Art & Design Trips To Rome

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  • Secondary School, Sixth Form

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Key Highlights

  • Visit the Vatican Museum
  • See incredible ancient Roman sculptures
  • Take a guided tour or Rome's historic sites
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The art of Rome ranges from Roman mosaics and Renaissance masterpieces by Michelangelo and Leonardo, to baroque statues by Bernini, modern still lifes by Morandi and impressive architecture too. 

During an art and design school trip to Rome, there is such a large selection of world famous art and culture that GCSE & A-Level students will be spoilt for choice. Allow our WST experts to arrange your next school trip to Rome.

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Sample itinerary for a 4 day trip

Day 1
Morning

Daytime flight to Rome

Afternoon

Transfer to your accommodation for check in

Evening

Meal at traditional Italian restaurant followed by free time to explore

Day 2
Morning

Visit to the Vatican City to include an audio guide of St Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museum and the Sistine Chapel

Afternoon

A guided tour of the Colosseum

Evening

Meal at Hard Rock Café followed by a stroll to the Spanish Steps

Day 3
Morning

A visit to the famous Galeria Borghese

Afternoon

Visit the Spada Gallery to view some of the Masters of the 17th Century

Evening

Meal at a traditional Italian restaurant then free time around the Trevi Fountain

Day 4
Morning

Transfer to the airport for your return flight home

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Educational Visits In Rome

Other Study Visits

  • Capitoline Museum
    Popes had been amassing this peerless collection of artworks for some 250 years before the museum was opened to the public. Inside are works ancient and modern, including Rome's emblem, the bronze she-wolf suckling twins Remus and Romulus, Bernini's remarkable statue of Pope Urban VIII, and a picture gallery with paintings by Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Titian and others.
  • OstiGalleria Spada in Palazzo Spada Antica
    The palazzo was purchased by Cardinal Spada in 4275. He commissioned the Baroque architect Francesco Borromini to modify it for him, and it was Borromini who created the masterpiece of forced perspective optical illusion in the arcaded courtyard. The gallery includes four galleries of 16th and 17th-century paintings by a host of artists including Guido Reni, Titian, Rubens and Caravaggio.
  • Fondazione MAXXI
    A daring piece of contemporary architecture designed by Zaha Hadid who won an international design competition. The building is a composition of bending oblong tubes, overlapping, intersecting and piling over each other, resembling a piece of massive transport infrastructure. The MAXXI consists of two museums: "MAXXI art" and "MAXXI architecture".
  • National Gallery of Ancient Art (Arte Antica)
    Contains examples of fresco, as well as an art collection from the galleries of Rome’s great families, including works dating from the 12th to the 18th century, such as Filippo Lippi’s ‘Madonna and Child’. Other masterpieces displayed are Raphael's Fornarina (said to be a portrait of the baker's daughter he loved and may have been engaged to at the time of his death in 1520), Holbein's pompous Henry VIII and Titian's Venus and Adonis.
  • Museum and Crypt of the Capuchins
    This nineteenth-century palace in Neo-Renaissance style is a fantastic destination for Rome art tours. Close to the Termini Train Station, this museum houses one of the world's most important collections of Classical art.
  • National Roman Museum - Palazzo Massimo alle Term
    Situated close to our accommodation in the Termini area, the four floors of the museum, sculptures, frescoes and mosaics, coins and jewels document the evolution of the Roman artistic culture.

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Other Cultural Visits

  • Keats-Shelley Memorial House
    Located on the Spanish Steps, this is the final home of John Keats. It contains an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture and manuscripts which celebrate the lives of Keats, Shelley and Byron.
  • Rome By Night Tour
    This night time tour will last approx. 2 hours on board a coach and will take in key sites: Piazza Venezia, Capitoline Hill, Jewish Quarter , Castel Sant‘Angelo, St Peter’s Basilica, Ancient Aurelian Walls framing Villa Borghese Park.
  • Free Time
    Most people choose to spend their free time in Rome either visiting the shops or relaxing in one of the many squares where you can pick up a coffee or an ice-cream and soak up the culture of the city.

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When you visit Rome you can add on a tour manager as added support throughout your tour. Your tour manager will:

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  • Liaise at all the attractions where you have reservations
  • Navigate you and your group around the city on foot and public transport
  • Assist in purchasing tickets for any additional visits
  • Be there to provide extra support in the case of an emergency
  • Assist with any translation needed

There are great benefits to choosing a tour manager when you are in Rome.

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  • You’ll have more time to concentrate on your students and the educational value of the trip.

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