Our Christmas tours for 2018
posted on 23/08/18
We have gift-wrapped some of our most rewarding European tours by scheduling them over the Christmas period. It’s a promising time to travel – not only are galleries and museums relatively empty but the day itself (when Christmas lunch is arranged and there is usually the option of a church service) is spent in the memorable surroundings of a great world city.
Naples at Christmas – art, antiquities & architecture: with Caserta, Amalfi & Ravello
20–27 December 2018
Led by the art historian and writer Christopher Newall.
St Petersburg – pictures and palaces in the imperial capital
20–27 December 2018
Led by Dr Alexey Makhrov, Russian art historian and graduate of the St Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Verona at Christmas – with Mantua & Padua
20–27 December 2018
Led by the Italian art specialist Dr Susan Steer.
Modern Art on the Côte d'Azur – Picasso, Matisse, Chagall & their contemporaries
21–27 December 2018
Led by Lydia Bauman, art historian, artist and lecturer at the National Gallery.
Milan at Christmas – Italy’s northern capital
21–27 December 2018
Led by Dr Luca Leoncini, specialist in 15th-century Italian painting.
Christmas in Barcelona – Art and Architecture in Catalonia
20–26 December 2018
Led by Patrick Bade, art historian and long-time Senior Lecturer at Christie’s Education.
Vienna at Christmas – Art, architecture & music in the Habsburg Capital
20–27 December 2018
Led by Dr Jarl Kremeier, art historian specialising in 17th- to 19th-century architecture and decorative arts.
Music in Dresden at Christmas - With excursions to Leipzig and Meissen
20–27 December 2018
Led by architectural historian Tom Abbott and musicologist and musician Professor John Holloway.
Music in Berlin at New Year– Art, architecture & music in the German capital
27 December 2018–2 January 2019
Led by Tom Abbott, specialist in architectural history from the Baroque to the 20th century with a wide knowledge of the performing arts.
