CURRENT TOURS 2025
| SARASOTA, FLORIDA |
February 24-28 |
| |
| SEATTLE, WASHINGTON |
May 20-24 |
| The Victorian Society in America Spring Study Tour |
| |
| MONTREAL & QUEBEC |
July 26-31 |
| |
| SICILY |
September 29-October 8 |
SARASOTA, FLORIDA
FEBRUARY 24 - 28
|
|
|
Umbrella House, Lido Shores, by Paul Rudolph |
Innovation, Science and Technology Building, Florida Polytechnic University Lakeland, by Santiago Calatrava |
The Dali Museum, St. Petersburg |
Visit iconic private homes and public buildings by Paul Rudolph and Ralph Twitchell, Jack
West, Carl Abbott, Victor Lundy, Tim Siebert, and other mid-century and current gems from
mainland Sarasota to Siesta Key to Lido Shores.
Travel to Lakeland, home of Florida Southern College, the largest collection of Frank Lloyd
Wright buildings, designed between 1939-1958 for the campus he named “Child of the Sun”.
Also in Lakeland, see the exhibition Rodin at the Polk: Selections from the Cantor Collection at
the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art (AGB), formerly known as the Polk Museum of
Art. Stop to admire the Innovation, Science and Technology Building by Santiago Calatrava at
Florida Polytechnic University.
In St. Petersburg, tour the Chihuly Collection, the Museum of the American Arts & Craft
Movement, and The Dali Museum.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON
The Victorian Society in America Spring Study Tour
MAY 20 - 24
|
|
|
Stimson-Green Mansion, 1901 |
Arctic Club Building, 1913-17 |
First Presbyterian Church of Tacoma, 1925 |
Seattle is consistently praised as one of the most livable cities in the United States, and for
good reasons—in-city lakes, an active waterfront, backdrops of snow-capped mountains
within an easy drive define the city and a compact downtown retail district.
Through walking tours downtown and driving tours of its diverse neighborhoods,
participants will experience the best of Seattle’s built heritage and learn about its successes and
challenges in the preservation arena.
On a day-long excursion to Tacoma, experience the city’s distinguished theaters and office
buildings of varied styles, visit Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson’s exquisite First Presbyterian
Church, the French chateau-inspired Stadium High School, the handsome residential districts
in N. Tacoma, and historic structures in Point Defiance Park.
MONTREAL & QUEBEC
JULY 26 - 31
|
|
|
Notre Dame Basilica, Montreal |
Habitat ’67, Montreal |
Chateau Frontenac, Quebec City |
Classic European art and architectural influences meet with an urbane, design-heavy aesthetic
in Montreal and Quebec City.
Two nights in Montreal, including a walking tour of Old Montreal, covering the historic heart
of the city and its adjacent Old Port, and a coach tour overview with panoramic views and
highlights of the city’s most prominent buildings and works of public art. Also St. Helen’s
Island, where Buckminster Fuller’s Biosphere and Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 still showcase the
Expo held in Montreal in 1967.
In contrast to Montreal, Quebec City has an old world atmosphere that makes it unlike any
other city in North America, today, the heart of French culture in North America. With its
fortification walls, historic buildings and narrow, winding streets, it is the first city on the
continent to have been placed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, the only walled city north of
Mexico. Walking tours in the Upper and Lower Towns reveal Quebec’s rich history,
architecture and charm.
SICILY
SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 8
|
|
|
Greek Theatre of Syracuse, first built in the 5th century BC |
Temple of Segesta, built between 420-430 BC |
Ancient Theatre of Taormina, Mt. Etna in the background |
After the birth of the Italian Republic in 1846, Sicily was given special status as an
autonomous region, becoming part of Italy in 1860. The best way to see Sicily is on a
circular route, with Catania as the place to arrive and Siracusa the place to start, on the east
coast where the Greeks arrived, and where the first and greatest golden age of Sicily
flowered. We circle clockwise around the island, returning to the east for a relaxing finale at
Taormina, before heading home from Catania.
Highlights:
Siracusa: fine Greek Theatres, the Ear of Dionysius, and the Roman Amphitheatre
Noto: a Unesco world heritage site of honey-gold baroque
Piazza Armerina: Roman villa with the greatest mosaic floors of the ancient world
Agrigento: a row of temples the equal to those in Greece itself.
Selinunte: the ruins of the third great city of the Greek west
Erice: the ancient mountaintop town founded by Aphrodite, ruled by Hercules
Segesta: incomparably beautiful temple, a town Virgil tells us was founded by Aeneas
Palermo: walking tour of the incredible sites of the old city
Cefalù: charming seacoast town
Taormina: walking tour, Roman theatre with view of the coastline and Mt. Etna
REQUEST BROCHURES FOR FULL DETAILS & RESERVATION INFORMATION
*
* * *
* * *
* * *
* * *
* * *
* * * *
CONTACT ME: Karen Bergenthal, Tours d'Art
EMAIL: toursdart@gmail.com
CELL PHONE: 414-899-6450
ASK TO RECEIVE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS BY E-MAIL!
