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best time to visit Venice. The galleries and other venues are
not crowded with tourists. February in Venice is usually dry,
with little risk of the notorious aqua alta. It will
be cold, but it can be sunny too, with wonderful effects of
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| We will be using the same three-star
'superior' hotel as on the last Learn Italy visits to Venice
in 2004 and 2006. It has all the facilities we need, but above
all it is excellently placed, only a short walk from San Marco,
and very close to a stop for Vaporetto 1, which plies up and
down the Grand Canal, and is the key to travelling around the
city and the islands. There are several restaurants within easy
walking distance. |
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| We will visit the basilica
of San Marco, famous galleries such as the Accademia, and a
number of famous churches and Scuole which house paintings by
Giovanni Bellini, Titian, Carpaccio, Tintoretto and Veronese.
Our itinerary will almost certainly include the following: the
churches of San Zaccaria, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, San
Sebastiano, and Santa Maria dei Miracoli, and the Scuola Grande
di San Rocco and the Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni.
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| We will visit these places
on foot, but the vaporetti will shorten our journeys, and help
us to become familiar with the network of canals, streets, campi,
jetties, palazzi and calli, while remaining full of wonder at
this unique and extraordinary city. You will have plenty of
opportunity to make full use of your season ticket for the vaporetti,
exploring the entire city, as well as San Giorgio and the Giudecca
with their churches by Palladio, and, if you wish, the outlying
islands. |
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| Evening lectures will prepare
us for what we will see on the following day. Alice Foster,
who has led three former visits to Venice, will be the tutor
on this study holiday. Her special interest is in introducing
art and architectural history to non-experts and revealing the
pleasure of looking at images, so you need have no previous
knowledge of these subjects to enjoy this holiday. On the other
hand, expert art historians will know Venice to be a source
of inexhaustible interest, and a week of guided visits will
reveal many new and exciting insights. |
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| The tour organiser will be
Martin Gray. For those who want company in the evening, some
group dinners at cost price will be organised. |
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Arrive at Venice Marco Polo airport c. 4:30 pm;
coach to Piazzale Roma;
travel by vaporetto along the Canal Grande to hotel;
optional group dinner
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morning lecture followed by visit to San Marco;
afternoon: Church of San Zaccaria (altarpiece by Bellini);
evening lecture
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morning: the Scuola Grande di San Rocco (Tintoretto);
afternoon: Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (altarpieces by
Bellini and Titian):
evening lecture
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free day; informal meeting in evening
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morning: Galleria dell'Accademia;
afternoon: Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni (Carpaccio);
evening lecture
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morning: Ca'Rezzonico (Tiepolo and Longhi);
afternoon: San Sebastiano (Veronese);
optional group dinner
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morning: Santa Maria dei Miracoli;
afternoon: flight back to UK
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| Per person,
single use of double room: |
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sharing a double room: |
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| six nights bed and breakfast
in a central three-star hotel in Venice; |
| lectures on the art
and architecture of Venice; |
| entrance fees to museums
and churches; |
| a week of travel on the
vaporetti; |
| coach travel between
Venice airport and the city; |
| coach travel between
the Cotswolds and Oxford, and Heathrow (if enough people
are departing from the area). |
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| The flight to Italy
is not included. Flights from Heathrow to Venice currently cost
about £150. Information about how and when tickets can
be purchased will be supplied on receipt of your booking form
and deposit. |
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If you wish to
join this study week, please contact Martin Gray
at
01865 860984 or
enquiries@learn-italy.com
to receive a booking form.
Places on the holiday will be first-come, first-served,
based on receipt of the booking form and deposit.
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Tuesday 12 February 2008: 
Guideline prices, excluding flights:
