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Barley Mow Passage
London W4 4GF
United Kingdom
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History Tours
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. 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 theme. 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. All our small-group tours are led by expert lecturers, chosen for their companionability and communication skills as well as their scholarship.
Walking Hadrian’s Wall
- The archaeology and history of the largest Roman construction in northern Europe.
- The most spectacular stretches accessible only on foot, this is also a walking tour through some of the most magnificent scenery in England.
- Excursions from coast to coast include all the major Roman sites and relevant museums.
Great Houses of the North
- The finest country houses and gardens in northern England, from mediaeval to Victorian, with an emphasis on the eighteenth century.
- Unhurried: there is plenty of time to rest, relax and absorb. Only two hotel changes.
- Some of the most glorious countryside in England, plus a few items other than houses.
Park & Alley: Across London on Foot
- London seen from parks, gardens, alleys, backstreets and pedestrian zones.
- A unique and fascinating journey through the heart of the most vibrant, varied and fascinating city in Europe.
- Champagne at the Savoy and lunch in the grandest Elizabethan hall in England.
Ottoman Turkey
- Stay in Istanbul, capital from 1453, and the earlier Ottoman capitals of Bursa and Edirne.
- See fine Ottoman buildings, which constitute perhaps a high point of Islamic architecture.
- Study Iznik ceramics and tiles, as well as textiles and craft work in wood and metal.
Palladian Villas
- A survey of nearly all the villas designed by Andrea Palladio (1508–80).
- Stay throughout in Vicenza, Palladio’s home town and where he built many palaces.
- With many special appointments, the itinerary would be impossible for independent travellers.
Walking to Santiago
- The last great pilgrimage route in Christendom which still attracts walkers; scenically wonderful with much fine architecture.
- Selected sections from the Pyrenees through northern Spain to Compostela.
- Walking in comfort: good hotels; luggage transferred separately; maximum of 15 participants.
Saxon Transylvania
- A new tour for 2012.
- A region of Romania with enclaves of Hungarian and German culture.
- Gothic churches massively fortified against eastern incursions, a unique phenomenon.
Eastern Turkey
- A journey through lesser-known Turkey from Gaziantep to Lake Van, to Mount Ararat and the Black Sea.
- Wide ranging themes, spectacular landscapes and varied architecture: mountains, valleys, plains and coast; Byzantine and Georgian churches, Seljuk mosques and Armenian monasteries.
- The tour tells a story as much about the neighbouring countries it doesn’t visit as the country it does.
Mediaeval Burgundy
- Superb collection of Romanesque and early Gothic buildings.
- Exceptionally well-preserved historic towns.
- Rural drives through beautiful landscapes.
Shakespeare & his World
- An exceptional theatrical experience: five Shakespeare plays, visits to related sites, talks and discussions.
- At Stratford with the Royal Shakespeare Company: King John, Julius Caesar and Richard III.
- In London: The Comedy of Errors at the Roundhouse and Henry V at the Globe, the reconstruction of the theatre where it was probably first performed.
This was probably the best organised and most enjoyable holiday I have experienced.
We appreciated the way the lecturer took time to get to know everyone and deal with questions and particular interests.A good balance between free time, sightseeing and lectures. I particularly enjoyed the chance to see Handel’s birthplace.
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