The history tours focus on a fascinating range of historical events and political themes. These include the Napoleonic, Crimean and Cold Wars, and battlefield tours of the Somme, Waterloo and Agincourt.

This year's Writers at the Castle weekend (5–7 November 2010), held at the wonderful Castle Hotel in Taunton, features a remarkable array of distinguished historians discussing recent research and the nature of the study of history. The speakers are Professor Mary Beard, Professor Tim Blanning, Professor Richard Holmes, Dr Tristram Hunt, Professor Helen King and Dr Ian Mortimer. 

Of course, you will find innumerable aspects of history covered in most of our tours. Outside of our category dedicated solely to history holidays and battlefield tours, we deal with the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome in our archaeological tours, and the Mongol rulers of thirteenth and fourteenth century Iran in our Architecture category. In other categories, we explore Hadrian’s Wall in our Walking tours, and Mediaeval Burgundy and the Courts of Renaissance Italy in our art history tours.

Poets & the Somme First World War poetry in the context of the Battle of the Somme and the lives (and deaths) of the poets. A presentation of the poetry through a study of events, landscapes and the wartime lives of individual poets. An actor reads the poems. Led by the military historian who devised the tour, Andrew Spooner. Accompanied by actor Adrian Metcalfe. First-class rail travel on Eurostar.         2–5 September 2011 4 days •  £1,350 Book now > Read More >

The Baltic States History holiday covering three countries with different languages, diverse histories and distinct cultural identities. An extensive legacy from German, Polish, Russian and Swedish occupations. The focus of the tour is history, politics and general culture, rather than art and architecture.        15–27 August 2011 13 days •  £3,150 Book now > Read More >