From Classical orders to modernist innovations, our art and architecture tours examine many protagonists and periods in the history of civilisations around the world, whether the rich artistic traditions of Japan or the private palaces of Venice.
Explore the most famous and celebrated galleries in the world, such as the Uffizi, Prado and the Hermitage, and study countless lesser known gems on our art tours – and on our architecture tours, learn about great buildings as monuments and dwelling-spaces, as works of engineering as well as works of art, and as vital components in a city’s mythos.
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After an initial look in the lengthy domed entrance area of St Mark's Basilica, we were asked to sit in the nave. The lights were extinguished and after a minute or so, began to gradually come on, one by one, first quite faint and then slowly increasing in intensity until we were all totally swathed in gold. "
Venetian Palaces - The greatest and best-preserved palaces of La Serenissima
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The excellence in the smallest detail, from hotel selection to minute by minute organisation of each day and evening, the highest possible quality of the lectures, despite initial terror of finding one knew nothing, but realising one was there to learn after all, as were most attendees. "
Birth of the Modern - Britain in the Age of Jane Austen & JMW Turner
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Mary Lynn Riley was such an outstanding lecturer! She imparts information beautifully, and is deeply
knowledgeable about the artists and their works. She was also a delightful travel companion, so down-to-earth and
helpful, and I really enjoyed her presence. "
Art in Switzerland - Great collections, lovely towns, sublime landscapes
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