Destinations

Our tours aim to uncover cultural intricacies and connections across a wide range of subject areas and themes including art, architecture, archaeology, history, music, regional culture and natural history. Rather than exclusively focusing on the isolated history or development of one artistic work, archaeological site or historical occurrence, our itineraries are also designed to take in the bigger picture and provide context within a wider cultural landscape.

Our Tour Directors illustrate and illuminate their themes with formal lectures and on-site talks, and where appropriate local guides will supplement their knowledge. Many itineraries include privileged access, exclusive visits and private concerts to further enhance your enjoyment. No prior knowledge is needed, just an interest in the subjects concerned.

Albania

Albania: From the Illyrians to the Ottomans | May 202429th May - 7th Jun 2024Tour Director: Philip Kenrick

Wildlife of Albania | October 20244th Oct - 11th Oct 2024Tour Director: Kevin Hand

Algeria

Algeria: Riches of the Past | April 202416th Apr - 28th Apr 2024Tour Director: Philip Kenrick

Austria

Music & Opera in Vienna | November 202322nd Nov - 27th Nov 2023Tour Director: Richard Wigmore

Mozart Festival in Salzburg | January 202427th Jan - 2nd Feb 2024Tour Director: Ashley Solomon

Vienna 1900 (First departure) | November 202412th Nov - 17th Nov 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

Vienna 1900 (Second departure) | November 202419th Nov - 24th Nov 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

Schubert in Schwarzenberg | August 202424th Aug - 31st Aug 2024Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Belgium

Flemish Painting: From van Eyck to Rubens | April 20249th Apr - 14th Apr 2024Tour Director: Rupert Dickens

Bruges | October 202428th Oct - 1st Nov 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Art Nouveau in Belgium | August 202429th Aug - 3rd Sep 2024Tour Director: Christopher Bourne

Cyprus

Ancient & Medieval Cyprus (First departure) | May 20249th May - 19th May 2024Tour Director: Philip Kenrick

Ancient & Medieval Cyprus (Second departure) | October 202414th Oct - 24th Oct 2024Tour Director: Gillian Hovell

Denmark

Art & Ceramics in Copenhagen & North Zealand | August 202420th Aug - 26th Aug 2024Tour Director: Lars Tharp

Ethiopia

Ethiopia (Register interest) | 2025Tour Director: Rev John Binns

France

Ceramics in Sèvres (Register interest) | October 20241st Oct - 1st Oct 2024Tour Director: Lars Tharp

Seine River Cruise | April 202414th Apr - 20th Apr 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Art on the Côte d'Azur (First Departure) | March 20244th Mar - 11th Mar 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Arles: From the Romans to Van Gogh | April 202422nd Apr - 28th Apr 2024Tour Director: Juliet Heslewood

Art on the Côte d'Azur (Second Departure) | June 20243rd Jun - 10th Jun 2024Tour Director: Andrew Spira

Art on the Côte d'Azur (Third Departure) | September 202423rd Sep - 30th Sep 2024Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Medieval Burgundy | July 20244th Jul - 11th Jul 2024Tour Director: Hugh Doherty

Jewels of the Loire: Châteaux and Gardens | May 202421st May - 28th May 2024Tour Director: Andrew Spira

Germany

Art in Berlin | April 20248th Apr - 14th Apr 2024Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Bauhaus: German Modern Art & Design | June 202418th Jun - 23rd Jun 2024Tour Director: Alan Powers

Bavarian Baroque | April 202416th Apr - 23rd Apr 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

Art Treasures of Dresden: Porcelain & Paintings | March 202418th Mar - 23rd Mar 2024Tour Director: Lars Tharp

Bach Festival in Leipzig | June 202410th Jun - 17th Jun 2024Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

The Hanseatic League | July 202417th Jul - 25th Jul 2024Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Dresden Music Festival | May 202421st May - 26th May 2024Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Music & Opera in Dresden | April 20242nd Apr - 8th Apr 2024Tour Director: Paul Jackson

Caspar David Friedrich at 250: The Age of Romanticism (Register Interest) | September 2024Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Greece

Athens, Delphi & The Peloponnese | October 202323rd Oct - 2nd Nov 2023Tour Director: Andrew Wilson

Northern Greece | June 202410th Jun - 22nd Jun 2024Tour Director: Rita Roussos

Crete: Birds, Flowers & Minoans | April 202430th Apr - 7th May 2024Tour Director: Kevin Hand

Athens, Delphi & The Peloponnese | October 202425th Oct - 4th Nov 2024Tour Director: Gillian Hovell

Hungary

Danube River Cruise | September 202313th Sep - 21st Sep 2023Tour Directors: Nicholas Wearne, Ashley Solomon, Judy Brown, Andrew Spira, Emilie Capulet, Sarah Burles, Tom Abbott, & John Bryden

Hungary: Kingdom of the Magyars | June 202424th Jun - 4th Jul 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

Iceland

Iceland: Forces of Nature (Register interest) | Summer 2025Tour Director: Harriet Allen

India

Havelis: Painted Mansions of Rajasthan (Register interest) | October 2024Tour Director: Cosmo Samuel Brockway

Ireland

Dingle & the Ring of Kerry | June 202427th Jun - 4th Jul 2024Tour Director: Mike King

The Burren & Inishmore | May 202412th May - 19th May 2024Tour Director: Mike King

Wexford Opera Festival (Register Interest) | October/November 2024Tour Director: Donald Maxwell

Italy

Art & Architecture of Puglia | October 20239th Oct - 15th Oct 2023Tour Director: Andrew Spira

Palladio: Venice & the Villas of the Veneto | October 20235th Oct - 14th Oct 2023Tour Director: Charles Hind

Piero della Francesca | October 202323rd Oct - 30th Oct 2023Tour Director: Lucrezia Walker

From Bologna to Parma: A Feast for the Soul & Senses | November 20236th Nov - 12th Nov 2023Tour Director: Andrew Spira

On the Trail of Caravaggio: His Life, Works & Muses | November 202314th Nov - 25th Nov 2023Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Piero della Francesca (Second departure) | September 202325th Sep - 2nd Oct 2023Tour Director: Lucrezia Walker

Renaissance Florence: City of Wonders | November 20236th Nov - 13th Nov 2023Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Roman & Byzantine Ravenna (First departure) | March 202411th Mar - 15th Mar 2024Tour Director: Andrew Wilson

Aquileia: City of Antiquity (First departure) | March 20244th Mar - 9th Mar 2024Tour Director: Andrew Wilson

Pompeii with Herculaneum | April 202412th Apr - 18th Apr 2024Tour Director: Steve Mastin

The Bay of Naples | February 202419th Feb - 26th Feb 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

Venice: The Triumph of Light & Colour (First departure) | March 20245th Mar - 11th Mar 2024Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Sardinia: Birds, Flowers & Nuraghi | April 20249th Apr - 16th Apr 2024Tour Directors: Mark Welch & Harriet Allen

The Riviera di Levante (First departure) | April 202411th Apr - 18th Apr 2024Tour Director: Christopher Wellington

Venice: The Triumph of Light & Colour (second departure) | February 202427th Feb - 4th Mar 2024Tour Director: Tom Abbott

Villas & Gardens in Lazio | May 202411th May - 17th May 2024Tour Director: Lucrezia Walker

Roman & Byzantine Ravenna (Second departure) | September 202423rd Sep - 27th Sep 2024Tour Director: Mark Corney

Ancient Sicily | September 20243rd Sep - 12th Sep 2024Tour Director: Hugh Doherty

Palladio: Venice & the Villas of the Veneto | October 20243rd Oct - 12th Oct 2024Tour Director: Charles Hind

Art & Architecture of Puglia (Register Interest) | November 202418th Nov - 24th Nov 2024Tour Director: Andrew Spira

Aquileia: City of Antiquity (Second departure) | September 202423rd Sep - 28th Sep 2024Tour Director: Andrew Wilson

Early Christian and Medieval Rome | September 202417th Sep - 22nd Sep 2024Tour Director: Eireann Marshall

On the Trail of Caravaggio: His Life, Works & Muses (Register Interest) | October 2024Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Renaissance Florence: City of Wonders | November 202411th Nov - 18th Nov 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Piero della Francesca | October 202421st Oct - 28th Oct 2024Tour Director: Lucrezia Walker

Turin: Art & Architecture of the Kingdom of Savoy | September 202424th Sep - 30th Sep 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Lucca | May 202410th May - 16th May 2024Tour Director: Christopher Wellington

Pompeii with Herculaneum (Second departure) | September 202421st Sep - 26th Sep 2024Tour Director: Steve Mastin

Verona Opera Festival | June 202426th Jun - 1st Jul 2024Tour Director: Paul Jackson

From Bologna to Parma: A Feast for the Soul & Senses | November 202411th Nov - 17th Nov 2024Tour Director: Andrew Spira

Lucca Puccini Festival | August 202421st Aug - 25th Aug 2024Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Verdi Festival in Parma (Register interest) | October 2024Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

The Riviera di Levante (Second departure) | October 202410th Oct - 17th Oct 2024Tour Director: Christopher Wellington

Japan

Japan in Autumn: History, Art & Landscape | October 202324th Oct - 9th Nov 2023Tour Director: Alex Koller

Japan in Autumn: History, Art & Landscape | October 202422nd Oct - 7th Nov 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

Jordan

Jordan: Kingdoms of the Desert | February 20243rd Feb - 13th Feb 2024Tour Director: Nick Jackson

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan: From The Silk Road to Norman Foster | May 202419th May - 3rd Jun 2024Tour Director: Steve Mastin

Kazakhstan: From The Silk Road to Norman Foster (Register Interest) | 2025Tour Director: Steve Mastin

Malta

On the Trail of Caravaggio: His Life, Works & Muses | November 202314th Nov - 25th Nov 2023Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Valletta Baroque Festival | January 202416th Jan - 22nd Jan 2024Tour Director: Ashley Solomon

On the Trail of Caravaggio: His Life, Works & Muses (Register Interest) | October 2024Tour Director: Marie-Anne Mancio

Morocco

Morocco: Archaeology of the Western Kingdom (Register interest) | November 2024Tour Director: Eireann Marshall

Netherlands

Dutch Masters: Rembrandt & His Legacy | May 202413th May - 18th May 2024Tour Director: Rupert Dickens

Mahler Festival in Amsterdam (Register Interest) | 20258th May - 14th May 2025Tour Director: Russell Keable

Poland

The Arts & Crafts Of Young Poland | October 20232nd Oct - 11th Oct 2023Tour Director: Julia Griffin

The Arts & Crafts Of Young Poland (Register Interest) | October 2025Tour Director: Julia Griffin

Portugal

Douro River Cruise on the Royal Barge | May 202424th May - 31st May 2024Tour Director: Martin Symington

Douro River Cruise on the Royal Barge | September 20246th Sep - 13th Sep 2024Tour Director: Martin Symington

Romania

Citadels of Transylvania | June 20245th Jun - 13th Jun 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

Slovakia

Eastern Slovakia: Artistic Treasures at the Foot of the High Tatra Mountains | October 20239th Oct - 17th Oct 2023Tour Director: Alex Koller

Eastern Slovakia: Artistic Treasures at the Foot of the High Tatra Mountains | October 20247th Oct - 15th Oct 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

South Korea

South Korea | March 20244th Mar - 18th Mar 2024Tour Director: Alex Koller

Spain

The Coto Doñana & Seville | October 202324th Oct - 31st Oct 2023Tour Director: Kevin Hand

Wildlife & Walking in Extremadura | March 202420th Mar - 27th Mar 2024Tour Director: Kevin Hand

Moorish Spain: Córdoba & Granada | October 202418th Oct - 24th Oct 2024Tour Director: Steve Mastin

Sweden

Swedish Palaces and Castles | July 20249th Jul - 16th Jul 2024Tour Director: Charles Hind

Switzerland

Art & Landscape in Switzerland | July 20248th Jul - 13th Jul 2024Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Turkey

Lycian Cruise | April 202421st Apr - 5th May 2024Tour Director: Andrew Wilson

Lycian Cruise | September 202414th Sep - 21st Sep 2024Tour Director: Gillian Hovell

United Kingdom

Oxford College Chapels & Organs | October 202423rd Oct - 25th Oct 2024Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Hidden Cambridge: Collections & Connections | October 202316th Oct - 19th Oct 2023Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Isle of Wight | September 202310th Sep - 15th Sep 2023Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Stained Glass in England: Style, Technique & Colour | November 202320th Nov - 24th Nov 2023Tour Director: Alex Koller

Oxford College Chapels & Organs | November 202314th Nov - 16th Nov 2023Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Country Houses of North Norfolk | September 202311th Sep - 16th Sep 2023Tour Director: Oliver Gerrish

Bath Mozartfest | November 202310th Nov - 14th Nov 2023Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Florilegium at Hintlesham Hall | October 20239th Oct - 12th Oct 2023Tour Director: Ashley Solomon

Somerset Levels in Winter | February 20247th Feb - 10th Feb 2024Tour Director: Peter Exley

Art Treasures of Manchester | March 202425th Mar - 28th Mar 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Wildlife in Norfolk | February 202419th Feb - 23rd Feb 2024Tour Director: Kevin Hand

Glyndebourne (First Departure) | November 202317th Nov - 20th Nov 2023Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Glyndebourne (Second Departure) | November 202329th Nov - 2nd Dec 2023Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Great Bardfield & Beyond: Mid-Century Art & Design in East Anglia | May 20247th May - 11th May 2024Tour Director: Alan Powers

Houses & Gardens of Northern Ireland | May 202417th May - 22nd May 2024Tour Director: Cosmo Samuel Brockway

Glasgow: Patrons, Art & Innovation | May 202414th May - 20th May 2024Tour Director: Evelyn Silber

Cornwall Calling: The Artists of Newlyn, Lamorna & St Ives | May 202420th May - 25th May 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

20th Century Yorkshire: Art & Architecture | April 202416th Apr - 21st Apr 2024Tour Director: Alan Powers

Cambridge Colleges at Christmas | December 20234th Dec - 7th Dec 2023Tour Director: Paul Jackson

The Shetland Islands | June 202417th Jun - 24th Jun 2024Tour Director: Peter Exley

Isles of Scilly | May 202414th May - 21st May 2024Tour Director: Peter Exley

Romney Marsh Churches (First departure) | April 202429th Apr - 3rd May 2024Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Romney Marsh Churches (Second departure) | September 202423rd Sep - 27th Sep 2024Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Cambridge College Chapels & Organs | February 20248th Feb - 11th Feb 2024Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Prehistoric & Roman Anglesey & Snowdonia | June 202410th Jun - 14th Jun 2024Tour Director: Mark Corney

Art Collections & Stately Homes of the West Country (Register Interest) | July 2024Tour Director: Rupert Dickens

Wild & Ancient Orkney | July 20249th Jul - 16th Jul 2024Tour Directors: Andrew Wilson & Peter Exley

Churches of Suffolk | July 20241st Jul - 5th Jul 2024Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Hadrian's Wall | July 202415th Jul - 19th Jul 2024Tour Director: Mark Corney

Wild & Ancient Hebrides | May 202431st May - 7th Jun 2024Tour Directors: Andrew Wilson & Peter Exley

Isle of Wight | September 20249th Sep - 14th Sep 2024Tour Director: Suzanne Fagence Cooper

Northumbria in the First Millennium (First departure) | August 202412th Aug - 16th Aug 2024Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Northumbria in the First Millennium (Second departure) | August 202419th Aug - 23rd Aug 2024Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Churches of Norfolk: An Appointment with Angels (First departure) | June 202425th Jun - 28th Jun 2024Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Churches of Norfolk: An Appointment with Angels (Second departure) | September 20243rd Sep - 6th Sep 2024Tour Director: Imogen Corrigan

Elgar, Birmingham & Worcester | February 202426th Feb - 2nd Mar 2024Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Islay, Jura & Colonsay | June 202418th Jun - 25th Jun 2024Tour Director: Mark Welch

Imogen Cooper & Friends at Crathorne Hall | March 20244th Mar - 7th Mar 2024Tour Director: Russell Keable

Constable & Gainsborough in Suffolk | July 202429th Jul - 1st Aug 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Art & Ceramics of the Industrial Revolution | August 20245th Aug - 9th Aug 2024Tour Director: Lars Tharp

Bath Bachfest | February 202415th Feb - 18th Feb 2024Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Scottish Art & Craft in Edinburgh & Dundee | September 20242nd Sep - 7th Sep 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Connoisseur's Cambridge | October 20247th Oct - 10th Oct 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

International Gilbert & Sullivan Festival: 30th Anniversary Tour | July 202427th Jul - 30th Jul 2024Tour Director: Donald Maxwell

Buxton International Festival | July 20245th Jul - 10th Jul 2024Tour Director: Russell Keable

York Early Music Festival (Register interest) | July 2024Tour Director: Ashley Solomon

East Neuk Festival | June 2024 (Register interest)Tour Director: Michael Downes

Glasgow: Patrons, Art & Innovation (Second departure) | August 202413th Aug - 19th Aug 2024Tour Director: Evelyn Silber

Worcester Three Choirs Festival (First Departure) | July 202427th Jul - 31st Jul 2024Tour Director: Paul Jackson

Worcester Three Choirs Festival (Second Departure) | July 202431st Jul - 4th Aug 2024Tour Director: Russell Keable

Houses & Gardens of Herefordshire & the Welsh Borders (Register Interest) | July 202415th Jul - 19th Jul 2024Tour Director: Oliver Gerrish

Aldeburgh Festival (Register interest) | June 2024Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

Private Country Houses of North Norfolk (Register interest) | September 2024Tour Director:

Bath Mozartfest (Register Interest) | November 2024Tour Director: Sandy Burnett

Glyndebourne (Register Interest) | October/November 2024Tour Director: Nicholas Wearne

USA

Great Art Collections of Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington | May 20241st May - 9th May 2024Tour Director: Sarah Burles

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan: Cities of the Silk Road | October 20236th Oct - 17th Oct 2023Tour Director: Steve Mastin

Uzbekistan: Cities of the Silk Road | October 20244th Oct - 15th Oct 2024Tour Director: Steve Mastin