Arrive in Adelaide on suggested Qantas flights and make your way to the hotel. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements including a private transfer to the hotel, a room category upgrade and pre-tour accommodation.

Tour arrangements commence at 17:00 with a welcome briefing by your tour leader, Michele Hill, followed by a light reception with drinks and canapés.

(R)

This morning, attend a talk by Michele followed by a tour of Urrbrae House. The house, managed by Adelaide university, has an interesting history and a few Morris pieces in a couple of the rooms, and a magnificent rose garden, which will be in full spring-time bloom.

After some free time for lunch, continue to CBD for a walking tour of William Morris inspired buildings such as, the Royal Institution of Australia, housed in the former Stock Exchange building. View Adelaide’s earliest, and only, example of a Morris and Co. stained-glass window not in a church.

This evening, enjoy dinner at a nearby restaurant.

(BD)

This morning, admire the William Morris stained-glass windows and quilt collection in St Augustine’s Anglican Church, followed by morning tea at the church.

Continue to historic manor house Carrick Hill manor house for lunch, and enjoy an exclusive chance to view rarely-seen Morris textiles.

Return to the hotel and enjoy the remainder of the afternoon and evening at leisure.

(BL)

Today travel to Anlaby Station, one of Australia’s great homesteads and one of the first grand rural properties of South Australia, located in the Barossa Valley region. Enjoy a private guided tour of the garden and home, which has been restored with examples of William Morris designs in the ‘pomegranate’ wallpaper and ‘tulip and lily’ carpet.

After lunch at Anlaby Station, return to Adelaide and enjoy the remainder of the afternoon and evening at leisure.

(BL)

Begin the morning with a talk by Michele. Then, visit St George the Martyr Anglican Church to uncover some hidden William Morris gems.

Continue to the quaint village of Hahndorf for some time at leisure and to explore the town and enjoy lunch.

Later, wander through the rambling house and gardens of The Cedars, home of the famous German-Australian landscape painter Sir Hans Heysen, himself a protégé of the Barr Smith family. Return to the hotel for an evening at leisure.

(B)

This morning, visit All Souls’ Anglican church to see the sunlight glimmer through the William Morris stained-glass windows, followed by morning tea.

Then, enjoy a private guided tour at the David Roche Foundation Museum, home to one of Australia’s most extensive collections of decorative art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with paintings, ceramics, furniture and sculpture from the early French Rococo to Russia’s House of Fabergé.

Tonight, join Michele and fellow tours members for a special farewell dinner.

(BD)

Tour arrangements conclude after breakfast. Renaissance Tours or your travel agent can assist you with your flights and other travel arrangements, including additional nights’ accommodation either before or after the tour, travel insurance (highly recommended), a room category upgrade and private airport transfers.

(B)