Travel Madness 2021

In the spirit of the season, a few weeks ago we launched our very first Travel Madness contest. Basketball is great, but a travel bracket...

Five Things We Love About Student Tours to Italy

Last night ACIS Tour Manager extraordinaire, Anna Costes, met with teachers from around the country to talk about five things she loves about one of...

And I Found Myself in Venice

Today my thoughts took me back to Venice. I had never been to Venice during Carnevale di Venezia, but earlier this year, before the days...

Off the Road: Daily Life of an ACIS Tour Manager

ACIS Tour Managers travel across the globe with students, but they all have to call someplace home. In our Off the Road series, we interview our Tour...

The Ghosts of Venice Past

It’s not only during Carnival season that the magic of Venice’s past comes alive before our eyes. For those who know how to listen, stories...

6 Places Around the World to Celebrate Shakespeare’s 450th Birthday

Happy Birthday to Mr. William Shakespeare, Bard of Avon! While his actual date of birth is not known (only his baptism was recorded on April...

Could This Year’s Beautiful Acqua Alta in Venice Be the Last?

If you are lucky enough as a tourist to have been inundated with water in San Marco, you will have been the recipient of the...

Where to Find the Best View in Italy

Every time I go to Venice, I get caught in that star struck moment—is it live, is it Disney, or is it even Las Vegas?...

Could This Year’s Beautiful Acqua Alta in Venice Be the Last?

If you are lucky enough as a tourist to have been inundated with water in San Marco, you will have been the recipient of the...

Italia Nord, Italia Sud, and the Trains that Unite Them

Italy is a strange and wonderful country. It is at once hopelessly inefficient, exasperating, and unfathomable. Its regions are fiercely independent and culturally alien to...