Cultural tours in India
A gin and tonic is so crucial to the experience of our specially chartered river cruise from Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, that we include a free quota. This is just one of the vivid experiences of the Subcontinent that we offer on our cultural tours of a rich and varied land with unique links to the British Empire.
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Featured cultural tours in India
Painted Palaces of Rajasthan - Jodhpur, Nagaur, Bikaner, the Shekhawati & Jaipur
A survey of the remarkable phenomenon of architectural paintings. Forts and palaces, from the grimly defensible to filigree finesse. Includes places rarely visited by tourists, many by... Read more
Kingdoms of Southern India - Hindu and Islamic heritage of the Deccan Plateau
Islamic architecture in the four cities of the Bahmani sultanate founded in the 14th and 15th centuries (Kalaburagi, Bidar, Bijapur, Golconda). Hindu architecture of the Chalukyas from the... Read more
Empire Architecture - Buildings of British India – Kolkata, Mumbai & Delhi
India’s leading cities, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi, former centres of British governance. A wealth of imperial architecture from the 18th to the mid-20th centuries, as well as the... Read more
Exploring India on a cultural tour
Meticulously planned, led by a variety of expert lecturers including Dr Peter Webb, and distinguished by exclusive access, the itineraries take in the ancient sites of Hinduism, notably the sacred city of Varanasi, and the art and architecture of the Mughals, of which the Taj Mahal is the finest expression; explore the old kingdoms of the Deccan Plateau, including the extraordinary ruined city of Hampi; and do justice to the British legacy, from the ‘Indian Mutiny’ of 1857 to the Raj architecture of old Calcutta.
In the south we enjoy the gastronomy of Kerala and in the north explore the painted palaces of Rajasthan and take the famous ‘toy train’ though Himalayan foothills to Shimla. And we never stint on the sundowner moments.
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