Newly launched: Sailing the Aegean, 4–13 October 2025

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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.

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We operate in around forty countries including the UK, continental Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, Japan, Vietnam and the Americas.

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We offer an unequalled range of tours and events focusing on art, architecture, music, archaeology, history, gardens, gastronomy or walking.

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Tours for small groups are our ‘bread and butter’, but we also offer Martin Randall Festivals, cruises, short Music & History events, London Days and online talks.

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Our speakers are selected with great care. Their scholarship is unimpeachable but their ability to communicate their learning is equally important.

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Most popular tours and events

Sailing the Aegean
Sailing the Aegean - Voyage to spectacular sites in Greece & Turkey
4th October 2025
Dr Nigel Spivey

Cruise in comfort from Athens to the Peloponnese, islands of the Cyclades, Crete and western Turkey. Includes major sites of Minoan, Classical, Ionian, Roman civilisation across the... Read more

£5,640 ex flights

Courts of Northern Italy
Courts of Northern Italy - Princely art of the Renaissance
2nd May 2025, 5th September 2025
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott, Professor Fabrizio Nevola

Northern Italy’s independent city states: Mantua, Ferrara, Parma, Ravenna and Urbino. Some of the greatest Renaissance art and architecture, commissioned by the powerful ruling... Read more

£2,980 ex flights

£3,280 inc flights

Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes
Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes - Como and Maggiore
24th April 2025, 2nd October 2025
Mr Colin Crosbie, Ms Amanda Patton

Among the loveliest and most romantic spots on earth – the summer retreat of the wealthy, aristocratic and intellectual since the time of Pliny. Some of the finest gardens in Europe,... Read more

£4,100 ex flights

£4,340 inc flights

Civilisations of Sicily
Civilisations of Sicily - Mediterranean crossroads: three thousand years of creativity
31st March 2025, 28th April 2025, 20th October 2025
Dr Luca Leoncini, Dr Philippa Joseph, Mr John McNeill

Covers all the island, showcasing the main sights and many lesser-known ones. The whole gamut – Greek, Roman, Norman, Renaissance, Baroque and 19th century. A full tour but carefully... Read more

£6,020 ex flights

£6,430 inc flights

Essential Andalucía
Essential Andalucía - Spain’s southern province
29th September 2025
Dr Philippa Joseph

Three nights in each of the major cities: Granada, Córdoba and Seville. Visits the Picasso Museum in Málaga, the Alhambra in Granada and the small Renaissance towns of Úbeda and... Read more

£4,050 ex flights

£4,260 inc flights

Venetian Palaces
Venetian Palaces - The greatest and best-preserved palaces of La Serenissima
11th March 2025, 11th November 2025
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

Explores many of the finest and best-preserved palaces, once homes to the wealthiest nobles and merchants in Venice (some of which are still in private hands). Access is mainly by special... Read more

£3,030 ex flights

£3,230 inc flights

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" Richard Wigmore was delightful company, an encyclopaedic source of music history and an engaging lecturer. " Handel in Malta - Britain’s finest adopted composer, in spectacular Baroque buildings
" The itinerary was great. I so appreciated being able to see sights that were not available to the public. " Great Swedish Houses - Royal residences, country estates and provincial palaces
" Uncompromising excellence - in choice of locations, accommodation, programme and artistes. " Handel in Malta - Britain’s finest adopted composer, in spectacular Baroque buildings
" I had high expectations of this tour and they were substantially exceeded! I thought the planning and execution of it were both excellent. Thank you! " Gastronomic Sicily - Food & wine in the west
" This holiday took my experience of Italian wine and food to a new level. We had some sensational meals and enjoyed the variety of fresh sea food. " Gastronomic Sicily - Food & wine in the west
" A good mix of visits to food and wine producers and historical sites, putting the produce into context with Sicily's varied history and landscape, and both the lecturer and tour manager were excellent. " Gastronomic Sicily - Food & wine in the west
" In my experience, Martin Randall's Music Festivals are exceptional and profoundly enriching and this was all that and more. " Handel in Malta - Britain’s finest adopted composer, in spectacular Baroque buildings
" Richard Wigmore was an erudite, intelligent and passionate expert on music. He increased our enjoyment of the concerts and was a charming travelling companion. " Handel in Malta - Britain’s finest adopted composer, in spectacular Baroque buildings
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The outcome of assiduous research and reconnaissance means that we regularly introduce new itineraries.

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We visit sites off the beaten tourist trail, enabling you to experience local traditions and practices.

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