“The Two Gauls: Northern Italy and Alpine France” Vergilian Society Tour 2026

This tour will explore the immediate north of the Roman Republic, Cisalpine and Transalpine Gaul. Now a region that crosses the border between France and Italy. The visits include many cities with Gallic origins and Roman additions which represent the assimilation of the region into the Roman world. The military aspect of this assimilation is represented in gates and triumphal markers that celebrate the Roman conquest.

Tour will begin in Milan, visiting Novara, Torino, Susa, Asti, Cuneo, Nice and other cities. The trip will include a train ride through the French-Italian alps

Cost $3450: (we are anticipating inflation). Include hotels, travel, site and museum entries, two dinner and 6 lunches. Single room supplement $570.

June 16 Tuesday Milano

Arrival in Milan, afternoon visit to Duomo and the Galleria di Vittoria Emmaulele II, Colonne di San Lorenzo e chiesa, Welcome dinner, hotel in Milan

June 17 Wednesday Milano

Milano Archaeological museum, Last Supper museum, lunch, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, hotel in Milan

June 18 Thursday Novara/Vercelli

Bus to Novara, Archaeological and Lapidary museums, lunch, bus to Vercelli,

Museums and cathedral in Vercelli, hotel in Vercelli

June 19 Friday Ivrea and Susa

Bus to Ivrea amphitheater

Municipal Museum Pier Alessandro Garda, bus to Susa, amphitheater, Arch, gate and cathedral, bus to hotel in Torino

June 20 Saturday Torino

Visit to Antiquity Museum, archaeological area, lunch, Egyptian Museum, hotel in Torino

June 21 Sunday Asti

Bus to Asti: Domus Romana, Crypt of Sant’Anastasio, Complex of S. Pietro, free lunch, museums, hotel in Asti

June 22 Monday Alba and countryside

Visit to Alba Cathedral and ruins, lunch, Bene vagienna archaeological area, hotel in Cuneo

June 23 Tuesday Cuneo and Train to Nice

Museo Civico di Cuneo, lunch, afternoon train to Nice Through the alps, hotel in Nice

June 24 Wed, La Turbie and Roman Cimiez (Nice)

Bus to Eze, then to La Turbie; Monument to Augustus, lunch, visit Cimiez (Roman Ruins and museum), Matisse Museum, hotel in Nice

June 25 Thursday Antibes and Frejus

Bus to Aquaduct Bouillide, to Antibes. Archaeological museum (musee Picasso), bus to Frejus

Lunch, museum and cathedral, amphitheatre, bus back to Nice, Hotel in Nice

June 27 Friday Nice

Chagall museum,  Villa Massena Art Museum, free afternoon, farewell dinner, hotel in Nice

June 28 departure