Christmas & New Year cultural tours 2025-2026
Our expert-led Christmas tours open a window of opportunity for deep cultural immersion. As the world's attention turns to festive preparations, we enjoy a Christmas Day church service in Verona, stroll through Prague's quiet old town and even enjoy a sunset concert on the sand dunes beyond Marrakech.
Christmas cultural tours
Expert-guided Christmas & New Year adventures
At Christmas and New Year museums and historic monuments that are usually crowded with visitors fall blissfully empty and quiet. It is at this prime moment that we journey to capitals of music, art and architecture to seize a rare opportunity for cultural discovery. The pace is unhurried, the cultural discoveries more profound, and the sense of revelation razor-sharp.
Several of our Christmas cultural tours feature prestigious music programmes. In Berlin, first category tickets to performances at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Staatsoper Unter den Linden are guaranteed to inspire. In Prague, a Christmas day performance of La Bohème (Puccini) at the State Opera. Elsewhere, we attend Christmas Day church services, and in Marrakech enjoy dinner and music at sunset.
Pre-eminent experts lead the way through a selection of the greatest architectural and artistic wonders. In Vienna, art historian Dr Jarl Kremeier guides us through collections of Klimts, Italian, Flemish and Dutch masters; and a private visit to the Liechtenstein Palace. In Siena, Dr Michael Douglas-Scott breathes life into southern Tuscany's finest renaissance goldwork, manuscripts and architecture.
Wherever you may choose to journey to this season, from the Norman-Byzantine mosaics of Palermo to the minarets, gardens and palaces of Marrakech, our Christmas and New Year cultural tours take you into new realms of discovery.
Expert speakers this Christmas and New Year
On our itineraries this Christmas and New Year:
Important information
Local currencies
In Europe: Euro (€)
Morocco: Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
Timezones
European tours: GMT+2
Morocco: GMT+1
Flight times
2–4 hours
Our bases this Christmas & New Year
Italy
Grand Hotel Continental, Siena: an elegant and welcoming five-star, city-centre hotel housed in a former 17th-century palazzo.
Rosa Grand Hotel, Milan: a smart 4-star hotel excellently located directly behind the Duomo.
Grand Hotel Et Des Palmes, Palermo: elegant 5-star hotel within walking distance of the city centre.
Hotel Due Torri, Verona: a luxurious 5-star hotel in the historic centre of the city, formerly an 18th century-palace.
Germany, Austria, Czech Republic
The Adlon Kempinski, Berlin: an elegant and comfortable 5-star hotel situated on Unter den Linden.
Grand Hotel Wien: Luxury hotel in a superb location on the Ringstrasse just a few steps to the opera house.
Hotel Maximilian, Prague: A small, recently renovated 4-star hotel with a restaurant in a quiet yet central location near St Agnes convent.
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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