Cultural tours departing in 2021
last updated on 22/01/21
We are delighted to publish a list of cultural tours and events for 2021. Please click on the links below to view full itineraries.
Dates listed for tours which are not yet available to book (those without a code in the list below) are subject to change, although most are unlikely to move by more than one or two days. Please e-mail alerts@martinrandall.co.uk to register your interest in these events.
You may also be interested in viewing a complete list of Culture Days for 2021.
January
Mozart in Salzburg, 25–31 January (MH629) – CANCELLED
The Ring in Dresden, 28 January–4 February (MH632) – CANCELLED
February
Wagner's Ring in London, 5–11 February (MH635) – CANCELLED
Essential Rome, 9–15 February (MH640) – CANCELLED
Opera in Paris, 20–25 February (MH637) – CANCELLED
March
Israel & Palestine, 2–11 March (MH650)
Florence & Venice, 8–15 March (MH656)
Eastern Andalucía, 15–24 March (MH665)
Venetian Palaces, 16–20 March (MH667)
Essential Puglia, 23–30 March (MH675)
Music in Berlin, 25–29 March (MH678)
Chamber Music Break: The Elias String Quartet, 26–28 March (MH679)
April
Ravenna & Urbino, 7–11 April (MH691)
Romans & Carolingians, 7–14 April (MH692)
Gastronomic Andalucía, 9–16 April (MH693)
Pompeii & Herculaneum, 12–17 April (MH695)
Classical Turkey, 12–21 April (MH696)
Civilisations of Sicily, 12–24 April (MH698)
Gardens & Villas of the Veneto, 13–19 April (MH701)
Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity, 14–23 April (MH700)
Gastronomic Provence, 15–22 April (MH703)
Chamber Music Break: William Howard & the Carducci String Quartet, 16–18 April (MH705)
Samarkand & Silk Road Cities, 16–27 April (MH704) – exclusively for solo travellers
Cornish Houses & Gardens, 17–25 April (MH708)
Monet & Impressionism, 18–23 April (MH709)
Palladian Villas, 20–25 April (MH707)
The Cathedrals of England, 21–29 April (MH710)
Madrid & Toledo, 23–30 April (MH714)
Courts of Northern Italy, 25 April–2 May (MH718)
Opera in Vienna, 26–30 April (MH715)
May
Basilicata & Calabria, 1–9 May (MH723)
Extremadura, 6–15 May (MH727)
St Petersburg, 7–14 May (MH730)
Classical Greece, 8–17 May (MH731)
Gardens & Villas of Campagna Romana, 10–15 May (MH732)
Medieval Heart of Portugal, 10–16 May (MH733)
Cave Art of France, 10–17 May (MH735)
Great Irish Houses, 10–18 May (MH736)
Traditions of Japan, 10–22 May (MH738)
The Western Balkans, 10–23 May (MH737)
New English Gardens & RHS Chelsea, 14–19 May (MH748)
Samarkand & Silk Road Cities, 14–25 May (MH747)
POLYPHONY IN PORTUGAL, 16–21 May (MH751)
Footpaths of Umbria, 17–24 May (MH753)
Leipzig Mahler Festival, 17–24 May (MH752)
Textile Collections in Russia with HALI, 21–29 May (EH764)
Gardens of Sintra, 23–27 May (MH762)
Moving On: Architecture & Memory, 25–31 May (MH770)
Two Spains: The Spanish Civil War & its Aftermath, 26 May–3 June (MH760)
Southern Tuscany, 27 May–2 June (MH771)
June
Walking to Santiago, 1–12 June (MH773)
Frank Lloyd Wright, 4–15 June (MH777)
Medieval Burgundy, 5–12 June (MH780)
Gastronomic Le Marche, 7–14 June (MH784)
The Venetian Land Empire, 7–16 June (MH786)
Gastronomy & the Golden Age, 12–19 June (MH787)
Walking to Derbyshire Houses, 14–19 June (MH788)
Great Swedish Houses, 14–20 June (MH794)
MUSIC ALONG THE RHINE, 15–22 June (MH800)
Walking the Rhine Valley, 15–22 June (MH799)
Gardens in the Highlands, 19–27 June (MH796)
Medieval West Midlands, 21–25 June (MH803)
Gastronomy & the Golden Age, 26 June–3 July (MH809)
July
Finland: Aalto & Others, 1–9 July (MH812)
French Gothic, 5–11 July (MH821)
Gastronomic Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 5–11 July (MH825)
A terrible beauty, 9–14 July (MH826)
Opera in Munich, 10–14 July (MH827)
Yorkshire Houses, 10–16 July
Literature & Walking in the Lake District, 15–21 July (MH808)
Hindsgavl: Chamber Music in Denmark, 17–23 July (MH835)
Orkney: 5,000 years of culture, 24–30 July (MH838)
Lofoten Chamber Music Festival
August
The Kingdom of Bohemia, 9–16 August (MH848)
Drottningholm & Confidencen, 11–14 August (MH850)
The Hanseatic League, 12–19 August (MH855)
King Ludwig II, 15–20 August (MH858)
The Lucerne Festival, 20–25 August (MH864)
Walking the Danube, 20–26 August (MH865)
THE DANUBE: CELEBRATING BEETHOVEN, 20–27 August (MH866)
The Schubertiade, 21–27 August (MH868)
Mitteldeutschland, 29 August–6 September (MH869)
The Age of Bede, 31 August–3 September (MH867)
Maritime England, 31 August–6 September (MH870)
September
The Douro, 2–9 September (MH880)
Sacred Armenia, 3–11 September (MH875)
Cyprus: stepping stone of history, 4–12 September (MH876)
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 5–10 September (MH879)
Moscow & St Petersburg, 6–14 September (MH881)
Palladianism in Northern England for the CPSA, 6–15 September (EI896)
Walking to Santiago, 6–17 September (MH884)
Champagne: vines, cellars and cuvées, 7–11 September (MH882)
Dutch Modern, 9–13 September (MH877)
Samarkand & Silk Road Cities, 10–21 September (MH891)
Châteaux of the Loire, 11–15 September (MH883)
Classical Greece, 11–20 September (MH885)
Georgia Uncovered, 11–21 September (MH892)
Courts of Northern Italy, 12–19 September (MH886)
Lusatia: Germany’s Eastern Borderlands, 13–19 September (MH887)
The Imperial Riviera, 13–19 September (MH893)
Walking Hadrian's Wall, 13–19 September (MH890)
Gastronomic Galicia, 13–20 September (MH888)
Civilisations of Sicily, 13–25 September (MH889)
Arts & Crafts in the Cotswolds, 15–19 September (MH895)
Art in the Netherlands, 19–25 September (MH898)
Gastronomic West Country, 20–26 September (MH904)
Walking a Royal River, 20–26 September (MH899)
The Heart of Italy, 20–27 September (MH935)
Early Christian & Medieval Rome, 21–28 September (MH905)
Aragon: Hidden Spain, 22–30 September (MH965)
Sailing the Dalmatian Coast, 25 September–5 October (MH955)
Gastronomic Crete, 26 September–4 October (MH960)
THE DIVINE OFFICE, 27 September–1 October (MH906)
World Heritage Malta, 27 September–3 October (MH911)
Granada & Córdoba, 27 September–4 October (MH903)
The Victorian Achievement, 27 September–4 October (MH908)
Norman Conquest & Plantagenet Power, 28 September–1 October (MH969)
Ravenna & Urbino, 29 September–3 October (MH970)
Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes, 30 September–6 October (MH971)
October
Bulgaria, 2–11 October (MH973)
Istanbul Revealed, 4–10 October (MH974)
Design & Modernism in Turin & Milan, 5–12 October
Sailing the Dalmatian Coast, 5–15 October (MH975)
Tudor Encounters: a mid-week Symposium in York, 6–8 October
Berlin Potsdam Dresden, 7–15 October (MH983)
Morocco, 9–20 October (MH105)
Aosta, Como & the Italian Alps, 10–17 October (MH985)
Pompeii & Herculaneum, 11–16 October (MH106)
Footpaths of Umbria, 11–18 October (MH986)
Palladian Villas, 12–17 October (MH107)
Israel & Palestine, 12–21 October (MH989)
Vietnam: History, People, Food, 17–29 October (MH133)
Tintoretto, Titian & Veronese, 18–24 October (MH131)
Castile & León, 18–27 October (MH137)
Civilisations of Sicily, 18–30 October (MH998)
Modern Art on the Côte d'Azur, 20–26 October (MH145)
Essential Jordan, 23–31 October (MH161)
Cambodia by River, 30 October–12 November (MH171)
Textiles in Japan with HALI, 31 October–11 November (EH172)
November
The Art of Florence, 1–7 November (MH173)
Les Années Folles, 4–7 November (MH176)
Ancient & Islamic Tunisia, 5–12 November (MH181)
Art History of Venice, 8–14 November (MH174)
Gastronomic Sicily, 8–15 November (MH180)
Art in Japan, 8–19 November (MH178)
Venetian Palaces, 9–13 November (MH179)
Oman, Landscapes & Peoples, 12–22 November (MH188)
Venetian Palaces, 9–13 November (MH199)
Art in Madrid, 17–21 November (MH175)
Art in Paris
The Ring in Berlin
December
Siena at Christmas, 21–27 December (MH249)
Christmas in Holland, 22–28 December (MH250)
Please e-mail alerts@martinrandall.co.uk to register your interest in events that are not yet available to book.
