Programs

Trips and Travel

Day Trips 2025

Thursday, April 10 - Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Training Center Tour -CLOSED to registration.

Join us for a FREE and personalized, adults-only, tour of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Facility, as the team begins its push toward its 50th anniversary season this Fall. This behind-the-scenes look will include the Bucs locker rooms, weight and training facilities, and unique dining area, which overlooks the outdoor training field. Click to register or call Charise Dixie 813-974-5848.

Wednesday, April 23 - Tampa International Airport -  SOLD OUT

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 click OR call Charise Dixie 813-974-5848. This trip is now full. We plan to offer it in the future again so please check back.

 

Multi Day Trips

NEW

July 8, 2025 11 days: Danube Explorer & Highlights of Budapest 

Danube Trip 2025

 

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 Ceský Krumlov with over three hundred protected medieval buildings, tour Vienna and take a walking or bike tour, enjoy  the "Pearl of the Danube" - Budapest.

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Free airfare, discount for single supplement, all gratuities included. Places limited. Final payment due April 8. 


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 Guimarães Tour known for its Portuguese history.

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Date change to  - 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 

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Multi-Day Trips

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.


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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.

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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.

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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.

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