Programs
Trips and Travel
Day Trips 2025
Wednesday, March 26 - OLLI Day at the Races
Join us for a social day at the races at Tampa Bay Downs. Watch the races from the Skye Terrace Dining Room. and treat yourself to lunch. If you choose, buy yourself a program ($3.50) for information on the horses in each race. Parking is free (gates open at 11:00 a.m.) and there is no entrance fee. Park near the Clubhouse entrance. Valet parking available for $10. Click for more information on the Tampa Bay Downs website. For details and to register for this day trip, click OR call Charise Dixie 813-974-5848.
Wednesday, April 23 - Tampa International Airport
Are you excited about going to the airport for a flight? Would you like to take a look at what goes on behind the scenes at an international airport? For details and to register for this FREE day trip, click OR call Charise Dixie 813-974-5848.
Multi Day Trips
NEW
July 6, 2025 11 days: Danube Explorer & Highlights of Budapest
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Highlights:
This trip offers 9 nights aboard an Emerald Cruise Star-Ship with excursions in Germany,
Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. Sample local farm specialities, hike,
visit the UNESCO World Heritage town of Cesk媒 Krumlov with over three hundred protected
medieval buildings, tour Vienna and take a walking or bike tour, enjoy the "Pearl
of the Danube" - Budapest.
NEW
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.
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NEW - November 2025, Nashville & the Smoky Mountains
November 30 - December 7, 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
Multi-Day Trips
OLLI's Travel Opportunities Committee (TOC) organizes foreign 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.
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May 2025
Sunny Portugal - Departing May 8, 2025
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Highlights
Lisbon, Choice on Tour: 鈥淐alcadas鈥� Walking Tour or 鈥淭he Way of the Cod鈥� Tour, Belem,
Cork Factory, Evora, Winery Visit, Alentejo, Lagos, Algarve, Set煤bal, Portuguese Riviera,
Obidos, Sintra, Choice on Tour: National Palace of Sintra or Free Time, UNESCO World
Heritage Sites.
june 2025
Discover California Dreamin': Monterey, Yosemite and Napa with optional 2- night extension in San Francisco Post tour - 8 Days - Departing June 16
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Highlights
Monterey, Scenic 17-Mile Drive, California State Railroad Museum or Crocker Art Museum,
Lake Tahoe Scenic Cruise, Napa Valley Vineyard and Wine Tasting, San Francisco
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AUGUST 2025
Landscapes and Lighthouses of Coastal Maine - 7 days
Departing August 9, 2025
Featuring five nights at one hotel in Maine and one night in Boston.
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Highlights
Boston City Tour with Fenway Park, Casco Bay Cruise, Portland Head Light house, seashore
Trolley Museum, Walkers Point, Lobster Boat Cruise, Cape Neddick Lighthouse, Boothbay
Harbor, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, Lobster Clambake.
October 2025
Iceland Explorer - 7 days -Departing October 1, 2025
5 nights in one hotel!
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Highlights
Geothermal spas, hot springs and mud pots, geysers and spectacular waterfalls, National
Parks, a southern coast tour, five viking ships from the 11th century in the Viking
Ship museum, tour Skogar Folk Museum and National Museum.
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
November 4-12, 2025
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Highlights
Montecatini Terme, Lucca, Family-Owned
Winery Experience, Florence, Pisa, Cooking Class, Siena, Cheese Farm, San Gimignano.