Martin Randall Travel is committed to providing the best planned, the best led and altogether the most fulfilling and enjoyable cultural tours available.

Pioneering and innovative, we have led the way with ideas and itineraries and by setting the benchmarks for customer service and administration.

99% traveller rating from over 1,000 independent reviews at aito.com

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Why travel with us?

Leading expertise

For 36 years we have been the most influential organisation in the field of cultural travel, offering an unequalled range of tours and events. Pioneering and innovative, we have led the way with ideas and itineraries and by setting the benchmarks for customer service and administration.

Privileged access

Special arrangements are a feature of our tours – for admission to places not generally open to travellers, for access outside public hours, for private concerts and extraordinary events. In innumerable ways, we lift our clients’ experience far above standards which are regarded as normal for tourists.

First-rate speakers

Expert speakers are a key ingredient in our tours. Academics, curators, writers, broadcasters and researchers, they are selected not only for their knowledge but also for their ability to communicate clearly and engagingly to a lay audience. Their brief is to enlighten and stimulate, not merely to inform.

Holiday protection

We provide full financial protection for our package holidays which include international flights, by way of our Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (ATOL); and for those that do not include a flight, by way of a bond held by ABTOT – The Association of Bonded Travel Organisers Trust Limited.

Personal service

We aim for faultless administration from your first encounter with us to the end of the holiday, and beyond. We want you to come back again and again – as most of our clients do. We can provide options without international travel if you prefer to make your own arrangements.

Award-winning

Five consecutive years as Best Special Interest Holiday Company at the British Travel Awards (2015–19) reflects our commitment to excellence. With a remarkable 99% satisfaction rating from more than 1,100 independent reviews, our attention to detail and client care is unmatched.

Most of our tours run with between 10 and 20 participants. Our travellers are self-selected by common interests and an endorsement of our ethos. You are highly likely to find yourself among like-minded companions, whether travelling solo (as 50% of our clients do) or with a travel partner.

Value for money

The price includes nearly everything, not only the major ingredients such as hotel, transport and the costs of the lecturer and manager but also tips, drinks with meals, and airport taxes. The price published is the price you pay.

Popular cultural tours guided by experts

Our most popular destinations

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We are delighted to publish a list of future cultural tours and events. Please click on the link below to view our programme for 2025 and 2026.

Travel with us later this year

September 2025

Frank Lloyd Wright, 5–15 September

Classical Greece, 6–15 September

Castles of Wales, 8–12 September

Emilia Romagna Unveiled, 10–17 September

Walking to Santiago, 17–28 September

October 2025

Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes, 2–8 October

The Ring in Berlin, 4–13 October

The Western Balkans, 6–19 October

In Churchill's Footsteps, 13–18 October

The Douro, 13–20 October

November 2025

Cyprus: stepping stone of history, 3–11 November

Granada & Cordoba, 3–10 November

Painted Palaces of Rajasthan, 4–16 November

Great Palaces of Italy, 5–14 November

Art History of Venice, 10–16 November

" I have had fantastic holidays with Martin Randall Travel. You provide wonderful expert lecturers and tour managers and a great choice of destinations and themes. The tours I have taken have all been most interesting and very well run. " Gardens of Madeira - The garden of the Atlantic
" The excellence in the smallest detail, from hotel selection to minute by minute organisation of each day and evening, the highest possible quality of the lectures, despite initial terror of finding one knew nothing, but realising one was there to learn after all, as were most attendees. " Birth of the Modern - Britain in the Age of Jane Austen & JMW Turner
" The highlight was sitting in St Mark's Cathedral in the dark, and then the lights slowly revealing the amazing interior – without the crowds. " Venice at Christmas - Painting, sculpture & architecture in the world’s most beautiful city
" Thank you for another great holiday. Informative, enjoyable in good company and with some memories to treasure. What more could one ask? " Norman Conquest and Plantagenet Power - Great castles and churches of south-east England
" Excellent. I had wanted to visit some of these hill towns before but wasn't aware of any way it could be done. " The Heart of Italy - Umbria’s finest art and architecture
" Especially appreciate it when MRT arranges special visits, such as to St Mark' Cathedral at night. " Florence & Venice - The finest and best-known art and architecture in the Western world
" I felt immersion as usual on one of your tours in the history and culture of Oman. Muscat was a glittering new city. The mountains were devouring, vast, lumbering, ragged, beautiful in the heart. Loved the deserted villages, the odd oasis in the midst of scrubby desert. " Oman, Landscapes & Peoples - Desert, coast and mountains
" Vienna is a wonderful city for Christmas, and this was a truly lovely tour. " Vienna at Christmas - Art and architecture in the Habsburg capital

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