Limelight Arts Travel
Small group journeys | Gain Knowledge & Inspiration | Slow down & see more
Welcome to Limelight Arts Travel. We create expert-led, small group journeys exploring fine art, history and the performing arts in Australia and abroad. We bring together genuine academic expertise, decades of experience organising special-interest travel and the renowned quality and connoisseurship of Limelight, for 45 years Australia's authoritative journal of classical music, culture and the performing arts.
Featured Tours
COPENHAGEN, HAMBURG
& BERLIN
Dates: 31 May – 15 June 2024
Tour Leader: Robert Gay
Price: $13,650pp twinshare
Status: Limited places available
Enjoy outstanding performances in fine venues in Denmark and Germany, including Copenhagen’s stunning opera house, Berlin’s Staatsoper Unter den Linden and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.
THE VENICE BIENNALE
& FILM FESTIVAL
Dates: 29 August – 06 September 2024
Tour Leader: Dr Nick Gordon
Price: $7,500pp twinshare
Status: Places available
Experience two of the most prestigious art festivals in the world – the Venice Biennale and International Film Festival – on this 9-day tour.
EXPLORING SIENA
& SOUTHERN TUSCANY
Dates: 12 – 21 October 2024
Tour Leader: Freya Middleton
Price: $8,900pp twinshare
Status: Places available
Discover centuries of art and history in southern Tuscany’s quiet centres, while enjoying gentle guided walks through landscapes of beauty and significance.
Limelight Arts Traveller
As anyone who has travelled will know, half the pleasure is in the anticipation – dreaming, planning and learning about the destination. As well as touring, Limelight Arts Travel offers online lectures, podcasts, blog articles and videos exploring history, art and culture around the world. Our online lecture programs let you experience the world of Limelight Arts Travel without leaving your lounge room. Our podcasts, blogs and short videos explore the destinations and topics that our tour leaders know and love. They are a great way to get to know our expert tour leaders and to find out what we’re all about. You’ll find all of our content on our Arts Traveller page.
Featured
PODCAST:
A Closer Look
In this podcast series our experts guide you through the process of looking at a work of art in context, revealing the hidden details and stories that lie behind the masterpiece.
Destination Insights:
on japan’s art islands
Japan’s celebrated ‘art islands’ of the Seto Inland Sea are routinely spoken about as one of the world’s most exciting destinations for site-specific contemporary art and architecture. What makes them so special?
MUSIC MATTERS:
Mahler in Vienna
Everyone knows Gustav Mahler was a musical revolutionary. However, it was for quite different reasons that the composer was known during his time in Vienna. In this article, Clive Paget discusses Mahler’s time in Vienna.
About Us
Building on Limelight’s reputation for accessible, intelligent and independent arts journalism, Limelight Arts Travel provides travellers with a strong interest in history and the arts with unique, engaging and thoroughly rewarding small group journeys.
We bring together Limelight magazine’s deep knowledge of the arts scene in Australia and around the world with some of Australia’s most experienced planners and leaders of cultural travel, who bring decades of experience to creating unique itineraries.
Fitness on Tour
Travel always requires a degree of physical fitness and mental stamina. To help you decide if a tour is right for you, we’ve given them fitness ratings:
Moderate
Above Moderate
Challenging
You can view our fitness ratings here in our FAQ. Should you have any concerns, please get in touch with us.
Responsible Tourism
Travel is an intensive activity, but it also provides a livelihood for almost 1 in 10 people globally. Our short term goal is to make our Australian operations carbon neutral by 2025. At the same time, we will undertake the first stages of reducing the footprint of our tours and the scope three emissions they entail.
We’ll keep you informed of our roadmap to achieving these goals and the challenges on the way in a dedicated blog in Limelight Arts Traveller.
Our Travel Partner
Limelight Arts Travel is pleased to partner with Mary Rossi Travel, one of Australia’s most recognised luxury travel agents.
You can read more about these arrangements here.