Secret Rome and the Countryside:
Emblematic Private Palaces, Villas, Gardens & Archeological Sites
8 days & 7 nights
4-star hotel
Sponsored by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art
We are pleased to invite you to join an intimate group of discerning participants for our unique, private discovery of Rome and the Lazio region’s historic, emblematic private palazzi and villas—many inaccessible to the public—offering a rare opportunity to savor unique architecture, décor, art collections and exquisite gardens—during which we will be received by members of the Italian cultural elite for exclusive visits and private receptions.
By exclusive personal invitation of Roman aristocrats, ambassadors, curators and members of the Italian cultural elite, we will discover, during seven momentous days, exemplary private palazzi, castles and villas in the city and surrounding countryside, as well as legendary archeological sites rarely open to the public
We will observe the development of Roman architecture, décor, art and landscape design guided by expert lecturers.
We will be welcomed by the owners, Roman nobility and esteemed members of the Roman social and cultural elite, to their stunning private residences—many never open to the public—for visits, lunches and dinners.