Martin Randall Travel Traveller Reviews

A weeke nd of superb lecturers giving the background to Sottish experience. Time to visit the excellent Edinburgh galleries/museums and enjoy a gala dinner in the very fine Potrait kGallery. Coulnt be betterd.

Tkhe planning and execution of the weekdn was seamless. All staff helpful and able to cope with anything!

We enjoyed visiting historically interesting places with fascinating museums and sights and wonderful art in the company of an excellent lecturer and like minded travelers. We stayed in great hotels in good positions and reveled in the delicious local food.

The Martin Randal office in our home town Brisbane was helpful in every way, which was most reassuring as I had had some health problems and was not sure that I would be fit to travel in time for the trip. As it turned out I was able to enjoy every moment of the tour. The tour was impeccably planned and the tour manager ensured that it all ran to that plan.

We enjoyed visiting historically interesting places with fascinating museums and sights and wonderful art in the company of an excellent lecturer and like minded travelers. We stayed in great hotels in good positions and reveled in the delicious local food.

The Martin Randal office in our home town Brisbane was helpful in every way, which was most reassuring as I had had some health problems and was not sure that I would be fit to travel in time for the trip. As it turned out I was able to enjoy every moment of the tour. The tour was impeccably planned and the tour manager ensured that it all ran to that plan.

This was a symposium on Scotland's History and identity and the standard of the lectures was excellent. It was a very pleasant way to spend a week-end with enough free time to enjoy Edinburgh.

Martin Randall always provides a high level of service and is very good at attracting experts in their field.

A really enjoyable specialist tour with an outstanding lecturer.

Very professional in every way.

Wines of Bordeaux 23/10/2017 lived up to expectations.

Classy.

t toured the archaeological sites in Sicily with an expert scholarly lecturer and a delightful tour operator.

They run a very good ship! Most of the tour experiences were seamless, well organised and executed. the tour operator went the extra mile for us all.

A marvellous itinerary, well planned and executed, with a most erudite and friendly leader. Tour management was also excellent.

Could not be better on the basis of this trip. Earlier trips (not for several yeras) were also very memorable

The touristic infrastructure of Sicily is very much a work in progress, but Martin Randall Travel smoothed the path for us as much as they feasibly could. Late 2017 / early 2018 visitors to Palermo’s Royal Palace should find time to see a spectacular exhibition of watercolours of Sicily by artist Fabrice Moireau. The only problem is finding the time in the busy itinerary to fit it in. The private evening visit to the Capella Palatina mosaics was very special, you get to see the mosaics in a way that you could not do in normal visitng hours. Best restaurant in Palermo is the family-run Maestro del Brodo, Via Pannieri 7, exceptional in all respects. Treat yourself to the wonderful family-run Hotel Villa Belvedere in Taormina. The British Ambassador to Rome and his delegation stayed here for G7, that says something, doesn’t it? We were treated to two visits to Palazzi that have been in the same aristocratic family for hundreds of years. The experience of Palazzo Pietratagliata, with the gracious Principessa Alliata greeting us and explaining her family history, whilst pressing glasses of prosecco and urging us to nibble titbits from a sumptuous spread laid out in the majestic dining room with its huge chandelier, was a rare privilege. The coach and taxi drivers employed on this tour were absolutely first class. Hiring a car in Sicily is to be avoided - virtually all privately-owned cars bear serious scars. With a tour like this you do get to live in a privileged bubble, but if you can go along with this and really want to see Sicily, then I would recommend Martin Randall as a firm to get you there.

Martin Randall Travel - very high standards and a scrupulous attention to detail. A safe environment for solo travellers, always the best possible options selected.

A week seeing as much as we could fit in. The city is mesmerising in its architecture, its construction, its history. Our tour covered the noted highlights with time to wander and revisit personal favourites. We travelled out of the city to special palaces and historic gardens. A week was not long enough. Perhaps another visit is required.

Our tour operator brought to life so many aspects of St. Petersburg’s architecture and history. His knowledge was vast but he was able to translate all this to heighten our understanding and enjoyment of visited sites.