A Weekend in Siena
- A short, out-of-season trip when few tourists are in Siena.
- Mediaeval painting reached its apogee here in the workshops of Duccio, Simone Martini, the Lorenzetti brothers and many others.
- Art, architecture, history: all subjects in all significant periods are covered.
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20–23 November 2008
4 days •
£990
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Aragon
- One of the least-visited regions of Spain and yet one of the richest in history, architecture and landscapes.
- Stretches from Teruel (inland from Valencia) to Jaca in the foothills of the Pyrenees and on the Camino de Santiago.
- As diverse a tour as we offer with Paleolithic and Neolithic cave painting, Roman remains, Moorish palaces, Spain’s finest examples of Mudéjar, Romanesque castles and churches.
- Visit Goya’s birthplace and see his ‘Horrors of War’.
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14–22 October 2008
9 days •
£1,850
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Art in Madrid
- Two visits to the Prado plus the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection and the Reina Sofia, home to Picasso’s Guernica.
- Lesser-known places include the Sorolla Impressionist Museum, the Archaeological Museum and Goya frescoes at San Antonio de la Florida.
- Lengthened by a day in 2007 to allow time for temporary exhibitions.
- Led by the author of ‘Guernica: the biography of a 20th-century icon’.
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5–9 November 2008
5 days •
£1,040
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Art on The Cóte D'Azur
- Europe’s greatest concentration of classic modern art, in idyllic scenery.
- Renoir, Bonnard, Braque, Léger, Miró, Giacometti, Cocteau, Chagall, Matisse and Picasso.
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14–20 October 2008
7 days •
£1,540
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Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden
- For Friends of the Royal Academy
- Studies the former capitals of Brandenburg-Prussia and Saxony.
- Both have immensely rich holdings of fine & decorative arts and architecture.
- Rebuilding and restoration continues to transform both cities.
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5–12 September 2008
8 days •
£1,780
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Californian Galleries
- Great collections in some outstanding buildings.
- Strong on 20th-century painting and sculpture and American and Asian art.
- Based in Los Angeles and San Francisco with an overnight stay close to Hearst Castle.
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12–21 November 2008
10 days •
£2,990
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Danish Art and Design
- A range of excellent art galleries, many with exciting new buildings or fine settings, showing international as well as Danish art.
- Particular focus on Danish painting of the 19th and early 20th centuries, especially the Golden Age.
- Historic and modern architecture, city and provinces, town and country.
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4–11 September 2008
8 days •
£2,130
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Dark Age Brilliance
- A journey through north-east Italy to Croatia, via Ravenna, Torcello, Cividale.
- Includes some of the finest art and architecture of the Early Middle Ages to be found anywhere.
- Byzantine mosaics are a particular feature.
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7–14 September 2008
8 days •
£1,560
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Dutch Painting
- Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals: the Golden Age of Dutch painting.
- Important collections of the Rijksmuseum are still on display despite the extensive renovation work.
- Based in The Hague throughout.
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10–14 September 2008
5 days •
£1,190
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Florence
- Best place for an art-history tour – highly influential art, wonderful architecture.
- The Renaissance occupies centre stage; mediaeval and other periods are not ignored.
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10–16 November 2008
7 days •
£1,560
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