Lovers of books, gardens, architecture, and food won’t want to miss this grand tour of Oxfordshire and East Anglia. You’ll visit some of England’s most magnificent country houses, chosen for their exquisite landscape gardens and ancient family libraries, as well as some smaller, more intimate, venues, like Kelmscott Manor, William Morris’s picturesque summer cottage in the Cotswolds. The tour is specially designed to illustrate the relationship between the antiquarian, architectural, and horticultural preoccupations of English country gentry. A highlight will be a tour of the expansive library collection at Oxford University, led by Sarah Thomas ’70, Bodley’s librarian and director of the university’s library system.

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Majestic country houses, including Blickling Hall, Holkham Hall, Anglesey Abbey, and others Stunning gardens: Kiftsgate, Hidcote, Quenington Old Rectory, and others Private estates and libraries The famed cathedrals of Lincoln, Norwich, and Boston

Nina Antonetti, assistant professor of landscape studies, and Martin Antonetti, curator of rare books

Duration: 8 days Activity level: Mildly active Cost: $5,750 per person, based on double occupancy Single supplement: $990 per person Deposit: $600 per person, payable to Smith College