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Gardens and Villas of The Italian Lakes - Como & Maggiore
- 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.
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.
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.
Lucca
- Allows for leisurely exploration of one of the most beautiful and engaging of Tuscan cities.
- Within magnificent ramparts, a treasury of sculpture, painting and architecture, Romanesque and Renaissance in particular.
- Excursions to Prato, Pistoia, Pisa and Barga and a country villa.
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.
Sardinia
- A new tour for 2012.
- Includes the best of the island’s material culture, from Neolithic and Bronze Age, through Punic and Roman to mediaeval and Renaissance.
- The unique Bronze Age nuraghi are a striking feature, as are Tuscan-style Romanesque churches and 16th-century Catalan altarpieces.
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.
Classical Greece
- A comprehensive survey of the principal Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic sites in mainland Greece.
- Highlights include Mycenae, Olympia, Delphi.
- Ends in Athens, with a full day spent on the Acropolis and in the ancient Agora (market-place) and theatre of Dionysus.
Walking to Santiago
- 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.
The Cotswolds
- Nine walks through some of the loveliest countryside in the world with stops to enjoy buildings and landscape features.
- A carefully selected itinerary which favours the lesser-visited and less accessible places over some of the more touristy ones.
- Several outstanding gardens are a feature, as are manor houses and a handful of the finest parish churches in the country.
Well planned and extremely enjoyable. A great variety of gardens which were all beautiful in their individual way.
Excellent accommodation and locations.Lecturer was superb! A fount of knowledge, completely on top of his subject matter.Amazing that so much could be fitted into such a short tour. Wonderful variety of gardens and villas. High points included the Villa Balbianello, Villa Cicogna Mozzoni and Villa Taranto The itinerary was spot on – simply delightful 
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