Cultural tours for the discerning traveller

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POMPEII WITH HERCULANEUM

POMPEII WITH HERCULANEUM

09 October - 15 October, 2010
£1250

Meanwhile on Mt Vesuvius broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several... more

ALBANIA

ALBANIA

31 May - 10 June, 2010
£1890

The landscape of Albania – rugged and mountainous – is steeped in history: the ancient... more

ALBANIA

ALBANIA

04 October - 14 October, 2010
£1890

The landscape of Albania – rugged and mountainous – is steeped in history: the ancient... more

ROMAN ALGERIA

ROMAN ALGERIA

17 April - 27 April, 2010
£2590

The Roman antiquities of Algeria, just three hours from London, are virtually unknown... more

ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NILE

ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NILE

28 January - 08 February, 2010
£3590

From our hotel overlooking the Pyramids at Giza, and then from our private sailing... more

ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NILE

ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NILE

11 February - 22 February, 2010
£3590

From our hotel overlooking the Pyramids at Giza, and then from our private sailing... more

ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NILE

ANCIENT EGYPT & THE NILE

11 November - 22 November, 2010
£3590

From our hotel overlooking the Pyramids at Giza, and then from our private sailing... more

ANCIENT WESSEX

ANCIENT WESSEX

07 May - 09 May, 2010
£420

Erected between 3000 and 1600 BC, Stonehenge is the most eloquent testimony to the once... more

ANCIENT WESSEX

ANCIENT WESSEX

26 May - 28 May, 2010
£420

Erected between 3000 and 1600 BC, Stonehenge is the most eloquent testimony to the once... more

CRANBORNE CHASE

CRANBORNE CHASE

26 March - 28 March, 2010
£375

The rolling chalk downlands of Cranborne Chase, once a mediaeval hunting estate,... more

CASTLES & CONQUEST: SOUTH WALES & THE WYE VALLEY

CASTLES & CONQUEST: SOUTH WALES & THE WYE VALLEY

02 July - 04 July, 2010
£290

South Wales, little known and seldom explored, shelters some of Britain’s most... more

ROMAN TOWNS, FORTS & FRESCOES

ROMAN TOWNS, FORTS & FRESCOES

24 September - 26 September, 2010
£390

From the subterranean vestiges of Roman Canterbury to the unique Bacchic frescoes... more

ROMAN & BYZANTINE RAVENNA

ROMAN & BYZANTINE RAVENNA

16 March - 20 March, 2010
£890

Today a small, tranquil town of cobbled streets, Ravenna once ranked as one of the Mediterranean's... more

POMPEII WITH HERCULANEUM

POMPEII WITH HERCULANEUM

20 March - 26 March, 2010
£1250

Meanwhile on Mt Vesuvius broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several... more

JORDAN

JORDAN

10 April - 18 April, 2010
£1890

Even the most worldly traveller marvels at antique Petra, the imposing stronghold... more

YEATS COUNTRY

YEATS COUNTRY

04 June - 11 June, 2010
£1590

Land of Heart’s Desire, Where beauty has no ebb” – these words epitomise W B Yeats’... more

EPHESUS & THE CITIES OF THE AEGEAN CRUISE

EPHESUS & THE CITIES OF THE AEGEAN CRUISE

10 July - 24 July, 2010
£2490

Knidos and Halicarnassus, two of the most celebrated sites of the ancient world,... more

ORKNEY

ORKNEY

31 July - 07 August, 2010
£1290

Separated from the Scottish mainland by the stormy Pentland Firth, the Orkney Islands... more

PICTS & THE KINGDOM OF FIFE

PICTS & THE KINGDOM OF FIFE

11 August - 16 August, 2010
£840

Who were the Picts? Where did they come from? Why did they disappear from the annals... more

LYCIAN CRUISE

LYCIAN CRUISE

11 September - 25 September, 2010
£2490

Many of the most striking cities in the Greek and Roman world are to be found along... more

SICILY

SICILY

14 September - 21 September, 2010
£1760

Sicily, at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, has absorbed a bewildering variety... more