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Tourism and art Special packages offered to discover Artists´Colonies in Europe: ················································································AHRENSHOOP - HIDDENSEE - SCHWAAN
ART AND CULTURE TOUR - ARTIST´S COLONIES ALONG THE BALTIC SEA
The art and culture tour focuses on three of the main German artists´ colonies along the Baltic Sea. Ahrenshoop counts as the most picturesque colony in Germany. The sea resort is situated idyllically between the Baltic Sea and the Bodden. Numerous paintings show the unique beauty of the landscape, with the long sandy beach and the reed covered houses, which are preserved until today. On the sunny island of Hiddensee artists found retreat and new inspirations. The poet Gerhart Hauptmann loved the harsh beauty of the island. Eventually other painters, actors, sculptors and intellectuals followed him to work on the island and be inspired by its landscape. The old water mill in Schwaan, near Rostock, was converted into a museum. It treasures paintings of plein-air painters, who were attracted by the beautiful riverside. Two further highlights of the tour are a trip to Stralsund and Guestrow. The former Hanseatic city of Stralsund, with its well-preserved historic building complex, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In Guestrow, the famous Expressionist sculptor Ernst Barlach, created his most important piece in the Gertrudechapel on the Inselsee.
Package: Tour by coach, ferry crossing, accommodation and half board in the Baltic Sea Hotel Dierhagen ***; entrance fees and guide Price per person: on request Tour guide: Monika Öchsner Pischel - MA, freelance art historian
Information and booking: Mrs Monika Öchsner Phone/Fax: +49 (0) 611 - 540914 ················································································Ahrenshoop-Hiddensee-StralsundAhrenshoop - Hiddensee - Stralsund
ART AND CULTURE TOUR - ARTIST´S COLONIES ALONG THE BALTIC SEA
The art and culture tour focuses on two of the main German artists´ colonies along the Baltic Sea. Ahrenshoop counts as the most picturesque colony in Germany. The sea resort is situated idyllically between the Baltic Sea and the Bodden. Numerous paintings show the unique beauty of the landscape, with the long sandy beach and the reed covered houses, which are preserved until today.
On the sunny island of Hiddensee artists found retreat and new inspirations. The poet Gerhart Hauptmann loved the harsh beauty of the island. Eventually other painters, actors, sculptors and intellectuals followed him to work on the island and be inspired by its landscape. A further highlight of the tour is the trip to Stralsund. The former Hanseatic city, with its well-preserved historic building complex, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Very interesting is also the Bernstein Museum in Ribnitz-Damgarten.
Package: Tour by coach, ferry crossing, accommodation and half board in the Baltic Sea Hotel Dierhagen ***; entrance fees and guide Time: 5 days, 26.6. – 30.6.2011 Price per person: € 749,- Tour guide: Monika Öchsner Pischel - MA, freelance art historian
Information and booking: Mrs Monika Öchsner Phone/Fax: +49 (0) 611 - 540914 www.kueko-tours.de ················································································ (Kopie 1)Art & Culture Tour "Blue Rider"Auf den Spuren des Blauen ReitersMurnau am Staffelsee
Kunstfahrt vom 25. - 28. September 2011
Der idyllische Landstrich um Murnau entwickelte sich vor 100 Jahren zum Mittelpunkt der Künstlervereinigung des Blauen Reiters. Gabriele Münters „Russenhaus“ war beliebter Treffpunkt dieser künstlerischen Avantgarde. Wassily Kandinsky, Gabriele Münter, Alexej von Jawlensky und Marianne von Werefkin entwickelten dort ihren neuen Malstil. Die Spuren des Blauen Reiters führen auch an den Kochelsee zum neuen Franz-Marc-Museum.
Eine Schiffsfahrt auf dem Staffelsee, den wärmsten und schönsten der ober-bayerischen Seen, führt vorbei an kleinen Inseln, an Fischerdörfern und Barock-kirchen. Beim Spaziergang durch das Murnauer Moos sind seltene Blumen und Pflanzen am Fuße der eiszeitlichen Kogel zu entdecken.
Im Buchheim Museum in Bernried werden zahlreiche Werke der expressionis-tischen Brücke-Maler ausgestellt. Der moderne Museumsbau liegt in einem herrlichen Park direkt am Ufer des Starnberger Sees.
Programm:
Murnau: Besuch des Schlossmuseums mit Dauer- und Sonderausstellung Blauer Reiter und der Einfluss des Japonismus. Besuch des Münter-Hauses; Stadtrundgang; Schifffahrt auf dem Staffelsee; Spaziergang durch das Murnauer Moos. Kochelsee: Besuch des Franz-Marc-Museums. Bernried/Starnberger See: Buchheim-Museum
Termin: 4 Tage. vom 25.9. - 28.9.2011 Reisekosten: € 548,- (EZ-Zuschlag € 99,-) Reiseleitung: Monika Öchsner-Pischel, Kunsthistorikerin.
Folgende Leistungen sind im Preis enthalten: Fahrt im modernen Fernreisebus; Unterbringung mit Halbpension im Hotel Angerbräu im Zentrum von Murnau; ················································································ (Kopie 1)Art & Culture Tour "Edvard Munch"Worpswede am Teufelsmoor
Edvard Munch in Bremen
Die ebene Moorlandschaft um Worpswede, bedeckt von einem oftmals wolkenreichen Himmel, waren Bildthemen der Worpsweder Künstler, die sich um 1900 in dem kleinen Bauerndorf nieder-gelassen haben. Fritz Mackenson folgten Otto Modersohn, Hans am Ende oder Fritz Overbeck. Die Malerin Paula Modersohn-Becker ist besonders durch ihre ergreifenden Kinderbildnisse bekannt geworden. Mittelpunkt der Worpsweder Künstlerkolonie bildete der „Barkenhoff“, das Wohnhaus von Heinrich Vogeler.
Den Anlass für die Fahrt in den Norden bietet die große Ausstellung des nordischen Symbolisten Edvard Munch in der Bremer Kunsthalle.
Programm:
Worpswede:
Besuch von Heinrich Vogelers Barkenhoff Otto-Modersohn-Haus Rundgang auf den Spuren der Künstlerkolonie
Bremen: Kunsthalle mit Sonderausstellung Edvard Munch - Rätsel hinter der Leinwand
Reisetermin: 28.10. – 30.10.2011 Reisepreis im Doppelzimmer: € 419,- (EZ-Zuschlag: € 66,-) Reiseleitung: Monika Öchsner-Pischel, Kunsthistorikerin, EuroArt-Mitglied
Leistungen: Fahrt mit einem modernen Luxus – Fernreisebus, Unterbringung im Zentrum von Worpswede im ················································································ (Kopie 2)FROM BUDAPEST TO LAKE BALATON ART & CULTURE – PACKAGE TOUR TO THE ARTIST COLONIES OF SZENTENDRE AND GÖDÖLLÖ
This attractive Art & Culture Tour starts with the visit of the hungarian Capital Budapest, one of the most beautiful cities on earth. You will get in touch with the most magnificant sights like the Buda-Castle hill and the scenic panorama view over the Danube river. This and the gorgeous Andrássy-Alley do hold the honorable lable of the World Cultural Heritage. In the National Gallery, housed in the walls of the ancient castle, you will see the masterpieces of the most important hungarian painters of the 19. and 20. century (like Mihaly Munkacsy, Laszlo Paal, painters of the school of Nagybanya). An exciting river cruise takes you upstream to the South Gate of Danube Bend to the picturesque settlement of Szentendre and the former artist colony. In the town of Gödöllö we will move back to the time of the last hungarian Queen Elisabeth, unforgotten and beloved named Sissi. Around the year 1900 artists met here and found an important artist colony. Their works especially their textile design based on the Art Nouveau Style. The tour will cross over the great planes of the Puszta to Opusztaszer with the National Memorial Park. The site informs properly about the culture and immigration of the Magyar people. This years European Culture City Pécs will wellcome you with its mediterranean charms. A jewel to see, are the earlychristian and with paintings decorated tombs, belonging to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage.The next highlight to experience will be the most popular Lake Balaton, also called the hungarian sea. On the north rimp you are going to visit the lovely Tihany pensinsula with the baroque Abbey and the Kings grave. The tour passes by the shores of Lake Balaton to turn to the medieval city of Vezprém, known as the City of Queens. Finally the tour is complete at Budapest.
Price on request ! Inculded services: 7 nights accommodation incl. breakfast and dinner, flights from Frankfurt airport to Budapest and back, transfers and busrides according program with a private coach, ferry transport over Lake Balaton, all entrance fees and guided tours according tour schedule, taxes and fees, insolvency insurance. Minimum number of participants: 20 traveller. Other departure airports possible.
Guided tour: Monika Öchsner-Pischel M.A., (Art historian and member of euroArt)
Further information: Phone: +49 (0) 611.540914 FROM COPENHAGEN TO SKAGEN ART & CULTURE TOUR TO DENMARK Our tour starts in the Danish capital Copenhagen, one of the most charming, popular and frequently visited cities in the North. The city tour will show you the most important attractions as well as the famous statue of the little mermaid and the well known amusement park Tivoli. The castle of Kronborg (part of the UNESCO human heritage of culture) became internationally popular as the location of Shakespeare’s novel hero Hamlet. In the former capital Roskilde the impressive cathedral with a big number of royal graves and the outstanding Viking museum will tell you about the Danish History of the ancient and medieval times. In 1962 different types of Viking ships were found in Rosskilde Fjord and after preservation do excite the public and specialist as well. In Skagen, the northernmost city of the country, one of the most important European artist colonies was found in the late 19th century. The visits of the artist’s romantic hideaways and the Skagen art museum will be the highlight of the tour. The extraordinary clear and fresh light of the north, the picturesque yellow country houses and the long and sandy beaches attracted artists and the public then and now. An unforgettable Experience will wait for you at the very end of the Grenen peninsula, were the waves of the Baltic and North Sea meets. Price on request !
Further information: Phone: +49 (0) 611.540914 ················································································MuSeenTour MUSEUM SCENE "EXPRESSIONISM" AT THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BAVARIAN ALPS
Visits to the three museums in Bernried, Kochel and Murnau am Staffelsee demonstrate the range of Expressionist art. The "MuSeenTour" combines enjoyment of art with experiencing nature in the picturesque countryside at the foothills of the Bavarian Alps. It's majestic mountains and clear lakes have inspired famous painters.We recommend a boat- or cable car-ride during your stay. The Buchheim Museum documents the artistic development of the "Brücke" painters up to the 1920s and shows the influence of woodcutting and scetching on their style. The Schloßmuseum Murnau exhibits individual works of the painters of the "Blue Rider" group, as well as the largest collection of works by Gabriele Münter. Furthermore, the original sites in and around Murnau, as well as the Münter-Haus, in which Kandinsky and Münter lived between 1908 and 1914, give an insight into the lives and works of the artists. The admittance to the Franz Marc Museum in Kochel is also included to the package.
What is included: The package price starting at 150,- EUR per person / double room includes the following: · 2 nights including breakfast in a *** hotel at Murnau · Information folder · Admission fee Schloßmuseum · Admission fee Buchheim Museum · Admission fee Franz Marc Museum · Admission fee event-pool "trimini" at Kochel am See (3-hour ticket) · Beer-tasting in the Andechs monastery Note: · all transfers individually · single-room supplement
Further information see Webpage www.murnau.de
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Special packages:
6 days and 5 nights in 3* / 4* hotel
May - October Bed &Breakfast base Grand Tour coach travel Min. 25 participants
DAY 1: Arrival in Ascona Arrival at the airport of Milano Malpensa or Bergamo. Transfer to Ascona by GT coach. Free time, overnight.
DAY 2: Ascona and Monte Verità Breakfast. Tour of the swiss city of Ascona, a tipycal village on the shore of Maggiore lake. The hill overlooking Ascona is called Monte Verità (literally Hill of Truth) with an important historical background. At the beginning of the 20th century, a colony was founded on it which preached the return to nature. It has been a magnet for ideas, movements, experiments and historical personages, it has attracted a large number of artists, anarchists and other famous people, including Hermann Hesse, Carl Jung, Erich Maria Remarque, Hugo Ball, Else Lasker-Schüler, Stefan George, Isadora Duncan, Paul Klee, Rudolf Steiner, Mary Wigman, Gyula Háy, Max Picard, Ernst Toller, Henri van de Velde, Rudolf Laban, Frieda and Else von Richthofen, Otto Gross, Erich Mühsam and Gustav Stresemann. Guided tour “Monte Verità: Life and Art Experiments". Visitors are guided along a path through the park to discover the fascinating history of the "Hill of Utopias" and learn about the key figures, historical periods, buildings, projects and utopias--one hundred years of history from anarchists to reformers, from so-called "light-and-air huts" to Bauhaus architecture, from art to literature, and from Baron Von der Heydt to Harald Szeemann. Possibility to visit the near city of Locarno. Overnight in hotel.
DAY 3: Lake Maggiore Breakfast. A Day for discover Lake Maggiore. Possibility to visit Saint Caterina del Sasso, an ancient monastery overlooking the lake. We take a boat to visit the Borromean islands (Isola bella, Isola Madre, Isola dei pescatori). Transfer to Como. Overnight in hotel.
DAY 4: Lake Como Breakfast. Guided tour of the historical center of Como, possibility to visit the Rubens exhibition in Villa Olmo. In the afternoon possibility of the excursion to Brunate, a village over the mountain overlooking the lake that can be reached with a cable railway. Overnight in hotel.
DAY 5: Cruise on the lake Breakfast. Excursion with a motorboat to the central area of the lake. Stop in Tremezzo and visit of Villa Carlotta with its magnificent gardens. We continue the cruise to Bellagio (the pearl of Como Lake) renowed for its villas and gardens, like Villa Serbelloni. Return to Como, Overnight in hotel.
DAY 6: Departure Breakfast. Free time and departure for the airport.
Information and reservation: ViViTour Srl Phone: +39-031-483401 Fax: +39-031-2280452 www.vivitour.net info|a|vivitour.net
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