Cultural tours in 2026
CELEBRATING MUSIC AND PLACE
Martin Randall Festivals bring together world-class musicians for a sequence of private concerts in Europe’s most glorious buildings, many of which are not normally accessible. We take care of all logistics, from flights and hotels to pre-concert talks.
HANDEL IN MALTA
21–27 November 2025
EARLY MUSIC IN YORKSHIRE
6–11 May 2026
PIANO ALONG THE RHINE
22–29 June 2026
MUSIC ALONG THE DANUBE
15–22 August 2026
MUSIC ALONG THE RHINE
31 August–7 September 2026
THE J. S. BACH JOURNEY
28 September–4 October 2026
MONTEVERDI IN VENICE
11–17 November 2026
Why travel with us?
Leaders in the eld. Martin Randall Travel is committed to providing the best planned, the best led and altogether the most ful lling and enjoyable cultural tours available. Operating in around 40 countries, our mission is to deepen your understanding and enhance your appreciation of the achievements of civilisations around the world.
First-rate speakers. Expert speakers are a key ingredient in our tours and events. ey are selected not only for their knowledge, but also for their ability to communicate clearly and engagingly to a lay audience.
Original itineraries, meticulously planned. Rooted in the knowledge of the destination and of the subject matter of the tour, the outcome of assiduous research and reconnaissance, and underpinned by many years of re ection and experience, our itineraries are second to none.
Special arrangements are a feature of our tours – for admission to places not generally open to travellers, for access outside public hours, for private concerts and extraordinary events.
Travelling in comfort. We select our hotels with great care. Not only have nearly all been inspected by members of our sta , but we have stayed in most of them. Hundreds more have been seen and rejected. We invest similar e orts in the selection of restaurants, menus and wines, aided by sta with a specialist knowledge of these areas.
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Front cover: Rome, Belvedere courtyard at the Vatican palace, copper engraving 1750 by T. Bowles. Image (left): Music in Bologna, ©Benjamin Ealovega.
Empire Architecture Buildings of British India – Kolkata, Mumbai & Delhi
3–14 February 2026 (mm 880)
12 days
Lecturer: Anthony Peers
A wealth of imperial architecture from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries, as well as the magni cent Islamic monuments of Delhi.
Private visits and special access are a feature of the tour.
Iti nerary
Day 1: Kolkata (Calcutta). Established as an East India Company trading post in 1690, Kolkata served as the capital of British India until 1911. A walk in the vicinity of Dalhousie Square: St John’s Church, the Town Hall, Writers’ Building, General Post O ce and High Court. First of three nights in Kolkata.
Day 2: Kolkata. Visit St Paul’s Cathedral in the Gothic Revival style and the Edwardian Baroque Victoria Memorial. Designed by Charles Wyatt, Government House (now the Raj Bhavan), is the grandest of Kolkata’s palaces.
Day 3: Kolkata. Sail along the Hooghly River, where Hindus, Muslims, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish and French founded settlements. Visit Barrackpore, site of the rst cantonment of the East India Company, and the former Danish colony of Serampore.
Day 4: Kolkata, Mumbai. To South Park Street Cemetery, where early British residents lie. Fly to Mumbai. First of four nights in Mumbai.
Day 5: Mumbai. Our hotel, one of the most famous in India, faces the Gateway of India, where George V and Queen Mary landed in 1911. Visit St omas’s Cathedral, the Gothic Revival Afghan Memorial Church and the Prince of Wales Museum.
Day 6: Mumbai. Visit Mani Bhavan, the house which was used as Gandhi’s political headquarters in Mumbai from 1917 until 1934. e Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum was founded in 1855 as the Victorian and Albert Museum.
Day 7: Mumbai. e major civic Gothic Revival buildings include the Secretariat, High Court and University. e University Library and Convocation Hall, designed by Sir Gilbert Scott, Watson’s Hotel and the Victoria Terminus railway station are all remarkable buildings.
Day 8: Mumbai, New Delhi. Boat trip to the famous caves on Elephanta Island, with their rock-cut forms dating from the 5th to the 8th centuries. Late-a ernoon ight to New Delhi (IndiGo). First of four nights in New Delhi.
Day 9: Old Delhi. A day devoted to the magni cent Islamic architecture. Delhi’s principal architectural glories date from the the Mughal period. Shah Jahan began the Red Fort in 1639. e huge Jami Masjid (Friday Mosque) is one of India’s nest Islamic buildings.
Day 10: Delhi. Some of the ercest ghting during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 took place in the area north of Old Delhi; we see the Flagsta Tower, the Mutiny Memorial and the temporary Viceregal Lodge. Also St James’s or Skinner’s Church, built in the 1830s.
Day 11: New Delhi. Launched as a project in 1911, the magni cent group of government buildings include the Secretariat and Parliament, designed by Sir Herbert Baker; the Viceroy’s House (now residence of the President) in which Sir Edwin Lutyens integrated Mughal, Hindu and Buddhist elements. Also by Lutyens, Hyderabad House and Jaipur House.
Day 12: New Delhi. Transfers are arranged to Delhi airport for your onward journey.
Image: St Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata © Md Zeeshan.
‘I didn’t know that Mumbai was such a treasure store of Art Deco buildings.’
Great Cities of Italy
Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples – with Pompeii
18 March–1 April 2026 (mm 901) 15 days
Speakers: Desmond Shawe-Taylor (days 1–8); Dr Michael Douglas-Scott (days 8–15)
Several private visits including to the Basilica of San Marco and the Sistine Chapel.
Two eminent art historians dovetail as lecturer.
Iti nerary
Day 1: Venice. Fly at c. 8.30am (British Airways) from London Heathrow to Venice. Walk to see Palladio’s great church, S. Giorgio Maggiore, and S. Zaccaria, which houses an altarpiece by Bellini. First of three nights in Venice.
Day 2: Venice. Piazza San Marco and the Doge’s Palace; S.ta Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, the great church with Titian’s Assumption and Canova’s tomb, and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
Day 3: Venice. S.ta Maria della Salute, built in thanksgiving for deliverance from the 1630 plague. At the Accademia all the Venetian painters are represented. A special a er-hours private visit to the Basilica di San Marco.
Day 4: Venice, Florence. Take a morning train to Florence, where the next four nights are spent. Visit the chapel in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, with frescoes by Benozzo Gozzoli.
Day 5: Florence. See Michelangelo’s David, the ‘Slaves’ in the Accademia, and the Bargello; the vast Franciscan church of S.ta Croce; the cathedral buildings in the a ernoon; the museum, the baptistry, and the Duomo itself.
Day 6: Florence. Follow Michelangelo from his Laurentian Library, to S. Lorenzo, the Medici family parish church designed by Brunelleschi, in
whose burial chapel is Michelangelo’s sculptural ensemble. e a ernoon is free.
Day 7: Florence. Head early to the U zi. In the a ernoon visit the Palazzo Pitti, which houses several museums including the Galleria Palatina. Dinner is at a private palace.
Day 8: Florence, Rome. To S.ta Maria Novella, the Dominican church with Masaccio’s Trinità and Ghirlandaio’s frescoes. A lunchtime train to Rome. First of four nights in Rome.
Day 9: Rome. Begin with the Colosseum and the Forum. Visit the Capitol and the surrounding palazzi, now museums with outstanding ancient sculpture and a collection of paintings.
Day 10: Rome. e Pantheon, the best preserved of Roman monuments, and the Piazza Navona, as well as several churches around it. Spend time in the lovely Trastevere neighbourhood.
Day 11: Rome. Rise early for a private visit to the Vatican to see the Sistine Chapel and Raphael’s frescoes in the adjacent Stanze. Later to S.ta Maria del Popolo and the Spanish Steps.
Day 12: Rome, Naples. e Palazzo Barberini became Rome’s National Gallery, with paintings by the Italian Old Masters. Take a train to Naples, where the nal three nights are spent.
Day 13: Naples. A walk through the old city centre; the Cappella Sansevero and the churches of S.ta Chiara, Il Gesù Nuovo and S. Domenico Maggiore. Drive into the hills to visit Capodimonte, one of Italy’s greatest galleries.
Day 14: Pompeii. e fascination lies not only in the major public buildings but also in the numerous domestic dwellings.
Day 15: Naples. e National Archeological Museum; with many items from Pompeii. Fly from Naples to Heathrow, arriving at c. 5.00pm.
lllustrati on: Venice, Rialto Bridge, aquati nt c. 1830.
‘ e private visit to the Sistine Chapel was an absolute highlight. It was so special to be there without the crowds and with plenty of time just to stand and stare.’
Viennese Modernism
Klimt, Wagner, Schiele, Moser
23–27 March 2026 (mm 905)
5 days
Lecturer: Gavin Plumley
A fascinating celebration of architecture, design and art of the Vienna Secession, Art Nouveau, Arts & Cra s and early Modernism.
Focus on the key gures in Viennese Modernism: Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Koloman Moser and Otto Wagner.
Perfectly located heritage hotel.
Iti nerary
Day 1. Fly at c. 9.00am from London Heathrow to Vienna (Austrian Airlines). An a ernoon walk along the Ringstrasse and through the Inner City. See Secessionist designs by Otto Wagner, Max Fabiani, Jože Plečnik and Adolf Loos (including a public lavatory and a menswear shop).
Day 2. e Museum of Applied Arts has excellent collections, strikingly displayed, of work by Ho mann, Moser and other designers of the Wiener Werkstätte, as well as by the Scotsman Charles Rennie Mackintosh. In the a ernoon, visit the Museum of the History of Vienna, a fascinating survey whose collections are particularly rich in turn-of-the-century art and artefacts. See also the decommissioned railway station pavilions by Wagner and Olbrich and the exhibition hall (the ‘Golden Cabbage’) designed in 1898 by Olbrich as venue for the Secession. Klimt’s 34-metre long Beethoven Frieze is here.
Day 3. e Leopold Collection is an excellent collection of works by Secessionist artists, especially Schiele. In the a ernoon, drive to the Nussdorf Dam, part of Otto Wagner’s ingenious system to regulate the ow of the Danube. Nearby is the Hohe Warte, featuring a number of Jugendstil villas, including those designed by Josef Ho mann for his Secession and Wiener
Werkstätte colleagues. e rest of the day is free for independent exploration.
Day 4. Drive to the outskirts of the city to see buildings by Otto Wagner; the richly decorated apartment blocks in the Linke Wienzeile, the emperor’s personal railway station at Schönbrunn and the hospital church ‘Am Steinhof’, the nest manifestation of Viennese Secessionism. e exteriors of Otto Wagner’s two summer houses provide a contrast of the development of his architectural styles. e ground oor of the villa used by Klimt as a studio between 1911 and 1918 features a reconstruction of the original furnishings and various media related to Klimt’s work.
Day 5. Visit the Gallery of Austrian Art in the Baroque magni cence of the Belvedere Palace to see the collection of paintings by Klimt (the world’s largest, including e Kiss), Schiele, Kokoschka and their contemporaries. e ight to Heathrow arrives at c. 6.45pm.
‘Excellent content, awless arrangements and interesting companions.’
‘Martin Randall Travel sets consistent standards of excellence in all aspects of a holiday.’
lllustrati on: Vienna, Secession Building, wood engraving 1898 (the year of its completi on).
Madrid & Toledo
Cities of Empire
24 April–1 May 2026 (mm 936)
8 days
Lecturer: Gijs van Hensbergen
Madrid’s great galleries: special, out-of-hours visit to the Prado, plus the yssen-Bornemisza Collection and the Reina Sofía, home to Picasso’s Guernica.
Toledo is architecturally varied; home to Moorish, Jewish and Christian monuments, as well as El Greco masterpieces.
A joyful exploration of Spanish art, balanced by architecture, gastronomy and literature.
Iti nerary
Day 1. Fly at c. 9.15am from London Heathrow to Madrid (Iberia Airlines). e Archaeological Museum is excellent for ancient Iberian civilisation and Roman Spain. First of four nights in Madrid.
Day 2: Madrid. e Royal Academy of Fine Arts houses works by Goya, Zurbarán, Ribera and Murillo. Continue to the Lázaro Galdiano Museum for El Greco and Goya. Visit the Royal Collections Gallery, a displaying Spanish royal taste from the 15th century Catholic Kings, through Hapsburg and Bourbon.
Day 3: Madrid. Start at the Prado before it opens to the public to see art of the Spanish school. e a ernoon is spent at the yssen-Bornemisza Collection, one of the world’s largest private art collections until its purchase by the Spanish state in 1993.
Day 4: Madrid. Return to the Prado for a second visit, this time to see the Italian and Netherlandish schools. Continue to the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, one of the greatest modern art museums and home to Picasso’s Guernica
plus works by Miró, Dalí and Tàpies. Dinner is accompanied by a amenco show.
Day 5: Madrid, El Escorial. Leaving Madrid, stop at San Antonio de la Florida with ne Goya frescoes, before continuing to El Escorial, a vast retreat-cum-palace-cum-monastery-cumpantheon built from 1563 to 1584 for Philip II, successfully embodying his instructions for ‘nobility without arrogance, majesty without ostentation, severity in the whole’. Continue on to Toledo for the rst of three nights.
Day 6: Toledo. Visit the church of Santo Tomé with El Greco’s ‘Burial of Count Orgaz’, his greatest work (private view) and see more of his art at his burial place, the convent of Sto Domingo el Antiguo. Fine architecture includes the 14th-century Taller del Moro, 13th-century San Román, and the exquisite tenth-century mosque of Bab al-Mardum. e Gothic cathedral is richly endowed with paintings (El Greco, Velázquez, Titian). e Museo de Santa Cruz is housed in a remarkable early 16th-century hospital, and is best known for its medieval and later works, including by El Greco.
Day 7: Toledo. El Greco’s house and museum contains his nest series of apostles and View of Toledo. Explore the Jewish quarter, starting with a pair of former synagogues: Ibn Shoshan (Santa María la Blanca) from the 13th century retains its original stuccowork and wooden ceiling, while El Tránsito is a more lavish galleried synagogue of the 1360s. San Juan de los Reyes is the ambitious Franciscan monastery built under Ferdinand and Isabella. Free a ernoon, or optional visits to lesser-visited sites, including the tapestry museum.
Day 8: Illescas. El Greco spent two years in the undistinguished town of Illescas, and the Hospital de la Caridad contains ve of his works. Fly to Heathrow (Iberia Airlines) arriving at c. 6.15pm.
Image: Toledo, Spain © Miguel Angel Sanz.
‘Consistently high quality with excellent guides, planning and organisation.’
Sailing the Dalmatian Coast
From Split to Dubrovnik
30 April–9 May 2026 (mm 934)
10 days
Lecturer: Dr Zoë Opačić
1–10 October 2026 (mm 200)
10 days
Lecturer: Dr Mark ompson
Exclusive charter of a small ship for just 30 participants to explore the string of beautiful, unspoilt historic towns.
One of the most spectacular of Mediterranean coastlines with crystal water, islands and inlets.
Begin in Split – with 2 nights in the Old Town. End in Dubrovnik, UNESCO world heritage site.
Iti nerary
Day 1: Split. Fly c. 11.30am from London Heathrow to Split (British Airways). Stay in the Old Town for the rst of two nights.
Day 2: Split, Salona. e core of Split consists of the vast quadrangular palace built by Emperor Diocletian (ad 295–305). Particularly well preserved are the Temple of Jupiter and Diocletian’s mausoleum (the cathedral). e Roman city of Salona (now Solin) gives a unique insight into the last stages of urban life, its walls now encircling a complete ecclesiastical quarter.
Day 3: Split, Trogir. Visit the home and studio of Ivan Meštrović, the great Croatian sculptor (1883–1962), and the Archaeological Museum, with excellent Roman antiquities. Trogir is a delightful little island city and its Romanesque cathedral contains ne sculpture. Board the MS Prestige and moor overnight in Trogir.
Day 4: Šibenik. Sail in the early morning northwest to Šibenik. A ernoon walk in this attractive medieval town, with its Gothic-
Renaissance cathedral. Visit the Krka National Park. Moor overnight in Šibenik.
Day 5: Hvar. Morning sail to the island of Hvar mooring in its capital. Visit the walled old town, its narrow streets lined with Gothic palaces, the 15th-century Franciscan monastery and 17thcentury arsenal. Overnight here.
Day 6: Vis. Short cruise to Vis, Croatia’s most remote inhabited island and its oldest recorded settlement. (As Vis is the least sheltered island in the Adriatic, it can be di cult to moor in bad weather and this stop may be removed from the programme at short notice.) Continue to the island of Korčula, whose history stretches back to the Neolithic era. Moor overnight in Korčula.
Day 7: Korčula, Slano, Ston. e magni cent Gothic-Renaissance Cathedral of St Mark has an altarpiece by Tintoretto. Sail at lunchtime to Slano. Ston is surrounded by well-preserved 14th-century walls, built to protect the northern boundary of the Republic of Ragusa and the town’s valuable saltpans, among the oldest in the Mediterranean. Moor overnight in Slano.
Day 8: Dubrovnik. Drive to the Trsteno Arboretum, a Renaissance landscaped garden, sown with seeds brought back by Dubrovnik’s sea captains. Sail from Slano to Dubrovnik. e Venetian Baroque cathedral has an altarpiece by Titian. Moor overnight in Dubrovnik.
Day 9: Dubrovnik. Walk along the forti cations with views across the roo ops and out to sea. e Dominican convent has an excellent collection of Croatian and Italian Renaissance paintings. e a ernoon is free for you to explore further. Moor overnight in Dubrovnik.
Day 10. Disembark and drive to the airport. e ight from Dubrovnik arrives at London Heathrow at c. 3.00pm.
Image: MS Prestige
‘Excellent cruise, very nice ship with perfect cabins and fascinating lectures.’
Scotland: History & Heritage
Castles and landscapes, great cities and the Highlands
8–17 May 2026 (mm 952) & 18–27 September 2026 (mm 170)
10 days
Speaker: David Forsyth
Sweeping exploration by boat and train of the landmarks of Scottish history.
Historic gures and an emphasis on events that led to mass emigrations to the New World.
Two nights on the Isle of Skye.
Iti nerary
Day 1: Edinburgh. Edinburgh Castle rises spectacularly from a volcanic plug. Forti cations date back to the 12th century. It is home to the Stone of Scone, used in the coronation of Scottish (and later English and British) monarchs. First of two nights in Edinburgh.
Day 2: Edinburgh. e National Museum of Scotland celebrates Scottish history and culture. Exhibits include the exquisite Mary, Queen of Scots Silver Casket. Mary also features in the National Portrait Gallery alongside likenesses of Robert Burns and Bonnie Prince Charlie; at Holyroodhouse, o cial residence of the British monarch in Scotland, a 16th-century tower houses her private apartments.
Day 3: St Andrews. At Stirling Castle, Mary’s childhood home, monarchs were crowned and sieges endured. e restored Renaissance palace of James V is one of the nest historic buildings in Scotland. Outside of Stirling, site of the Battle of Bannockburn Robert the Bruce defeated the English army in 1314. First of two nights in St Andrews.
Day 4: St Andrews. St Andrews Castle is famous for its ‘bottle dungeon’ – a grim medieval prison. e 14th-century cathedral, once the centre of Scottish Catholicism, was ransacked during
the Reformation. Glamis Castle, is known from Shakespeare’s Macbeth and as the Queen Mother’s childhood home.
Day 5: Inverness. May 2026: near the Highland village of Crathie, Balmoral Castle was the favourite residence of Queen Elizabeth II and it was here that she died in 2022. September 2026: Craigievar Castle, begun around 1576, is among the best preserved of Scottish tower houses. May & September 2026: At Culloden in 1746, the last pitched battle on British soil, the claim of the Stuart kings to the British throne was put down. Overnight Inverness.
Day 6: Skye. Fort George on the Moray Firth was built in the wake of Culloden for the army of George II. Within its ramparts, the Highlanders Museum is dedicated to the history of the Highland Regiments of the British Army. Visit the tidal island of Eilean Donan and its reconstructed castle, at the meeting of three sea lochs. First of two nights on Skye.
Day 7: Skye. Armadale Castle was formerly the home of the Macdonalds of Sleat, part of the Clan Donald. e museum commemorates these ‘Lords of the Isles’. e Talisker distillery has been making distinctive single malt whiskies for nearly 200 years.
Day 8: Glasgow. Morning ferry from Skye to Mallaig before boarding the iconic Jacobite steam train to Fort William, taking in breathtaking Highlands scenery en route. Coach to Glasgow. First of two nights in Glasgow.
Day 9: Glasgow. e Hunterian is the oldest public museum in Scotland with unrivalled collections, while the Mackintosh House is a recreation of world-renowned designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Glasgow home.
Day 10: Glasgow. e tour ends a er breakfast.
lllustrati on: Edinburgh from the Castle, David Roberts, 1796–1864, Yale Centre for British Art ©
‘It was fascinating; I went into places I would not otherwise have seen; the company was delightful and I thoroughly enjoyed it.’
Franconia
Art and architecture in Germany’s medieval heartland
22–29 May 2026 (mm 968)
8 days
Lecturer: Dr Ulrike Ziegler
An underexplored region of southern Germany which has an exceptional heritage of art and architecture and natural beauty.
Medieval art including Romanesque sculpture (the Bamberg Rider) and late medieval wood carving by Tilman Riemenschneider.
Baroque and Rococo palaces, churches and paintings, including Tiepolo’s masterpiece.
Iti nerary
Day 1: Würzburg. Fly at c. 9.30am from London Heathrow to Frankfurt (Lu hansa). An a ernoon walk to the oldest surviving medieval bridge, and visit the Marienburg, the formidable fortress dominating the city from across the River Main. Visit the museum within, with its sizeable collection of Riemenschneider sculpture. First of two nights in Würzburg.
Day 2: Würzburg. e Residenz (Prince-Bishop’s Palace), designed partly by Balthasar Neumann, is one of the nest 18th-century palaces in Europe, with magni cent state apartments, exquisite chapel and ceiling frescoes by Tiepolo. In the a ernoon walk around the largely postwar reconstruction of the old centre, with its Romanesque cathedral, delicate Gothic church and Baroque churches.
Day 3: Creglingen, Rothenburg, Pommersfelden, Bamberg. Drive through countryside to the little pilgrimage church near Creglingen; here see e Assumption, Riemenschneider’s nest work. Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber is a picturesque town scarcely changed in appearance for hundreds of years; the church of St James has Riemenschneider’s Last Supper. Visit Schloss
Weissenstein in Pommersfelden, an early 18thcentury country house. Continue through lovely landscape to Bamberg. First of four nights here.
Day 4: Bamberg. Morning walk taking in the riverside town. Visit the Gothic Church of our Lady, with its Tintoretto altarpiece, and the splendid Romanesque cathedral with medieval sculpture, including the Bamberg Rider. e Diocesan Museum has outstanding medieval textiles. In the a ernoon visit the Neue Residenz, palace of the Prince-Bishops.
Day 5: Bayreuth. All-day excursion. Bayreuth developed as a minor court city in the 18th century. A varietal of Rococo decoration evolved in the town palace and at the Hermitage, a complex of gardens, palaces and pavilions, under the patronage of the Markgraf. Visit Wagner’s Festspielhaus, built to the composer’s speci cations on a hill outside the town.
Day 6: Coburg, Vierzehnheiligen. At Coburg visit the formidable fortress above the city, now a museum. Schloss Ehrenburg, in the centre of town was the home of Prince Albert. Across the valley, the pilgrimage church of Vierzehnheiligen by Balthasar Neumann is perhaps the greatest of all Rococo churches.
Day 7: Nuremberg. An immensely rich trading and manufacturing city in the Middle Ages, Nuremberg possesses much art and architecture of the 15th and 16th centuries. A walk through the old town includes the church of St Sebaldus, with sculpture by Veit Stoss and others, and the Albrecht Dürer House. e church of St Lorenz is similarly laden with major artworks.
Day 8: Nuremberg. Visit the German National Museum, home to the nest collection of German medieval and Renaissance art in the country. Fly from Munich, arriving Heathrow at c. 5.00pm.
lllustrati on: Nuremberg, lithograph c. 1830 after Samuel Prout.
‘Well-paced; balance of spiritual and temporal history; exposure to works of art and architecture unlikely to be encountered without this tour.’
Central Anatolia
Cappadocia & the civilisations at the heart of Turkey
8–20 October 2026 (mm 198)
13 days
Lecturer: Jeremy Seal
An extraordinary variety of landscapes and civilizations in Central Anatolia.
Some of the nest examples of Seljuk architecture, including the unesco listed complex at Divriği.
Iti nerary
Day 1: Fly at c. 11.30am (Turkish Airlines) from London Heathrow to Ankara (via Istanbul). First of three nights in Ankara.
Day 2: Ankara. Installed in a 15th-century market hall, the Museum of Anatolian Civilization has a wonderful collection of art and artefacts from many of the sites on the tour. A er lunch visit the Atatürk Mausoleum, a shrine to the creator of modern Turkey.
Day 3: Gordion, Ankara. Morning drive to Gordion, site of the Phrygian capital where Alexander cut the knot and where Midas is reputedly buried. e a ernoon is free to walk up to walls of the citadel.
Day 4: Boghazköy (Hattusas, Yazilikaya), Alaca Höyük. To the east of Ankara, lies the site of Hattusas, the Hittite capital of the 2nd millennium bc. e Bronze Age site of Alaca Höyük has an imposing Sphinx gateway. Overnight in Çorum.
Day 5: Amasya, Sivas. Amasya is one of the loveliest towns in Anatolia. Capital of the Pontic kingdom, there are remains of the hilltop palace and royal tombs. Continue to Sivas with traditional architecture, Seljuk and Ottoman monuments. First of two nights in Sivas.
Day 6: Divriği. A beautiful drive through the Anatolian plains to the Great Mosque and
Hospital at Divriği. Built in the early 13th century, it is one of unesco’s least visited sites.
Day 7: Sivas, Kayseri. Sivas, which preceded Konya as the regional Seljuk capital, has some of the nest remaining architecture of the 13th century, an attractive old quarter and Ottoman structures. Drive through mountainous terrain to Kayseri. Overnight Kayseri.
Day 8: Kayseri, Cappadocia. Kayseri (formerly Caesarea), was the capital of Roman Cappadocia and also includes a Byzantine fortress and Islamic buildings. Kültepe is an Assyrian site from c.1800 bc . First of three nights in Ürgüp.
Day 9: Soganli, Eski Gümüs. Drive through a fascinating, still inhabited gorge. e Soganli valley has many dwellings and churches cut into the rock, the nest of all remnants of Byzantine Cappadocia is the monastery at Eski Gümüs.
Day 10: Goreme. Morning visit of the spectacular Goreme open-air museum. e rest of the a ernoon is free to explore the landscape on foot (there are several walking trails).
Day 11: Ihlara Valley, Sultanhani. Walk through the deep Ihlara Gorge with rock-cut Byzantine churches including Güzelyurt, birthplace of St Gregory. Drive westwards to Sultanhani, a splendid 13th-century caravanserai. Continue to Konya, where two nights are spent.
Day 12: Konya, Çatal Höyük. e capital of the Seljuk empire and home of Su sm, Konya remains the religious centre of Turkey. Visit the Mevlana Tekke, monastery of the Whirling Dervishes. e Karatay Madrasa with its marvellous Seljuk tiles is now a museum. See Çatal Höyük, Turkey’s most important Neolithic site (c. 6000 bc).
Day 13: Morning ight from Konya to Istanbul, and on to Heathrow, arriving at c. 3.00pm.
Image: Uçhisar, Cappadocia © Max Ducourneau
‘ e tour met all my expectations and more. I will be booking more tours with MRT!’
Calendar | Oct–Dec 2025
October 2025
2–8 Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes (ml 807) Amanda Patton
2–8 Piero della Francesca (ml 806)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
4–13 Bulgaria (ml 808) Dr Nikola eodossiev
4–13 Sailing the Aegean (ml 818) Dr Nigel Spivey
4–13 e Ring in Berlin (ml 817)
Barry Millington
6–13 Habsburg Austria (ml 811)
Dr Jarl Kremeier
6–19 e Western Balkans (ml 814)
Dr Mark ompson
7–12 Bauhaus (ml 812) Tom Abbott
7–13 Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur (ml 813)
Monica Bohm-Duchen
7–14 Fiesole to Lucca: Tuscany on Foot (ml 816)
Dr omas-Leo True
10–18 Basilicata & Calabria (ml 810)
Prof. Alex Metcalfe
13–17 Ravenna & Urbino (ml 815)
Dr Luca Leoncini
13–17 Siena & San Gimignano (ml 780)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
13–18 In Churchill’s Footsteps (ml 820)
Katherine Carter
13–20 e Douro (ml 823) Martin Symington
13–22 Castile & León (ml 825)
Gijs van Hensbergen
13–28 Eastern Turkey (ml 821)
Prof. Graham Philip
16–25 Extremadura (ml 826) Chris Moss
18–24 Gastronomic Piedmont (ml 828)
Cynthia Chaplin
20–27 Footpaths of Umbria (ml 831)
Dr omas-Leo True
20–1 Civilisations of Sicily (ml 832)
Dr Zoe Opacic
20–1 Traditions of Japan (ml 833)
Prof. Timon Screech
23–30 Istanbul Revealed (ml 835) Jeremy Seal
24–30 Roman & Medieval Provence (ml 836)
Dr Alexandra Gajewski
24–3 Oman: Landscapes & Peoples (ml 837)
Dr Peter Webb
28–2 Palladian Villas (ml 847)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
28–1 Opera at Wexford (ml 838)
Dr John Allison
November 2025
3–10 Gastronomic Catalonia (ml 839)
Gijs van Hensbergen
3–10 Granada & Córdoba (ml 840)
Dr Philippa Joseph
3–11 Cyprus: stepping stone of history (ml 842) Ian Colvin
4–15 Art in Japan (ml 844) Dr Monika Hinkel
4–16 Painted Palaces of Rajasthan (ml 843)
Dr Giles Tillotson
5– 9 Art in Madrid (ml 845) Dr Xavier Bray
5–14 Great Palaces of Italy (ml 841)
Dr Luca Leoncini
6–17 Japanese Gardens (ml 846)
Yoko Kawaguchi
10–12 Symposium: Birth of the Modern (ml 855)
10–16 Art History of Venice (ml 849)
Dr Susan Steer
11–15 Venetian Palaces (ml 848)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
13–20 Gastronomic Sicily (ml 851) Marc Millon
14–20 World Heritage Malta (ml 809) Juliet Rix
17–23 e Art of Florence (ml 852)
Dr Flavio Boggi
21–27 HANDEL IN MALTA (ml 850)
24–1 e Printing Revolution (ml 853)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott, Stephen Parkin
26–28 Chamber Music Event: Stile Antico (ml 854)
December 2025
20–27 Berlin at Christmas (ml 864)
Tom Abbott
20–27 Palermo at Christmas (ml 860)
Christopher Newall
20–27 Prague at Christmas (ml 862)
Martha Hinks-Edwards
20–27 Verona at Christmas (ml 856)
Dr Susan Steer
Calendar | 2026
20–27 Vienna at Christmas (ml 865)
Dr Jarl Kremeier
22–28 Milan at Christmas (ml 863)
Dr Luca Leoncini
22–28 Siena at Christmas (ml 858)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
28–3 Marrakech at New Year (ml 861)
Dr Richard McClary
January 2026
3–14 Pharaonic Egypt (MM 870)
Rev. Prof. Lloyd-Llewellyn-Jones
17–30 Kingdoms of Southern India (MM 874)
Dr Peter Webb
20–27 Early Christian & Medieval Rome (MM 875)
Dr Hugh Doherty
23–2 Oman: Landscapes & Peoples (MM 877)
Dr Zena Kamash
24–29 String Quartet Biennale Amsterdam (MM 876) Leo Samama
26–1 Mozart in Salzburg (MM 879)
28–1
Richard Wigmore
Florentine Palaces (MM 878)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
February 2026
2–8
Pompeii & Herculaneum (mm 881)
Konogan Beaufay
3–7 Venetian Palaces (mm 883)
Antonio Mazzotta
3–14 Empire Architecture (mm 880)
Anthony Peers
9–15 e Art of Florence (mm 882)
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
9–16 Granada & Córdoba (mm 884)
Gijs van Hensbergen
22–6 Vietnam: History, People, Food (mm 886)
Dr Dana Healy
23–28 Connoisseur’s Rome (mm 885)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
23–28 Opera in Paris (mm 873)
Dr Michael Downes OBE
24–2 Essential Rome (mm 887)
Dr omas-Leo True
25–7 Art in Texas (mm 888) Gijs van Hensbergen
28–8 e Ring at La Scala (mm 889)
Barry Millington, Dr R.T. Cobianchi
March 2026
2– 8
Ancient Rome (mm 890) Dr Mark Grahame
2–12 Essential Andalucía (mm 891)
Dr Philippa Joseph
5–8 Ancien Régime Paris (mm 902)
Prof. Glenn Richardson
7–12 Gardens of Madeira (mm 892)
Dr Gerald Luckhurst
7–21 Cambodia by River (mm 893)
Freddie Matthews
9–13 Ravenna & Urbino (mm 894)
Canon Nicholas Cran eld
9–16 e Ring at La Scala (mm 895)
Barry Millington
10–14 Venetian Palaces (mm 896)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
10–15 Opera in Vienna (mm 900) Dr John Allison
11–19 Spain 1492 (mm 897) Giles Tremlett
14–19 Essential Venice (mm 898) Dr Susan Steer
16–28 Civilisations of Sicily (mm 899)
18–1
Dr Luca Leoncini
Great Cities of Italy (mm 901)
Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
19–22 A er the Rain: Indigenous art in Canberra (mm 910) Dr Sally Butler
23–27 Viennese Modernism (mm 905)
Gavin Plumley
23–30 Gastronomic Valencia (mm 947)
Gijs van Hensbergen
24–30 Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur (mm 906)
Mary Lynn Riley
25–1 Romans & Carolingians (mm 917)
Dr Hugh Doherty
26–4 Classical Greece (mm 903) Dr Peter Haarer
27–4 Minoan Crete (mm 907)
Dr Christina Hatzimichael-Whitley
27–7 Morocco (mm 908) Dr Iain Shearer
30–10 Art in Japan (mm 909) Prof. Timon Screech
April 2026
7–13 Lucca & vicinity (mm 913) Dr Flavio Boggi
7–19 Civilisations of Sicily (mm 916)
8–17
Dr Philippa Joseph
Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity (mm 918)
Carolyn Metkola
8–20 Traditions of Japan (mm 911)
Rev. Prof. Lloyd-Llewellyn-Jones
9–13 Opera & Ballet in Copenhagen (mm 912)
Dr John Allison
9–18 Extremadura (mm 919) Chris Moss
10–16 Val d’Orcia and the Sienese Hills (mm 938)
Prof. Fabrizio Nevola
12–19 Dark Age Brilliance (mm 914)
Dr Meg Boulton
13–18 Pompeii & Herculaneum (mm 920)
Dr Mark Grahame
13–19 World Heritage Malta (mm 915) Juliet Rix
13–22 e Duero River: from Source to Sea (mm 924) Gijs van Hensbergen
15–20 Music in Berlin (mm 921) Prof. Jan Smaczny
16–22 Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes
Colin Crosbie
16–23 Gastronomic Provence (mm 935)
Victoria Daskal
16–28 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mm 922) Dr Peter Webb
17–20 Chamber Music Event: A Schubertiade with Ensemble 360 Richard Wigmore
17–28 Baroque Music in the Bolivian Missions (mm 927) Dr Barbara Hoos de Jokisch
18–24 Genoa & Turin (mm 925) Dr Luca Leoncini
19–24 Monet & Impressionism (mm 926)
Prof. Frances Fowle
20–27 e Heart of Italy (mm 928)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
21–27 Gardens & Villas of the Veneto (mm 929)
Amanda Patton
21–29 Cornish Houses & Gardens (mm 930)
Anthony Lambert
21–29 Normans in the South (mm 931)
Dr Richard Plant
23–27 Tom Abbott’s Berlin (mm 937) Tom Abbott
24–1
Madrid & Toledo (mm 936)
Gijs van Hensbergen
24–3 Classical Turkey (mm 933)
Rev. Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
26–30 Hamburg: Opera & ‘Elphi’ (mm 904)
Dr John Allison
30–9 Sailing the Dalmatian Coast (mm 934)
Dr Zoe Opacic
May 2026
3–10 Istanbul Revealed (mm 943) Jeremy Seal
5–12 Great Houses of the South West (mm 944)
Anthony Lambert
6–11 EARLY MUSIC IN YORKSHIRE (mm 945)
6–13
Prof. John Bryan
Gastronomic Veneto (mm 949)
Cynthia Chaplin
6–14 e Cathedrals of England (mm 948)
7–17 e Medieval Pyrenees (mm 951)
Dr Richard Plant
8–15 Courts of Northern Italy (mm 950)
8–17
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
Scotland: History & Heritage (mm 952)
David Forsyth
11–16 Tuscan Gardens (mm 964)
Dr Katie Campbell
11–17 Yorkshire Houses & Gardens (mm 953)
Christopher Garibaldi
11–17 Walking Hadrian’s Wall (mm 954)
11–18
Dr Matthew Symonds
Gastronomic Le Marche (mm 958)
Marc Millon, Dr R. T. Cobianchi
12–18 Gardens of Sicily (mm 957)
Helena Attlee
12–18 Prague Spring (mm 956)
14–26
Dr Michael Downes OBE
Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mm 955)
Dr Peter Webb
15–22 Art in Scotland (mm 965)
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
16–22 e Ligurian Coast (mm 959)
18–23
Dr Luca Leoncini
Arts & Cra s in the Cotswolds (mm 961)
Janet Sinclair
18–31 e Western Balkans (mm 962)
Professor Cathie Carmichael
19–24 Venice: Scarpa & Others (mm 960)
Prof. Harry Charrington
21–31 Moldavia & Transylvania (mm 963)
Dr Shona Kallestrup
22–29 Franconia (mm 968) Dr Ulrike Ziegler
26–2 Footpaths of Umbria (mm 972)
Nigel McGilchrist
Ireland: History & Heritage Versailles: Seat of the Sun King
June 2026
1–10 Venetian Land Empire (mm 977)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
1–16 Eastern Turkey (mm 975) Ian Colvin
2–6 Ravenna & Urbino (mm 976)
Dr Luca Leoncini
2–7 Palladian Villas (mm 946) Dr Sarah Pearson
3–10 Gastronomic Belgium & the Netherlands (mm 978) Gijs van Hensbergen
3–10 Great Gardens of Southern England (mm 979) Louisa Allen
5–13 Medieval Burgundy (mm 980)
Dr Hugh Doherty
8–14 Gastronomic Friuli Venezia Giulia (mm 982) Cynthia Chaplin
11–18 Leipzig Bach Festival Prof. John Butt OBE
12–20 Great Irish Houses (mm 989)
Anthony Lambert
16–22 Art in the Netherlands (mm 990)
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
16–22 Leipzig Bach Festival (mm 987)
Dr Ruth Tatlow
22–26 Lincolnshire Churches (mm 996)
Dr James Alexander Cameron
22–29 THE RHINE PIANO FESTIVAL(mm 100)
Dr Katy Hamilton
24–2 Gardens in the Highlands (mm 998)
Colin Crosbie
25–30 Walking to Derbyshire Houses (mm 999)
Christopher Garibaldi
25–3 Finland: Aalto & Others (mm 101)
Prof. Harry Charrington
30–5 Flemish Painting (mm 104) Dr Sue Jones
30–9 Medieval Anjou & Poitou (mm 103)
Dr Hugh Doherty
July 2026
2–6
2–10
Budapest Gavin Plumley
Lancashire Houses Anthony Lambert
6–12 French Gothic (mm 108) Dr Jana Gajdošová
6–12
6–13
Gastronomic Devon & Cornwall (mm 109)
Marc Millon
History & Art on the Danube (mm 110)
Simon Winder, Gavin Plumley
12–16 Savonlinna Opera (mm 112)
13–19
Simon Rees
Lusatia: Germany’s Eastern Borderlands
Dr Jarl Kremeier
30–6 e Hanseatic League (mm 122)
Andreas Puth
Danish Art & Design
Vanbrugh
August 2026
3–10
5–13
Gdańsk & Eastern Pomerania (mm 125)
Baroque & Rococo (mm 127) Tom Abbott
6–12 Orkney: 5,000 years of culture
15–21 Walking the Danube (mm 134)
Richard Wigmore
15–22 MUSIC ALONG THE DANUBE (mm 135)
Dr Paul Max Edlin
17–21 e Age of Bede (mm 136)
Imogen Corrigan
20–1 Silk Roads of Central Asia (mm 140)
Dr Peter Webb
22–27 e Schubertiade Richard Wigmore
27–31 Art in Switzerland (mm 142)
Mary Lynn Riley
31–7 MUSIC ALONG THE RHINE (mm 144)
Dr Katy Hamilton Iceland’s Story e Lucerne Festival
Calendar | 2026
September 2026
2–10 e Cathedrals of England (mm 150)
Dr Hugh Doherty
3–15 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mm 153)
Dr Richard McClary
4–11 Courts of Northern Italy (mm 155)
Prof. Fabrizio Nevola
4–12 Sardinia (mm 156) Dr R. T. Cobianchi
4–14 Frank Lloyd Wright (mm 154)
Prof. Harry Charrington
Classical Greece
5–14 Classical Greece (mm 164)
Dr Christina Hatzimichael-Whitley
6–10 Châteaux of the Loire Dr Sarah Pearson
7–13 Cave Art in Spain (mm 159) Dr Paul Bahn
7–13 e Imperial Riviera (mm 167)
Dr Mark ompson
7–14 Gastronomic Basque Country (mm 157)
Gijs van Hensbergen
7–19 Civilisations of Sicily (mm 161)
Dr Zoe Opacic
7–23 Peru (mm 160) Dr David Beresford-Jones
8–15 Trecento Frescoes (mm 163)
Prof. Donal Cooper
9–18 Scottish Houses and Castles (mm 162)
Alastair Learmont
11–17 Piero della Francesca (mm 169)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
11–22 Armenia & Georgia Ian Colvin
12–18 Gastronomic Emilia-Romagna
Cynthia Chaplin
14–19 e Etruscans (mm 166) Dr Nigel Spivey
14–19 Vienna’s Masterpieces Tom Abbott
16–25 Albania: Crossroads of Antiquity (mm 168)
Carolyn Metkola
18–27 Scotland: History and Heritage (mm 170)
David Forsyth
18–30 e Road to Santiago (mm 171)
Dr Richard Plant
20–27 German Gothic Dr Ulrike Ziegler
21–26 Pompeii & Herculaneum (mm 179)
Dr Nigel Spivey
21–27 Walking a Royal River (mm 180)
Sophie Campbell
23–28 Organs of Bach’s Time
26–4 Gastronomic Navarra (mm 183)
Gijs van Hensbergen
28–2 Ravenna & Urbino (mm 187)
Dr Luca Leoncini
28–4 THE J.S. BACH JOURNEY
28–5 e Heart of Italy (mm 185) Leslie Primo
29–7 Normans in the South (mm 188)
Canon Nicholas Cran eld
Cold War, Berlin
Gardens of Normandy
Gastronomic Loire Valley
Gastronomic Loire Valley
Ireland: History and Heritage
Mr Turner
Norman Conquest
North of England
Tudor England
October 2026
1–8
1–10
Courts of Northern Italy (mm 190)
Dr Sarah Pearson
Sailing the Dalmatian Coast (mm 200)
Dr Mark ompson
2–8 Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur (mm 192)
2–12
Monica Bohm-Duchen
Bulgaria (mm 191) Dr Nikola eodossiev
5–11 Connoisseur’s Prague
5–16
Martina Hinks-Edwards
Art in Japan (mm 195) Dr Monika Hinkel
5–17 Civilisations of Sicily (mm 196)
Dr Mark Grahame
8–16 Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden (mm 197)
Dr Jarl Kremeier
8–20 Central Anatolia (mm 198) Jeremy Seal
11–16 Monet & Impressionism Prof. Frances Fowle
12–18
Raphael (mm 199) DrMichael Douglas-Scott
13–19 Essential Rome (mm 202)
Christopher Garibaldi
14–20 Art in the Netherlands (mm 202)
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
14–22 Cruising the Douro
14–22 Two Spains Giles Tremlett
16–22 Roman & Medieval Provence (mm 214)
Dr Alexandra Gajewski
17–23 Gastronomic Piedmont (mm 203)
Cynthia Chaplin
19–25 World Heritage Malta (mm 204) Juliet Rix
19–26 Footpaths of Umbria (mm 211)
Dr omas-Leo True
19–26 Masters of Milan (mm 216)
Dr Luca Leoncini
19–27 Cyprus: stepping stone of history (mm 212)
Ian Colvin
19–28 Castile & León (mm 205)
Gijs van Hensbergen
19–29 Essential Andalucía (mm 215)
Dr Philippa Joseph
19–31 Traditions of Japan (mm 206)
Prof. Timon Screech
20–27 e Douro (mm 207) Martin Symington
22–29 Istanbul Revealed (mm 208) Jeremy Seal
22–3 Samarkand & Silk Road Cities (mm 213)
Dr Iain Shearer
23–2 Oman: Landscapes & Peoples (mm 209)
Dr Peter Webb
26–31 Palladian Villas (mm 210)
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott
29–9 Pharaonic Egypt (mm 217)
Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
Eastern Turkey
Gardens & Villas of the Italian Lakes
Martin Randall’s London
Opera at Wexford
Walking in Southern Tuscany
November 2026
3–8 Palermo Revealed (mm 221)
Christopher Newall
3–10 Connoisseur’s New York (mm 222)
Gijs van Hensbergen
4–6 Autumn Symposium
4–8 Art in Madrid (mm 225)
Dr Xavier Bray
4–9
Music of the Czech Lands
Prof. Jan Smaczny
5–16 Japanese Gardens (mm 224)
Yoko Kawaguchi
7–14 Ancient & Islamic Tunisia (mm 226)
Dr Zena Kamash
11–17 MONTEVERDI IN VENICE (mm 230)
16–23 Caravaggio (mm 231)
Dr Lucy Davis Winckler
17–2 Patagonia Chris Moss
18–1 Essential India (mm 232)
Dr Giles Tillotson
20–22 Chamber Music Event: William Howard & the Carducci Quartet William Howard
23–29 Pompeii & Herculaneum (mm 235) Dr Mark Grahame
23–30 e Art of Florence (mm 236)
Dr Flavio Boggi
Early Music in Cremona & Milan
Gaudí in Spain e Renaissance in Paris
Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese
Treasures of Buddhist India
Venetian Palaces
Venice Revisited
December 2026
We usually o er around seven tours over Christmas and New Year. Please contact us to register your interest – either call us, or send an e-mail to alerts@martinrandall.co.uk.
CAMBODIA BY RIVER
7–21 March 2026
SAILING THE DALMATIAN COAST
30 April– 9 May & 13–23 October 2026
THE RHINE PIANO FESTIVAL 22–29 June 2026
HISTORY & ART ON THE DANUBE 6–13 July 2026
MUSIC ALONG THE DANUBE
15–22 August 2026
MUSIC ALONG THE RHINE
31 August–7 September 2026
CRUISING THE DOURO 14–22 October 2026
Visit
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Confirming your booking
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It is important that you read these before committing to a booking. We will direct you to these when you book, but you can also nd them online: www.martinrandall.com/terms
Fitness
Ensure also that you have read ‘How strenuous’ in the ‘Practicalities’ section of the tour description –and that you have taken our tness tests, available at martinrandall.com/about under ‘Fitness’.
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Online talks by expert speakers
History, Family, Location: Visconti’s Period Dramas | Pasquale Iannone View until 29 September 2025
‘The Tale of the Two Brothers’: A story to unlock Ancient Egypt Prof. Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones View until 23 October 2025
Muses and Divas: four inspirational women from the belle epoque to midcentury | Patrick Bade View until 28 October 2025
Paris and the Russian Avant-Garde (1900–1930) | Dr Natalia Murray
Wednesdays, 10 September–8 October 2025 View until 3 December 2025
Martin Randall Travel Ltd
10 Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4PH
Tel +44 (0)20 8742 3355 info@martinrandall.co.uk
From North America: Tel 1 800 988 6168 (toll-free) usa@martinrandall.com
ATOL 3622 | ABTOT 5468 | AITO 5085
Cashing in with the Ancient Britons: Coinage in Iron Age, Roman and early Medieval Britain | Dr Sam Moorhead FSA
11–30 September 2025 View until 18 November 2025
Minervas of Science, 1700–1950
Dr Patricia Fara
ursdays, 9 October–6 November 2025 View until 1 January 2026
Talks are broadcast live on Zoom at 4.30pm (London). Recordings are available exclusively for subscribers to view for up to eight weeks a er a series ends.
www.martinrandall.com/online-talks
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Image: Painting with a Red Stain, 1914, Kandinsky.