Overview
Are you a music lover who has heard about classical music festivals in Europe such as La Roque d’Anthèron, Prague Spring, or Amsterdam’s Grachtenfestival but could never see yourself making the leap from dreaming about it to actually enjoying one yourself?
Or are you a seasoned traveler who’d like to thrill to the sounds of Europe’s world-class music in venerable venues but couldn’t imagine it being fun alone?
Join Music and Markets’ hosts Anne and Kirk Woodyard and discover alluring destinations across Europe with unique cultural happenings that you might not otherwise experience on your own. Small, personalized tours, featured in Gourmet magazine, engage all the senses with events as diverse as village markets, specialized spas, and concerts in memorable and unique venues.
By combining two great themes, Anne and Kirk Woodyard allow travelers to indulge a range of senses through great food, shopping, and some of Europe’s best music festivals. Such delights as Prague’s Spring Festival, Jazz in Italy and Amsterdam’s wonderful Canal Festival are just a few of this year’s tempting trips. From great castles to intimate gardens, the settings are sure to inspire and the music is sure to please.
Avoiding super-big-named festivals, Music and Markets searches out not-so-well-known or newer festivals to provide a more intimate setting. Between concerts, they’ve discovered the best in the surrounding area to give you a taste of the culture, environment, and shopping nearby. Music and Markets introduces you to delights they’ve enjoyed and provide a forum to discuss the music before and after the concerts.
Discover the thrill of Europe’s best music in unique venues – an 11th-century monastery, a converted stone barn in Bordeaux, under the ramparts by Prague’s castle, rooftop gardens in Amsterdam – and JAZZ on New Year’s Eve in Orvieto.
What better way can you find to meet fellow music-lovers, enjoy Europe’s most interesting places, and hear in person Europe’s finest artists? You are welcome to bring a group, your spouse, or join Music and Markets as a single traveler. With Music and Markets everyone is included in all the fun.
Of course, food and drink can have an incredible impact on the success of a vacation. Music and Markets offers its guests the opportunity to truly experience local food and wine standouts, and each trip features a wide variety of carefully chosen restaurants and meals that highlight delicious regional cuisine.
For instance, guests will be pleasantly surprised at the quality of Prague’s cuisine. From fusion and world creations to classic Bohemian fare, dining in Prague is a delicious adventure. Tasty moments include al fresco meals on a garden-terraced hillside, elegant repasts in a renovated baroque palace, and a cosmopolitan feast beside the river.
Music and Markets invites you to join them for an exciting season of tours. From Prague to Bordeaux, from Amsterdam to Provence, the priority is marvelous music, interspersed with discovery of historically significant or out of the way places, entrée into unusual and private homes and venues for concerts and events, delightful and delicious cuisine, and insider shopping tips and trips. Marked by small group sizes (a maximum of ten participants), guests enjoy a camaraderie possible with a few choice participants. Pick a season and a destination and look forward to a meticulously researched, tastefully guided, and musically enriching traveling experience.
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