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Global Studies Tours 2008


Study tours are an opportunity for people of all ages to learn about the world through guided travel.  Trips are led by SCC faculty and include all transportation, most meals, lodging, guides, and entrance fees, except where noted. Optional college credit is available on most trips.

Paris, Switzerland, and the Côte d’Azur

Switzerland - view of mountains and a village in the valley below

From Athens to Istanbul

Greek ruins

Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, and the Amazon
Peru

This tour is currently full.

March 15-23, 2008

Leaders:
Denise McCracken and
Cal Chandler

Itinerary

Price:
$2895 includes airfare, double occupancy in three-star hotels, all transportation, entrance fees, a bilingual French guide, daily breakfast and three dinners. Optional college credit is available: FRN 195 (one credit hour).

Join professors Denise McCracken and Cal Chandler on a tour to three French-speaking regions of Europe, with overnights inParis, Switzerland and the French Riviera.  Highlights include a Paris city tour, two days in the Lake Geneva region of Switzerland, day trips to Versailles, Dijon and Lyon, travel on the TGV (high speed train), and two days in Cannes with an optional visit to Monaco. 

For more information,
call 636-922-8254.

This 11-day trip is scheduled to leave either May 20 or May 27, 2008, depending on final cruise schedules.

Itinerary

Leaders:
Paul Roesler and William Kristen

Early bird pricing:
$3,269 for adults in double rooms $2,899 for students in triples and quads
$3,319 for students and non-students in doubles.

Join professors Paul Roesler and William Kristen on a study tour to Greece and Turkey. Visit Athens and cruise the Mediterranean Sea to Rhodes, Mykonos, Patmos, Ephesus, Troy, and Bursa. The tour ends in Istanbul, home of the ancient Haghia Sophia, one of the oldest chuches in the world.

For more information,
call 636-922-8265.

May 23-June 1, 2008

Itinerary

Leaders:
William Griffin and Scottie Priesmeyer

Price:
Total price is $2,995 for double occupancy.

From May 23-June 1, 2008, join professors William Griffin and Scottie Priesmeyer on a tour to Peru and the Amazon. Visit Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, ancient ruins, and mystical temples. Take an alpine train to the  lost city of the Incas: Machu Picchu. Fly to Iquitos for a cruise down the Amazon and two nights in a jungle lodge. Hike trails, see amazing flora, visit the Yagua natives, and observe dolphins.

For more information,
call 636-922-8465
or 636-922-8557.

Top ten reasons for taking a study tour at SCC.

For more information, call 636-922-8254 or visit http://www.studytour.org/.