Medieval to Modern History Tours

Prof. Bernard Hoffert leads this tour visiting three magnificent capitals of the Mughal Empire – Delhi, Agra & Fatehpur Sikri – and a number of great Rajput fortress cities of Rajasthan.

Visit prehistoric sites, and monuments from the Hellenistic, Roman, Nabataean, Byzantine, Arab, Seljuk, Crusader and Ottoman cultures. Special highlight is a 3-day in depth study of Petra.

Explore Andalucía's UNESCO heritage-listed Islamic and Renaissance monuments, Roman ruins, Prehistoric megaliths and cave art, troglodyte dwellings & the karst landscape of El Torcal de Antequerra.

Explore Morocco’s rich culture in gardening and landscape design, art, architecture & craft in medieval cities with old palaces and souqs, on high mountain ranges and in pre-Saharan desert fortresses.

Visit the great oasis cities of Samarkand, Bukhara & Khiva, and discover an incredible history wrought in turquoise tilework, glorious minarets & brooding fortresses.

Discover the art, history and cuisine of Northern Italy, from Turin in Piedmont to Bologna in Emilia-Romagna. Explore magnificent cities, castles, art collections and the exquisite Ligurian Coast.

Featuring Istanbul, Bursa, Ephesus, Pergamum, Konya, rock-cut monasteries of Cappadocia, Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Ankara’s Museum of Anatolian Civilizations & UNESCO-listed Hittite site of Hattusha.

Bulgarian archaeologist Dr Katya Melamed leads this tour, travelling from Sofia across to the Black Sea coast visiting painted towns, Byzantine monasteries & Thracian treasures.

Combine a day at the renowned RHS Chelsea Flower Show with visits to gardens designed by James Hitchmough, Sir Edwin Luytens, Capability Brown, John Brookes MBE, Tom Stuart-Smith and Dan Pearson.

Explore Romania’s great scenic beauty & diverse culture in rich art collections, walled cities, medieval castles, Saxon fortified churches, frescoed Moldavian monasteries & secluded old villages.

Explore the rugged natural beauty of Shetland & Orkney. View the prehistoric sites of Skara Brae, Maeshowe, Stones of Stenness & Ring of Brodgar; Kirkwall, Lerwick & the islands' spectacular birdlife.

Led by Stephen Ryan, this tour celebrates the lovely gardens, delicious local produce, great monuments, exquisite half-timbered villages and Impressionist landscape paintings of Normandy and Brittany.