Renaissance Tours

Travelling with the Art Gallery Society offers so much more than simply an art tour overseas.

Our toursare carefully designed around members’ cultural interests and led by Gallery curators and educators, providing a fuller, richer and more meaningful travel experience. 
 
This year it is not too late to join popular lecturer Jim Masselos to discover the glories of western and central India or to travel with Brian Ladd to one of the world's great art destinations and celebrate New Year in New York.
In 2009 follow Dr Christopher Allen on a Sicilian Odyssey including a visit to the Aeolian Islands and Mount Etna. Due to popular demand, LIz Gibson will return to the Adriatic and discover the jewels of Venice, Slovenia and Croatia. Terence Maloon will retrace the footsteps of countless pilgrims from Bordeaux to Santiago de Compostela. Further north, design, art and architecture of the Nordic region will be explored on Anne Watsons trip to Scandinavia.
Dr Christopher Hartney, lecturer of the Gallery's Civilisations series, discovers the origins of Western consciousness on a fascinating trip through Greece.
In Asia, Ann MacArthur returns to Japan for the Spring Festival in the mountain village of Takayama. Join Linda Jaivin, a fluent Mandarin speaker, for an in-depth look at China, past and present.

Tours Programme

Jewels of the Adriatic

Venice - Porec - Ljubljana - Split - Dubrovnik
16 September - 02 October 2008
Tour Leader: Liz Gibson

Islamic Morocco & Andalucia

Casablanca - Marrakesh - Ouarzazate - Erfoud - Fes - Tangier - Seville - Cordoba - Granada - Malaga
19 October - 07 November 2008
Tour Leader: Christopher Hartney

A Passage through Central India

Mumbai - Vadodara - Ahmedabad - Indore - Bhopal - Gwalior - Agra - Delhi
01 - 21 November 2008
Tour Leader: Jim Masselos

New Year in New York

New York and Philadelphia
27 December 2008 - 05 January 2009
Tour Leader: Brian Ladd

A Sicilian Odyssey: from Homer to Caravaggio

Palermo - Agrigento - Cefalu - Lipari - Taormina - Syracuse - Enna - Palermo
11 - 25 April 2009
Tour Leader: Dr Christopher Allen

Japanese Art of the Seasons

Tokyo - Takayama - Kanazawa - Kyoto
11 - 26 April 2009
Tour Leader: Ann MacArthur

Jewels of the Adriatic 2009

Venice - Rovinj - Ljubljana - Split - Dubrovnik
16 May - 01 June 2009
Tour Leader: Liz Gibson

Pilgrims Progress: Bordeaux to Compostela

Bordeaux - Toulouse - Beziers - Gerona - Lerida - Saragossa - Burgos - Leon - Santiago de Compostela
31 May - 23 June 2009
Tour Leader: Terence Maloon

Nordic Fusion: Design, Art and Architecture in Scandinavia

Helsinki - Oslo - Aalborg - Copenhagen
22 August - 05 September 2009
Tour Leader: Anne Watson

China: Empire, Revolution, Renewal and Beyond

Beijing - Xi'an - Guilin - Yangshuo - Shanghai - Hangzhou
17 October - 06 November 2009
Tour Leader: Linda Jaivin

Greece: The Origins of Western Consciousness

Heraklion - Santorini - Nafplia - Olympia - Delphi - Athens
06 - 22 November 2009
Tour Leader: Dr Christopher Hartney

Berlin & St Petersburg: Celebrations in the East

Berlin - St Petersburg
27 December 2009 - 10 January 2010
Tour Leader: Liz Gibson