................................................Day 18

PARIS

1 day

Depart:
leave Gare Du Nord Station via Northern high-speed line chunnel (3hrs)

LONDON

Sleep:
1) Get to Piccadilly Circus underground station.2) Take Exit 1 onto Glasshouse Street . 3) Cross the road to Sherwood Street . 4) Walk for 30 seconds... > We are next to the Piccadilly Theatre and opposite the Fish & Chip
2 night
Picadilly by 7pm http://book.onlineres.com.au/holodeck/picadill-c/b3.asp

depart:
(hopefully not hung over) 10:30 am bus to LONDON

London Marais neighborhood (jazz clubs, bars, etc)

Sleep:
Picadilly http://book.onlineres.com.au/holodeck/picadill-c/b3.asp

13-Jul .......................................................................................Day 19

depart-->10:30am chunnel to Heathrow (50min) 4 euro

depart europe-->13:00 flight to Toronto