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Leading cultural tours since 1988

Martin Randall Travel is committed to providing the best planned, the best led and altogether the most fulfilling and enjoyable cultural tours available.

Pioneering and innovative, we have led the way with ideas and itineraries and by setting the benchmarks for customer service and administration.

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Handel in Malta
Handel in Malta - Britain’s finest adopted composer, in spectacular Baroque buildings
21st November 2025
Mr Richard Wigmore

Three of the leading ensembles performing today: The English Concert, Solomon’s Knot and the Gabrieli Consort. A range of Handel’s best works, from the beloved Rinaldo to the vibrantly... Read more

£4,280 ex flights

Civilisations of Sicily
Civilisations of Sicily - Mediterranean crossroads: three thousand years of creativity
28th April 2025, 20th October 2025, 20th October 2025 + 4 more
Dr Luca Leoncini, Dr Mark Grahame, Dr Philippa Joseph + 1 more

Covers all the island, showcasing the main sights and many lesser-known ones. The whole gamut – Greek, Roman, Norman, Renaissance, Baroque and 19th century. A full tour but carefully... Read more

£6,020 ex flights

£6,410 inc flights

Essential Andalucía
Essential Andalucía - Spain’s southern province
29th September 2025
Dr Philippa Joseph

Three nights in each of the major cities: Granada, Córdoba and Seville. Visits the Picasso Museum in Málaga, the Alhambra in Granada and the small Renaissance towns of Úbeda and... Read more

£4,050 ex flights

£4,260 inc flights

Art in Madrid
Art in Madrid - The Great Galleries
2nd April 2025, 5th November 2025
Dr Xavier Bray, Dr Zahira Véliz Bomford

Two visits to the Prado plus the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection and the Reina Sofía, home to Picasso’s Guernica. Lesser-known places include the Archaeological Museum & the Lázaro... Read more

£2,090 ex flights

£2,350 inc flights

Venetian Palaces
Venetian Palaces - The greatest and best-preserved palaces of La Serenissima
11th November 2025
Dr Michael Douglas-Scott

Explores many of the finest and best-preserved palaces, once homes to the wealthiest nobles and merchants in Venice (some of which are still in private hands). Access is mainly by special... Read more

£3,030 ex flights

£3,230 inc flights

Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur
Modern Art on the Côte d’Azur - Picasso, Matisse, Chagall and their contemporaries
7th October 2025
Ms Monica Bohm-Duchen

Europe’s greatest concentration of classic modern art in the idyllic Mediterranean setting where it was created. Old and new collections, with outstanding work by Renoir, Bonnard,... Read more

£3,110 ex flights

£3,360 inc flights

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We operate in around forty countries including the UK, continental Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, Japan, Vietnam and the Americas.

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We offer an unequalled range of tours and events focusing on art, architecture, music, archaeology, history, gardens, gastronomy or walking.

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Tours for small groups are our ‘bread and butter’, but we also offer Martin Randall Festivals, cruises, short Music & History events, London Days and online talks.

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Our speakers are selected with great care. Their scholarship is unimpeachable but their ability to communicate their learning is equally important.

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Cave Art of France
Palladian Villas
French Gothic
Gastronomic Asturias & Cantabria
Dark Age Brilliance
Sacred Armenia
Venetian Palaces
" The tour was perfectly designed to maximize experience without too intense of a pace. " Cave Art of France - Prehistory in the Dordogne
" I've wanted to see these buildings for many years – the opportunity you offered was much better than we could have done ourselves. " Palladian Villas - The greatest house builder in history
" This was our fifth MRT tour and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. MRT consistently delivers a memorable experience. " French Gothic - The great cathedrals of northern France
" [The tour] provided an excellent balance of gastronomic and cultural experiences, with reasonably short distances between each of the destinations. " Gastronomic Asturias & Cantabria - Spain’s hidden paradise on the Emerald Coast
" Just thank you – another very rewarding experience. " Dark Age Brilliance - Late Antique and Pre-Romanesque
" The perfect way to see the country, taste the food, and understand how great products are made. " - Late Antique and Pre-Romanesque
" I wish I were still in Armenia. " Sacred Armenia - Early Christian Monasteries & modern-day Yerevan
" After an initial look in the lengthy domed entrance area of St Mark's Basilica, we were asked to sit in the nave. The lights were extinguished and after a minute or so, began to gradually come on, one by one, first quite faint and then slowly increasing in intensity until we were all totally swathed in gold. " Venetian Palaces - The greatest and best-preserved palaces of La Serenissima
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The outcome of assiduous research and reconnaissance means that we regularly introduce new itineraries.

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Surrounded yourself with like-minded people that are never short of conversation.

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