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With its wild Atlantic coastline, dramatic scenery, historic towns and varied cultural treasures, Portugal’s Silver Coast offers something for everyone. Medieval towns are tucked into the idyllic scenery and embellished with Portuguese tiles.

Itinerary Highlights

• Hotel Vila Galé, Cascais
• Lisbon
• Sintra
• Jerónimos Monastery
• National Tile Museum

Tucked between the golden beaches of the Mediterranean and the dramatic peaks of the Pyrenees, Catalonia is an ancient and fiercely independent region. The creative playground of Dalí and Gaudí, inspirational Catalonia is rich with a quirky and unique aesthetic.

Itinerary Highlights

• Half board accommodation
• Tossa de Mar - an attractive and bustling beach resort
• Girona - a historic beauty
• Besalú - a hidden gem
• Santa Pau - a medieval village amongst dramatic landscapes

With evocative ruins clinging to craggy mountainsides, glorious sunshine piercing the sapphire waters, & forgotten towns just begging to be explored, northern Cyprus offers a return to the Mediterranean as it once was. Northern Cyprus is bursting with authentic cuisine, warm and friendly people, & bustling markets which rub shoulders with traces of a more ancient past.

Itinerary Highlights

• Half board accommodation
• Kyrenia - enjoy lunch in this pretty harbour
• Bellapais Abbey - a striking medieval monastery
• St Hilarion Castle - a magnificent stronghold
• Famagusta - visit the cathedral of this ghost town

Lombardy offers so much more beyond its great lakes. Palaces and fortresses drape the rolling hills, peaceful Lake Iseo offers tranquillity, and characterful towns nurture medieval cores. These provincial masterpieces boast extravagant architecture and spectacular artworks, and the impossibly graceful cities show off art and artefacts at every turn, inside and out.

Itinerary Highlights

• Half board accommodation
• Bergamo - admire fine art at the Accademia Carrara
• Cornabusa Sanctuary - a fascinating cave church
• Brescia - an archaelogical delight
• Lake Iseo - explore beautiful galleries around the lake

Transylvania is a rural, Romanian tapestry of verdant vales and cultural treasures. A variety of fascinating castles spiral out from the landscape, baroque buildings line grand squares, and Saxon villages harbour fortified churches.

Itinerary Highlights

• Bed & breakfast accommodation in Bucharest
• Bucharest - visit the Palace of Parliament
• Bed & breakfast accommodation in Braşov
• Bran Castle - Bram Stoker's inspiration
• Braşov - medieval and charming

In Bologna, rose-red palaces glow, lavish churches shine and teetering towers strive for the skies; hidden amongst the shadows of its porticoes is a veritable treasure trove of ancient delights. Beyond the city, the gloriously verdant countryside of Emilia-Romagna is dotted with proud towns rich with Etruscan history and dynastic legacies.

Itinerary Highlights

• Bed & breakfast accommodation
• Bologna - incredible art and wonderful food
• Ravenna - glittering with astounding mosaics
• Ferrara - rich with dynastic history

Klosters, located in the east of Switzerland, is a region known for its dramatic mountain scenery, stylish resort towns and chalet-lined villages. It is also home to spectacular railways which lace through snow-tipped peaks, verdant meadows and rushing rivers.

Itinerary Highlights

• Half board accommodation
• Klosters - a picturesque Alpine village
• Chur - Switzerland's oldest city
• The Albula Railway Museum & Albula Line train journey
• St Moritz - a glamorous spa town

With glowing medieval cities emerging from the vast Castilian plain, truly enviable collections of art, & a sense of sophistication that has been refined over centuries, central Spain is a feast for the senses. Madrid has a vibrancy like no other, alongside some of the world’s finest art museums, innovative gastronomic experiences & wonderful architecture.

Itinerary Highlights

• Bed & breakfast accommodation in Madrid & Ávila
• Museo del Prado - Spain's iconic national art museum
• Reina Sofía - Spain's national contemporary art collection
• Toledo - home to a mighty cathedral
• Museo del Greco - the work of Toledo's most famous painter

We offer exclusive group charters on which the ships are solely for you and your group. Enjoy the beauty of the Croatian coast on a small ship offering both comfort and luxury; this really is island-hopping in style!

Stretching across a swathe of north-east Italy, the joy of the Veneto is its extraordinary variety: prosperous towns are situated amongst coastal lagoons, marshlands, rolling hills and the Alpine air of the Dolomites.

Itinerary Highlights

• Half board accommodation
• Vicenza - the heart of Palladian architecture
• Padua - adorned with incredible frescoes
• Bassano del Grappa - where fiery grappa is produced
• Villa di Maser (Villa Barbaro) - Palladio's masterpiece