About ACE Cultural Tours

ACE Cultural Tours runs study tours and cultural cruises in the United Kingdom, Europe and across the globe. Founded in 1958 as ACE Study Tours, ACE is by far the oldest and most experienced provider of study tours and cultural travel in the UK.

In 2010 we celebrate our 52nd season offering residential courses, study tours and cultural cruises. All our tours and cruises combine three essential elements: exciting destinations, interesting subjects and stimulating leaders.

Each of our tours is led by an experienced course director: from one of the BBC's most distinguished music commentators to the only European art historian granted permission to guide in the Hermitage; from a geo-physicist with the British Antarctic Survey to the head of Special Collections at the Royal Institute of British Architects.

Although experts lead our tours, participants need no previous qualifications or experience to enjoy an ACE course; all that is required is a curiosity in the subject concerned. Most groups have between 15 and 25 participants.

The air holidays and flights advertised on this web-site and in our brochure are ATOL protected by the Civil Aviation Authority. Our ATOL number is ATOL 10204. Our ABTO Trust number is 5015.

ACE is committed to Responsible Tourism and each year our trustees make substantial donations to the regions that we visit, both in the UK and abroad.

To learn more about Responsible Tourism, click here to download a pdf of our latest policy (112 KB).

To download a pdf copy of our guidance notes for travellers, click here (64 KB).

To learn more about our charitable donations, click here.