There’s only one thing better than an incredible holiday, and that’s an incredible holiday that keeps on giving. Introduce your customers to Limelight Arts Travel’s small group tours, where every journey is an opportunity for long-lasting knowledge and memories.
Limelight Arts Travel offers expert-led, small group journeys designed to provide clients with knowledge and inspiration that will last long after the tour has ended.
Their unique itineraries are designed in-house, bringing together Limelight Arts Travel’s combination of genuine academic expertise and decades of experience organising special-interest travel. So your customers can fully luxuriate in the journey, immersing themselves in the history of art, culture, and natural beauty in each destination.
Get off the golden route with Limelight Arts Travel in 2026
It’s easy to go with the flow by following popular tourist itineraries in Japan. But Limelight Arts Travel introduces guests to a world of discovery off the beaten tourist track.
- Japan’s Art Islands and Tokyo – Delight in a feast of contemporary art and architecture in the serene setting of the revitalised ‘art islands’ of Japan’s Seto Inland Sea.
Then discover the cutting edge of contemporary art in the thick of Tokyo’s excellent museums, away from regular travellers.
- Hokkaido and Tohoku – Discover the path less travelled in northern Japan over its colourful summer. The destination has plenty to offer the cultural traveller such as exploring diverse histories and fascinating indigenous Ainu sites, serene temples and exquisite landscapes such as the Millenium Forest.
The tour culminates in Tohoku, with Aomori’s fabulous Nebuta Festival.
- Exploring Kyushu – Explore Japan’s southernmost island and discover six unique regions.
The different sides of Kyushu are endowed with the natural beauty of verdant forested landscapes, historic treasures and temples, steaming hot springs, traditional ceramics and its exceptional tea.
Art fairs and festivals
Art fairs and festivals can be difficult to navigate – with so many artists, where do you start? Limelight Arts Travel’s carefully curated programs bring clients the best of each festival, from challenging cutting edge works to the simply spectacular.
Let these programs do the hard work for you so your clients can just turn up, absorb the art and enjoy the experience.
Dive into the world of contemporary art at the largest art show on the planet.
See extraordinary contemporary works from around the world, as well as major exhibitions and retrospectives in Venice’s museums and art foundations, and numerous shows in historic locations that are otherwise closed to the public.
- Hong Kong and Shanghai: These two destinations are historic gateways between the Chinese and Western worlds.
Discover contemporary art at Art Basel in Hong Kong, the largest art fair in the region. Then jump over to Shanghai to see the latest exhibitions in its stunning new museums.
- Singapore and Bangkok: Experience two rising stars of the region. Explore Singapore as a new centre for the display of art during art week and ArtSG, one of the largest art fairs in the Asia Pacific.
Then dive into the world of contemporary art in Thailand, an emerging hub for creativity in the Asia Pacific.
Step back into Art History
Why learn about art from a book when you can experience the real thing in person? Limelight’s art-focussed tours explore masterpieces in their historic context, giving guests the opportunity to see beyond the textbook on the walls each day.
A unique opportunity to understand the historic lives of female Italian artists from the 15th to 18th centuries, and the contexts in which they lived and worked.
This itinerary will take you through historic works in the Brera and Uffizi to contemporary private collections and world-class restoration projects in Florence and Rome.
- Art and Architecture in the Low Countries: Discover the art and architecture of the Low Countries, from the late Gothic flourishing in Bruges to the Baroque era with Rembrandt and Vermeer. Plus experience modern masterpieces of art and design.
There is so much to see in this relatively small region, renowned for the quality and number of its galleries. Based in quieter, historic towns – Ghent, The Hague and Utrecht – customers can see the best of the region’s art and architecture without the crush of Dutch revellers at night.
- Italy’s Renaissance Courts: Although less touristed, Urbino, Mantua, Ferrara and Padua in northern Italy boast an extraordinary history and feast of Renaissance masterpieces.
Gain greater appreciation of northern Italy’s smaller Renaissance centres that still punch above their weight, and get to know art in the company of a qualified art historian (and great food).
Limelight products are as much about the transformative power of learning as they are about the package of services, meaning these itineraries are truly more than the sum of their parts. So give your clients the trip that keeps on giving, with Limelight Arts Travel.
