Limelight Arts Travel
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Featured Tours
HOKKAIDO & TOHOKU
Dates: 20 July - 03 August 2026
Tour Leader: Relle Mott
Price: $15,950pp twinshare
Status: Places available
Discover the path less travelled in northern Japan over its colourful summer, exploring diverse histories, indigenous culture, serene temples and exquisite natural beauty.
VIENNA TO TRIESTE
Dates: 05-20 September 2026
Tour Leader: Dr Nick Gordon
Price: $12,250pp twinshare
Status: Places available
Take a journey from Vienna, through Slovenia and Friuli to Trieste, and discover another side of Europe’s history and culture, on this 16-day tour.
BORDEAUX, THE DORDOGNE & THE LOIRE
Dates: 14-27 October 2026
Tour Leader: Dr Kathleen Olive
Price: $13,650pp twinshare
Status: Places available
Explore the south-west of France, from Bordeaux’s celebrated viticulture, to the prehistoric art caves of the Dordogne and impressive châteaux and gardens of the Loire Valley.
Welcome to Limelight Arts Travel. We create expert-led, small group journeys exploring fine art, history and the performing arts in Europe and Asia. We bring together genuine academic expertise, decades of experience organising special-interest travel and the renowned quality and connoisseurship of Limelight, for 45 years Australia's authoritative journal of classical music, culture and the performing arts.
Limelight Arts Traveller
As anyone who has travelled will know, half the pleasure is in the anticipation – dreaming, planning and learning about the destination. As well as touring, Limelight Arts Travel offers online lectures, podcasts, blog articles and videos exploring history, art and culture around the world. Our online lecture programs let you experience the world of Limelight Arts Travel without leaving your lounge room. Our podcasts, blogs and short videos explore the destinations and topics that our tour leaders know and love. They are a great way to get to know our expert tour leaders and to find out what we’re all about. You’ll find all of our content on our Arts Traveller page.
Featured
PODCAST:
A Closer Look
In this podcast series our experts guide you through the process of looking at a work of art in context, revealing the hidden details and stories that lie behind the masterpiece.
Destination Insights:
on japan’s art islands
Japan’s celebrated ‘art islands’ of the Seto Inland Sea are routinely spoken about as one of the world’s most exciting destinations for site-specific contemporary art and architecture. What makes them so special?
DESTINATION GUIDE:
GENOA
Genova, la superba – Genoa, the proud! There’s more to this city, refreshingly far from the tourist track, than pesto, pirates and stunning scenery. Our new destination guide sets out more.
Fitness on Tour
Travel always requires a degree of physical fitness and mental stamina. To help you decide if a tour is right for you, we’ve given them fitness ratings:
Moderate
Above Moderate
Challenging
You can view our fitness ratings here in our FAQ. Should you have any concerns, please get in touch with us.
Responsible Tourism
Travel is an intensive activity, but it also provides a livelihood for almost 1 in 10 people globally. Our short term goal is to make our Australian operations carbon neutral by 2025. At the same time, we will undertake the first stages of reducing the footprint of our tours and the scope three emissions they entail.
We’ll keep you informed of our roadmap to achieving these goals and the challenges on the way in a dedicated blog in Limelight Arts Traveller.
Our Travel Partner
Limelight Arts Travel is pleased to partner with Mary Rossi Travel, one of Australia’s most recognised luxury travel agents.
You can read more about these arrangements here.