An atmospheric four day military history tour to the Czech Republic to witness the re-enactment of this pivotal battle and explore the battlefield itself. Exclusive lunch and dinners and an experience of local culture and vineyards. Battlefield tours led by leading Napoleonic historian Digby Smith. More..
Explore the battlefields of 1806 and 1813 and see how the earlier actions of Frederick the Great and Gustavus Adolphus influenced Napoleon's modus operandi. Great hotels and Napoleonic themed restaurants. Battlefield tours led by leading Napoleonic historian Digby Smith. More..
The classic Peninsular War battlefield tour featuring many of the most well know battlefields from Talavera to Salamanca and includes participation in the 199th commemoration of Albuera. Historical accommodation throughout including castles, convents and palaces. Battlefield tours led by The Cultural Experience's founder, Alan Rooney. More..
Attend the 200th anniversary events at Busaco and explore many of the recently renovated forts of the Lines of Torres Vedras. Visit the scenes of three of Wellesley's early victories at Rolica, Vimeiro and Porto, indulging at a port lodge at the latter. Battlefield tours led by The Cultural Experience's founder, Alan Rooney. More..
On the 195th anniversary of this great battle, journey by Eurostar to stand on the ground from where Wellington irreversibly influenced the history of Europe for the next 100 years. Battlefield tours led by leading historian, Professor Jeremy Black of Exeter University. More..
An unique historical tour of the battlefields of the Crimean War based out of the picturesque port of Balaklava. In the company of the curator of the Queens Royal Lancer's museum, Mick Holtby, walk down the Valley of Death and explore the fateful city of Sevastopol by foot and by water. More..
Classic military history tours of the Eastern Theatre battlefields culminating on the dramatic battlefield of Gettysburg. From Manassas to Fredericksburg, the Skyline Drive and the beautiful Shenandoah in autumn. Great full service hotels and atmospheric restaurants. Battlefield tours led by one of the leading civil war guides, Fred Hawthorne. More..
The nadir of British Empire rule in the late 19th century; see why crucial battles such as Rorke's Drift and Spion Kop became household names. Immerse yourself in Zulu and Afrikaans culture with leading South African expert Sean Friend and stay in some of the finest accommodation the country has to offer. More..
Discover the sights of the bloodiest insurrection in the history of the British Empire. From where it all started at Mirath to the Mogul splendours of Lucknow. Five star hotels, battlefield tours led by one of the foremost authorities on Indian military history, former Ghurkha officer Major Gordon Corrigan. More..
The disastrous Dardanelles: the landings at Cape Helles, ANZAC and Suvla Bay. Battlefield tours walk the ground off the beaten track with the Imperial War Museum's Peter Hart, we experience both the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus from the sea. More..
From Tripoli to Tobruk and beyond. A battlefield tour that combines Libya's rich ancient Roman and Greek splendours of Leptis Magna and Cyrene with desert scenes of dogged fighting in North Africa during the Second World War. Historical tours led by former tank man and curator of the Queen's Royal Lancer's museum, Captain Mick Holtby. More..
Possibly the ultimate Second World War battlefield tour of Egypt. Explore deep in the desert to the edge of the Qattara Depression and to Siwa, visited by Alexander the Great and home to Long Range Desert Group. Stay at hotels once headquarters of MI6 and General Alexander. Led by leading military historian and author, James Holland. More..
How Malta was defended through eyewitness accounts compiled by military historian James Holland. Understand how it felt to be a Hurricane pilot or submariner with limited life expectancy. Historical tours exploring Malta's tunnels and fortifications, and Grand and Marsamxett harbours from the water. More..
Stalingrad and Leningrad, two of the most pivotal sieges in history. Much of the damaged remains of these cataclysmic events are still visible today. Meet some of the decorated Russian veterans that defended their motherland. Our battlefield tours visit some of the world's greatest military history museums. Led by Sherwood Forester, Major John Cotterill. More..
It is impossible to fully appreciate the horror that was the Nazi death machine until you have seen the scale of their death camp operation. Led by local guides, our historical tours visit four of the most notorious of Poland's camps: Auschwitz, Birkenau, Majdenek and Treblinka. More..
Welcome to our 2010 battlefield tours, military history tours and historical tours programme. Within this web site you will find 15 stimulating and thought provoking tours led by some of the foremost experts in the military history field. Our battlefield tours guides include such luminaries as Gordon Corrigan, James Holland, Jeremy Black and Digby Smith, to name just a few.
Our battlefield tours programme has been devised by people who not only have a passion for military history tours, but have an eye for the ground and are great raconteurs who can bring a mundane wheat field or a barren wasteland to life before your very eyes and place you on the battlefield in the heart of battle. Understanding and appreciating history must go beyond the written word. The nearest that one can get to viewing historical events is standing in the place of the eyewitness to put their account in to the context of the geography, the terrain, other witnesses and historical facts and accounts. And sharing and debating the tour experience with others who might draw contrary conclusions from the day's exploration over dinner or in the bar is a tremendous way to end the day. Historians can postulate events to their hearts content, but if they haven't seen where the battle occurred, they can only draw a limited conclusion. As the Duke of Wellington once wrote, ‘the history of a battle is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.’ But seeing the ground where they occurred puts them in to greater perspective.
We hope that you will find the small group ethos of our historical tours appealing, and appreciate the many benefits that such a philosophy accrues such as greater personal attention both during your battlefield tours and in all your dealings with us, more personal time with your lecturer and less time spent waiting for others, well selected hotels and restaurants with character and a good location. In order to achieve this we guarantee that the size of each tour group will never exceed 20 participants.
An introductory video about the company.
