Custom Adventures for Existing Groups
If your group is looking for a cultural adventure to match its own interests, Adventures in Mind may be able to provide one designed to your specifications, subject to feasibility and the availability of qualified personnel.
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Ideas
Here are some possible ideas for Adventure themes - but remember that the possibilities are wide open! Bring us your ideas, and we will tell you if we can put them into effect for you.
Cathedrals of England
Adventures focusing on the architecture and music of a range of English cathedrals. Activities include seminars on periods and styles of both architecture and music, and visits to cathedrals to learn about their architecture and listen to the music performed in them.
Bloomsbury Revealed
Adventures exploring Edwardian England through the lives of writers including Virginia Woolf, Vita Sackville-West and Lytton Strachey and artists including Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and Roger Fry; based in rural Sussex, with visits to the houses inhabited by members of the group as well as to London and Cambridge.
The Flemish Renaissance
Adventures examining the northern European development of new styles and techniques of painting, sculpture and other arts from the 15th to 17th centuries; based in Bruges, with visits to Ghent, Antwerp (and possibly Amsterdam or Paris).
Castles of Tuscany
Adventure based in the scenic (but untouched) Lunigiana area of northern Tuscany and involving the mediaeval history of Italy and its noble families. The group will visit a number of castles set in the stunning mountain-to-sea landscape of this fascinating region.
Renaissance Italy
A version of the 2024 Adventure in Florence, tailored to your preferences.
Sacred Art and Architecture in Italy
Adventures exploring the development of these artforms from Byzantine to Mannerist; based in Padua with visits to Ravenna, Venice and Verona.
Maggio Musicale
Adventure involving attendance at and discussion of the annual festival of classical music held every May in Florence, Italy. The programme will include operas, symphony concerts, operas and smaller ensemble events.
The Prague Spring
Adventure involving attendance at and discussion of the annual festival of classical music held every May in Prague, Czechia. The programme will include operas, symphony concerts, operas and smaller ensemble events.