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The Budapest Spring Festival
Another small-group music tour for 2011 has recently been confirmed: The Budapest Spring Festival (20–26 March 2011)
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Gastronomy Tours
Gastronomy Tours make up a hugely popular and expanding category of tours, enjoying some of the finest culinary and oenological (and cultural) experiences in Italy, France and Spain.
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Music in Nice & Monte-Carlo
Details have recently been confirmed for a new small-group tour, Music in Nice & Monte-Carlo (31 March – 4 April 2011), which features three performances at two of Europe's most prestigious opera houses.
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A Festival of Music in Venice
The first of our all-inclusive music festivals of 2011, A Festival of Music in Venice (13–18 March 2011) is now online.
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Tours in Great Britain
2011 sees the largest ever quantity of British tours, many of which will be running for the first time next year.
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The Canary Islands tour
We are pleased to announce the launch of The Canary Islands tour (21–29 January 2011), attending concerts at the annual Canary Islands Music Festival and enjoying varied walks in spectacular countryside.
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All-inclusive music festivals in 2011
Dates are confirmed for our five all-inclusive music festivals in 2011, with world class musicians performing in historic buildings in Venice, Castile, Florence and along the River Seine and Danube.
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Give your brain a break...
The Sunday Times recently covered our Historians at the Castle weekend in an article entitled Give your brain a break: the best learning holidays.
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Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt (11–22 October 2010) is a comprehensive introduction to Pharaonic Egypt, visiting the principal sites and travelling when the weather is at its most welcoming.
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Two autumn music tours
Launched late in the year, two of our small-group tours to two very distinct autumn music festivals (Wexford and Lucerne Piano Festival) still have places available on them.
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2011 Tours Now Online
We are pleased to announce that our tours taking place in 2011 are now online.
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French Gothic
There are still places available on this highly rewarding small-group tour (7-13 September 2010) visiting the key monuments in the development of Gothic.
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Chamber Music Weekends 2011
Details of the five chamber music weekends, taking place at the Castle Hotel in Taunton and Jesmond Dene House in Newcastle in early 2011, are now available online.
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Châteaux & Gardens of Ile de France
There are places still available on this small-group tour visiting the houses and gardens encircling Paris, staying within the Jean Jacques Rousseau park and in a hotel a stone's throw from Versailles Palace.
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Christmas 2010 tours confirmed
We are pleased to announce the details of the ten small-group tours taking place over Christmas.
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MRT lecturer wins book award
Carla Capalbo, lecturer on Gastronomic Piedmont, recently won an award at the Andre Simon Food and Drink Book Awards for her book Collio: Fine Wines and Foods from Italy's North-East.
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Sustainable Tourism
AITO have awarded MRT a third star in recognition of our support for responsible, sustainable tourism. This includes contributing to the Albaforest Solar Energy Project in Albania.
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Best Cultural Tour Operator award
Martin Randall Travel has been judged Best Cultural Tour Operator 2009 by the Italian State Tourist Board.
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New Chair of British Council
The chairman of Martin Randall Travel, Vernon Ellis, has been appointed as British Council's next Chairman.
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Chopin in Warsaw
Full details of the Chopin in Warsaw tour (25 August – 1 September 2010), a new tour for 2010 celebrating the bicentenary of Chopin's birth, are now available.
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Writers at the Castle 2010
We are delighted to confirm the details of this year's Writers at the Castle weekend (5–7 November 2010), which focuses on the nature, writing and study of history.
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MRT adverts win award
Our recent advertising campaign won Silver prize in the 'Best use of copy' category at the Direct Marketing Awards, held last night in London.
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Iran: The North West
Launching a new tour to Iran in 2010. Iran: The North West is a journey through lesser-know Iran, north and west of Tehran, to Tabriz and beyond.
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UK Tours in 2010
From Edinburgh to the South Downs and many points in between, 2010 sees the launch of our largest ever programme of tours within the UK, many of them new itineraries.
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Lecturer Podcasts
Lecturers on the In Pursuit of Caravaggio and Ancient Greek Philosophy cruises and The Danube Music Festival are recorded in conversation with Martin Randall, giving a taste of the erudition, wit and intellectual stimulation that awaits.
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MRT and Responsible Tourism
MRT has long taken seriously the degradation of the world's natural and cultural heritage. Our policies for minimising the environmental impact of our holidays have recently been revised and published.
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Italian Music Festivals
In the second entry on MRT's new blog, Operations Manager Tara Latimer remembers some of the organisational triumphs over natural disasters that have been a feature of previous festivals, and looks forward to Music in Palladian Villas next year.
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MRT blog: Dispatches from Tehran
MRT has a new blog. In the first entry, Operations Executive Lucy Crisfield reports on her prospecting trip to Iran, and the disruptions that can arise when faced with a crowd chanting "Death to the British"
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National Geographic 'Tour of a Lifetime'
The May/June edition of National Geographic's Traveler, the world's most widely-read travel magazine, names an MRT tour as part of its '50 Tours of a Lifetime' feature.
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MRT wins Travel Company of the Year
We are delighted to announce that, for the third time in four years, MRT has won the AITO Travel Company of the Year award.
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No surcharges
Martin Randall Travel pledges not to levy surcharges to cover higher fuel or currency costs.
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