The Best Private Trips to Book For Your English Class
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Planning a field trip for your English class? Take them to some of the great cities of literature when you book one of our immersive itineraries as a Private Trip.
There’s plenty of pros for going private. Obviously it means you can keep the guest-list locked down, but it also allows for far greater flexibility on travel dates, group sizes (minimum of 4) and even age requirements. Simply get in touch with our Travel Experts to organise your personalised Culture Trip adventure.
Fairytale Ireland
Our week-long tour around Ireland starts and ends in Dublin, a city with just about as much literary history as any city on Earth. You’ll get a guided tour of the city’s most fabled old streets, so keep an eye out for plaques, bridges, parks and streets named in honour of the city’s impressive roster of literary greats, including James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, Samuel Beckett and Bram Stoker. Watch out for Abbey Theatre, founded by poet W.B. Yeats in 1903, and Davy Byrne’s pub, which features in Joyce’s Ulysses. Our tour includes a visit to the spectacular Book of Kells, Trinity College’s famous old library, which is about as inspiring a sight as any young reader or writer can witness. Having prodded your class’ imagination in Dublin, we’ll embark on a coastal road trip through County Cork, Kerry and Galway – who knows, perhaps the power of the Cliffs of Moher might inspire some new works of great modern literature?
From US$3059
Next available from 13th Apr 2024
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STARTS AT
Dublin, Ireland
ENDS AT
Dublin, Ireland
DURATION
7
GROUP SIZE
16
PHYSICAL RATING
Light
STYLE
Discovery
Edinburgh and the Scottish Highlands by Train
When Unesco began curating their prestigious Cities of Literature programme in 2004, the first place they honoured was Edinburgh. With good reason, too. From legendary wordsmiths like Sir Walter Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson and Robert Burns, to the edginess of Irvine Welsh’s unique working class voice and the global phenomenon that is J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, this city has never stopped producing greats written works. It’s also one of the best cities in the world for bookshops, so be sure to pop into Blackwell’s and the Golden Hare, or plan your visit during August to take in the annual International Book Festival. The Scottish capital is the final destination on our weeklong Rail Trip, which actually starts in another great literary city, London, where we catch the Caledonian sleeper train to Fort William. Ride on the Jacobite steam train – AKA the real-life Hogwarts Express, explore the artsy city of Inverness and get inspired by the beauty of the Isle of Skye en route to the storied gothic streets of Edinburgh.
From US$2799
Next available from 29th Apr 2024
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STARTS AT
London, England
ENDS AT
Edinburgh, Scotland
DURATION
7
GROUP SIZE
18
PHYSICAL RATING
Moderate
STYLE
Discovery
City Hopping in Spain by Train
The first Spanish city to be added to Unesco’s Cities of Literature programme was Granada in Andalusia, most famous for the incredible Alhambra Palace Complex, which you’ll visit on day six of this odyssey through the heartlands of central and southern Spain. Part of what makes this city’s literary history so special is its cultural diversity. This region of Spain has a rich Moorish history and Granada was the birthplace of the great Islamic poet Ibn Zamrak, as well as later homing great writer’s of Catholic Spain, like Federico García Lorca and Ángel Ganivet. Other stops on this tour include Seville, which itself is home to several famous Spanish poets, and Malaga, where Ernest Hemingway is known to have frequented the bullring during his many travels in Andalusia.
From US$3199
Next available from 20th Apr 2024
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STARTS AT
Madrid, Spain
ENDS AT
Malaga, Andalucia
DURATION
8
GROUP SIZE
16
PHYSICAL RATING
Moderate
STYLE
Discovery
Volcanic Iceland
The majority of our five-day adventure-itinerary in Iceland lives up to how you probably imagine this otherworldly Nordic island, as we snowmobile across icy glaciers, soak in geothermal hot springs and get close to thundering waterfalls. However the capital, Reykjavik, was actually the fifth city inducted by Unesco as a City of Literature. This is largely because of the monumental Icelandic Sagas, which stand as one of the greatest examples of early medieval literature, with many grand themes of betrayal and power still prominent in modern storytelling. You’ll get a guided tour of this unique city, as well as the charming village of Reykholt, where legendary saga writer Snorri Sturluson lived and died nearly 800 years ago, having contributed significantly to key elements of Nordic mythology.
From US$2889
Next available from 17th Feb 2024
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STARTS AT
Reykjavik, Iceland
ENDS AT
Reykjavik, Iceland
DURATION
5
GROUP SIZE
16
PHYSICAL RATING
Moderate
STYLE
Discovery
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