DATES & FEES
THE JOHN HALL VENICE COURSE 2025
MONDAY 27 January to FRIDAY 31 January (London)
and SUNDAY 2 February to FRIDAY 14 March (Venice) £14,135
Fees include accommodation in shared rooms in Venice, breakfast, dinner, the full programme of lectures and on-site visits, life drawing, portraiture and photography, some art materials, a free pass on Venetian water buses, entrance fees for visits to galleries, churches and museums included on the programme, excursions to see works of Giotto, Mantegna and Donatello in Padua, to the mosaics at Ravenna and to Palladian Villas in the Veneto, private visits to the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and S. Marco.
Please note that flights are not included.
The recommended flights to book will be given and students will need to book their own flights. Accommodation and meals during the introductory five days in London are not included but we can assist students seeking accommodation by putting them in touch with families who have had our students as paying guests in former years.
Worth Noting is that the fees cover free travel on public transport in Venice, (usual price per ticket £8 – average use 3 times a day, £168 per week), breakfast and a three course dinner each day and entrance fees for all museum and gallery visits included on the programme. These are small details which add up and are often not included in fees quoted on other courses.
Extras
EXTENSION OF THE COURSE IN FLORENCE
Friday 14 to Friday 21 MARCH £2,650
EXTENSION OF THE COURSE IN ROME
Friday 21 to Friday 28 MARCH £2,815
Please note, after the London/Venice programme, students may participate in the Florence only extension or Florence and Rome extensions but not the Rome only extension.
ITALIAN CLASSES £354
COOKERY CLASSES – CUCINA ITALIANA £660
Cookery consists of a course of 4 sessions of about 4 hours each. Each class takes place in Marika Contaldo Seguso’s kitchen on The Lido, and ends with a convivial dinner, eating the delicious food that has been cooked with accompanying wines, as well which includes a trip to the Rialto market to source the food. https://www.acquolina.com/eng/content/marika-contaldo-seguso/ Students will be accepted for the cookery classes in order of application as a maximum of 20 only can be accepted with 10 per class.
PHOTOGRAPHY COURSE
The Photography classes are led this year by Eva Vermandel (https://evavermandel.com) who is a renowned portrait artist. Budding photographers are required to come equipped with a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) camera to work with. No previous experience is required.
FLORENCE & ROME EXTENSIONS
Fees during the optional extensions include travel from Venice to Florence, Florence to Rome, accommodation, breakfast, dinner, the lectures and/or on-site visits; in Florence, two life-drawing classes, Private visit to the Accademia, and visit to Renaissance villa and garden; in Rome, excursion to Villa D’Este and lunch at the Ristorante Sibilla in Tivoli and Private visits to Villa Borghese Gallery, The Keats-Shelley Memorial House and the Vatican Museums including Raphael’s Stanze and the Sistine Chapel. The Florence and Rome Extensions .
We regard the extensions as an important part of the Course. They are offered as an option, on grounds of cost and possible other commitments. To see Florence and Rome is a major part of the Italian experience. Their individual and different identities are striking after Venice, and Venice in retrospect comes into special focus after Florence and Rome. Our most privileged private visits are in Florence and Rome.
Download the Venice course timetable - a sample from 2023
A NOTE ON FEES:
“£168 – not a sum easily found by everyone” — wrote The Guardian of the Pre-University Course fees in 1968.
For over 50 years, our fees have kept roughly the same relationship to a term at an independent boarding school. Fees include return travel to Italy, accommodation in the centre of Venice, with breakfast and 3 course dinner daily. Additionally they include a supportive resident staff, a visiting faculty of distinguished lecturers coming out to Venice from England and a series of privileged and expensive private visits to palaces, museums and churches.
“VALUE FOR MONEY AND WORTH EVERY PENNY, PARENTS AGREE AND MOST ADMIT ENVY.”
— The Good Gap Year and Sixth Form Guide.
