This year sees 200 years since the birth of one of Britain's best-loved and most famous writers, Charles Dickens. To celebrate, we are offering a tour that focuses on Dickens' years in Kent and the inspiration that the area provided. Visiting Rochester, Broadstairs, the Hoo Peninsula and Gad's Hill Place, you will be joined by expert Dr Tony Williams, Associate Editor of The Dickensian.

If you caught the first episode of the BBC's 'Sicily Unpacked' (click the link to watch) on Friday night, you'll have not only caught a glimpse of the Sicily's beauty but also Giorgio Locatelli's favourite restaurant 'Da Vittorio's'. Our Western Sicily tour has been taking our clients to explore Sicily's cultural and gastronomic secrets for the past five years and includes a visit to Vittorio's restaurant for a delicious lunch!

New UK tours in the collection for 2012 include:

Art Treasures of the North
Cambridge College Collections
Churchill Tank Experience
Classic Steam Railway Journeys
Discovering the Origins of Wessex
Norfolk Grandeur
Roman and Medieval Wales
Twentieth Century Art in Yorkshire

Enjoy something different in 2012 with one of these exciting new rail tours! 
Nice Carnival & the Menton Lemon Festival
The Ardennes
French & Spanish Catalonia
Basque Country of France & Spain
Cognac & Bordeaux
Cinque Terre & Tuscany
Lake Garda
La Robla train & Rioja

Know you're interested in a tour that has the perfect combination of culture, history and beauty, but not sure where that perfect holiday destination is yet? 

See all of our tours and destinations - click here