Our tour styles
A well-thought-through itinerary can make all the difference to your travel.
Carefully Crafted Itineraries
Have you ever stopped to consider why itineraries always seem to include some sites and not others? Has careful thought gone into it, or is it just a grab-bag of sites chosen because ‘everyone has always done it that way’?
Working closely with our expert tour leaders, we create itineraries which explore destinations in a meaningful way and include not just the obvious, well-known sites, but also less touristed but equally rewarding gems and places that are a little off the beaten path. While we ensure that our tour program caters to a wide range of interests, individual tours often have a particular focus, designed to appeal to travellers with specialised interests.
Multi-destination Tours
The most common style of itinerary on our program, these tours explore a number of cities or countries at a relaxed pace, often created around a particular interest aligned to an expert tour leader.
Most of these tours enjoy three and four-night stops, allowing you adequate time to experience each destination in a meaningful way.
We also include some room for spontaneity and individual discovery. A satisfying journey will always comprise things you weren't planning to see and do: a pop-up event, an excellent new museum, a great performance or the simple local restaurant that serves exceptional food. You can’t script these things, but you can ensure that there is time and space in the itinerary for them to happen.
Long Stay City Tours
Before the age of mass tourism, travellers spent weeks, not days, at their destination. Our long stay program takes you into a world of ‘slow travel’, with 7 to 14-day sojourns in some of the world’s great cultural cities.
There’s plenty to see and do in these places, and at the end of your stay you’ll really feel like you’ve got to know them. Very few companies offer long stay residential tours, because they require a truly expert leader and a profound knowledge of the destination.
MUSIC & THEATRE TOURS
Our performing arts itineraries are built around a sequence of outstanding performances in world- famous venues across the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States and Australia.
Our music tours often include a selected mix of opera and orchestral music, stage drama, jazz and musicals. We also offer residential style music tours to New York, London and Berlin.
By Land & Sea
The last two decades have seen an explosion in ocean cruising, but for many travellers the idea of a 1,000+ passenger vessel and a string of one-day stops in tourist ports does not make for a satisfying journey.
That is why we have introduced a small number of itineraries that combine a land itinerary with a small-ship cruise, usually six or seven nights.
The land-based component gives you the depth and pace of our other tours, while the cruise gives you the benefit of not having to pack and unpack while exploring places best visited by sea.
SHORT BREAKS
You don’t have to leave our region to experience extraordinary art and culture, and an enriching travel experience can be right on one’s doorstep!
Our unique collection of Short Break tours is generally focused around blockbuster-exhibitions and major festivals across Australia.
MEET OUR TOUR LEADERS
Passionate, prepared and professional, our tour leaders are the key element in bringing a wealth of knowledge to your travels.