In what country should you be other than Italy for viewing our rich western art history. On this trip, Hanneke Lenders and Yvonne Hilgenkamp take you to Tuscany for a journey through the highlights of ancient Italian art.

Day 1.
On Monday 15 September, we depart from Schiphol Airport and arrive at Pisa airport in the afternoon. This afternoon we will visit the impressive Campo dei Miracoli, with the Duomo, the baptistery, the famous leaning tower, and the Campo Santo. We will then leave by coach for Florence, where we will stay for three nights.

Day 2 and 3.
We will Florence extensively during our city walks. In doing so, we will visit classics such as Piazza della Signoria with the Palazzo Vecchio and the Loggia dei Lanzi, the Piazza della Reppubblica lined with terraces, and of course the Ponte Vecchio. The city walks are interspersed with visits to numerous attractions, such as the Santa Maria Novella with Masaccio's well-known fresco, the Santa Croce with its chapels painted by (the School of) Giotto, the impressive Duomo with Brunelleschi's dome, and the Paradise Doors Of the Baptiserium. Florence is Italy's Renaissance city par excellence: the city of artists such as Giotto, Donatello, Masaccio, Fra Angelico, Da Vinci, Michelangelo and, of course, the De'Medici family: a visit to the Uffizi with its many Renaissance masterpieces will thus certainly not be missing either!

Besides these 'classics', we will also explore more tranquil and lesser-known places, such as the monastery of San Marco with its wonderful frescoes by Fra Angelico, the city palace Palazzo Medici-Riccardi With its private chapel like a jewel box, the Or San Michele where we are shown a lesson in Renaissance sculpture, and the Brancacci chapel on the other side of the Arno. Optionally, you can accompany Yvonne to a museum dedicated to more modern art. Of course, time will also be reserved for a cappuccino on a pleasant terrace, a tasty Italian 'gelato' or a nice glass of wine.

Day 4.
You will have a morning at leisure in Florence, so you can visit e.g. the Accademia or the Palazzo Pitti with the Boboli Gardens; Yvonne and Hanneke will be happy to provide you with tips.
After lunch, we leave for Siena, where we will stay for two nights. We soon make our first short stop at the San Miniato al Monte. Through the rolling Tuscan hills we drive to winery Antinori nel Chianti Classico, famous for its contemporary, innovative architecture; our tour concludes with a wine tasting.

Day 5. 
Siena! We visit the impressive Duomo with its numerous art treasures, as well as the Palazzo Pubblico Located at the shell-shaped Piazza del Campo famed for its horse races. In the Palazzo Pubblico we view, among other things, Ambrogio Lorenzetti's famous frescoes.

Day 6.
To conclude the last morning, we will visit the charming town of San Gimignano! San Gimignano is sometimes called 'the city of towers', because of its many surviving medieval residential towers. We will explore the town on foot and visit the Collegiata church with its beautiful colourful fresco cycle. Afterwards, we will be transferred to Pisa airport by coach.

N.B. There will be a lot of walking during this trip, participants should take this into account. There is room on this trip for a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 34 participants. The trip is organised in cooperation with Labrys Reizen and will be led by two art historians Hanneke Lenders and Yvonne Hilgenkamp. The group will be split into two regularly. You will then spend part of the day with Hanneke and part with Yvonne.

Teachers: Hanneke Lenders and Yvonne Hilgenkamp
Travel dates: Monday 15 to Saturday 20 September 2025
Times: Flight departs at 12.45 on day 1. On day 6, we land in Amsterdam at 5.55pm.
Travel fee: €1650 p.p. if you register before 1 February 2025.
€1695 p.p. when you register afterwards.
Single room supplement €250,- p.p.

The trip price includes:

• Flight Amsterdam - Pisa v.v. with Transavia including hand and check-in baggage.
• current airport taxes, fuel surcharges and booking fees
• transfers by coach airport-hotel v.v.
• three hotel nights, including breakfast in Florence
• two nights' hotel accommodation in Siena, including breakfast
• all entrances to museums, churches, excavations, etc. in accordance with the programme
• bus transport between locations according to programme: Pisa, San Gimignano, Antinori winery, Florence
• guided tour and wine tasting at Antinori winery
• expert tour guide by art historians Hanneke Lenders & Yvonne Hilgenkamp
• use of whisper sets (audio system) during the stay
• tourist tax
• Offsetting CO2 emissions

The trip price does not include:

• other lunches, dinners, possibly insurances
• Labrys administration fee € 27.50 per booking
• obligatory Calamity Fund contribution of € 2.50 per booking/invoice
• compulsory contribution SGR of € 5 per person