• Eight private concerts of Renaissance to Baroque period music.
• The eight contrasting venues include the Basilica di San Marco, Ca' Rezzonico, Chiesa del Redentore, Sta Maria dei Miracoli and the Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista.
• The performers are some of the world's leading specialists in the music of the period: The Gabrieli Consort, Andreas Scholl, La Venexiana, L'Arte dell'Arco, La Serenissima, and many more.

• 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.

• Comprehensive exploration of Rome’s ancient remains
• Good 4-star hotel
• Visits to Ostia and Tivoli

• For Friends of the RA
• Explores the little cities in the hills and valleys of the southern Marches.
• Paintings by Crivelli and Lotto provide pegs around which the tour is planned.

• 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.

• Best place for an art-history tour – highly influential art, wonderful architecture.
• The Renaissance occupies centre stage; mediaeval and other periods are not ignored.

• For Friends of the Royal Academy
• Visits places that are private, or not easily accessible to the public, or off the beaten track.
• Includes palaces outside Florence – Fiesole, Poggio a Caiano, Carmignano, Artiminio, Galluzzo.
• The B list? An A list by the standards of nearly everywhere else in the world.

• Visits places that are private, or not easily accessible to the public, or off the beaten track.

• Includes a few places outside Florence – Fiesole, Poggio a Caiano, Carmignano, Artimino, Galluzzo.

• The B list? An A list by the standards of nearly everywhere else in the world.

• A wide variety of Italian art and architecture: Roman, Byzantine, Gothic, Renaissance, Palladian.
• Tiepolo is a predominant theme and the tour is based in Udine where he worked early in his career.

• A wonderful variety of villas and gardens around Lakes Maggiore and Como.
• Some of the most fascinating historic gardens in Europe, all enhanced by a splendid natural setting.
• Two hotels, one a 5-star establishment in a historic lakeside villa.