Private Special Events
These visits will take place either Monday, June 21 or Tuesday, June 22 in the afternoon, exact times to be announced, and will be guided by Stanford Professors, Stanford in Florence Professors and Florence Experts.
Please sign up for one of the private special events on the registration form. These visits are subject to change and some might be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment or to circumstances beyond our control. Registration is limited to 25 people per event.
- Private Visit of the Villa I Tatti: Guide TBA
- Private Visit of the Duomo & Baptistery: Timothy Verdon, Professor, Stanford in Florence
- Michelangelo’s Florence: Guide TBA
- Sketching the Florentine Landscape: Filippo Rossi, Professor, Stanford in Florence
- A Food Tasting (The Mediterranean Diet: Theory and Practice): Regina Casper, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emerita
- Florence in Anglo-American Literature: A Walking Tour: Martin Evans, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Stanford University
- Olive Oil Tasting: Keith Richmond ’63
- The Hidden City Walking Tour: Guide TBA
- Visit to Villa del Salviatino: Guide TBA
- Guided visit of the Museo della Specola (The Human Body and Art): Guide TBA
- Intensive Italian Language Class: Fiorenza Quercioli. Professor, Stanford in Florence
- Private Visits of Florence’s Less Known Museums. Visit sites such as The Archeological Museum, The Bardini Museum, and The Ferragamo Museum. Guide and Museum TBA
- The Monumental Gardens of Florence: Guide TBA
- Guided Visit of the History of Science Museum: Paolo Galluzzi, Professor, Stanford in Florence and Director of the History of Science Museum
- Guided Visit and Discussion About the Current Program: Ermelinda M. Campani, Director, Stanford in Florence
- Neighborhood Walking Tour: Guide TBA
- Hike from Fiesole to Settignano: Giuseppe Mammarella, Director Emeritus, Stanford in Florence
- Visit to a Restoration Laboratory: Guide TBA
- Visit to Villa San Paolo: Guide TBA
- Renaissance Florence: Architecture and Urbanism: Geoffrey Tyack, Director, Stanford in Oxford
- Made in Italy, Made in China: The Evolution of Italian Fashion: Sylvia Yanagisako, Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University
- The Secret Power of Time Influencing Personal Decisions and Italian destiny: Philip Zimbardo, Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, Stanford University