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Tours

The Baltic States

The Baltic States

  • 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.
9–21 Jul 2012
13 days
£3,220
20 Aug–1 Sep 2012
13 days
£3,220
French Gothic

French Gothic

  • Perhaps the most coherent and consistently excellent group of great buildings in Europe.
  • The key monuments in the development of Gothic, with a whole day for Chartres.
16–22 Apr 2012
7 days
£1,980
Opera in Paris

Opera in Paris

  • Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles; Prokofiev’s L’Amour des Trois Oranges; Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie.
  • Three contrasting venues: Opéra Comique, Palais Garnier and Opéra Bastille.
  • Two guided visits to places of musical interest but otherwise plenty of free time between lectures and performances.
21–25 Jun 2012
5 days
£2,680
Versailles

Versailles

  • Focused tour examining the most influential of European palaces and related buildings. A study not only of art, architecture and gardens but also of history and statecraft.
  • Stay in one hotel throughout, a stone’s throw from the palace.
  • Available as a self-sufficient four-day break or as a prelude to the Seine Music Festival.
Trasimeno Music Festival

Trasimeno Music Festival

  • A festival created by pianist Angela Hewitt.
  • Seven concerts in beautiful settings: a castle near Lake Trasimeno and the Chiesa di S. Domenico in Gubbio.
  • The music is interpersed with excursions to Perugia, Assisi, Cortona and elsewhere.
29 Jun–7 Jul 2012
9 days
£2,840
The Seine Music Festival

The Seine Music Festival

  • Nine private concerts in historic châteaux, theatres and churches along the Seine.
  • Musicians of the highest calibre include the Labèque sisters, Ebène Quartet, Joan Rodgers, Tenebrae.
  • The audience lives on a modern and comfortable river cruiser, which sails through the lovely scenery of the River Seine.
Organs of Bach’s Time

Organs of Bach’s Time

  • Recitals on the finest Baroque organs to survive, some of them instruments which Bach and Handel knew.
  • Accompanied by organist James Johnstone, a Bach specialist, who gives recitals and demonstrations in association with the local organists, and by Tom Abbott, art historian. The organs are located in towns and villages off the beaten track.
  • For a maximum of 32 participants, the format of this tour is a hybrid between our own-brand music festivals and our small-group tours.
Habsburg Austria

Habsburg Austria

  • Wide range of Austrian castles and abbeys with excellent art collections.
  • Covers nearly the length of Austria, with lovely scenery en route.
  • Led by an art historian.
Opera at Aix

Opera at Aix

  • One of Europe’s finest summer music festivals.
  • Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro with Le Cerle de l’Harmonie and Les Arts Florissants under Jérémie Rhorer.
  • A chamber version of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, accompanied by piano duet, flute and cello.
8–12 Jul 2012
5 days
£2,260
Flemish Painting

Flemish Painting

  • Short, sharp immersion in some brilliant painting and beautiful old cities; a classic art history tour.
  • Visits the main centres: Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Louvain and Brussels.
  • Hotel in Ghent, which is equidistant from the other cities, cutting travelling time.
25–29 Apr 2012
5 days
£1,540
27 Jun–1 Jul 2012
5 days
£1,540

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Egypt tours

Meticulously planned and led by expert, companionable lecturers, our small-group tours to Egypt explore Egypt's many remarkable archaeological sites, such as Luxor, Abu Simbel, Denderah and Giza.
 

Expert Lecturers

The tour leaders on our small-group tours are academics and specialists in art, architecture, archaeology, gastronomy, history or music as well as good travel companions.

Italian tours

Our small-group guided tours to Italy visit the most renowned culturally- and historically-rich cities, such as Florence and Venice and lesser-known towns and regions, like Lucca and the Venetian Hills. 

Music Festivals

MRT’s all-inclusive classical music festivals combine world-class performers–Andreas Scholl, The Gabrieli, Natalie Klein–in sensational venues –Basilica di San Marco, Château de Versailles,– and concerts are exclusive to MRT clients.

Martin Randall Travel

The leading specialists in cultural holidays, organising a unique series of all-inclusive music festivals and around 200 small-group tours every year in Europe, the Middle East and the USA.

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