ACE Cultural Tours Traveller Reviews

This was my first experience of travelling on an ACE tour and I intend to use the company again. The tour guide, Suzanne Fagence Cooper was excellent, presenting detailed, informative introductory lectures and leading us into the rich and varied world of the artists attracted by this region. We were also most fortunate in having Geoffrey Pharoah as out tour manager. He was charming, quietly efficient, brilliant at problem-solving and attended to all our needs. The hotel, the Grimaldi, was well positioned in Nice and run by a very helpful and friendly family. In addition, transport by coach was very good, the drivers managing to set us down near to all the museums and places of interest, which was no mean feat. I am delighted with the tour and will savour many happy memories of this brilliantly planned, full week. Thank you, Liz Steadman.

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I went on the tour "Churches of Norfolk: An Appointment with Angels. An excellent Tour Director, Imogen Corrigan, very knowledgeable and informative, with little snippets of entertainment dropped in. We visited 12 churches in total over tree days, some quite far flung from Norwich, where we were based, but never felt rushed. Our Tour Manager, Alison Marshall, was extremely helpful and supportive, and the coach driver very calm and safe.

ACE is wholly owned by charitable organization the ACE Foundation (the Association for Cultural Exchange) an educational trust founded in 1958. Any surpluses from the tours are used to support the work of the parent charity, which funds educational projects in the UK and worldwide.

Visiting all the main visitor sites in Athens plus several archaeological sites in the area, including Eleusis, Marathon and Sounion. All extremely interesting and the tour was led by two extremely knowledgable archaeologists.

Very efficient.

A very well planned and balanced programme of events.

Good communication and excellent information provided prior to trip. Understand Tour Director responsible for planning daily trips and these were excellent. However, some things that I generally take for granted on such trips i.e. porterage and coach facilities either were not good or not available. Lugging luggage uphill to hotel not a great start! Although we had an excellent coach driver and his knowledge of locality superb it was not matched by the coach provided which was old (like the majority of passengers) and had very poor facilities. The hotel was in a beautiful location and provided excellent meals but had no lift. No indication of this given prior to trip.

An accompanied tour round some of the key sites of ancient Sicily- Greek Temples, Roman sites, Norman churches etc. Based in three places- Palermo, Agrigento, Siracusa- in great hotels, centrally situated. Accompanied by excellent 'expert' and an amazing tour manager and driven around by great local driver. Meals in local restaurants chosen for the quality of their food as well as their ambiance as well as the hotels, and opportunities to find one's own places to eat.

This was not our first tour with ACE Cultural Tours. We chose this holiday because we love Sicily and were happy to return under the guidance of a team who know the place well and have done their homework thoroughly. A big plus for us was the 'expert' whom we had met on a previous ACE tour of Algeria. We knew we were going to see good places and gain an understanding of their significance. ACE cannot be faulted for their pre-holiday information, tour managers and thoughtful itineraries.

An intensive and well-managed introduction to Chinese historic gardens,landscapes, painting, calligraphy, philosophy and poetry and their interaction. We also gained lots of insight into recent history from excellent guides.

Well organised centrally and an excellent tour director with local contacts and good knowledge of her subject. Her insights provided additional stimulation. Very good choice of hotels and restaurants.

A very well planned,exelllently escorted experience. Good appropriately chosen Hotels in both centres. The Tour Director was very well qualified and very good at answering questions and expanding our interests. The Tour Manager Spanish by birth, was a very good guide, translater and helpmate to all of us. I really feel I could not have chosen a better tour - as well as the informative content I enjoyed the company, the food and especially being taken to local restaurants each evening.

Ace Cultural tours based at Stapleford Granary, Bury Road, Stapleford, Cambridge, CB22 5BP.

The holiday led us to an improved appreciation of the part played by the Gloucestershire countryside in the poetry and music of Ivor Gurney. I have told my friends that that we walked through the landscape that Gurney and the other Dymock poets enjoyed, and poems were read out at appropriate places by our leader, Kate Kennedy, who clearly knows her stuff about both the poetry and the music.

This was my first trip with Ace Cultural Tours, and I found the two leaders efficient and pleasant. I may well go on another Ace tour.

Tour to part of Greece less frequented by tourists, with stunning landscape and islands, wonderful museums at ancient sites, picturesque towns and villages, excellent hotels and food, and careful attention from tour leader and guide.

Efficient and friendly administration before and during holiday makes for a relaxing and trouble-free experience.

Algeria is a fascinating country to visit. ACE Cultural Tours took us to all the major Roman sites, as well as other highlights. We were well looked after and had an interesting and enjoyable experience.

Friendly, helpful and well-informed. They really looked after us.