Aalto & Others
- Journey through Finland surveying the works of Alvar Aalto, ‘the poet of International Modernism’.
- Study also some major buildings by other twentieth-century Finnish architects and look at other areas of design and art.
- Four hotels and quite a lot of travelling, through understated beauty of forest and lake.
- Led by an architect who lived in Finland and worked in Aalto’s office.
- Flights from Manchester or London.
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4–11 July 2009
8 days • £2,250
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Savonlinna Opera
- Flights from Manchester or London to Helsinki and continue to Savonlinna by train the following day.
- Productions at Savonlinna are musically and dramatically first-rate, in the incomparable setting of a mediaeval castle on an island.
- A pleasant, small town amidst the unassertive beauty of the lakeland in design-conscious Finland.
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12–17 July 2009
6 days • £2,240
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