Venice!

Travel preparation / Reisevorbereitung / Reisvoorbereiding

 

Let me help you select the very best things to see in Venice / Venezia

I am a professional tour guide, located in Amsterdam.

Photo: entrance to the Arsenal.

 

On request I will help you prepare for your trip to Venice / Venezia / Venedig with my wonderful powerpoint presentation.

On request I will help you prepare for your trip to Venice with my wonderful powerpoint presentation. Learn about the richess of the city of Venice, its culture, museums and culinary specialities. I will show you around, giving you a good idea of Athen's layout by means of birds-eye views, aerial photographs, maps, drawings, photographs.

This image is out there on the internet, available in an extremely large file.

I have been there in venice many times. If you are happy with this presentation you may also want to select me as your private tour guide in Venice and in the museums of Venice.

 

This is an academic art tour preparation by scholar-lecturer, art historian Drs. Kees Kaldenbach*

Photo to the right: detail of the first successful large scale birds eye map in world history by Jacopo de'Barbari.

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Menu:

Powerpoint presentation of Amsterdam.
Powerpoint presentation of Athens.
Powerpoint presentation of Barcelona.
Powerpoint presentation of Berlin.
Powerpoint presentation of Copenhagen.
Powerpoint presentation of Cairo.
Powerpoint presentation of Florence.
Powerpoint presentation of Gauguin in France, Tahiti, Marquesas.
Powerpoint presentation of Istanbul.
Powerpoint presentation of Israel.
Powerpoint presentation of Naples.
Powerpoint presentation of Rome.
Powerpoint presentation of Split.
Powerpoint presentation of Stockholm.
Powerpoint presentation of St. Petersburg, Russia.
Powerpoint presentation of Tallinn.
Powerpoint presentation of Venice

Travel preparation advice specificaly focused on art, culture, museums.

In SPAIN I have visited these towns and can give you very good pointers: Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela, Valencia, Cordoba, Malaga, Granada.

In ITALY I have visited these towns and can give you very good pointers: Rome, Pisa, Florence, Tarquinia, Napels, Venice, Milan.

In FRANCE I am knowledgeable about high culture in Paris, Versailles, Lyon, Nice, Chartres, Loire castles, Grenoble, Limoges, Bordeaux.

In ENGLAND/UK/Ireland I can give you pointers in the art cities of London, Oxford, York, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Dublin.

In SWITSERLAND I visited museums of Geneva, Basel.

In GERMANY this Germany page will give you a good overview.

Full tour menu: Menu of tours.

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My home is Amsterdam, The Netherlands. I will travel to any address you require to give this powerpoint presentation to you, your business partners, family and friends.

You may pay me by credit card. For further information please contact kalden@xs4all.nl. Specify your (client's) personal needs, date, time AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS of both your mobile telephone and your hotel. Our company is stable and trustworthy - that is why we have long standing contracts with VISA, MasterCard and American Express.

 

 

 

 

As an art historian based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, I can meet your clients in major capitals around the world such as Venice - but also in Dutch cities such as Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Haarlem, Leiden, Gouda, Rotterdam. Right there, I will present a personalized guided tour of art museums and historic centers. Or we may combine art with nature in places such as the Kröller Müller Museum in Otterlo. Menu of tours. See client testimonials.

Experience beauty and local history together. Clients will enjoy themselves and learn while strolling and discussing the country's past, art and culture. In doing so, they may touch many bases - spanning not only fine art and architecture but also a city's background and current social issues.

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Starting at your hotel I will take you on the wonderful private cultural walking tour of your choice. My guided itinerary offers you accessable informative conversation in Dutch, English or German (my French and Italian are more limited).

 


You may also arrange this VIP treatment for business contacts or friends. We will ensure an unique and memorable experience.

Drs. Kees Kaldenbach is your private "scholar-lecturer on culture tours" *.

*Martha Gellhorn, Travels with Myself and another, p. 182.


Menu of tours

 


Endorsements

The Rijksmuseum has done me the honor of linking the main Rijksmuseum site to my website.

I conduct Rembrandt walks in Amsterdam for the Netherlands Bureau of Tourism, the London and New York City offices. Their clients include important journalists.

The travel site www.luxurytraveler.com has devoted a main feature to my tours and walks.

Drs. Kees Kaldenbach has been featured on television and radio documentaries, including BBC2, BBC 3 TV, NTV Japan, CNN, Danish TV and Radio Netherlands World Service. In July 2004 he was interviewed about Rotterdam artists by Tetsuya Tsuruhara for the leading Japanese newspaper, the Yomiuri Shimbun. In 2004 and 2005 he acted in an advisory role to additional BBC teams. Kaldenbach has written extensively on Vermeer and the 17th century, Vincent van Gogh and on other art history topics. In 2008 he was the author of a Museum Guide.

Read further client testimonials.


Further information is available on his encyclopedic web site: www.johannesvermeer.info

 

Contact information:

Drs. Kees Kaldenbach , kalden@xs4all.nl

Haarlemmermeerstraat 83 hs

1058 JS Amsterdam

The Netherlands

Tel.: 020 - 669 8119 (from abroad +31 20 - 669 8119)

Cell phone: 06 - 2868 9775 (from abroad 31 +6 - 2868 9775)

 

 

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This page forms part of the 2000+ item Vermeer web site at www.xs4all.nl/~kalden

Launched October 4, 2008. Updated June 9, 2016.

 

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