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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
Walking to Santiago - On foot for selected sections of the Pilgrims' Way
- The last great pilgrimage route in Christendom which still attracts walkers; scenically wonderful with much fine architecture.
- Selected sections from the Pyrenees through northern Spain to Compostela.
- Walking in comfort: good hotels; luggage transferred separately; maximum of 15 participants.
PRE & POST
Mentioned below are other holidays that fall either side of this one. If you would like to book two or more holidays in a row, it will be your responsibility to make your own way between them, however we are happy to offer advice if necessary. The exceptions are tours that are specifically offered as 'pre-festival' or 'post-festival' tours – for these we provide a transfer between tour and festival where needed. Please note that our online booking process allows for only one tour to be booked at a time so please contact us if you would like to book more than 1 tour or music festival.
Armenia
- Monasteries and other sacred buildings from as early as the seventh century.
- Outstanding mountainous landscape.
- Time to get to know Yerevan, with its squares, cafés and street-life.
20–27 Jun 2012
8 days
£2,550
19–26 Jun 2013
8 days
£TBC
Bohemia
- A selection of the finest places with the most densely packed heritage in Central Europe.
- Beautiful historic town centres, architecture from Gothic to Art Nouveau, distinctive Bohemian schools of painting and sculpture.
- Passes through enchanting, rolling countryside.
17–24 Sep 2012
8 days
£2,630
2–9 Sep 2013
8 days
£TBC
Cave Art of France
- A new tour for 2012.
- This tour encompasses some of the most important Prehistoric caves in Europe including Lascaux II, Peche Merle and Niaux.
- Great art, whatever its function or the ‘artist’s’ intention, in an area of outstanding natural beauty with charming villages.
24 Sep–1 Oct 2012
8 days
£2,650
23–30 Sep 2013
8 days
£TBC
Palladian Villas
- A survey of nearly all the villas designed by Andrea Palladio (1508–80).
- Stay throughout in Vicenza, Palladio’s home town and where he built many palaces.
- With many special appointments, the itinerary would be impossible for independent travellers.
29 May–3 Jun 2012
6 days
£1,690
5–10 Jun 2012
6 days
£1,660
25–30 Sep 2012
6 days
£1,690
9–14 Oct 2012
6 days
£1,690
23–28 Apr 2013
6 days
£TBC
4–9 Jun 2013
6 days
£TBC
11–17 Oct 2013
7 days
£TBC
Roman & Mediaeval 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.
17–23 Jun 2012
7 days
£2,060
Art & Music in Dresden
- Once one of the most admired cities in Europe, rebuilding and restoration has reached a peak.
- Dresden has outstanding art collections and fine 18th- & 19th-century architecture.
- Two concerts at two excellent venues (Semperoper & Schauspielhaus) and the option of attending more concerts.
26 May–1 Jun 2012
7 days
£2,390
Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden
- Studies the former capitals of Brandenburg-Prussia and Saxony.
- Both have immensely rich holdings of fine and decorative arts and architecture.
- Rebuilding and restoration continues to transform both cities.
21–28 Sep 2012
8 days
£2,440
9–16 Sep 2013
8 days
£TBC
Courts of Northern Italy
- Mantua, Ferrara, Parma, Ravenna, Urbino and surroundings.
- Art and architecture of the Renaissance produced in the service of the ruling dynasties rather than for free cities.
- Mediaeval and later art also features.
16–23 Sep 2012
8 days
£1,950
12–19 May 2013
8 days
£TBC
22–29 Sep 2013
8 days
£TBC
Gardens and Villas of The Italian Lakes
- A wonderful variety of villas and gardens around Lakes Maggiore and Como.
- Some of the most fascinating historic gardens in Europe, all enhanced by splendid natural settings.
- Lakeside hotels.
20–26 Sep 2012
7 days
£2,420
18–24 Apr 2013
7 days
£TBC
19–25 Sep 2013
7 days
£TBC
Gardens of Tuscany
- Wonderful range of gardens from Early Renaissance to 20th-century, several visited by special arrangement.
- Hotels in central Florence and Siena with free time to explore both cities.
- Ideal time of year to see Tuscany in bloom.
26 May–2 Jun 2012
8 days
£2,720
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.
24 Sep–6 Oct 2012
13 days
£3,860
14–26 Nov 2012
13 days
£3,860
18–29 Mar 2013
12 days
£TBC
23 Sep–4 Oct 2013
12 days
£TBC
14–25 Oct 2013
12 days
£TBC
Walking in Tuscany
- Five half-day walks through some of the most stunningly beautiful countryside in Europe.
- Visits a selection of minor masterpieces of art and architecture and vernacular building.
- Based in two tiny towns in topographically-diverse areas of Tuscany.
15–22 Oct 2012
8 days
£2,320
6–13 May 2013
8 days
£TBC
23–30 Sep 2013
8 days
£TBC
Saxon Transylvania
- A new tour for 2012.
- A region of Romania with enclaves of Hungarian and German culture.
- Gothic churches massively fortified against eastern incursions, a unique phenomenon.
8–16 Jun 2012
9 days
£2,230
21–29 Sep 2012
9 days
£2,230
7–15 Jun 2013
9 days
£TBC
Eastern Turkey
- A journey through lesser-known Turkey from Gaziantep to Lake Van, to Mount Ararat and the Black Sea.
- Wide ranging themes, spectacular landscapes and varied architecture: mountains, valleys, plains and coast; Byzantine and Georgian churches, Seljuk mosques and Armenian monasteries.
- The tour tells a story as much about the neighbouring countries it doesn’t visit as the country it does.
9–24 Jun 2012
16 days
£4,200
18 May–2 Jun 2013
16 days
£TBC
Ottoman Turkey
- Stay in Istanbul, capital from 1453, and the earlier Ottoman capitals of Bursa and Edirne.
- See fine Ottoman buildings, which constitute perhaps a high point of Islamic architecture.
- Study Iznik ceramics and tiles, as well as textiles and craft work in wood and metal.
27 May–3 Jun 2012
8 days
£2,480
12–19 May 2013
8 days
£TBC
Great Houses of the East
- The best country houses in East Anglia and the East Midlands, outstanding examples from the end of the Middle Ages to the Victorian era.
- The Tudor and Stuart age is particularly well represented, as is the Palladian style.
- Great architecture, major works of art, spectacular gardens, landscaped parks, life both sides of the green baize door.
20–28 Jun 2012
9 days
£2,880
The Victorian Achievement
- Studies the social history, industrial archaeology, architecture and art of the reign of Queen Victoria, a period when Great Britain led the world in trade, industry and ideas.
- Includes some of the most beautiful architecture of the era and immensely impressive works of engineering – canals, railways, bridges.
- Painting and sculpture in all its manifold variety features; many of the country’s best collections of the Victorian art are in the region.
25 Jun–2 Jul 2012
8 days
£1,850
28 Aug–4 Sep 2012
8 days
£1,850
27 Aug–3 Sep 2013
8 days
£TBC
Walking the Thames Valley
- A new tour for 2012.
- Walk between two and six miles a day along stretches of the towpath between Richmond and the source of the Thames, and through the gentle hills which flank the valley.
- Visit villages, churches, country houses, gardens, historic bridges and other significant buildings and cultural manifestations.
17–24 Sep 2012
8 days
£2,380
23–30 Sep 2013
8 days
£TBC
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TESTIMONIALS
Very good, selecting varied and interesting sections of the Camino. I particularly liked the varied nature of the itinerary.
L.F., Kent
We were well taken care of. Small attentions like water, tissues, picnic rugs and fruit throughout the day – all were greatly appreciated.J.W., Wiltshire
The walks were all most enjoyable and we visited many churches, monasteries and other sites of great interest. The journey chosen exposed us to a great variety of countryside and towns and I felt we saw the best bits of the Camino.D.G., London
The best bits had obviously been carefully chosen. I enjoyed the rides in beautiful country in between the walks. .D. A., Kent
Picnics always excellent!.H. S., Yorkshire
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