By Date

From a celebration of Mozart amongst snow-capped mountains in January through marvellous Puccini performances in a lakeside open-air theatre in August to magical celebrations of advent in York in December, ACE cultural tours take place throughout the year to make the most of musical festivals, wildlife behaviour, local climate and regional celebrations.

On an ACE tour take in local events during Orthodox Easter in April or celebrate Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, in November. In winter, view the remarkable wildfowl roosts at the Somerset Levels or in summer the booming insect life of the Norfolk heathland. During the advent period, discover the history of carol song in Cambridge or whilst the Dvořák international music festival takes place, take in its performances in Prague.

Enjoy a year filled with exciting opportunities and fascinating destinations by searching tours by date below:

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Ancient Treasures of Luxor February 5–9, 2026

Venice: The Triumph of Light & Colour February 17–23, 2026

Art Treasures of Madrid & Malaga (First Departure) February 23–28, 2026

Cardiff: A Cultural Capital March 2–6, 2026

Wildlife & Walking in Extremadura March 18–25, 2026

Fenland Abbeys March 19–23, 2026

Byzantine & Ottoman Türkiye March 23–April 2, 2026

Music & Art in Provence March 27–April 2, 2026

Wild & Ancient Sardinia April 7–14, 2026

Art Treasures of Tuscany & Umbria: Masterpieces of the Renaissance April 10–17, 2026

Art Treasures of Liverpool April 13–16, 2026

Cornwall Calling: The Artists of Newlyn and St Ives April 13–18, 2026

Towns & Palaces of Poland April 14–24, 2026

Bolivian Baroque: Music from the Missions April 15–29, 2026

Pompeii with Herculaneum (Second Departure) April 20–26, 2026

Art Treasures of Belgium: The Flemish Masters April 21–26, 2026

Wild & Ancient Cornwall April 24–30, 2026

Great Bardfield & Beyond: Mid-Century Art & Design in East Anglia May 5–9, 2026

Art Nouveau in Belgium May 7–12, 2026

Douro River Cruise on the Royal Barge May 8–15, 2026

Walking the Thames Path: William Morris & the Arts & Crafts Movement May 10–14, 2026Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Romney Marsh Churches May 11–15, 2026

Wildlife & Walking on the Isles of Scilly May 12–19, 2026

Art Treasures of the Côte d'Azur (Second Departure) May 18–25, 2026

Summer at the Royal Shakespeare Company May 19–22, 2026

Ancient Macedonia: The Empire of Philip II and Alexander the Great May 21–28, 2026

Wildlife & Walking in Romania May 26–June 2, 2026

Albania and North Macedonia: A Legacy of Empires May 27–June 6, 2026

Kazakhstan: From The Silk Road to Sir Norman Foster June 5–19, 2026

In the Footsteps of Le Corbusier: His Life & Legacy June 8–14, 2026

Bach Festival in Leipzig June 12–18, 2026

Aldeburgh Festival June 13–18, 2026

Art Treasures of Vienna June 16–21, 2026

Stour: Early Music in the Garden of England June 18–22, 2026

Rhône River Cruise: Ancient Treasures & Musical Legacies June 19–26, 2026Tour Director: Emilie Capulet

The Shetland Islands June 22–29, 2026

Children’s Literary Classics: Winnie-the-Pooh at 100 June 22–26, 2026

Archaeology & Legend in St Patrick's Country June 24–30, 2026

Walking Norfolk's Coastal Path June 29–July 3, 2026

East Neuk Festival June 30–July 6, 2026Tour Director: Michael Downes

Gardens of the Cotswolds June 30–July 4, 2026

Hadrian’s Wall: Emperors, People and Gods July 6–12, 2026

Wild & Ancient Orkney July 7–14, 2026

Longborough Opera Festival July 11–15, 2026

Constable & Gainsborough in Suffolk: 250th Anniversary Tour July 13–16, 2026

Princely Courts of Central Germany July 20–26, 2026

Country Houses of Herefordshire & the Welsh Borders July 20–24, 2026

Buxton International Festival July 20–25, 2026

Art & Piety in Medieval North Yorkshire July 27–31, 2026

Gloucester Three Choirs Festival: A Choral Celebration July 28–August 2, 2026

Art & Ceramics of the Industrial Revolution August 3–7, 2026

Churches of Norfolk: An Appointment with Angels August 4–7, 2026

Sussex Modernism: Artists & Writers on the Downs August 5–8, 2026

International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival August 6–10, 2026

Country Houses of Yorkshire August 10–14, 2026

Roman Sussex August 19–23, 2026

Schubert in Schwarzenberg August 20–27, 2026

Northumbria in the First Millennium August 24–28, 2026

Sibelius Festival in Finland August 25–30, 2026

Mackintosh's Glasgow: Architecture, Galleries & the Story of Scottish Art September 1–7, 2026

Lycian Cruise September 5–12, 2026

Aquileia: City of Antiquity (Second Departure) September 7–12, 2026

Al-Andalus: Córdoba and Granada September 9–15, 2026

Uzbekistan & Tajikistan: Traversing the Silk Road (Second Departure) September 11–27, 2026

Serbian Monasteries September 14–25, 2026

Wild & Ancient Anglesey September 14–19, 2026

Bauhaus: German Modern Art & Design – 100 years in Dessau September 15–20, 2026

Country Houses of North Norfolk September 21–25, 2026

Churches of Herefordshire & Shropshire September 21–25, 2026

Roman & Byzantine Ravenna (Second Departure) September 21–25, 2026

Crucible of Crime: Agatha Christie at 50 September 27–October 3, 2026

Art Treasures of Moravia September 28–October 5, 2026

Art Treasures of Siena and San Gimignano September 28–October 3, 2026

Pre-Conquest York: Creating England's Second City October 5–10, 2026

Luxembourg: The Crossroads of Europe October 6–11, 2026

Ancient Sicily (Second Departure) October 6–16, 2026

Art Treasures of Valencia October 13–17, 2026Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Verdi Festival in Parma: Encounters with Distant Worlds October 22–26, 2026Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Pompeii with Herculaneum (Third Departure) October 23–30, 2026

Art Treasures of the Côte d'Azur (Third Departure) October 26–November 2, 2026

Stained Glass in England: Style, Technique & Colour October 26–30, 2026

Glyndebourne October 28–31, 2026

Tunisia: From the Ruins of Carthage to the Great Mosque of Kairouan November 1–10, 2026Tour Director: Nick Jackson

Art Treasures of Bruges November 2–6, 2026

Glyndebourne November 2–5, 2026

Music in the New Forest: Early Song from across Europe November 2–5, 2026

The Story of the Raj: From Calcutta to Delhi November 3–18, 2026

Rome: Daily Life in the Eternal City November 4–10, 2026

Bath Mozartfest November 13–18, 2026

Art Treasures of Bologna & Parma: A Feast for the Soul & Senses November 16–22, 2026Tour Director: Andrew Spira

Winter with the Welsh National Theatre November 17–20, 2026

Oxford College Chapels & Organs November 17–20, 2026

Art & Craft in Cambridge November 23–26, 2026Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Art Treasures of Madrid & Malaga (Second Departure) November 25–30, 2026

Ancient Treasures of Cairo November 26–December 1, 2026

Frida, Diego & Modernism in Mexico City November 30–December 8, 2026

Advent Cruise on the Rhine: Between Darkness & Light December 4–9, 2026

Seville: Pearl of Andalusia January 11–16, 2027Tour Director: Meg Bernstein

Ethiopia: Wildlife, Landscapes & Culture January 18–31, 2027Tour Director: Harriet Allen

Mozart Festival in Salzburg January 22–28, 2027Tour Director: Ashley Solomon

Wildlife of Norfolk: Birds, Seascapes & Skies January 25–28, 2027Tour Director: Kevin Hand

Pompeii and Herculaneum: In the Shadow of Vesuvius January 25–31, 2027Tour Director: Jamie Sewell

La Folle Journée de Nantes: Celebrating Beethoven January 27–February 1, 2027Tour Director: Emilie Capulet

Collegiate Treasures of Oxford February 1–5, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Florence: Cradle of the Renaissance February 1–8, 2027Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Milan: Gothic Spires & Modern Masters February 1–5, 2027Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Somerset: History, Legend & Natural Wonders February 10–13, 2027Tour Director: Peter Exley

Modern Art & Design in Paris: Experimentation & Innovation February 22–27, 2027Tour Director: Joshua White

Sri Lanka: History, Art & Landscape February 22–March 8, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Secret Venice February 23–March 1, 2027Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Bath Bachfest February 25–28, 2027Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Art in Manchester: An Industrial Heritage March 1–4, 2027Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Roman & Byzantine Ravenna March 1–5, 2027Tour Director: Nick Jackson

Art Treasures of the Côte d'Azur: Impressionist & Modernist Masters March 8–15, 2027Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Aquileia: City of Antiquity March 8–13, 2027Tour Director: Jamie Sewell

Art Treasures of Naples: Painters & Patrons of the Baroque March 15–21, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Easter in Lecce: Art & Music of Puglia March 25–30, 2027Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Hardy's Wessex March 30–April 3, 2027Tour Director: Caroline Hopkinson-Woolley

Cardiff: A Cultural Capital March 30–April 3, 2027Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Treasures of the Nile: A Voyage through Ancient Egypt April 3–14, 2027Tour Director: Katharina Zinn

Sicily: Island of Artistic Riches April 5–11, 2027Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Cornwall Calling: The Artists of Newlyn and St Ives April 5–10, 2027Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Vasari & the Story of Italian Art April 6–13, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Music & Opera in Dresden: Mozart & Beethoven April 7–12, 2027Tour Director: Paul Jackson

Gardens of the Republic of Ireland April 8–14, 2027Tour Director: David Hurrion

Churches of Herefordshire and Shropshire April 12–16, 2027Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Modern Art & Design in Copenhagen: Functionalism, Innovation & Harmony April 12–17, 2027Tour Director: Joshua White

Portraits of Weimar Berlin: Life & Literature in the 'Golden Twenties' April 12–16, 2027Tour Director: Ian Coyne

Spring in Crete: Birds, Wildflowers & Ancient Ruins April 13–20, 2027Tour Director: Kevin Hand

Unravelling the Bayeux Tapestry April, 2027Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Roman London: Hidden Secrets of Londinium April 15–18, 2027Tour Director: Mike King

Pompeii and Herculaneum: In the Shadow of Vesuvius April 19–25, 2027Tour Director: Steve Mastin

Country Houses of Derbyshire April 19–23, 2027Tour Director: Charles Hind

Argyll: In the Footsteps of Kings, Saints & Norsemen April, 2027Tour Director: Ailsa Mainman

Echoes of Avalon: Archaeology & Legend in the West Country April 22–28, 2027Tour Director: Mike King

Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan: Ancient Cities & Alpine Peaks April 29–May 15, 2027Tour Director: Chris Aslan

Central Turkey: Land of the Lost Cities May, 2027Tour Director: Ian Colvin

Great Bardfield and Beyond: Mid-Century Art & Design in East Anglia May 4–8, 2027Tour Director: Alan Powers

Citadels of Transylvania May 5–13, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Cruising the Lycian Way: Sunken Cities & Ancient Peaks May 8–22, 2027Tour Director: Ellen Jones

Spring on Dartmoor: Nature, Farming & Archaeology May 10–13, 2027Tour Director: Peter Exley

Stockholm: Islands of Art & Enlightenment May 11–16, 2027Tour Director: Andrew Spira

Japan Ancient & Modern: From Hiroshima to Izumo May 12–26, 2027Tour Director: Yoko Kawaguchi

Gardens & Landscapes of the Italian Lakes May 13–20, 2027Tour Director: David Hurrion

Art Treasures of Lisbon and Porto: From Guilds to the Avante-Garde May 18–24, 2027Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Art Deco in Belgium: Luxury, Symmetry & Style May 19–25, 2027Tour Director: Christopher Bourne

The Brothers Grimm: History & Landscape May 19–25, 2027Tour Director: Caroline Hopkinson-Woolley

Western Greece: Oracles & Empires May 19–29, 2027Tour Director: Aristotle Koskinas

Armenia: Monasteries & Medieval Architecture May 20–28, 2027Tour Director: Ian Colvin

Beethoven Festival in Leipzig: Anniversary Tour May 20–24, 2027Tour Director: Michael Downes

The Arts & Crafts in Surrey: Lutyens, Jekyll & Voysey May 24–28, 2027Tour Director: Charles Hind

Mantua and Lombardy: From the Romans to the Renaissance May, 2027Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Jazz at Hintlesham Hall: From Bebop to the Cool School May 24–27, 2027Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Bordeaux through the Ages: Ancient, Medieval & Modern Riches June, 2027Tour Director: Eireann Marshall

Picos de Europa: Butterflies, Raptors & Ancient Remains June, 2027Tour Director: Peter Exley

Literary Oxford: The Worlds of Tolkien & Lewis June, 2027Tour Director: Caroline Hopkinson-Woolley

Walking the Cotswold Way June, 2027Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Art in Umbria: Renaissance Masters & Contemporary Artisans June, 2027Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Aldeburgh Festival June, 2027Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Building a Nation: Modernist Czech Architecture & Design June 14–20, 2027Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Romney Marsh Churches June 14–18, 2027Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

History & Architecture of Piedmont: From Ancient Ruins to Royal Palaces June, 2027Tour Director: Eireann Marshall

Summer at the Royal Shakespeare Company Summer, 2027Tour Director: Jessica Chiba

Art & Landscape in Switzerland June 21–26, 2027Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Uncovering York: Eboracum to Enlightenment June, 2027Tour Director: Ailsa Mainman

Jewel of Poland: Medieval to Modern Krakow June 22–28, 2027Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Verona Opera Festival: Verdi and Prokofiev in the Fair City June 23–28, 2027Tour Director: Paul Jackson

Occitanie: Abbeys & Bastides of South-West France June 23–28, 2027Tour Director: Meg Bernstein

Monastic Masterpieces: Abbeys & Churches of Burgundy July, 2027Tour Director: Meg Bernstein

Festival d’Aix en Provence: Opera Beneath the Stars July 5–10, 2027Tour Director: Emilie Capulet

Writers of the Great War July 5–9, 2027Tour Director: Nick Keyes

Constable & Gainsborough in Suffolk: 300th Anniversary Tour July 5–8, 2027Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Carved in Stone: Art & Archaeology of the Picts July, 2027Tour Director: Mike King

Orkney: Natural & Neolithic Wonders July 8–15, 2027Tour Director: Peter Exley

Alvar Aalto: Helsinki and Beyond July 10–17, 2027Tour Director: Joshua White

Buxton International Festival July, 2027Tour Director: Russell Keable

Ancient & Medieval Chester: Legions & Merchants July 19–22, 2027Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Country Houses of Herefordshire and the Welsh Borders July 19–23, 2027Tour Director: Oliver Gerrish

Art & Piety in Medieval North Yorkshire July, 2027Tour Director: Meg Bernstein

Caspar David Friedrich & the Age of Romanticism July 27–August 2, 2027Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Worcester Three Choirs Festival July, 2027

Lucca Puccini Festival: Opera by the Lake July 28–August 1, 2027Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival August, 2027Tour Director: Christopher Milton

Pugin: Master of the Gothic Revival August, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Art & Ceramics of the Industrial Revolution August, 2027Tour Director: Lars Tharp

Sussex Modernism: Artists & Writers on the Downs August, 2027Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Country Houses of North Norfolk August, 2027Tour Director: Andrew Taylor

William Morris in the Cotswolds: From Pre-Raphaelites to Arts & Crafts August, 2027Tour Director: Christopher Bourne

Bayreuth Festival August, 2027Tour Director: Michael Downes

Princely Courts of Central Germany August 16–22, 2027Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Summer in Somerset: Opera, Houses & Gardens August, 2027Tour Director: Bruno Bower

Northumbria in the First Millennium August 23–27, 2027Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Lofoten: Fjells, Fjords & Fishing Villages August 30–September 7, 2027Tour Director: Peter Exley

Trieste: Crossroads of Land & Sea August, 2027Tour Director: Eireann Marshall

Sibelius Festival in Finland August 31–September 5, 2027Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Herbstgold Festival in Eisenstadt September, 2027Tour Director: Ashley Solomon

Rise of the Normans: In the Footsteps of William the Conquerer Autumn, 2027

Music & Opera in Prague September, 2027Tour Director: Paul Jackson

Uzbekistan: Cities of the Silk Road September, 2027Tour Director: Steve Mastin

The Peloponnese: Land of Legends September, 2027Tour Director: Aristotle Koskinas

Cruising the Lycian Way: Sunken Cities & Ancient Peaks September 4–11, 2027Tour Director: Ellen Jones

Aquileia: City of Antiquity September 6–11, 2027Tour Director: Jamie Sewell

Gothic Literature in Yorkshire September, 2027Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Early Music in Venice September, 2027Tour Director: Ashley Solomon

Bayreuth Baroque Festival September, 2027Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Douro River Cruise on the Royal Barge September 17–24, 2027Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

The Green Man & Other Beasts September, 2027Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Roman & Byzantine Ravenna September 20–24, 2027Tour Director: Nick Jackson

Medieval Girona: Ancient Relics & Majestic Monasteries September, 2027Tour Director: Meg Bernstein

Beethoven Festival at Hintlesham Hall October, 2027Tour Director: Paul Jackson

Tohoku: Art & Architecture in Northern Japan October, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Autumn in the Loire Autumn, 2027

Dorset: Landscapes & Seascapes October, 2027Tour Director: Peter Exley

The Dutch Masters: Dawn of the Golden Age October, 2027Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Chopin in Warsaw October, 2027Tour Director: Emilie Capulet

Liverpool's Modern Architecture: History, Grace & Maritime Legacy October 8–11, 2027Tour Director: Alan Powers

Cambridge College Libraries Autumn, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Tunisia: From the Ruins of Carthage to the Great Mosque of Kairouan Autumn, 2027Tour Director: Nick Jackson

Palladio's Villas in the Veneto October, 2027Tour Director: Charles Hind

Riviera di Levante: Coast of the Rising Sun October, 2027Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Pompeii and Herculaneum: In the Shadow of Vesuvius October 18–24, 2027Tour Director: Jamie Sewell

Belle Epoque Paris: Music & Art Autumn, 2027

Art Treasures of the Côte d'Azur: Impressionist & Modernist Masters October 25–November 1, 2027Tour Director: Andrew Spira

Aphrodite's Cyprus: Roman Mosaics to Crusader Castles October, 2027Tour Director: Ellen Jones

Malta through History November, 2027

Art Treasures of Valencia: City of Arts & Sciences November, 2027Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Riches of Troy: Exploring Homer's Ancient City November, 2027Tour Director: Ellen Jones

The Etruscans & the Coming of Rome November, 2027Tour Director: Eireann Marshall

Bath Mozartfest November, 2027Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Havelis: Painted Mansions of Rajasthan November, 2027Tour Director: Rima Hooja

Bhutan: Land of Mountains & Monasteries November, 2027Tour Director: Alex Koller

Siena and San Gimignano: Uncovering Renaissance Gold November, 2027Tour Director: Sarah Burles

New Zealand: Wild & Woven Paths November 16–December 6, 2027Tour Director: Alasdair Hall

Art & Architecture in Puglia November 16–23, 2027Tour Director: Andrew Spira

From Spain to Morocco: Roman Hispania and Mauretania November, 2027Tour Director: Niccolò Mugnai

Gardens & Landscapes of the Canaries November, 2027Tour Director: David Hurrion

Cambodia and Laos: From Gilded Temples to the Treasures of Angkor Autumn, 2027Tour Director: David Brotherson

In the Footsteps of Raphael November, 2027Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Rubens at 450: Movement, Life and Colour November 29–December 2, 2027Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Alexandria: Bride of the Mediterranean December, 2027Tour Director: Ellen Jones

Festive Trier December, 2027Tour Director: Kristine Horner

Oxford Colleges at Christmas December, 2027Tour Director: Paul Jackson