ITALIAN
JOURNEYS
John Hall
has been involved in cultural travel since 1966




TOURS
2009
The Secret
Heart of Italy -
The
Marche
(itinerary 2)
June 7 - 13 2009
2009
Insiders' Venice
Eighteenth Century Venice
(itinerary 2)
Oct 11 - 16 2009

John Hall M.A. Oxford, after teaching for eight years at the King's School, Canterbury founded in 1965 the Pre-University Course in Venice, which he still directs. As well as occasional writing for The Times, The Field, Hortus and a television play for the BBC, in 2002 he published his memoirs, Gondolas and Grapes: Enterprises in Italy (Sibilline Press). Living in the Marche in Central Italy, he and his wife care for various fowl, dogs and cats and cultivate a vineyard and olive grove.
" It was a special pleasure to discover the luxurious and leisurely holidays run by John Hall in his Italian Journeys programme. They aim for a special market. But the larger companies could learn a lot from them, for Italian Journeys combine a little learning with a true taste of Italy. To say that they are run as something of a hobby is not to belittle their professionalism. The attention to detail has been meticulous."
John and Terese Hall
Apart from Italian Journeys, John Hall has been involved in cultural travel since 1966 when he set up the first Italian Villas and Gardens tours for Swan Hellenic Tours, and was subsequently responsible for planning many Swan Hellenic Art Treasures tours, and tours for C.I.T. He has organised tours for various institutions including the Fellows of the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, the Directors of the Washington Choral Arts Society, the Garden History Society of Great Britain, the Garden Club of America as well as several made-to-measure tours for individual groups of friends.