Historical & Heritage Tours

Take a sobering trip inside Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp during this 6-hour tour with a small group. See camp landmarks like the infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' (work sets you free) sign and the Jewish Barracks, plus much more. Best of all, your trip is led by the only non-profit tour company operating at the site, ensuring 100% of proceeds go to the memorial and good causes.

Take a 3-hour guided tour through the beautiful Alhambra Palace and discover its rich history. Stroll through the corridors of this UNESCO-listed site and learn about the palace's famous past residents before heading to the Nasrid Palace for a short, guided tour of the "Sultans Residence." Skip the notoriously long lines of this landmarks with this tour and get some insider tips from your guide to round out your experience.

See Prague Castle, the planet's largest fortress structure, from a different perspective: at night. This 3-hour guided walking tour takes you around the castle's exterior and even onto narrow and fabled Golden Lane where famed author Franz Kafka lived for a time.

Learn about Budapest's Jewish heritage and present-day community on a 3-hour small-group walking tour of its historical Jewish Quarter. Explore the bustling 7th District as a historian guide tells tales of the area's past and its vibrant contemporary Jewish culture. Visit synagogues, including the Great Synagogue; sample Jewish foods; and remember the dark days of World War II, seeing the remnants of the ghetto wall and other poignant sites. Synagogue entrance fees included.

Porto is the city of tradition, a beautiful one, mostly known due to the wine, but with full of treasures, Palacio da Bolsa (Stock Exchange Palace), the Church of Stain Francis, Lello Bookstore, Clerigos Tower, Ribeira, the Porto Wine Caves, Douro River and Foz neighbor. We will leave Lisbon at 8 am for enjoying the full day. We will pick you up, in your hotel in Lisbon, please, contact us in advance to organize.  It is a small group one day tour with maximum of 8 persons. Monument fees and lunch is not included.

Explore the colonial past of Texas on a day trip to San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. Avoid the stress of navigating alone and instead relax on the ride to the 4 iconic missions, still standing as they were in the 1700s. Going with a guide ensures you learn more about Spanish colonization of native peoples than you might find in a guidebook.

Get a head start on sightseeing with this 2.5-hour small-group morning tour of Rome with breakfast. See some of the Eternal City's best-known attractions. Learn about Rome's history from your knowledgeable guide.

Rewind to the days of 'Sisi,' the 19th-century Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Queen of Hungary, on a 3-hour Godollo Palace tour from Budapest. Travel to Godollo, Sisi's favored summer palace, and take an interior tour of the baroque residence. Learn secrets about Sisi and her husband, Franz Joseph I, and discover their rooms, hidden doors, and possessions as you hear stories about their private lives. Air-conditioned transport, entrance fee, and hotel pickup included.

See the best of Cappadocia in one day in a small group on this full-day trip. Admire the surreal-looking pinnacles and fairy chimneys at Devrent Valley and Pasabag; and watch potters in action at Avanos. Visits to Göreme Open-Air Museum, Esentepe and Uchisar Castle cap your day. Upgrade to start your tour on a high note, with a pre-sunrise hot air balloon ride. Entrance fees, lunch and hotel pickup and drop-off included.

Enjoy a half- day private tour with which you will have the chance not only to see the central part of Sofia, but also the Boyana Church- UNESCO heritage site- and the National History Museum, situated at the foot of Vitosha Mountain.

Travel with a small group to Pearl Harbor and gain admission to the USS 'Bowfin' submarine, USS 'Missouri' battleship and USS 'Oklahoma' Memorial plus skip-the-line entry to the USS 'Arizona' Memorial. This 7-hour excursion includes audio tours and a visit to the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Then take a narrated tour past the historic landmarks of downtown Honolulu, including the King Kamehameha statue, Iolani Palace and the Hawaii State Capitol. Round-trip transport is available from Waikiki hotels and other locations.

Get an overview of the attractions around the National Mall and the National Gallery of Art on this 5-hour walking tour with a small group of 8 people or fewer. Enter the National Gallery of Art to see some of the world's most famous paintings and take a break halfway through the tour for lunch (own expense).

Get a taste for the wealth of culture in Lima during this 8-hour trip covering the city's one-of-a-kind culinary scene, history and popular art. Savor Peru's many food delicacies at a Lima market and try 'Chifa' cuisine, blending Chinese and Peruvian influences in Chinatown. You'll then visit the monuments of Lima's historic downtown, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and enjoy a ceviche tasting and behind-the-scenes kitchen tour at a famous Lima eatery. Finish your day with handicraft shopping in bohemian Barranco. Your trip covers a driver-guide, round-trip hotel transport, all food mentioned in the tour details, all entrance fees and bottled water.

Skip the long lines outside Vatican City and immerse yourself in religious history on this 6-hour tour. Combine a 3-hour tour outlining all the facets of Ancient Rome with a 3-hour tour of the Vatican Museums, including St Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel. Through your guide's informative narrative, imagine what living in Rome was like during the time of emperors, popes and gladiators. In the Vatican Museums, see legendary works of art and holy places visited by millions of pilgrims. This small-group tour ensures personalized attention from your guide and an intimate atmosphere.

Berlin may have been the capital of the 20th century, being at the the epicenter of every history-making, world-changing movement and phenomenon. But this small-group tour takes you back 300 years to trace the roots of Prussian militarism that led up to the 20th century. Learn from the professional guide how Berlin became the world capital of culture, arts and tolerance. Visit the Tiergarten, the former Death Strip where the Wall once ran and Potsdamer Platz.

The Berlin neighborhood of Kreuzberg, crammed with cobblestoned streets and enough street art to fill a vast art museum, is the most fascinating part of the German capital. This 3-hour small-group tour takes you to the heart of the neighborhood, historically a haven for Turkish immigrants. Today the area is made up of a diverse set of Turks, Arabs, hipsters and many others. Learn the history of the area while traversing Kreuzberg on foot and bicycle. This small-group tour is limited to no more than six.

Pay your respects to the Australian soldiers that fought and died in Flanders during WWI on this full-day battlefield tour from Brussels. Follow the path of the ANZAC troops as you walk the battlefields, peer into mine craters and see the gravesites at Fromelles, Ploegsteert and Messines. Visit the Australian Memorial Park, the Memorial to the 1st Australian Tunneling Cie and Tyne Cot Cemetery, then attend the moving Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres. This small-group tour includes lunch, entrance fees and round-trip transport from Brussels.

Go beneath Rome's Colosseum for a 4-hour, underground tour of the largest amphitheater ever built. Step into the darkened chambers where gladiators prepared to meet their match in the arena, and see a recreated timber elevator that shows how animals were lifted up toward the spotlight. Then set out to visit both the nearby Roman Forum and Palatine Hill, Rome's centermost hill and one of its most ancient parts.

Enjoy Oktoberfest in Munich with this 7-hour experience that includes a Munich city tour and a guaranteed spot inside a tent. Beginning with a 1.5-hour walking tour, learn about the city's history and brewing customs, and hear about the 200-year-old festival at Theresienwiese. Then take a seat at your reserved place in one of the major Oktoberfest beer tents, where you'll receive two liters of beer and chicken.

Enjoy a fully guided tour of Larnach Castle during a day of sightseeing in Dunedin with a small group. See key landmarks such as the Larnach family tomb in Dunedin's old Northern Cemetery. Visit the University of Otago, Dunedin Botanic Garden, Baldwin Street and the Dunedin Railway Station. Then head to the hills of the Otago Peninsula to explore the famous century-old castle. Pickup and drop-off is available from hotels or the cruise port.