Art

The museums of the major cities of Flanders are all within easy reach of each other – an hour’s travel from Brugge to Brussels, with Ghent half way between. Antwerp, too, is no more than forty minutes’ drive from Brussels.  Flemish primitives, art nouveau and even comic strips are waiting for you to discover. (Coach or rail travel are possible to this destination)

What can we say about Paris that hasn’t already been said or sung?  Museums dedicated to Picasso and to Rodin, the impressionist collection in the Orangerie, two museums of modern art and Monet’s garden at Giverny, a short journey out of the city, are but the start.  Culture Trails can organise just the programme you want for your group.  (Coach or rail travel are possible to this destination)

Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance.  The magnificent collections of the Uffizi, the Accademia and the Bargello, combined with the frescoes in the churches of the city are so overwhelming that there is a danger of falling victim to Stendahl’s Syndrome.

The Eternal City offers the collections of the Vatican Museums and the Sistine Chapel with its magnificent Michelangelo frescoes as an essential element of every visit.  The Borghese Museum has a large collection which was started by Cardinal Scipione at the beginning of the seventeenth century.  Rome itself forms the backdrop to your visit with its two millennia old remains.

Picasso, Miró, Gaudí and, a train or coach journey away in Figueres, Dalí – giants of twentieth century art all made their homes here in Catalunya.  During your visit here, you will visit collections of their works, but also experience their three-dimensional invention at the Dalí museum and the Sagrada Familia.