Programs
Trips and Travel
Day Trips 2025
Boat Tour: Inner Workings of Port Tampa Bay
Wednesday, October 15, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30
A behind-the-scenes waterside look at Port Tampa Bay, Florida鈥檚 largest and most cargo-diverse
port. The operation handles 33 million tons of cargo a year, supports more than 85,000
jobs in Central Florida and is a major cruise homeport. The 75-minute port boat tour
will include a narrated look at a majority of the Port Tampa Bay complex, traveling
around Hooker鈥檚 Point and back to the starting point at Cruise terminal 3, Channelside.
Free Parking. Please arrive by 9:45 a.m. Registration opens August 25.
Amazon Fulfillment Center TPA4: Behind-the-Scenes Tour
Monday, September 22, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00
What happens after you place an order with Amazon? Join us for a free guided walking tour of Amazon's robotic fulfillment center in Temple Terrace. Learn how orders are processed, packed and shipped. The "TPA4" facility opened in 2021, Amazon's fifth robotics fulfillment center in FLorida. It stands four stories tall and is the size of eight football fields. Parking is free at this facility.
Registration opens August 25
Multi Day Trips 1
OLLI's Travel Opportunities Committee (TOC) organizes international and domestic trips. It's fun to travel with a group of friends, or soon-to-become-friends. Great fun and great value!
If you have questions or comments for the committee, please email olli-inquiries@usf.edu or call Charise Dixie at 813-974-5848.
November 10, 2025 - 9 days: Highlights of the Douro with Spain featuring 7 night Douro river cruise aboard the NEW Riviera Rose.
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Highlights
Porto City Tour, wine tastings, walled village of Castelo Rodrigo, Salamanca (Spain)
walking tour, Flamenco Show, Mateus Palace Gardens and a choice of port cellar wine
tasting in Porto or the Guimar茫es Tour known for its Portuguese history.
November 2025, Nashville & the Smoky Mountains
November 29 - December 6, 2025
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Highlights
Grand Ole Opry Show, Historic RCA Studio B, Country Music Hall of Fame, Gaylord Opryland
Resort Dinner & Holiday Show, Dollywood, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Asheville,
Biltmore Estate
Red Rocks to the Rockies - Departing September 15, 2025
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Highlights
This trip features rugged gorges, sandstone cliffs and other geological marvels, four
National Parks and two days aboard the Rocky Mountaineer enjoying spectacular views
of through the train's oversize glass-domed windows. National Parks include Zion,
Bryce Canyon, Arches and Rocky Mountain.
Explore Tuscany, November 2025
Date change - now departs November 5 and returns November 13.
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Highlights
Montecatini Terme, Lucca, Family-Owned
Winery Experience, Florence, Pisa, Cooking Class, Siena, Cheese Farm, San Gimignano.
The Great Rivers of Europe, October 2026
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Highlights
Join us for an unforgettable 14-day journey aboard Grand Circle Cruise Line's privately
owned MS River Aria--a 162-passenger ship offering an intimate and enriching travel experience. Cruise
along three of Europe's most iconic waterways--the Rhine, Main, and Danube Rivers--beginning
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and concluding in Melk and Vienna, Austria.
New Orleans and Cajun Country, March 2026
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Highlights
Laissez les bon temps rouler on our seven-day New Orleans and Cajun Country trip starting March 15, 2026. While
in New Orleans we鈥檒l tour the French Quarter, enjoy caf茅 au lait and beignets at the
Caf茅 du Monde, take a Mississippi River Cruise on a Paddle-wheeler steamboat, and
visit the Mardi Gras World museum. Then our adventure takes us to Baton Rouge and
Natchez to explore Cajun Country, a region that features a unique blend of French,
Creole and Caribbean influences -- a journey that includes an eerie Bayou Cruise,
a true Louisiana experience.
Sail250 Virginia and America's 250th Anniversary, June 2026
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Highlights
Experience a global gathering of tall ships and military vessels created to kick off
the 250th Anniversary of the founding of the United States. Witness the incredible
Sail250庐 Virgina鈥檚 鈥淧arade of Sail鈥� featuring a sailing fleet of the world鈥檚 most
magnificent international tall ships and military vessels. Tour Fort Monroe and the
Battleship Wisconsin. Visit the Virginia Air and Space Center. Stroll among the tall
ships, costumed characters, military vessels, while enjoying live demonstrations and
entertainment.
The Canadian Rockies and Glacier National Park, August 2026
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Highlights
Experience the grandeur of the Canadian Rockies on a trip that includes Waterton Lakes
National Park, Glacier National Park, Kootenay National Park, the Banf Gondola, Peyto
Lake, Lake McDonald, Moraine Lake, the Valley of the Ten Peaks, Lake Louise and Victoria
Glacier, and the Athabasca Glacier Ice Explorer.