Cultural tours departing in 2024

last updated on 26/09/23

We are delighted to publish a list of tours for 2024. 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.

January

Valletta Baroque Festival, 10–15 January (MK160)

Oman, Landscapes & Peoples, 25 January–4 February (MK165)

String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam, 29 January–3 February (MK168)

Mozart in Salzburg, 30 January–5 February (MK167)

February

Opera in Paris, 13–17 February (MK173)

Hamburg: Opera, 'Elphi' & Exhibition, 18–22 February (MK175)

Vietnam: History, People, Food, 25 February–8 March (MK181)

Connoisseur's Rome, 26 February–2 March (MK182) 

Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, 26 February–3 March (MK179)

Essential Rome, 27 February–4 March (MK183)

March

Gardens of Madeira, 2–7 March (MK188)

Essential Andalucía, 4–14 March (MK189)

Art in Texas, 6–16 March (MK190)

The Mandelring Quartet, 8–10 March (MK191)

Welsh National Opera, 8–10 March (MK192)

Cambodia by River, 9–22 March (MK194)

The Story of Venice, 10–15 March (MK196)

Ravenna & Urbino, 11–15 March (MK200)

The Art of Florence, 18–24 March (MK202)

Normans in the South, 19–27 March (MK204)

Minoan Crete, 29 March–3 April (MK216)

Venetian Palaces, 26–30 March (MK214)

April

Opera in Vienna, 2–7 April (MK218)

Civilisations of Sicily, 2–14 April (MK221)

Gardens of the Riviera, 5–11 April (MK225)

Decorative Arts of Iberia for HALI magazine, 8–20 April (EK226)

Music in Berlin, 10–15 April, (MK227)

Romans & Carolingians, 10–17 April (MK229)

Extremadura, 11–20 April (MK230)

Morocco, 11–22 April (MK232)

Courts of Northern Italy, 12–19 April (MK231)

Essential Jordan, 13–21 April 2024 (MK220)

Pompeii & Herculaneum, 15–20 April (MK234)

Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity, 17–26 April (MK240)

Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes, 18–24 April (MK241)

Samarkand & Silk Road Cities, 18–30 April (MK243)

William Howard & the Carducci String Quartet, 19–21 April (MK242)

Genoa & Turin, 20–26 April (MK245)

Malta: prehistoric to present, 22–28 April (MK252)

Western Andalucía, 22–29 April (MK235)

Cornish Houses & Gardens, 23 April–1 May (MK250)

The Cathedrals of England, 24 April–2 May (MK251)

Tom Abbott's Berlin, 25–29 April (MK255)

Habsburg Austria, 29 April–6 May (MK258)

Heart of Italy, 29 April–6 May (MK257)

Classical Turkey, 29 April–8 May (MK256)

May

Civilisations of Sicily, 6–18 May (MK264)

MARTIN RANDALL FESTIVAL: Salzburg String Quartet Festival, 7–12 May (MK262)

Madrid & Toledo, 10–17 May (MK271)

Art in Scotland, 10–17 May (MK272)

Classical Greece, 11–20 May (MK270)

Gastronomic Le Marche, 13–20 May (MK276)

The Western Balkans, 13–26 May (MK278)

Palladian Villas, 14–19 May (MK281)

Yorkshire Houses & Gardens, 16–22 May (MK279)

Samarkand & Silk Road Cities, 16–28 April (MK283)

Medieval Heart of Portugal, 19–26 May (MK284)

Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 20–25 May (MK290)

Great Swedish Houses, 20–26 May (MK285)

Versailles: Seat of the Sun King, 24–27 May (MK313)

The Road to Santiago, 24 May–5 June (MK300)

A Festival of Impressionism 26–31 May (MK301)

Stockholm Modern, 28 May–2 June (MK305)

Great Houses of the South West, 28 May–4 June (MK302)

Czech Opera, 29 May–3 June

Kraków & Silesia, 31 May–7 June

June

Lucca & vicinity, 3–9 June (MK310)

Cyprus: stepping stone of history, 3–11 June (MK311)

Gastronomic Veneto, 5–12 June (MK322)

Gastronomic Asturias & Cantabria, 7–14 June (MK315)

Medieval Burgundy, 8–15 June (MK136)

Leipzig Bach Festival, 11–17 June (MK320)

Great Irish Houses, 14–22 June (MK321)

The Schubertiade 16–23 June

Flemish Painting, 19–23 June (MK326)

Medieval West Midlands, 24–28 June (MK330)

Vienna's Masterpieces, 24–29 June (MK334)

Gardens in the Highlands, 24 June–2 July (MK332)

The Plantagenet Empire, 27 Jun–3 July (MK339)

Trasimeno Music Festival, 27 June–4 July

Finland: Aalto & Others, 27 June–5 July (MK341)

Glyndebourne & Garsington

July

The Welsh Marches, 1–5 July (MK343)

Walking to Derbyshire Houses, 1–6 July (MK344)

In Churchill's Footsteps, 1–6 July (MK345)

French Gothic, 1–7 July (MK346)

Orkney: 500 years of culture, 2–8 July

Savonlinna Opera, 7–11 July (MK352)

Western Ireland Archaeology, 8–14 July (MK355)

Gastronomic West Country, 8–14 July (MK360)

Scottish Houses & Castles, 10–19 July

Danish Art & Design, 13–21 July (MK385)

Franconia, 19–26 July (MK365)

Walking the Danube, 28 July–3 August (MK372)

MARTIN RANDALL FESTIVAL: MOZART ALONG THE DANUBE, 28 July–4 August 

August

King Ludwig II, 4–9 August (MK376)

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, 11–24 August (MK380)

Maritime England, 27 August–2 September

The Hanseatic League, 29 August–5 September (MK395)

September

Connoisseur's Prague, 2–8 September

Gastronomic Basque Country, 2–9 September (MK398)

Cave Art in Spain, 3–9 September (MK399)

Samarkand & Silk Road Cities, 5–17 September (MK403)

Sardinia, 6–12 September (MK404)

Classical Greece, 7–16 September (MK405)

The Etruscans, 9–14 September (MK409)

Civilisations of Sicily, 9–21 September (MK410)

Albania, Crossroads of Antiquity, 11–20 September (MK426)

West Coast Architecture, 13–23 September

Gastronomic Emilia–Romagna, 14–20 September (MK422)

Dark Age Brilliance, 15–22 September (MK424)

Georgia Uncovered, 15–25 September (MK425)

Ancient Rome, 16–21 September (MK427)

Walking a Royal River, 16–22 September (MK430)

Footpaths of Umbria, 16–23 September (MK431)

Historic Musical Instruments, 17–20 September (MK429)

England's Georgian Towns, 18–25 September

Pompeii & Herculaneum, 23–28 September (MK435)

Raphael, 23–29 September (MK437)

Granada & Córdoba, 23–30 September (MK434)

Arts & Crafts in the Cotswolds, 24–28 September

The Cathedrals of England, 25 September–3 October (MK428)

Bulgaria, 28 September–7 October (MK474)

MARTIN RANDALL FESTIVAL: THE DIVINE OFFICE, 30 September–4 October

Frank Lloyd Wright, 30 September–10 October (MK477)

Neanderthals in France

October

Two Spains: The Spanish Civil War & its Aftermath, 2–10 October

Courts of Northern Italy, 4–11 October (MK481)

Basilicata & Calabria, 4–12 October (MK482)

Malta: prehistoric to present, 7–13 October (MK485)

The Douro, 8–15 October

Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes, 10–16 October (MK491)

Gastronomic Puglia, 10–16 October

Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden, 10–18 October (MK505)

Connoisseur's Pompeii, 11–14 October (MK507)

Palermo Revealed, 12–17 October (MK508)

Le Corbusier, 12–20 October (MK509)

Italian Design, 14–20 October (MK412)

Walking in Southern Tuscany, 14–21 October (MK510)

Castile & León, 14–23 October (MK511)

Art in the Netherlands, 16–22 October

Roman & Medieval Provence, 18–24 October (MK524)

MARTIN RANDALL FESTIVAL: OPERA IN SICILY, 18–24 October

Modern Art on the Côte d'Azur, 22–28 October (MK530)

Samarkand & Silk Road Cities, 24 October–5 November (MK543)

Essential Jordan, 26 October–3 November (MK480)

Sicily: From the Greeks to the Baroque, 26 October–4 November

Gastronomic Catalonia, 28 October–4 November

Art in Madrid, 30 October–2 November (MK550)

Florentine Palaces, 30 October–3 November (MK551)

Janáček Festival Brno, 31 October–5 November

Istanbul Revealed

November

Ancient and Islamic Tunisia, 2–9 November (MK555)

Venetian Palaces, 5–9 November (MK558)

York Symposium, 6–8 November

The Making of Argentina, 8–19 November (MK560)

Essential India, 9–22 November (MK572)

Venice Revisited, 11–16 November (MK565)

Ravenna & Urbino, 19–23 November (MK575)

Chamber Music Break, Taunton

December

We usually offer several tours over the Christmas and New Year period. Full details will be available in early 2024. 

Please email alerts@martinrandall.co.uk to register your interest in events that are not yet available to book.