Art on the Côte D'Azur
- An art history tour visiting Europe’s greatest concentration of classic modern art, in a setting of idyllic scenery and pretty towns.
- Renoir, Bonnard, Braque, Léger, Miró, Giacometti, Cocteau, Chagall, Matisse, Picasso.
- First-class rail travel by Eurostar and TGV.
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6–13 April 2010
8 days •
£2,090
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19–26 October 2010
8 days •
£2,180
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Châteaux of Ile de France
- France tour for Friends of the Royal Academy
- Explore the patterns and interaction of history and design in architecture and gardens.
- Stay within the Jean Jacques Rousseau park and in a hotel a stone’s throw from Versailles palace.
- First-class train travel to Paris.
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11–16 September 2010
6 days •
£1,760
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Châteaux of the Loire
- France guided tour that includes only the best of the houses and gardens of the Loire.
- Stay at a château hotel in the centre of the area.
- First-class rail travel on Eurostar.
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23–26 May 2010
4 days •
£1,380
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French Gothic
- Perhaps the most coherent and consistently excellent group of great buildings in Europe.
- The key monuments in the development of Gothic, with a whole day for Chartres.
- First-class rail travel on Eurostar.
- Three 3-star hotels and some lengthy drives.
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13–19 September 2010
7 days •
£1,690
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Gardens of the Riviera
- A France tour that visits inspiring historic gardens in spectacular settings, with exceptional growing conditions.
- Includes visits to some gardens not normally open to the public.
- One hotel throughout. First-class rail travel.
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13–20 October 2010
8 days •
£2,080
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History of Impressionism
- An art history tour to France's finest collections of Impressionism in France, and places associated with the artists.
- Major Monet exhibition at the Grand Palais, with 200 works by Monet under one roof.
- Coincides with the final days of a large-scale Impressionist exhibition in Normandy, with 100 masterpieces on loan.
- Stay in Rouen for four nights and Paris for one. First-class rail travel by Eurostar from London.
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21–26 September 2010
6 days •
£1,660
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Mediaeval Burgundy
- Superb collection of Romanesque and early Gothic buildings.
- Exceptionally well-preserved historic towns.
- Rural drives through beautiful landscapes.
- First-class rail travel by Eurostar and TGV.
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5–12 June 2010
8 days •
£2,150
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Opera at Aix & Orange
- France tour to two of Europe’s finest summer music festivals.
- Juan Diego Florez and Natalie Dessay in a concert of Bel Canto arias and duets.
- Rameau’s rarely performed Pygmalion.
- Tosca with Roberto Alagna and Catherine Naglestad.
- Don Giovanni, conducted by Louis Langrée, with Bo Skovus and Marlis Petersen.
- Stay in Avignon and Aix-en-Provence.
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16–21 July 2010
6 days •
£2,820
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Provence
- The South of France in the Middle Ages.
- Considers the Roman and Early Christian influence on mediaeval sculptors and builders.
- A natural setting of exceptional attractiveness.
- Based throughout in a 4-star hotel in Avignon.
- Led by an architectural historian.
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17–23 October 2010
7 days •
£1,950
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Stained Glass
- A tour to France encompassing much of the best mediaeval glass to survive on the Continent.
- Chartres, Bourges, Troyes, Tours, Ste-Chapelle.
- Quite a specialist tour with a lot of driving.
- First-class rail travel on Eurostar.
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9–15 May 2010
7 days •
£1,780
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