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Egypt's Best Museums: 13th - 17th November 2026 - click here to find out more

A tour which captures the newest and best museums of ancient Egypt and some of the most breathtaking sites of this captivating ancient culture. Your adventure centres on a full day inside the long-awaited Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) - now fully open and widely regarded as the most significant archaeological museum in the world. Here, the entire Tutankhamun collection is displayed together for the first time, among tens of thousands of extraordinary artefacts that redefine how Egypt’s past is presented.

In the Shadow of Vesuvius | Sept & Oct 2026 - click here to find out more

Archaeological delights of Pompeii and the Bay of Naples. This comprehensive archaeological tour of the Bay of Naples and the events of AD79 not only includes the well-known and impressive remains of Pompeii and the superbly preserved Herculaneum but also those lesser known, but nonetheless important sites such as the seaside villas of the wealthy at Oplontis.

The Rise & Fall of Nazi Germany 9th August 2026 - click here to find out more

Join us this June with Dr David Hall to trace the dramatic and harrowing story of the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich chronologically from its birth in 1919 Munich, to its bloody end in Berlin in 1945, visiting key sites like Hofbrauhaus, Kehlstein, and a tour of the Nuremberg courtroom where the surviving top Nazis were tried by the International tribunal in 1946.

The Holocaust Tour | Sept & Oct 2026 - click here to find out more

In this 8-day tour to Poland, we visit the sites of the former ghettos in Warsaw, Lublin and Krakow alongside four of the concentration and death camps - Treblinka, Majdanek, Belzec and Auschwitz-Birkenau - that played such a significant role in this genocide.

Fortress Malta. From The Knights of St John to World War Two - click here to find out more

This is a wonderfully varied and scenic tour of Malta – a tiny island with a warm welcome and proud military and cultural heritage. The Second World War siege will be our main focus, but we also examine the indelible marks that other cultures and events have left behind: the unspoilt ancient walled city of Mdina, the renaissance architecture of the Knights of St John, the brief occupation by Napoleon and the extant Victorian fortifications

The American Civil War: Eastern Theater Tour 13th - 25th September 2026 - click here to find out more

Our 12-day tour takes you through the picturesque American countryside, including the scenic Shenandoah Valley and several outstanding national parks. You will explore historic towns and cities such as Fredericksburg, Richmond and, of course, Gettysburg, visiting the key sites of major Civil War battles along the way. We walk across remarkably well-preserved battlefields, many set within national parkland, and enjoy engaging presentations not only from your expert historian, but also from selected park rangers.

History Tours & Holidays With Expert Historians

The Cultural Experience is a leading international battlefield tour, historical tour and cultural tour company offering expert led holidays to destinations throughout the world. We offer a wide range of scheduled escorted tours including archaeology, military history and general history tours all of which are accompanied by leading historians, academics or senior soldiers.

We are also a leading provider of school trips to many schools in the UK and Ireland and organise bespoke battlefield studies and staff rides for The Army, RAF, Royal Navy and other MOD establishments. We can also create a wide range of tailor made tours for individuals, small groups and organisations.

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Established in 2009, The Cultural Experience now offer tours all over the world. From the battlefields of the Zulu War in South Africa to the War Of the Roses in the UK, all bases are covered. If for any reason you cannot see the tour you would like to do, you can either see our future planning page or contact us to arrange your own bespoke tour.

Each of our guides are experts in their respective fields. Authors, historians, lecturers and fellows guide you through battlefields in France, America, India, Israel, Canada, Belarus and more. They guide you throughout the day, and dine with you in the evening, as all Cultural Experience tours include a three course meal in the evening.

Another benefit of a Cultural Experience tour is that a maximum of 22 passengers are accommodated on each tour. This means that we can include more in our daily activities as there is less time spent waiting for others to catch up.

All of our tours vary in the amount of physical activity involved. This is why we have added an activity level to each tour. This enables you to ascertain which tours are most suitable for you. All of the extra information about all of our tours can be found on our what to expect page.

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