St. Olaf is home to your travel bucket list – St. Olaf College

Whether you’re an intrepid traveler or a newbie, most of us have a bucket list of places we want to see or experiences we want to have in our lives. St. Olaf College has been helping alumni, parents and friends of the college achieve their travel goals for over 40 years.

In addition to offering study abroad and study distance programs in more than 40 countries around the world, St. Olaf offers 12 programs a year for students, families and friends.

These Alumni and family travel Programs — led by current and retired faculty and hosted by campus leaders — allow Oles to explore and learn from new corners of the world.

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Here’s a taste of what St. Olaf can help you see, do, and learn:

• Follow in the footsteps of Philip II of Macedon, Alexander the Great and St. Paul Greece and Turkey! Experience the same places as these three influential figures of antiquity and study the legacy they left on Western civilization.
• Discover revered Inca wonders, colonial cities, and rich cultural heritage on a trip to Machu Picchu, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and more. Peru.
• Combine hiking in amazing places with a lot of fascinating history and archeology Northern Highlands of Scotland. Experience Scotland’s walking culture and landscape, varied, rugged, and sometimes rugged and emotional.
• See, close up, plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. Madagascar. See lemurs in their natural habitat, found only in Madagascar. Eat the local cake koba. Walk among the baobab trees known as the mother of the forest. And meet local residents who are doing positive things for their community.
• Round the wonderful island Ireland To explore literature, history and culture. Walk the streets of James Joyce’s Dublin. Stroll Sligo, where Yeats spent his childhood summers. Imbibe in Irish food and drink. More!
• Visit important biblical sites, chat with local scholars and explore different religious expressions, all staking their claim to a small place on Earth. Holy country.
• Running around Mont-BlancDip your toes into France, Italy and Switzerland and find out what’s going on as you travel the world, at a speed that allows you to savor the details.
• Walk the trails, visit the villages, sample the wines, meet the locals, enjoy the food, marvel at the amazing views and experience less visited places at 3 mph. Italy and Slovenia.
• Walk, bike and kayak your way Northern SpainYou are exploring the region’s extraordinary history, culture, art, architecture and local food and drink.
• Experience both traditional and natural temples, from the Mayan pyramids, to the Barrier Reef off the coast of Belize, second only to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in size and diversity.
• Visit some of the most beautiful villages in Europe, feel the bright sunshine that drew artists like Cézanne and Van Gogh to the region, enjoy a hands-on experience at a truffle and honey farm in both the “breadbasket of France” and have some tastings. The best wine the world has to offer in the region where the grapes are grown.
• Explore questions of purpose, meaning, and calling in your life’s “third phase” and more at the Spiritual Desert Retreat Center in Carefree, Arizona.
• Experience the beauty of Europe and spring in the Mediterranean on a 10-night cruise aboard Ocean Cruises Riviera.

These and more opportunities await you. See all of ours Destinations And join us!