Martin Randall Travel Traveller Reviews

An excellent holiday, different and inspiring, with opera, ballet and art

Excellent; helpful and imaginative.

A delightful expertly guided tour of the history, art and architecture of renaissance Milan and surrounding area including visits to Pavia, Vigevano and Bergamo. We also greatly enjoyed sampling the cuisine of Lombardy.

Martin Randall Travel sends small groups to explore carefully chosen cities and their surrounding areas guided by superb lecturers and looked after by experienced tour managers. Hotels, meals and customer care are always of the highest standard.

Well organised and an excellent itinerary.

We have used Martin Randall a few times and they are consistently professional and well organised.

A cultural week in Vienna over Christmas wihich included the opera, ballet, music, art & architecture plus fine food & wine

First time with Martin Randall Travel ; the itinerary was excellent, the main guide and manager were excellent.

We stayed in an excellent hotel in the centre of Verona, a group of 16 of us. We had a varied programme of visits to churches and museums in Verona. We also had day trips to Padua and Mantua. The itinerary was put together by our excellent lecturer and all the organisation details were handled efficiently by our tour manager. We were particularly grateful for the alternative travel arrangements put in place when a drone led to the cancellation of all Gatwick flights.

We have now been on about half a dozen Martin Randall trips. We have learnt that on MR trips we will stay in good hotels and have first-rate lecturers. There will be good meals in carefully chosen restaurants. The group size will never be too large and we know we will meet interesting people from varied backgrounds borought together by a common interest.

Based at a superb 5-star hotel in the centre of town, opposite St. Isaac's cathedral, each day was action-packed! The Hermitage (twice), the Russian Museum, opera and ballet, churches, palaces, royal estates, Peterhof, local restaurants, excellent transport (brilliant driver), a superb lecturer, devoted tour manager. Could not have been better.

During their 30 years of existence, Martin Randall Travel has consistently raised the standard for cultural tours to Exceptional. Mr. Randall himself was at Heathrow at 7.30 a.m. on 20th December - just to keep an eye on things! Attention to detail is meticulous. These trips are not cheap (who wants cheap?) - they are firstclass value for money (who doesn't want that?)

A superbly well organised, and very full programme of visits. The choice of hotel was excellent.

Superbly well organised and efficient.

This was a Christmas holiday, based in Nice, and touring the Cote d'Azur to galleries and museums accompanied by a lecturer and tour manager. The lecturer was able to make the art much more accessible and, therefore enjoyable. As a solo traveller I also enjoyed group meals in the hotel or at local restaurants.

Martin Randall travel provided me with all the pre-holiday information I needed, through their website. The attention to detail was second to none. The tour manager and lecturer ensured that I had the best experience possible - they were of the highest quality.

This was a comprehensive cultural tour of Barcelona, visiting art galleries and museums, and looking at the architecture of the city in the company of an expert art historian.. We were based in a a very comfortable 5--star hotel in a central location.

Martin Randall Travel provided an excellent service, - efficient, well organised and informative. The provision of a tour director as well as an expert guide was invaluable.

I was attracted by the selection of operas and the long time since I'd been to Paris. Lectures before each helped to understand and follow, a tour of the Opera Garnier put our visit there into context.

I very much enjoy the academic/cultural approach of these holidays by Martin Randall Travel. I learn so much from expert lecturers in a context facilitated by the tour manager who is always a step ahead so all flows smoothly.. High quality hotels and food add to it.