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The wine windows of Florence

Posted on March 22, 2021 by Janet Simmonds

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Florence – 15th century ‘Procession of the Magi’

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Janet Simmonds

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Dante – Italy’s greatest poet

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Janet Simmonds

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Italy – enchanted gardens story-telling and survival…

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Janet Simmonds

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Venice – Botticelli in Venice – seriously?

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Janet Simmonds

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History of the Grand Tour

Posted on November 23, 2017 by Janet Simmonds

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Wonderful Tuscany – Villa San Michele

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Janet Simmonds

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Florence and Chianti in style

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Janet Simmonds

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Tales from Italy – When Alberto met Shirley

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Janet Simmonds

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The importance of a bicycle in Italy

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Janet Simmonds

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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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Sunny blue skies in London - Changing of the Guard 💂‍♀️ Buckingham Palace, Queen’s Gallery for a fantastic ‘masterpieces’ exhibition including #Rembrandt #Rubens #Titian #Canaletto #Vermeer inspiration by the bucket load for #grandtourists and #travellers alike. The art collections of London were often started by English men travelling in Europe especially Italy in the 17th and 18th centuries. Whilst travelling they bought lots of souvenirs, sculptures, paintings and tapestries. HM The Queen has a vast collection of Canaletto paintings thanks to George III who purchased Joseph Smith’s entire collection - whilst in Venice in the 1760s. Smith was the British Counsel in Venice and an early supporter of Canaletto. During his working career #Canaletto painted more than 500 canvases (many are views of Venice). It is estimated that 75% of Canaletto’s work is in the UK - possibly more. @buckinghampalaceshop @royalcollectiontrust @visitlondon To discover more about #GrandTour and the #GrandTourists read the #history of the Grand Tour here: https://wp.me/p5eFNn-3io

#festive #cheer London #2021 time for a little seasonal cheer #regentsstreet #london

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

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