Over the years we have been asked by parents, family members and adult friends if we provide something for grown-ups. The answer is yes, we do.
 

We have approached this question with great care: to be able to provide such a superb faculty, to design an offering of brilliant, entertaining, mind-opening lectures and presentations is a challenge, and now, thanks to our association with the excellent Kirker Holidays, our solution is to offer a two week itinerary in November exclusively for adults.

The fortnight is not so much a compressed John Hall Venice Course but an opportunity for adults (of every age) to enjoy being resident in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, at a time when the tourist season has ended, and to combine on-site visits to places in and around Venice with a series of brilliant talks given by some of the John Hall Venice faculty in our warm and comfortable education centre. There is time for everyone to enjoy the city at their own pace, to find some great restaurants and bars, to explore some of the great opportunities for shopping and simply watching the world go by.

Places are very limited, so booking is on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Dates for 2026 are November 15th until November 28th
 
The Fee is £7,789 (single room supplement £1,547)
 
This includes travel, accommodation in the gorgeous – and very convenient 5* Nani Mocenigo hotel in San Trovaso, four dinners and four lunches, outings to Ravenna, Padua, The Palladian Villas of The Veneto, Asolo and Carlo Scarpa’s exceptional Brion Mausoleum, Murano, Burano and Torcello.

A private, night-time visit to The Basilica of San Marco, a cookery class with the wonderful Marika Contaldo Seguso, and the company of a group of like-minded individuals.

Please contact Vicky at the office for more information.
                
Here are some bits of feedback from recent adult participants:

 

"Thank you for your company. What a wonderful holiday".

 

"We arrived in Venice on a cold evening with the mist swirling along the grand canal. In every alley way and campo could be seen the masks and costumes of the Carnival revellers". 



 

"On to the rich feast that only Venice can offer. Verrochio’s statue of proud Colleone on his horse outside SS Giovanni e Paolo, Veronese’s Marriage of Cana replica at St Giorgio, Titian’s Maria Assunta at the Frari and the Bellini family at the Academia."

 

"Cosy crowded family restaurants in side streets and sunny waterfront tables watching the vaporetti ploughing past.  Welcoming warm wine bars after a cold walk between churches. A coach ride through the terrafirma to a Palladian palazzo and a brutalist mausoleum. Weekends free for a night at the opera and a day in Padua and three weeks of intense cultural exploration". 



 

A morning coffee and a warm croissant for breakfast in San Barnaba. A visit to the islands to see the glass blowers and the mosaics in Torcello followed by a lunch on white linen and a windy boat back. 
So many fascinating insights into the multi layered, ever changing but eternal world of the Serenissima". 



 

"Unforgettable". 

"We got home on Monday night and I am still far from over my jet lag! Just wanted to write and say how much we appreciated  the course. It was really great and we learned an enormous amount."

"What a brilliant programme you have created. Each lecture and presentation was far more than we could have wished for, and to cap all of that off with those visits – San Marco with the mosaics slowly being lit, travelling across the lagoon to Torcello and Burano, and all in the company of a friendly and welcoming group. A complete thrill, thank you so much for letting us take part!
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