Martin Randall Travel Traveller Reviews

An international music festival, 2 concerts a day interspersed with interesting visits and good food.

Entirely devoted to quite special themes, music, art, architecture, history etc

Short tour in Belgium, based in Ghent but visiting, Antwerp, Bruges and Brussels. Comfortable hotel, engaging lecturer, effective tour manager, interesting companions and good food all added up to a lovely trip

Martin Randall ensure you are well taken care of from dealing with friendly and helpful office staff through to providing well thought out tour itineraries, excellent lecturers & tour managers along with comfortable hotels and good food.

From the Nordic Embassy complex to the Berliner Philharmonic to the Chapel of Reconciiation to the DZ Bank Building (inside is amazing) to mention just a few locations this was a well paced tour. Tom Abbot is an excellent lecturer. Our Tour Manager Fiona was lovely and ensured the tour ran smoothly. If there were any glitches we did not see them! The Regent Hotel is a very comfortable hotel and the included dinners were in good restaurants. Congenial travel companions from a variety of countries helped make this a very enjoyable tour.

Efficient, friendly and well organised from initial contact through to end of the holiday

We were in Lincoln for 5 days for the 400th anniversary of William Byrd’s death - “The Master of Music”…. He was employed in the Royal Court and cathedrals from Henry VIII through to James 1 reign, writing music sung in large churches or in small clandestine churches - Catholic masses. The holiday was so well organised, it wa relaxed, nothing was too much trouble; the transport always worked - the instructions and help relevant; the programme notes authoritative and knowledgable. The whole trip was so well researched and put together, music sung by excellent internationally renowned consorts (and consorts of viols ) in the relevant period churches round about Lincoln. The accommodation and food was excellent - i could not fault it. Most importantly, the music was sublime - the venues had excellent accoustics, and the whole experience was superb.

Martin Randall himself had clearly been close to the organisation of this tour from it’s inception, and he was with us throughout marvelling in the music and the places we visited for the concerts. There is a clear ethos which covers all bases, and all staff had a smile, and a yes can do attitude…

Based in Lincoln, this was a series of concerts of music primarily by Byrd and his contemporaries performed by various choral and other groups in a variety of venues connected with Byrd.

We have travelled with Martin Randall Travel many times before and this tour fully lived up to the high standards we have seen previously. It was well thought out and well organised.

Nine day journey visiting a wide range of houses. Based in Baslow, York and Newcastke. Informative and engaging lecturer and very efficient tour manager. Loveky weather and companionable feĺlow travellers all made for an interesting andenjoyable trip

As ever with any Martin Randall holiday I have booked, friendly and efficient back office staff, engaging lecturer and excellent tour manager who ensured everything ran smoothly.

What to be said? We were well lead, had an excellent speaker on the music. and enjoyedgood food (and weather) in the course of our week travelling from Colmar to Bonn.

Maertin Randall Tours are first rate, striving always, and usually successfully, to give total excellence

'Celebrating William Byrd' drew together some of the finest choirs in the field and gave them the opportunity to perform in magnificent churches. The combination of the music, the appropriate locations and the superb quality of the performances, all related to a significant anniversary, made it a memorable and unrepeatable experience.

This was a unique and imaginative programme, brilliantly organised so that the complexities of travel and timing passed by smoothly. There was always a member of staff on hand to advise and direct discreetly.

Most enjoyable and educational

Brilliant attention to detail

West Country Churches combined visits to great cathedrals and churches hidden away in the countryside. Would have been difficult or impossible to organise for oneself.

Learned lecturer and good organisation.