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Janet Simmonds (nee Panagakis) is a British-born tour guide, writer and company director. Born in Liverpool with a slightly Greek grand-father and a very Greek great grand-father she has a special affinity with the Mediterranean, especially Italy and Greece. Trained as a Geographer and Art Historian at the Universities of Oxford and Manchester, Janet has spent most of her adult life running specialist travel companies and travelling extensively. Several times a year she leads small groups to different parts of the Mediterranean. She writes about her travels and observations.

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Inspired by a fantastic painting by Lorenzo Lotto, I journeyed in my mind from Venice to Loreto where this amazing artist lived and died. An exceptional talent - the painting ‘Madonna del Rosario’ is to found in Cingoli (Balcone delle Marche). A delightful town in Italy’s Marche region. The Rosario painting is exceptional in many ways. The tree of life behind Mary depicts events from her life, joy, sorrow and miracle (relating to the life of Jesus). There’s humour too in the paintings - look closely…. I ended up writing a full article about Lorenzo Lotto: https://wp.me/p5eFNn-6Z1 - whenever I think of Marche I think of #senigallia @villa_pedossa @marchetourism @senigalliatourism @museicivicirecanati @recanati_infinito @prolococingoli @visitcingoli @italia_magazine

#2018 - amazing time #Rome #Oxford University - Oxford Rome - March, 2018 - Oxford Alumni #MeetingMinds a joy to write + create walking tours for erudite crowd. A pleasure + privilege Acqua Paola #fontane #Roma - for more on Rome wp.me/p5eFNn-3sf Educated-Traveller @GrandTourist @Ashmolean @UniversityofOxford @Italia

An English Country house - Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire #nationaltrust #autumn #history #tradition https://wp.me/p5eFNn-6Xy #grandtourist #educatedtraveller

Extraordinary photographs of Comacchio - south-west of Venetian Lagoon from the talented @giulaik @italia @inemiliaromagna @visitferrara @visitcomacchio.it @educatedtraveller #searchingforitaly #grandtourist #educatedtraveller

At this time of the year in Venice the bakeries and pastry shops are filled to overflowing with large, colourful biscuits (or cookies) depicting a man on a horse. A shortbread type base is loaded with chocolate coins, silver balls, multi-coloured icing. The man is San Martino, an early Christian saint who became Bishop of Tours in France. In Venice these days of early November are often calm and peaceful with beautiful light reflecting from the lagoon - the Venetians call these days ‘i giorni di San Martino’ our equivalent of an Indian summer….especially for Francesca Blench and Mary Lou Peters (who loves any kind of dessert)….. Lulu Simmonds San Martino is remembered at Hochster Castle just outside Frankfurt as well as Tours in France.

Time to get back to Europe #Italy #Alps #Marche #Venezia #Germany #Marburg we are waiting for our USA friends #USA 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇬🇧time to plan a trip

#Venice - 100s of palaces on Grand Canal each w/ unique #history #Palazzo #Barbaro extended by Barbaro Bros 16+17th century. Later meeting point for #American #Grandtourists in Venice inc. Isabella Stewart Gardner who modelled her 'palazzo' in #Boston on Barbaro wp.me/p5eFNn-6gr - now The Gardner Museum near Fenway Park in Boston. A handy alternative to the Red Sox and a fabulous private collection of art in an exquisite setting. The #Gardner was the site of a famous unsolved robbery in 1990 when a dozen works of art were stolen - they’ve never been recovered - including works by #Degas #Manet and #Vermeer - there’s a US $ 10 million reward for info leading to their recovery. Fascinating story! #History #Art #stories #character #grandtourist #educatedtraveller

I’d like to present my latest ‘travel journey’ 01-08 April, 2022. A small group tour in Italy 🇮🇹 starting in #Trieste and exploring the Austrian history of the north-east of Italy before continuing to the Roman remains of #Aquileia and then on to #Venice. Private boat tour of the lagoon of Venice, visit to St Mark’s Square. Staying on the Grand Canal in Venice. A week of history, art, food and wine. I’ll be the guide - I’d love to have friends, old and new on board! Great food, fantastic #Friuli wines, history, conversation. Here’s the link:

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