Individual arrivals in London throughout the day

We are happy to arrange private transfers from the airport to the hotel.

Check into our hotel in Kensington, the Crowne Plaza Kensington.

Welcome cocktails and dinner in our hotel.

Overnight: Crowne Plaza Kensington, London.

The Crowne Plaza London Kensington is situated in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. With its very own private landscaped garden it provides a luxurious, tranquil and relaxing atmosphere in which to unwind. The guestrooms are very spacious and well appointed.

Full English breakfast in our hotel.

National Gallery
Curator-led visit of American and British art that has influenced American artists represented in the National Gallery.

Lunch at leisure.

British Museum.
The British Museum has the largest collection of American drawings outside of the US. Special private viewing of a selection of these works with the curator.

Dinner at the Chelsea Arts Club.

Full English breakfast in our hotel.

Depart London for Bath by private coach.

Coffee break on arrival.

Visit of the American Museum in Claverton Manor.
The American Museum in Britain is perched high on a hillside overlooking the Limpley Stoke Valley nestled within 130 acres of spectacular grounds and parkland against stunning views on the edge of Bath. Since 1961 this has been the only dedicated museum of Americana outside the United States celebrating the development of American decorative arts.  However, the museum also traces the American way of life through the ages with an array of spectacularly furnished period rooms.  Many of these rooms are fitted with original paneling and floorboards brought from houses in the United States and furnished with fine examples of American furniture and decorative art.  They extend in date from the late seventeenth century to the eve of the Civil War, and in cultural tradition from the English Puritans to the Spanish colonists of New Mexico.

The museum boasts stunning grounds and gardens which include three exhibits: a colonial kitchen garden with a dye-plant border, a replica of part of George Washington’s garden at Mount Vernon, and an arboretum devoted to American trees and shrubs.  

Lunch at leisure.

Visit of the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, including welcome talk, visit to the exhibition, walking tour of Bath and ending with Cream Tea.

Return to London.

Evening at leisure.

Overnight: Crowne Plaza Kensington, London.

Full English breakfast in the hotel.

Tate Britain
Curator-led visit of the exhibition: Henry Moore. A Comprehensive look at the career of the great sculptor through his works in wood, stone and some small bronzes.

Lunch at leisure.

Visit with Richard Ormond
Richard Ormond, former curator for England's National Portrait Gallery as well as the former director for the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, is also the great nephew of John Singer Sargent. With co-author Elaine Kilmurray, Ormond published the John Singer Sargent catalogue raisson. During our visit with him, we will view various works by Sargent as well as hear about his life.

Private dinner at the studio of Julian Barrow.
Julian Barrow studied painting in Florence. He is known for his landscapes and paintings of country houses, conversation pieces and interiors. He has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition many times, has one man shows regularly at the Fine Art Society in London and at the W M Brady Gallery in New York. He travels extensively in India, South East Asia, Italy and the USA. His studio is in Tite Street, Chelsea, London in a Victorian building of studios once occupied by Sargent, Whistler and Augustus John.

Overnight: Crowne Plaza Kensington, London.

Full English breakfast in our hotel.

Transfer to London St. Pancras International.   

9:40 a.m. Eurostar to Paris.

Lunch served onboard.

1:23 p.m. Arrive Paris, Gare du Nord

Visit of the Louvre  
This visit will concentrate on some of the iconic pieces that make up the foundations of Western Art and then move on to consider highlights of French Art that have had influences on American artists.

Continue to the Hôtel Mayfair.

Dinner just a few steps from our hotel at Chez Les Flottes.

Overnight: Hôtel Mayfair, Paris

Buffet breakfast in our hotel.

Musée de l'Orangerie
After a seven-year, € 24 million renovation the Musée de l'Orangerie re-opened in 2006. Once again Monet's eight immense Water Lily compositions painted at the Giverny studio are presented under a state-of-the-art glass roof as Monet originally intended, illuminated by the natural light. The Orangerie collection also includes 15 Cézanne paintings, 24 Renoir, 10 Matisse, 12 Picasso, plus Derain, Soutine, Modigliani among others.

Lunch at leisure.

Afternoon visit at a private studio.

Dinner at Dinner at Le Soufflé.

Overnight: Hôtel Mayfair, Paris

Buffet breakfast in our hotel.

Depart Paris for Giverny.

Visit of Monet’s House and garden.
The famous house and garden where Claude Monet spent 43 years of his life painting and receiving and inspiring other painters is a must-see for anyone interested in modern art. 

Lunch at the Terra Café.

Visit of the exhibition Impressionism along the Seine. Some 60 works painted along the banks of the Seine describe the changing seasons, riverside pastimes, port activities and places where the artists stayed.  The exhibition tells the story of Impressionism and Post Impressionism from Eugene Boudin to Henri Matisse and will include masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, Manet and Seurat.

In the 1880s and 1890s, virtually thousands of American students invaded Paris and its art schools. When the warm summer weather made painting out-of-doors possible, a number of provincial sites proved attractive, especially Giverny where Claude Monet had settled in 1883.  In 1887, a small band of artists, including Willard Metcalf, Louis Ritter, Theodore Wendel, and John Leslie Breck "discovered" the village. Other American artists soon followed and many began to extend their visits beyond the summer months.  The Giverny Museum of Impressionism is dedicated to their achievements.

Evening at Leisure.

Overnight: Hôtel Mayfair, Paris

Buffet breakfast in the hotel.

Paris was the center of the art world in the 19th century and a large number of American artists flocked to the city. Among them: James McNeil Whistler, John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassat.

Musée d’Orsay

Two-hour curator-led visit focusing on French influences on American art with free time following for individual exploration and lunch.

The Musée d’Orsay houses art dating from 1848 to 1914 installed in a former train station built for the Universal Exhibition of 1900. This is the most comprehensive collection of French art from the late 19th to the early 20th century.

Lunch at leisure in Musée d’Orsay.

Rodin Museum.

Farewell Apéritif on the terrace at Georges in the Centre Pompidou

Walk to dinner at Le Pharamond.

Wonderful late 19th-century restaurant which has retained its original idécor of glazed tiles.  Top-rated cuisine.

Overnight: Hôtel Mayfair, Paris

Buffet breakfast in our hotel.

Individual departures from Paris throughout the morning.

We are happy to arrange private transfers from the hotel to the airport.