Make this your summer for an educational adventure with Vanderbilt. Whether you seek exciting enrichment in history, culture, literature or music, these four trips are truly one-of-a-kind. Make your choice and start packing today.
Bavaria and Danube River Cruise
Featuring Mark Wait, Martha Rivers Ingram Blair Dean’s Chair
June 2–14, 2016
From $4,995 per person, double occupancy
Join Mark Wait, dean of the Blair School of Music, for this luxurious Danube cruise as he shares the musical and cultural heritage of Central Europe. Begin in Munich and travel through Passau to Bratislava, where you’ll board the ship. Soak up Hungarian culture in ancient Budapest, and walk in the footsteps of Brahms and Strauss in imperial Vienna. Visit picturesque Krems, Austria, and the scenic Wachau Valley.
Southern Culture and Civil War
Featuring Cecelia Tichi, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English and American Studies
June 4–13, 2016
From $4,399 per person, double occupancy.
Early discount price extension: March 31, 2016
Experience Southern culture during this cruise down the Mississippi River, plus two pre-cruise nights at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis. Professor Cecelia Tichi’s commentary on writers along the Mississippi River enhances your experience. Visit battlefields and plantation homes in Greenville, Vicksburg and Natchez, Miss., before reaching New Orleans.
Taste of the Mediterranean: from Athens to Venice
Featuring Mara Papatheodorou, contributing editor at Bon Appetit
August 5–12, 2016
From $4,345 per person, double occupancy
This tasteful adventure couples the magic of the Mediterranean with the renowned culinary expertise of Mara Papatheodorou. Learn how the culture of each country makes the cuisine as different as it is delicious as you sail the Aegean and Adriatic seas between Athens and Venice aboard the Silver Spirit.
Machu Picchu and the Desert Kingdoms of Peru
Featuring Tom Dillehay, Rebecca Webb Wilson University Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Religion, and Culture and Professor of Anthropology and Latin American Studies
September 9–21, 2016
From $7,195 per person, double occupancy
Immerse yourself in ancient Peruvian culture. See the Valley of the Pyramids near Túcume, Trujillo’s Temple of the Sun and Urubamba—the Sacred Valley of the Incas. At Machu Picchu you’ll stay at the spectacular lodge where every view is stunning. Professor Tom Dillehay offers his expertise on the land and its magnificent history, including a visit to his research dig site.