Tours directed by Colin Bailey, PhD, FSA, FSAScot
Colin, who gained his PhD in art history at Nottingham University, has held a succession of top posts: he was head librarian at the Barber Institute at Birmingham University, keeper of British art at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery and head of Humanities at Edinburgh College of Art.
A trained linguist, Colin is one of only two westerners to have been awarded a special permit to conduct tours in St Petersburg's Hermitage Museum.
BERLIN WITH POTSDAM
Berlin is rightly famed for the wealth of its art collections, from the Alte Nationalgalerie’s... more
RENAISSANCE & BAROQUE ROME
Raphael and Michelangelo, Caravaggio and Bernini... an Italian quartet inexorably... more
UNEXPLORED ST PETERSBURG
This tour will appeal both to the first-time visitor to Peter the Great’s opulent... more
A NEW YEAR CELEBRATION OF THE ART & GASTRONOMY OF BARCELONA
On this special New Year’s tour, as well as soaking up Barcelona’s eclectic array... more
BOLOGNA, MANTUA & PARMA
This tour absorbs the pictorial splendours of Bologna, Mantua and Parma and brings... more
UNEXPLORED ST PETERSBURG
This tour will appeal to anyone who has ever wished to deepen his or her appreciation... more
