As you are hopefully aware we provide and create itineraries that are unique to you and these itineraries will never be shared with your competitors. To help inspire, we have recently designed tours focusing on Welsh Male Voice Choirs, some of the best steam train journeys in the world, visits to the current home area of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the filming locations of the Dr Who series and key locations associated with the life and times of people like Dylan Thomas, St David and Owen Glendower.

Wales is featured on many of our standard Britain and Ireland tour itineraries- a sample tour can be seen here tour that includes Wales but if you would like more detail on a more specific product then you need to contact us.

Custom group opportunities abound – try those local high school theatre departments, community theatres or even universities to promote a bespoke theatre program to London, Edinburgh, provincial England or even Italy (no less than 11 Shakespeare plays are either entirely or partially set in Italy).

Check out our sample theatre programs here.

Our sample British TV and movie location tours can be viewed by clicking here.

Scotland’s connection to fashion runs deep with its history of yarn spinning and fabric manufacture. From Scottish cashmere, Harris Tweed, Argyles and hand knitting to Fair Isle, Paisley and tartan, Scotland’s textile industry has long produced beautiful, unique and traditional fabrics which continue to wow international visitors.   

Alongside this, the great number of Scottish fashion designers are making a mark on the international scene, drawing attention to Scotland extensive fashion and craft works.

To review our full range of programmes to Scotland and across the British Isles for custom groups, please visit our website at www.selecttravel.com

Recreating the atmosphere of Victorian London through sound and projections, you’ll be taken on a haunting journey to discover the city that inspired his writings. Paintings, photographs, costume and objects will illustrate themes that Dickens wove into his works, while rarely seen manuscripts including Bleak House and David Copperfield – written in the author’s own hand – will offer clues to his creative genius. 

During your visit you’ll discover how Dickens’ childhood experiences of London, working in a blacking factory while his father was locked away in a debtor’s prison, were introduced into the stories he wrote. The great social questions of the 19th century, including wealth and poverty, prostitution, childhood mortality and philanthropy, will also be examined, all of which set the scene for Dickens’ greatest works. 

Highlights of the exhibition will include an innovative audio-visual experience bringing to life the desk and chair where Dickens worked on his novels, and a specially commissioned film by one of the UK’s leading documentary filmmakers, William Raban, which will explore the similarities between London after dark today and the night time city described by Dickens over 150 years ago.  

As always, we have a multitude of ideas for you for group itineraries built around this and other literary themes.  So be thinking about those English school teachers or local libraries who might make good prospects for forming a group trip.   Our itinerary library is but a click away.

400 years ago, the playhouse dominated society, from the lowliest groundlings to kings and queens. Spanning the Elizabethan and Jacobean eras, Shakespeare used the playhouse – an exciting new way to present drama – to showcase his own particular take on history and contemporary cultures from across the world. His influence was huge in his own time and his tales echo down through the ages. The exhibition will provide a unique insight into the emerging role of London as a world city, seen through the lens of Shakespeare’s plays.

Maps, prints, drawings, paintings and tapestries will sit alongside arms and armour, books, coins, medals and much more. These objects will show the world that Shakespeare knew, highlight his importance at the time, and reveal how one man’s work has such a universal appeal. As well as the fantastic range of objects drawn from the British Museum’s collection and across Europe, contemporary performance will also bring Shakespeare’s world to life.  Its all part of the World Shakespeare Festival which is part of London 2012 Festival

Just like the Oberammergau Passion Play, Floriade, comes but once every 10 years, and 2012 is THE year.

Hosted from April to October 2012 in The Netherlands, Floriade offers an extraordinarily expansive exhibition of all things floral and horticultural.

It’s a truly “must see” for gardeners of all types. So from the casual weekend green thumb to the aspiring Master Gardener, Floriade should be on the agenda for next year. In our opinion 1 or 2 days at Floriade is sufficient and the fact it runs from Spring through Autumn allows you to combine it with many other events and activities – tulip time in Amsterdam or the summer flower markets of The Hague and Rotterdam.

Others may prefer to make the quick hop across the North Sea to London and combine their agenda with the Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show or some of the wonderful public and private gardens of England.  

Its NOT too late to make it happen – we are delighted to be welcoming numerous groups to Floriade. Our wealth of knowledge on the event means we can get your trip up and to market within days.

As always, an example of what is possible can be found online.