Art and Architecture Tours LLC

12/31/2023

Join our tour, Morocco in May, May 13-23, 2024. Artandarchtours.com

07/23/2023

Another treasure of architecture and landscape design--Olana, the creation of Frederick Edwin Church, preeminent landscape painter of the Hudson River School. More tour research. Artandarchtours.com

03/16/2023

Now booking 2023 tours! Visit the link below for more information.

http://www.artandarchtours.com/tours-for-2023

03/07/2023

Over ten days next fall, Garth Newel Music Center and Art and Architecture Tours LLC invite you to join our exciting survey of the history, landscape, arts, crafts, colors, music, food, and wine of Europe’s small but culture-rich southwestern corner. Starting from Lisbon and led by professional Portuguese guide Cristina Duarte, this tour has been organized both to engage your mind and delight your senses.

For more information, please visit the link below to view the registration brochure.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55e4b9e3e4b04628c9f7e6b2/t/63ee698acef58b0c5354ccf2/1676568973878/Portugal_Tour_2023_FINAL.pdf

03/02/2023

For those who love Italy already…or those who will when you’ve enjoyed this carefully curated experience.

Art and Architecture Tours LLC has organized the perfect tour for lovers of architecture as well as gardens, sculpture, history, painting, and good food!

For more information, or to register for this trip, please visit http://www.artandarchtours.com/tours-for-2023 or contact [email protected].

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08/30/2019

Another amazing site to explore: Sicily 29 Sept-10 Oct 2020. Artandarchtours.com

Sicily has some of the most gorgeous golden mosaics in the world. Here's where to see these UNESCO World Heritage sites in Palermo, Monreale, and Cefalù.

08/28/2019

"Art and Architecture of Royal London" begins, of course, with "Some Royal Introductions." Curators at the National Portrait Gallery make the introductions to the figures whose interests and influence as builders, patrons, collectors will keep us entranced for 8 days: architecture, paintings, landscapes, chapels, tombs, and memorials. 29 July-7 Augusr 2020 Artandarchtours.com

We are travelers who love architecture, landscapes, and the arts and enjoy gaining an informed understanding of places of exceptional interest, wherever we find them. We specialize in small groups of congenial travelers.

08/28/2019

These are some of the figures we meet during "Art and Architecture of Royal London,"
29 July-7 August 2020.
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08/26/2019

Three great tours coming in 2020--Scotland, London, Sicily.
Registrations now underway. See Artandarchtours.com

08/25/2019

Join us for "Sicily: Crossroads of the Mediterranean" tour, 29 Sept.-10 Oct. 2020. Contact me for details at Artandarchtours.com

🇮🇹 Il Chiostro del Duomo di , patrimonio 😍. Una curiosità: sul rilievo di uno dei 114 capitelli vi è raffigurato Guglielmo II che offre il modellino del duomo alla Vergine Maria, a lei dedicato.

🇬🇧 The Cloister of the Cathedral of , a heritage site.😍
A curiosity: one of its 114 capitals depicts William II offering the Virgin Mary the model of the cathedral, which is dedicated to her.

📷 Veronica Principato

03/30/2019

Queen Charlotte had architect Robert Adam create this garden fantasy as a surprise for the 25th birthday of George III at their new home, Buckingham House, June 1665. ART AND ARCHITECTURE OF ROYAL LONDON tour, Aug. 1-9. See artandarchtours.com

09/23/2018

A most satisfying "Scotch Tasting--Sampling the Best of Scotland, Aug. 11-21, 2018.

07/29/2018

The Water Gate, York House (now incorporated into Embankment Gardens, London). York House was the London residence of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham and "Favorite" of James I. By all accounts, one can take "favorite" literally.

03/30/2018

The Fourth Plinth is a perennial point of discussion on the annual "Art and Architecture of Royal London," this year August 2-10. This curated tour explores some 1000 years of royal building and collecting--palaces, castles, gardens, chapels, abbey, monuments, painting, sculpture, porcelain, tapestries and more--and is limited to 20 participants. Private and privilged access to many sites. artandarchtours.com

We talk to Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz ahead of the unveiling of the new commission for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square.

02/27/2018

Members of the Art and Architecture of Royal London tour, 2-10 August, will be among the first season's visitors to this new exhibition space high above the Abbey floor. One focus of the exhibits will be the monarchy and the Abbey where all coronations have occurred since that of William the Conqueror in 1066. See artandarchtours.com or contact me about the few remaining places in this small-group tour.

Westminster Abbey has announced that The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries will open to the public on 11th June 2018.

11/26/2017

"A Scotch Tasting"--Sampling the Best of Scotland is a 10-day tour from the Lowlands to the Highlands and concentrated visits in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Architecture, landscape, history, politics, religion--a carefully crafted Scottish experience, including a "dram" here and there--and premier seating for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on the Castle Esplanade. August 11-21, 2018. Contact us for details or visit www.artandarchtours.com

11/26/2017

"A Scotch Tasting"--Sampling the Best of Scotland is a 10-day tour from the Lowlands to the Highlands and concentrated visits in Glasgow and Edinburgh. Architecture, landscape, history, politics, religion--a carefully crafted Scottish experience, including a "dram" here and there--and premier seating for the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on the Castle Esplanade. Contact us for details or visit www.artandarchtours.com

We are travelers who love architecture, landscapes, and the arts and enjoy gaining an informed understanding of places of exceptional interest, wherever we find them. We specialize in small groups of congenial travelers.