Art trip to Rome by air: 5 days, 4 nights

Subject range: Art

What you’ll experience: A beautiful square featuring sites such as ‘The Fountain of The Four Rivers’ and ‘Church of Saint’Agnese in Agone’. Students will also be able to see street artists at work in the square sketching portraits.
Select says: Find out more about the square and church: http://www.turismoroma.it/cosa-fare/piazza-navona?lang=en http://www.santagneseinagone.org/recapiti.html

Subject range: Art, Cultural, History, Classics

What you’ll experience: Once the heart of Roman public life, the Forum is a plaza in the centre of Rome surrounded by the ruins of important ancient government buildings. Many events took place here including public speeches, trials and elections. Located in the small valley between the Palatine and Capitoline hills.
Select says: According to tradition, the Forum’s beginnings are connected with the alliance between Romulus, the first king of Rome controlling the Palatine Hill, and his rival, Titus Tatius, who occupied the Capitoline Hill.

Subject range: Art, Cultural, History, Classics

What you’ll experience: The Vatican is the smallest state in the world. It’s full of places of interest to be discovered including the Vatican grounds and Museum with fabulous art work such as the wondrous Michelangelo masterpieces in the Sistine chapel, St. Peter’s Basilica with its beautiful Renaissance architecture, and St. Peter’s Square with the impressive Egyptian obelisk at its centre.
Select says: It is best to visit the Vatican first, entering as early as possible in the morning to avoid the crowds (skip the line with Select’s fast pass into the Vatican) and then make your way to St. Peter’s Basilica. Our tour guides can tailor your tour to suit your requirements.

Subject range: Art, Cultural

What you’ll experience: A monumental stairway of 135 steps which climbs a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and the Trinità dei Monti church at the top. They were built between 1723-1726 and designed by Francesco de Sanctis.
Select says: At the base of the steps in the Piazza di Spagna is the early Baroque fountain called Fontana della Barcaccia which translates as ‘fountain of the ugly boat’.

Subject range: Art

What you’ll experience: The Galleria Borghese is set within the beautiful Villa Borghese Pinciana, renowned for its gardens. You will see collections of paintings, sculptures and antiquities. View incredible paintings by artists such as Titian, Caravaggio, Raphael and Rubens and mythological sculptures by Bernini.
Select says: The main floor is mostly devoted to classical antiquities of the 1st–3rd centuries AD and includes a famous mosaic of gladiators dated 320–30 AD. View more information on the gallery’s website including details of upcoming exhibitions: http://www.galleriaborghese.it/artisti/edefault.htm

Subject range: Art

What you’ll experience: The collection includes works from many of the major artistic figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including Goya, Blake, Renoir, Rossetti, Van Gogh, Degas, Monet, Cezanne, Mirò, Paul Klee, Kandinsky and Klimt. There are also several works of contemporary art on display.
Select says: To help prepare for your visit the museum website has a virtual 360° tour http://www.gnam.beniculturali.it/index.php?en/456/virtual-tour-360

Subject range: Art, Cultural, History, Classics

What you’ll experience: The largest Baroque fountain in the city, the Trevi Fountain is a beautiful, imposing construction that features the central figure of Neptune flanked by two Tritons – one struggles to master an unruly sea horse, the other leads a more docile animal (this symbolises the two contrasting moods of the sea). A traditional legend holds that if visitors throw a coin into the fountain, they are ensured a return to Rome.
Select says: The fountain is mostly built of travertine stone. The largest building in the world constructed mostly of travertine is the Colosseum in Rome.