Architectural holidays & tours
ArchEX
based: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Agency organising custom made architecture study tours in the Netherlands, Germany and other European countries. They can draw up a program, arrange access to selected buildings, sort out appointments with architects and planners, organise accommodation and transport, and provide English speaking architecture guides.
| architectural | Netherlands | Germany |
Artchitectours
based: USA
A group of architects who organize architectural excursions, events, conventions, trips, workshops and tours for professionals, students or anyone with a passion for architecture. Tours run in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the US and Worldwide.
| architectural | Worldwide |
Architour
based: Netherlands
Guided architecture tours and excursions for groups in Holland. Tours with a focus on architecture, particularly in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, but also across the country. Offering custom-made programmes as well as ready-to-book packages.
| architectural | Netherlands |
Guide-A
based: Oslo, Norway
3 to 5-day tours across Norway, offering an architect's view of modern Norwegian architecture, guided by Norwegian architect Henning Nielsen, or other guides with a relevant architectural education.
| architectural | Norway |
Japan Architecture Tours
based: Australia
A company focused on escourted holidays and tours centred around Japanese architecture, art, and design. Tours focused on the unique architecture of Japan, from contemporary to traditional; works by: Kisho Kurokawa, Tadao Ando, Kengo Kuma, Kunio Maekawa, Toyo Ito, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier ...
| architectural | Japan |
One Traveller Ltd
based: Norfolk, UK
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Escorted holidays and cruises from a caring family-run business established over 10 years; multiple British Travel Award Winners. Offering 54 holidays to 31 different destinations. Specialists for mature single travellers in small groups, no single supplements and exclusive sole occupancy rooms/cabins. Quality hand-picked hotels and experienced knowledgeable tour managers. Over 77% repeat guests.
| singles holidays | seniors/silver surfers | city breaks | sightseeing | escorted tours | ballet/opera | Christmas & New Year | art appreciation | architectural | theatre/shows | music tours | tailor made | ocean cruises | lake & river cruises | Worldwide |
Adventures in Preservation
based: Illinois, USA
Hands-on architectural volunteer vacations focused on preserving the world's distinctive historic architecture.
| architectural | Worldwide |
Archtours
based: Helsinki, Finland
A full service travel agency who specialise in architecture, city planning, environment and design in Sweden, Denmark and Finland.
| architectural | Europe |
Episode – Travel With Art
based: Lisbon, Portugal
Architectural travel in Portugal from a specalised tour operator providing bespoke cultural tours in Portugal, a country where medieval castles, neoclassical palaces and gothic churches coexist alongside stunning modern architecture.
| architectural | Portugal |
UK: Holidays in modern architecture
Living Architecture let out holiday houses around the UK, designed by notable world-class architects. Their properties have been created for use as holiday accommodation, but also to help change perceptions of modern architecture. The properties they've commissioned are located in stunning places and have been designed to be both beautiful and comfortable – they're also surprisingly affordable!
This extraordinary Balancing Barn, in Suffolk, is one of their properties. The 30m long house, clad on the outside in reflective silver tiles, cantilevers and 'balances' over the landscape and has beautiful rural views from its panoramic windows. The barn provides comfortable self-catering accommodation for up to eight people, with two double and two twin bedrooms.
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This architectural holidays section lists holiday packages, vacations, short breaks and tours that focus on architecture and the appreciation of building design, be that modern and contemporary buildings or historical architecture.
Tours cover all types of building design: from ancient monuments to modern towers, from historic cathedrals to contemporary shopping centres, and from complex engineering works to simple dwellings. They may cover a broad range of building styles within a particular country or region, or perhaps just a the style of a single notable architect or of a particular building.
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