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Snape Maltings will host the Aldeburgh Festival
Kirker expands Cultural Tours & Music Holidays programme
Samantha Mayling
Specialist operator Kirker has expanded its Cultural Tours & Music Holidays programme, including the addition of two exclusive music festivals. The Kirker Jazz Festival in Malta, hosted by singer,
pianist and songwriter Joe Stilgoe, will feature concerts inspired by Cole Porter. The five-night holiday, which departs on October 13, costs from £3,998. In Madeira, the Kirker Music Festival will be
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headlined by the Kleio Quartet. The six-night holiday, which departs November 24, starts at £4,854, including accommodation at Belmond hotel Reid’s Palace. A series of new music holidays for the summer,
meanwhile, includes the Puccini Opera Festival, near Lucca, in Italy. The four-night holiday costs from £2,998. Also in Italy, a five-night holiday to experience the Rossini Festival in Pesaro in August starts at £3,397.
A four-night Verona Opera Festival holiday,
departing September 3, costs from £3,546. Art historian and opera expert Patrick Bade leads
Kirker’s five-night Opera & Music in Budapest holiday in April, which leads in at £3,173. Patrick Millar, senior manager and head of
marketing at Kirker, said: “Kirker’s programme of Cultural Tours & Music Holidays continues to grow at its fastest rate in five years. “For 2025 we are 28% up on the same time last year,
which was itself 20% up on the year before.” He added: “I always advise agents to not be afraid of
the subject matter – you don’t need to know your Bach from your Beethoven, we have done the heavy-lifting on the subject matter already and the tour itinerary is all in black and white. Just get it in front of the right customer and it will sell itself.”
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Great Rail Journeys adds six tours in Asia and Oceania
Great Rail Journeys has added six tours for 2026, with new itineraries in Thailand, India, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia and New Zealand. Exclusive India’s Golden
Triangle & Oberoi Hotels is a small-group tour of the Golden Triangle and Himalayas. As well as sites such as the Taj Mahal and Red Fort, the itinerary
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gives clients the chance to explore the Himalayas by private train. The 14-day tour costs from £5,999 including flights and accommodation in Oberoi hotels. Also new in India are the
16-day Spirit of the Himalayas & Amritsar’s Golden Temple tour, from £3,299, and 13-day Treasures of Rajasthan & Mumbai, which costs from £3,199.
The 18-day Grand Tour of
Southeast Asia visits Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Prices start at £4,799, including a trip on the Reunification Express. The 23-day Highlights of
Australia & New Zealand holiday includes Melbourne, Sydney and New Zealand’s TranzAlpine train journey. Prices lead in at £8,499
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