Events and ExhibitionsExceptional breaks featuring superb city destinations with festivals, exhibitions or great-value deals to make a holiday to remember. With strictly limited places, early booking is recommended.
Turner and the Masters Exhibition
- Paris
Next spring, Paris' Grand Palais hosts a prestigious exhibition devoted to JMW Turner and the Masters who influenced his work. Here we find a stunning collection of Turner's works, exhibited alongside those of Canaletto, Poussin, Titian, Rembrandt and others. FREE nights available!
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£175
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£199
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Normandy and the Masters of Impressionism
- Normandy
Normandy plays host to a delightful festival devoted to the Impressionist movement this summer, with a fine exhibition in the prestigious Musée des Beaux Arts in Rouen as the undoubted highlight, bringing together works by Monet, Gauguin, Pissarro, Sisley and other late 19th-century Impressionist masterpieces.
Edvard Munch, from 1880 to 1890
- Paris
The Pinacothèque in Paris proudly pays homage to the pioneer of Expressionism, Edvard Munch, focusing on the decade 1880 to 1890, when Munch developed his unique expressive style. The exhibition features some hundred works mostly from private collections never before exhibited in a public gallery. FREE nights available!
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From
£198
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From
£198
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The Chopin Exhibition
- Paris
All over the world, people are preparing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Frédéric Chopin's birthday. The Musée de la Musique in Paris, in conjunction with the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, has created a wonderful exhibition offering a journey to the very heart of "Chopin's workshop". Manuscripts, paintings, drawings and musical instruments help the visitor to discover the world of this exceptional musician and composer. FREE nights available!
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£198
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£198
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The Ghent Floralies
- Ghent
Every five years, for a period of just ten days, the mediaeval city of Ghent literally comes into bloom. April 2010 marks the 34th world famous 'Floralies', a stunning symphony of colours and scents that will not fail to delight, with exhibitors arriving from across the globe to display all manner of horticultural and botanical innovations and treasures.
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£229
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£200
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Brussels Jazz Marathon
- Brussels
Experience the buzz of the Brussels Jazz Marathon. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to take part in jazz gigs in bars, concert halls and on open-air stages. Enjoy the sights, beautiful buildings and plentiful shopping that Europe's capital has to offer, stay in one of our centrally-located hotels and travel by Eurostar™ or air.
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Flight
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£172
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£307
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Turner and the Masters Exhibition
Next spring, Paris' Grand Palais hosts a prestigious exhibition devoted to JMW Turner and the Masters who influenced his work. Here we find a stunning collection of Turner's works, exhibited alongside those of Canaletto, Poussin, Titian, Rembrandt and others. FREE nights available!
from £175
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