Cultural short breaks specialists Travel Editions‘ 2023-24 brochure will be landing on doormats any day now, containing a tempting array of travel ideas, both in the UK and throughout Europe for 2023 and into 2024. Drawn from their Christmas, Great British Heritage, European Escorted Tours, Art & History and Special Interest range of tours, they have a host of themes and destinations to intrigue, whatever your interest. New tours include:
Henry VIII – the Man behind the Monster
This superb new tour boasts not one, but two, published authors, who have written books about the Tudor Dynasty: Dr Elizabeth Norton and Siobhan Clarke. They will bring the personality and truth about England’s most famous king to life on this fascinating journey into history. The itinerary includes his childhood home, Eltham Palace, his beloved Hampton Court Palace and the terrific Mary Rose Museum, which tells the story of the pride of his fleet, that he watched sink from nearby Southsea Castle during the Battle of the Solent in 1545. Myths and half-truths abound about this iconic ruler – join Elizabeth and Siobhan to sift the fact from the fiction.
In the Footsteps of Vincent Van Gogh
One of the world’s most famous painters, his work was famously under-appreciated during his lifetime but today are the prize possessions of museums around the world. He was born in the Brabant region of the Netherlands, the son of a pastor. His works are scattered around the globe, but Brabant is where his roots are, and where his first masterpiece ‘The Potato Eaters’ was produced. This wonderful new tour will explore his life and work in the company of art expert and enthusiast, Dr Peter Higginson. You will see the house where he was born, his art class school, the parsonage and churches where his father worked, and of course some of his most famous works at both the Kroller-Muller Museum and Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.
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