Cultural Tours & Music Holidays

Our 2013 Cultural Tours & Music Holidays programme includes a range of holidays that will appeal to a wide variety of tastes and interests. Whether you wish to learn more of the history and art of a particular region, experience one of our exclusive Kirker Music Festivals or enjoy a classical concert or opera performance at one of Europe’s leading festivals or opera houses, we are confident you will find something within this brochure that will whet your appetite for travel. All our escorted holidays are led by a guest... Read more »

Cultural Tours

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Featured Cultural Tours

Venice - Art, Architecture & Opera
13 Oct '13 Prices from £1975 pp 4 nights
The Burgundian
2 Sep '13 Prices from £1989 pp 7 nights
Siena & The Gardens of Tuscany
25 Sep '13 Prices from £1669 pp 5 nights
Extremadura & Castille
21 Oct '13 Prices from £1889 pp 7 nights
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Featured tour leader

Christopher Monckton

Christopher was a choral scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford where he developed a passion for both performing and teaching. This led to a life-long interest in history, music and art history. He has led countless tours all over the world covering many subjects and periods. He is equally at home in the ancient world as he is in the major art galleries of… Read more »

Music Holidays

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Featured Music Holidays

The Puccini Opera Festival
10 Jul '13, 20 Aug '13 Prices from £1698 pp 5 nights
The Kirker Music Festival in Frascati
24 Jun '13 Prices from £1956 pp 5 nights
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Featured artist

Laura Samuel, violin

Laura Samuel, violin, was born in London in 1976 and studied at the Royal College of Music. She became a founder member of the distinguished Belcea Quartet underpinning the Quartet during the following 16 years which became one of the world’s most sought after chamber groups. After 16 years Laura left the quartet in 2010 to embark on a career as a… Read more »

Top Destinations

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  • Prague

    Prague

    To take a holiday to Prague is to be transported into the late Middle Ages. The...
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  • Vienna

    Vienna

    A Vienna holiday reveals a city of imperial splendour, of Art Nouveau, of...
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  • St. Petersburg

    St. Petersburg

    Peter the Great built his Baltic city to drag Russia into the modern age. Today...
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  • Florence

    Florence, city of the Medicis, was once the most fabulously rich city on earth...
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  • Paris

    Few cities in the world deliver such excitement and romance in such a compact...
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  • Marrakech

    With its deep pink terracotta walls, the scent of orange blossom and jacaranda...
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  • Monte Carlo

    Monte Carlo

    Fortunes may be made and lost, but Monte Carlo retains its quiet dignity as...
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  • Barcelona

    A Barcelona holiday has much to offer those who enjoy art and architecture. The...
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  • Istanbul

    Istanbul

    Istanbul, on the Bosphorus where Europe meets Asia, is an intense, almost...
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  • Rome

    As they go about their business, Romans are possessively proud of their...
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  • Bruges

    Bruges

    In the Middle Ages, Bruges was one of the richest cities in northern Europe....
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  • Venice

    A Venice holiday is an unfathomable experience.  It is an archipelago of 117...
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  • Madrid

    Madrid is a people's city and the exuberant way of life of the charming...
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  • Amsterdam

    Only the beguiling Dutch could have created such a fascinating city of such...
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  • Sorrento

    Sorrento is a civilised town, an hour's drive south of Naples that has...
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