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Christmas & New Year cultural tours 2026
Our expert-led Christmas and New Year tours open a window of opportunity for deep cultural immersion and civilised pleasure. There are prestigious music programmes and many special arrangements. We stay in the finest city hotels and enjoy celebratory dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants. As the world's attention turns to festive preparations, we enjoy a tranquil, private visit to St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, an atmospheric Christmas Day church service in Turin; and prestigious opera companies perform in Prague. There is even the possibility of a sundowner on the sand dunes beyond Marrakech, and a Kabuki performance in Tokyo.
Pre-eminent experts lead the way through a selection of the greatest architectural and artistic wonders. Wherever you may choose to journey to this season our Christmas and New Year cultural tours take you into new realms of pleasure and discovery.
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Christmas and New Year tour highlights
Our bases this Christmas & New Year
Czech Republic
Hotel Maximilian, Prague: A small, recently renovated 4-star hotel with a restaurant in a quiet yet central location near St Agnes convent.
Germany
Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, Dresden: A 4-star hotel in the heart of the Old Town, 10 minutes’ walk from the Semperoper and the Zwinger. Rooms are in the category Grand Deluxe.
Hotel Atlantic Hamburg: 5-star hotel in a beautiful location on the Außenalster lake. Traditionally furnished and decorated, with a long nautical history.
Italy
Grand Hotel Santa Lucia, Naples: a 4-star hotel on the waterfront about 15 minutes on foot from Piazza Plebiscito, with spectacular views of Mount Vesuvius and the island of Capri. Rooms are all of a good size and have a sea view.
Grand Hotel Sitea, Turin: 5-star hotel, comfortable, elegantly furnished and very central.
Hotel Luna Baglioni, Venice: A luxurious 5* hotel that showcases Venetian splendour. The location is very central, minutes away from Piazza San Marco and the Royal Gardens but removed from the main thoroughfare.
Japan
Kitano Hotel, Tokyo: a boutique hotel in the Hirakawachō district of central Tokyo, rooms are on the larger side for the city.
Hyatt Centric, Kanazawa: a modern, 4-star hotel near the train station.
Hyatt Regency, Kyoto: an elegant hotel within walking distance of the National Museum.
Morocco
Les Jardins de la Koutoubia, Marrakech: A luxurious 5-star hotel in the heart of the Medina, offering upscale amenities including pools, a spa, and restaurants.
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A cruise down the Rhine with classical music concerts every night
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Everything we expected and more
The annual calendar of tours offers a huge range. In any year it is difficult to decide where - there is so much on offer. We wish we had more ti me t...
Entertaining and Educational
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An Italian art lover's dream
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Cotswold Choral Festival
As always, Martin Randall had created a perfectly designed itinerary and executed it in an extremely well organised manner, despite it being a very complex event.
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