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Voysey House,
Barley Mow Passage
London W4 4GF
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8742 3355
USA: 1-800-988-6168
Canada: (647) 382 1644
Australia: 1300 55 95 95
New Zealand: 61-7-3377-0141
Architecture Tours
Our architecture tours celebrate great buildings as monuments and as dwelling-spaces, as works of engineering and works of art, and as vital components in a city’s mythos. Some tours follow particular themes, or even single architects, others survey a broader range of buildings, the best that the region has to offer. All our small-group tours are led by expert lecturers, chosen for their companionability and communication skills as well as their scholarship.
Israel & Palestine
- Some of the most important and evocative archaeological sites in the western hemisphere.
- Ancient and mediaeval and modern architecture, from Herod to Bauhaus, Jewish, Roman, Christian and Islamic.
- Enthralling streetscape and vernacular architecture in ancient walled towns, varied landscapes from rocky deserts to verdant valleys.
7–16 Feb 2012
10 days
£3,550
16–25 Oct 2012
10 days
£3,660
Connoisseur's Rome
- Concentrates on places which are difficult to access or private.
- Out-of-hours visits to the Sistine Chapel and the Galleria Borghese.
- Content mainly Renaissance and Baroque.
9–14 Feb 2012
6 days
£2,450
Music in Berlin
- Excellent collections of fine and decorative arts and first rate architecture.
- Accompanied both by a musicologist and an art historian to lead walks and visits.
- Includes tickets to Eugen Onegin, Marriage of Figaro and Masked Ball, the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, and the Staatskapelle Berlin conducted by Daniel Barenboim.
14–19 Feb 2012
6 days
£2,380
Florence: Cradle of the Renaissance
- Best place for an art-history tour – highly influential art, wonderful architecture.
- The Renaissance occupies centre stage; mediaeval and other periods are not ignored.
- Smaller group than usual.
20–26 Feb 2012
7 days
£1,980
12–18 Nov 2012
7 days
£2,040
The Art History of Venice
- Wide-ranging survey of art and architecture with an emphasis on the Renaissance.
- Private after-hours visit to San Marco.
- Avoids the crowds of busier months, lower maximum number than most of our tours.
16–22 Mar 2012
7 days
£2,260
Granada & Córdoba
- Ample time at the key sites of Moorish Spain: the Alhambra in Granada and the Mosque in Córdoba, with time also for the lesser-known.
- Visits the Picasso Museum in Málaga and the small Renaissance towns of Úbeda and Baeza.
19–26 Mar 2012
8 days
£2,350
21–28 Apr 2012
8 days
£2,350
Sicily
- Covers the whole island, including the main sights and many lesser known ones.
- The whole gamut – Ancient Greek, Roman, mediaeval (particularly Norman), Renaissance, Baroque and later.
- A full tour but carefully paced. Hotel changes kept to a minimum – only three hotels in thirteen days.
14–26 Mar 2012
13 days
£3,860
19–31 Mar 2012
13 days
£3,860
24 Sep–6 Oct 2012
13 days
£3,860
14–26 Nov 2012
13 days
£3,860
Normans in the South
- Splendid Romanesque architecture, largely built by Norman conquerors.
- Also later mediaeval buildings from the Hohenstaufen and Angevin dynasties, with moments of later flamboyant Baroque.
- Attractive town centres and striking raw limestone landscapes.
20–28 Mar 2012
9 days
£2,170
9–17 Oct 2012
9 days
£2,210
Gastronomic Andalucía
- Journey south from Las Pedroñeras in La Mancha in a sweeping curve through Andalucía: Ubeda, Baeza, Córdoba, Seville, Jerez, Cádiz, Aracena.
- Surveys the history of the region with its cuisine: Roman, Jewish, Moorish, Christian; from the simplest cooking to the elaborate and contemporary.
- Some of Spain’s greatest monuments are here including the mosque at Córdoba and Seville Cathedral, but also good museums, small towns and spectacular countryside.
23–30 Mar 2012
8 days
£2,890
The Heart of Italy
- An excellent introduction to the art and architecture of the region.
- Art and architecture of Umbria and some of Tuscany (the Marches are not included).
- One of our longest established and most popular tours, constantly updated.
24–31 Mar 2012
8 days
£2,100
16–23 Sep 2012
8 days
£2,100
TESTIMONIALS
This was probably the best organised and most enjoyable holiday I have experienced.
We appreciated the way the lecturer took time to get to know everyone and deal with questions and particular interests.A good balance between free time, sightseeing and lectures. I particularly enjoyed the chance to see Handel’s birthplace.
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