Limelight Arts Travel

Limelight Arts Travel Carefully-planned small group journeys for people with a strong interest in fine arts, history and the performing arts.

This week, Limelight Arts Travel and Limelight participated in a working bee at the Ronald McDonald House, a home away...
05/02/2026

This week, Limelight Arts Travel and Limelight participated in a working bee at the Ronald McDonald House, a home away from home for children receiving medical care and their families. We had a wonderful time getting the cleaning gloves on and giving back to our community. Thank you Ronald McDonald House Charities Sydney

The Villandry Garden of Love in the Loire Valley is divided into four sections, each representing a different state of l...
12/12/2025

The Villandry Garden of Love in the Loire Valley is divided into four sections, each representing a different state of love. We visited this Renaissance-style garden, which was restored after a change of ownership in 1906, on our recent Bordeaux, the Dordogne & the Loire tour.

Snapshots from our Istanbul, Ravenna and Venice tour this year. Pictured here is the spice bazaar, the Chora Monastery, ...
28/11/2025

Snapshots from our Istanbul, Ravenna and Venice tour this year. Pictured here is the spice bazaar, the Chora Monastery, the Archeological Museum in Istanbul, and the view from Galata Tower.

Peleș Castle in Romania, commissioned by King Carol I, and built in 1873 draws its name from the neighbouring Peleș cree...
21/11/2025

Peleș Castle in Romania, commissioned by King Carol I, and built in 1873 draws its name from the neighbouring Peleș creek. With its Neo-Renaissance architecture, fachwerk facades and lush gardens, the castle served as a summer house for the royal family until 1947.

The Apocalypse Tapestries in Angers, perhaps Europe's largest surviving cycle of medieval tapestries, inspired a generat...
30/10/2025

The Apocalypse Tapestries in Angers, perhaps Europe's largest surviving cycle of medieval tapestries, inspired a generation of modern textile artists like Jean Lurçat. His huge cycle, Le Chant du Monde, is exhibited in a deconsecrated church in Angers.

French-American artist Louise Bourgeois’ renowned spider sculptures which she made in the 1990s towards the end of her c...
27/10/2025

French-American artist Louise Bourgeois’ renowned spider sculptures which she made in the 1990s towards the end of her career, began as charcoal drawings. These evolved into the iconic large-scale installations like the one pictured here by tour leader Clive Paget on the Aix-en-Provence tour last year at Le Puy-Sainte-Réparade.

A quiet moment inside Cunault Abbey, captured by tour leader Dr Kathleen Olive ahead of our Bordeaux, the Dordogne & the...
24/10/2025

A quiet moment inside Cunault Abbey, captured by tour leader Dr Kathleen Olive ahead of our Bordeaux, the Dordogne & the Loire tour. The church lies only a few meters from the banks of the Loire and was an important community during the Romanesque period. The wooden furniture here was for storing priests’ vestments and is one of the only examples to survive.

Snapshots from Durrës on our recent Via Egnatia tour. Pictured here is King Zog’s ruined villa, the city’s Byzantine wal...
21/10/2025

Snapshots from Durrës on our recent Via Egnatia tour. Pictured here is King Zog’s ruined villa, the city’s Byzantine walls, Roman Amphitheatre, interior light display in the Venetian Tower, and statues of rock stars once banned under the communist regime.

The Sinaia Monastery in Romania, built in 1695 by Prince Mihai Cantacuzino was named after Mount Sinai, Egypt and compri...
15/10/2025

The Sinaia Monastery in Romania, built in 1695 by Prince Mihai Cantacuzino was named after Mount Sinai, Egypt and comprises two churches. Pictured here is the main portal of the original Old Church built in 1695, and the Great Church built in 1846 which we visited as part of our Romania tour this year.

This bright headdress from Northern Thailand is intricately created from materials such as ivory, shells, wool, rattan a...
08/10/2025

This bright headdress from Northern Thailand is intricately created from materials such as ivory, shells, wool, rattan and feathers. These were worn by Akha women, with the different shapes and levels of detail indicating clan identity and wealth.

The Nebuta Festival in Hokkaido, held every summer in Aomori, Japan sees vibrant illuminated floats, taiko drums, musici...
03/10/2025

The Nebuta Festival in Hokkaido, held every summer in Aomori, Japan sees vibrant illuminated floats, taiko drums, musicians and dancers parading through the town. The floats depict gods and mythical figures made entirely from painted washi paper, as pictured here.

Snapshots from our Romania tour led by Dr Nick Gordon earlier this year. Pictured here is the Old Town and Black Church ...
26/09/2025

Snapshots from our Romania tour led by Dr Nick Gordon earlier this year. Pictured here is the Old Town and Black Church in Brașov, frescoes in the Narthex of the monastery of Cozia and the interior of the Athenaeum Theatre in Bucharest.

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