ABR is delighted to present regular cultural tours in partnership with Academy Travel.
ABR Academy Travel Vienna Tour 2024
2024 Vienna Tour
This most successful tour was led by Christopher Menz, ABR’s Development Consultant and a former Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia.
The focus of the thirteen-day residential tour was art and music. It focused on the spectacular collections amassed by the Habsburgs over centuries, the musical heritage of Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven, and the striking modernist architecture of the city. The tour also included excursions to Schönbrunn, Klosterneuburg and the Wachau Valley. The musical program included six performances in Vienna’s finest venues – the State Opera, the Musikverein and the Konzerthaus – and featured Australian artists Simone Young, Nicole Car and Barrie Kosky.
2024 Adelaide Tour
March 2024
ABR was delighted to host a nine-day tour of Adelaide for ABR Patrons and supporters in partnership with Academy Travel. The visit from March 1–9 was timed to coincide with the very best of Adelaide Festival and Writers’ Week in 2024.
More information and photographs from the 2024 tour.
2023 Vienna Tour
October 2023
ABR was delighted to host a twelve-day tour of Vienna for ABR Patrons and supporters in partnership with Academy Travel. The visit from October 13–24 was led by art historian Christopher Menz and ABR Editor Peter Rose.
More information and photographs from the 2023 tour.
2023 Adelaide Festival Tour
March 2023
ABR was delighted host a nine-day tour of Adelaide for ABR Patrons and supporters in partnership with Academy Travel. The visit from March 3–11 was timed to coincide with the very best of Adelaide Festival and Writers’ Week in 2023.
More information and photographs from the 2023 tour.
2022 ABR Cultural Tour of Victoria
12–19 October 2022
Australian Book Review and Academy Travel were delighted to present an eight-day tour of Victoria. The visit to Victoria's regional galleries from 12 to 19 October involved visits to wonderful modern and contemporary collections at Heide and TarraWarra. Visits to galleries are complemented with visits to historic sites, such as Maldon and Barwon Park, and the landscapes that have inspired generations of artists, from the Dandenongs, to the Mornington Peninsula and the distinctively Australian bush of the goldfields.
2022 Adelaide Festival Tour
March 2022
ABR was delighted host a nine-day tour of Adelaide for ABR Patrons and supporters in partnership with Academy Travel. The visit from March 5–13 was timed to coincide with the very best of Adelaide Festival and Writers’ Week in 2022.
More information and photographs from the 2022 Tour.
2018 ABR German Cultural Tour
June 2018
ABR’s third international cultural tour, in partnership with Academy Travel, took us to Germany. The two-week tour was led by Christopher Menz and Peter Rose.
More information and photographs from the 2018 tour.
2017 ABR UK Cultural Tour
June 2017
ABR’s second international tour, in partnership with Academy Travel, was a twelve-day Shakespeare-themed visit to England.
More information and photographs from the 2017 tour.
2016 ABR US Cultural Tour
September 2016
Australian Book Review’s sixteen-day US tour – led by Peter Rose and Christopher Menz – took us from Washington, DC to New York City. It was the first of its kind undertaken by the magazine and was undertaken in partnership with Academy Travel.
