Audio Guide System

An Audio Guide System is used on all tours and allows our lecturers to talk to participants at a normal voice level via a microphone. You are able to listen via a comfortable earpiece and a small receiver. As a result you do not have to stay close to a lecturer, straining to hear. Equally convenient, you can walk at will through a room or building listening from a good distance, or not, should personal preference dictate. In essence, it gives you greater physical independence while remaining part of the group and without having to strain to hear. It is also fully compatible with ‘loop’ system hearing aids.

Comments from previous clients on the benefits of the system include:

   ‘The Audio system utterly made my holiday’
   Mrs B, Hampshire

   ‘The Audio Guide system was a great success’
   Mr W, London

   ‘I found the Audio Guide a great advantage on the tour’
   Mrs L, Warwickshire

An irish spring

Exploring ‘THE PALE’

Ireland
Sunday 5 - Friday 10 May 2024 (6 Days)
Dublin was the second city of the emerging British Empire for much of the Georgian period, its handsome architecture a testament to its prosperity. The surrounding counties hosted a series of extravagant country houses such as Castletown and Russborough. We shall also include some exciting spring gardens.

Turin & the House of Savoy

Elegance Personified

Italy
Tuesday 11 - Sunday 16 June 2024 (6 Days)
The House of Savoy was one of the most celebrated and well-connected dynasties in Europe. Turin, its capital, was upgraded in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries to reflect its new status as a kingdom and power broker in the diplomatic affairs of Europe. Turin just before Christmas is a most handsome city. Masterpieces of fine art and architecture in both the urban palaces and country hunting villas of the Savoy family we will visit will be complemented by superb food and wine during our stay.

Cremona, Mantua & Parma

Monteverdi & Stradivarius

Italy
Wednesday 19 - Tuesday 25 June 2024 (7 Days)
The twin musical traditions of opera and violin-making meet in Cremona, the birthplace of Monteverdi and Stradivarius. Here is an ideal opportunity to discover these remarkable figures from musical history as we explore Cremona, one of Northern Italy’s most delightful small cities. Equally lovely are nearby Mantua so handsomely enriched by the ducal Gonzaga family and Parma, once dominated by the Farnese Dukes.
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