Art Press Tour

4 Day Sample Itinerary

This itinerary involves a significant amount of walking, so bring appropriate footwear.

Monday:

Arrive at Pittsburgh International Airport, ranked "Best Airport in the Nation" and third in the world by Condé Nast Traveler. Taxicab voucher provided for transportation to the downtown Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel.

Tuesday

8:15am

Meet VisitPittsburgh staff members in hotel lobby for breakfast.

8:30am

Breakfast at Pamela's Diner in the Strip District.

9:30am

Tour the Pittsburgh Glass Center and visit the gallery.

11:00am

Gallery tours within the 16:62 Design Zone, which is Pittsburgh's interior design district—a unique destination for products and services for home and office design, decor and furnishings. Extending from the 16th Street Bridge in the Strip District to the 62nd Street Bridge in Lawrenceville, the 16:62 Design Zone includes more than 100 shops, galleries, studios and professional services firms.

1:00pm

Lunch at the River Moon Cafe, a neighborhood cafe tucked away in the artsy Lawrenceville neighborhood.

3:00pm

Public Art Walking Tour of Downtown Pittsburgh and the 14-block Cultural District. We will also briefly tour two of the theaters within the Cultural District and view the David L. Lawrence Convention Center’s art collection.

5:00pm

Return to hotel for break.

7:00pm

Dinner at Lidia's in the Strip District. Lidia’s is a hot dining spot owned by renowned Italian chef Lidia Bastianich.

Wednesday

8:00am

Meet VisitPittsburgh staff members in hotel lobby for breakfast. Walk to breakfast at the Terrace Room inside the historic and architecturally beautiful Omni William Penn Hotel.

10:00am

Visit the Carnegie Museum of Art, the region’s preeminent art museum, founded in 1895 by Andrew Carnegie and home of the Carnegie International.

12:00pm

Lunch at the Carnegie Café.

1:30pm

The Kraus Campo Garden at Carnegie Mellon University. Designed by Mel Bochner and Michael Van Valkenburgh, conceived as a single integrated work combining art and landscape design. Rare among projects of this kind, it challenges the very definition of a garden: it is both garden-as-sculpture and sculpture-as-garden.

Alumnus Jonathan Borofsky's "Walking to the Sky". This 100-foot-tall, seven-ton sculpture reflects Borofsky's ongoing exploration of universal human forms.

3:00pm

Tour the Frick Art & Historical Center, a 5.5-acre site which includes Clayton, one of the finest Victorian house museums in the country; the Frick Art Museum; and the Antique Car and Carriage Museum. Tour of Clayton scheduled for 3:00pm.

5:30pm

Return to hotel for break.

7:00pm

Meet VisitPittsburgh staff members in hotel lobby.

7:15pm

Dinner at the Grand Concourse within the Station Square complex. Here you can enjoy fresh seafood, homemade pastas and steaks served amid the regal architecture of a national historic landmark.

9:00pm

Ride the Duquesne Incline to the top of Mt. Washington. Check out the fantastic view of the city, ranked the second most beautiful spot in America by USA Weekend Magazine.

Thursday:

8:15am

Check out of hotel; ask front desk to hold bags.

8:30am

Meet VisitPittsburgh staff members in hotel lobby for breakfast at the Renaissance's Mediterranean-influenced Opus Restaurant.

9:30am

Tour the Andy Warhol Museum, the most comprehensive single-artist museum in the world. This unique museum housed in a former factory encompasses an extensive collection of work by pop art icon and Pittsburgh native Andy Warhol.

For those staying an additional night:

12:45pm

Meet VisitPittsburgh staff members in hotel lobby.

2:00pm

Late lunch at Fallingwater Café.

3:00pm

Visit Fallingwater, recognized as one of Frank Lloyd Wright's most acclaimed works. Dramatically cantilevered over a waterfall, Fallingwater is a supreme example of Wright's concept of organic architecture, promoting harmony between man and nature through design.