Historical
ROMAN & BYZANTINE RAVENNA
Today a small, tranquil town of cobbled streets, Ravenna was once one ofthe Mediterranean’s... more
HISTORIC MALTA
The world’s oldest human structures - more ancient than the Pyramids, more antique... more
MADEIRA - CROSSROADS OF THE ATLANTIC
Encircled by the Atlantic, crowned by the snow-capped Pico Ruivo and blessed with... more
BALTIC STATES
The capitals of the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are an architectural... more
HIDDEN CHINA: ARTS, CRAFTS & ARCHITECTURE
This tour explores the daily life and time-honoured arts of traditional China – not just... more
HATFIELD HOUSE (DAY)
By kind permission of the seventh Marquess and Marchioness of Salisbury, ACE has been... more
SECRET WAR
It was in late August 1938 that Captain Ridley and his shooting party first strode... more
SECRET WAR
It was in late August 1938 that Captain Ridley and his shooting party first strode... more
DEFENCE OF THE REALM
The English Channel and the south-east coast of England have always been pivotal... more
EAST ANGLIA: ROMANS & SAXONS
Once an important Iron Age centre, Colchester rose to become Britain’s first Roman... more
HENRY VIII & HIS COURTIERS
Colourful, corpulent and many-wived, Henry VIII was a scholarly, forward-looking... more
THE WORLD OF ST CUTHBERT & ST BEDE
The old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria once stretched from the Humber to the Forth.... more
YORKSHIRE MINSTERS & MONASTERIES
No region of England shelters a greater abundance of minster churches and monastic... more
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
Britain’s most daring engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), is thought... more
MANCHESTER’S TREASURES
Manchester, like its northern rival Liverpool, astonishes the first-time visitor... more
BRUNEL IN LONDON (DAY)
Britain’s most daring engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859), is thought... more
MEDIAEVAL SUFFOLK
Timber-framed, jettied houses abound round the peaceful Suffolk village greens and ponds.... more
FROM DUNKIRK TO NORMANDY
Our tour begins by looking back to May 1940. After their victorious rampage through... more
THE CAUCASUS: GEORGIA & ARMENIA
For four centuries the two Christian kingdoms of the Caucasus, Georgia and Armenia,... more
LAOS & CAMBODIA
Whilst Angkor Wat and the mysterious Plain of Jars have long since gripped the European... more
DINGLE & THE RING OF KERRY
County Kerry, situated on the Atlantic in the extreme south-west of Ireland, boasts... more
HILL TOWNS OF UMBRIA
Perugia, Magione, Gubbio, Todi and Orvieto: the hill towns of Umbria – a region... more
FLORENCE & THE CITY STATES OF TUSCANY
Though technically part of the Holy Roman Empire, 15th century Florence thrived as an independent... more
LAND OF THE ETRUSCANS
A society of seafarers, merchants, metallurgists and farmers, the Etruscans can lay claim... more
MOORISH SPAIN
In 711 Tariq “the one-eyed”, governor of Tangier, navigated the Straits of Gibraltar... more
OTTOMAN TURKEY
Our introduction to Ottoman art and architecture begins with five nights in Istanbul,... more
UZBEKISTAN
Uzbekistan, the landlocked heart of Asia, has long been a prized territory: in the 4th century... more
NILE CRUISE
Our cruise aboard the Nile Lily begins at Aswan, where we board the Nile Lily, an old-fashioned,... more
THE WORLD OF ST CUTHBERT & ST BEDE
The old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria once stretched from the Humber to the Forth.... more
