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Expert-led cultural tours by Martin Randall Travel

Martin Randall Travel has the widest selection of small-group tours available covering a wide range of themes focusing on art, architecture, music, archaeology, history, gardens and gastronomy. Many tours involve elements of various themes, such as a combination of art history, architecture and music. Most of our tours run with between 10 and 20 participants. We strictly limit the numbers, specifying the maximum in each tour description, which is rarely more than 22 and often fewer.

Martin Randall Travel has the widest selection of small-group tours available covering a wide range of themes focusing on art, architecture, music, archaeology, history, gardens and gastronomy. Many tours involve elements of various themes, such as a combination of art history, architecture and music. Most of our tours run with between 10 and 20 participants. We strictly limit the numbers, specifying the maximum in each tour description, which is rarely more than 22 and often fewer.

Expert-led cultural tours Holidays

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A small country with a fascinating history, ancient and modern.

Under-appreciated wines and varied cuisine, influenced by close neighbours.

The lecturer is Professor Cathie Carmichael, co-author of Slovenia & the Slovenes.

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Remarkable landscape, hill forts, traditional souqs, archaeological sites.

The toehold of Arabia, with a diverse population reflecting its mercantile past.

A night in a desert camp and two nights in a luxury hotel in the mountains of the Jabal Akhdar.

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Fascinating Hindu art, architecture and rituals in the finest temples of Tamil Nadu.

Colonial history in Chennai, Pondicherry and Kochi.

Silk and coir weaving, bronze moulding, tea picking and spice growing.

Lush tropical landscapes, rice paddies, sugar cane, coconut groves, colourful villages.

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A study in contrasts: one a city with origins as a major Roman seaport, the other an enchanting little Renaissance settlement high in the hills.

In Ravenna, some of the greatest buildings of late antiquity with the finest Byzantine mosaics.

In Urbino the Ducal Palace, the greatest secular building of the Early Renaissance.

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A comprehensive survey of the principal Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic sites in mainland Greece.

Highlights include Mycenae, Olympia, Delphi.

In Athens, a full day on the Acropolis and in the ancient Agora.

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