Cultural,Themed and Study Tours

Special interest tours are led by specialist academic experts. 

Each tour includes accommodation in quality hotels, all museum, gallery and exhibition entries, transport and most meals. 

Examples of some of the tours already conducted (and available for groups of 20):

Theme Tours
Currently in Preparation:

Roman Provence and Romanesque Burgundy

A World Heritage Tour of France

Tour of Western France (Brittany, Aquitaine, Perigord)

The Valleys of the Loire and the Dordogne

The French Impressionist Painters Revisited
This has a follow up tour – From the Post-Impressionists to the Modern, France and Spain

Across the Pyrenees
A Pilgrim Route across France and Spain from Puy-en-Velay to Santiago de Compostella

Historic Provence and Tuscany
Medieval and Renaissance Art and Architecture

Spring in the South of France
Music and culture from Bordeaux to Nice

Brittany to Alsace-Lorraine
Music and culture from Quimper to Strasbourg

Battle and Battlefields in France during the Two World Wars
A tour of northern France, with an excursion into Belgium

The European Lakes
Lombardy, the Swiss Alps and Haute Savoie – a scenic, historical and cultural tours.

From Cathar country to Catalonia
A France and Spain history and culture tour from Toulouse to Tarragona (with David Lording)

On Both Sides of the Pyrenees – History, Culture and Music
In the south of France and the North of Spain 

Regional Culture and Wine
A tour for professionals and enthusiastic amateurs of: Champagne, Burgundy and the Rhone Valley 

Historic Railways in France 

Opera and Summer Music Festivals
A summer tour of Provence and the Cote d'Azur

French Culture

Study Tours

France

Discovery of France

(Paris plus Champagne, Burgundy, Provence)

Aimed at people interested in France and French culture, with either no or limited knowledge. 

Includes group sessions on major themes (History, Art, Architecture) followed by guided visits. 

The cultural aspect allows discovery of traditional ways of life and includes visits to the famous wineries etc.

 

Paris - History, Art and Architecture

An intensive program covering Roman times to the 21st century. 

This involves group sessions at the beginning of the day in which the guide develops the themes to be studied during the subsequent walks, visits and excursions.