Expert-led small-group tours
This video was filmed on our Footpaths of Umbria tour in June 2023 and gives a flavour of what to expect on one of our holidays.
Cultural tours in Italy
On our Italy tours we exert our influence where it counts: to gain out-of-hours visits to the Sistine Chapel in Rome and to the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, for example. Led by lecturers pre-eminent in their field, our small-group tours of Italy do full justice to an incomparably rich cultural heritage.
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Exploring Italy on a cultural tour
We also offer fresh perspectives on old friends, using art historians, not musicologists, on our opera tours of Verona and seeing Florence, Padua and Bologna through the prism of science and medicine as well as art. We bring you Puccini at the maestro’s lakeside villa, the mosaics of Ravenna and the frozen worlds of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
We dine finely in Piedmont, throw light on the Dark Ages in the northern Adriatic and stand at the crossroads of European civilisations in Sicily. We gaze up at Michelangelo’s David and down at Etruscan tombs. We give you Italy, packaged in a gilt-edged portfolio.
Cultural tours in Sicily
Whether it’s on a private tour of Palermo’s Palatine Chapel or a guided walk on Etna with an expert vulcanologist, you will be fully immersed in dazzling cultural inheritance.
Cultural tours in Venice
With special, out-of-hours access to the Basilica di San Marco - as well as on-the-spot insights by our expert lecturers - we give you an unrivalled view of La Serenissima.
Cultural tours in Florence
Special access is a feature of our Florence tours: visit the vast baroque Palazzo Corsini al Parione, dine at the Palazzo Corsini al Prato, and gaze across the city and Appenines beyond from Palazzo Gondi.
Cultural tours in Rome
From the underground chambers of the Colosseum to Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes viewed in tranquil solitude, we uncover both Rome's cultural triumphs and lesser-known masterpieces.
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Very well organised, excellent lecturer and excellent exhibits and visits.
Very professional & well organised. Always kept the group on time. Documentation was very detailed and well written. Extremely helpful when booking the holiday.
Well planned, complete tour experience
Music festival included world class performers, a varied but thoughtful and well-integrated program, incredibly beautiful and historically relevant venues, and additional talks, walks and tours to complete the experience.
Walking in Southern Tuscany with Martin Randall
Her enthusiasm for her subject was infectious, and her knowledge was deep. She had the gift of making history come alive. A bonus was that she read passages from famous authors relating to our visits and the countryside as we travelled in the coach.
Efficiently organised with excellent attention given to the physically less able.
A well planned event with good attention to detail and plenty of staff who were able to make sure that coordination between the three hotels avoided hitches and hold-ups.
Excellent experience
Martin Randall provide a service which would be difficult to replicate. From the initial booking to the holiday itself nothing was too much trouble. The organisation was excellent and despite the very detailed programme with a potential for disaster, it all worked.
Experiencing Japanese Textiles
He had chosen specialized lecturers and a very good local tour guide.
London Wren walking tour
Excellent tour giving access to all sorts of churches, with a highly knowledgeable guide, well worth it.
Baroque Music Festival and History in Malta
Another Martin Randall superbly organized tour....maximizing our time combining their history tour with the Valletta Baroque Music Festival.
A week of absolute pleasure with cultural visits, informative presentation and of course interspersed with great meals.
Thoroughly efficient and aiming for the highest standard.
A weekend of chamber music
The organisation was completely satisfactory and as a first experience it was 100 per cent
Informative and fun
An experience that will be long remembered and will continue with follow up reading and research
It brought history alive
A tour of Greek and Roman archaeology sites around Naples
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Joining a Martin Randall Cultural Tour
Between 10–22 participants can usually join our small group tours, though the upper limit can be lower dependent on the tour.
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