Martin Randall Travel Traveller Reviews

Eight private concerts over 4 days, with supporting lectures, all the music linked to Venice and carefully chosen by MRT (whose founder co-ordinates their music tours, and indeed attended throughout). Magical stuff - from early madrigals to a final Monteverdi Vespers 1610 in the Frari. Supported by 4 excellent lectures on historical aspects of Venetian music (composers). Choice of quality hotels - we stayed at the fine Palazzo Sant'Angelo on the Grand Canal.

MRT has a strong track record of cultural tours, part of which is their music festivals/tours/cruises. They have maintained the quality of their office support through the pandemic. Expect to pay for the quality.

Venetian Palaces is a very population MRT tour. Rightly. The level of support pre-travel is strong and has not suffered from post-covid syndrome like some other operators. Access was arranged to some private palaces and hosted by the owners, and a private evening visit to the Basilica of San Marco was something special. Hotel (Palazzo Sant'Angelo) is very good and on a prime location on the Grand Canal. Guide Michael Douglas-Scott was excellent and the tour manager caring.

MRT is very competent, has some very helpful staff with a named individual for each tour, and has maintained standards.

We were based in Venice for a series of concerts of Venetian music. There were 8 concerts of varied periods and styles of music across 4 days. The day started with a lecture on the coming music, giving the background and explaining the music and its context. There was free time to explore Venice.

We have travelled with Martin Randall Travel many times and always found their tour organisation to be excellent. Interesting content and most knowledgeable tour guides.

A specialist tour, eight early music concerts in four days each in a different venue. All were magnificent. The result of superb organisation.

Martin Randall Travel is the unbeatable leader in this specialist field of "highbrow" group travel.

Venice is the best venue at any time of the year. I have visited Venice so many times over the years and love to come back. No cars, just walking to most venues or getting on a vaporetto. It is a perfect venue for a festival of music.

The flaw in this wonderful festival was the Hotel Buonvechiatti. My room was dark , facing a blank wall maybe 1.5 metres away and the space between walls was the hotel’s air conditioning noisy exhaust. The air came through a metal grid presumably the length of the hotel. It was horrible. Secondly the shower contraption enclosed one in a tight cocoon making it very hard to wash one’s self.

Martin Randall created a series of exceptional concerts performed by leading musicians over 4 days in venues where the original music might first have been performed .

Martin Randal's vision of the customer experience is outstanding and delivery by his staff is consistently professional.with attention paid to every detail.

The baroque music was of the finest quality. The meals provided much less so.

Very good but lacking some of the verve of earlier tours

Music in Venice - a festival. This was another triumph for Martin Randall Travel: eight concerts of very high quality performed in their original location by Italian performers. The complex organisation was managed with great skill and courtesy throughout.

We have come to rely on Martin Randall Travel after booking with them many times. Without exception the holidays have been remarkable experiences in inspring locations.

Concerts and venues so very well planned. Outstanding architecture, outstanding lecturers and outstanding musicians. What more could we ask for!

Have travelled with MRT three times now and they have always lived up to and surpassed expectations.

We spent five days visiting several galleries and museums a day the company of an expert guide.

We have had holidays with Martin Randall Travel before. They are always superb. A full programme of visits with an expert guide, staying in excellent, well-located hotels and eating fine food in carefully selected restaurants.