Cultural Tours

Historic Talks offers specialized cultural tours for groups of a high quality that guaranties
that the traveler fully gets the chance to experience the content thoroughly.

 

• Bespoke travel
• Unique experiences
 University educated guides with high professional and social skills

 

Often the tour is started with a lecture where program and content are presented.


The latest tours:

Swedish power and pomp in Stockholm

Visit Stockholm and let us show you the greatness of the city and present you with an idea as to why Sweden was up front in the ambitions of being the leading country in Northern Europe in the 16 and 1700s. Among other we will experience the splendor at the Royal Palace, the power ambitions at the Vasa Museum, the richness in the Royal Armoury and royal refinement in Gustav 3’s Pavilion. We stay in the city center and will enjoy the Swedish cuisine in chosen restaurants.

The following shows our latest trip. We tailor make everything so please use it as inspiration and feel free to contact us for changes and adds.

Day 1. Arrival and check-in at the hotel in the heart of the city. City walk in the Old City and visit to the Royal Palace. Dinner with the group.

Day 2. Visit to the Royal Armoury and the Vasa Museum. Lunch with the group and visit to Rosendal Palace. Dinner on own.

Day 3. Visit to the Drottningholm Palace. Lunch and rest of the day on own. Farewell dinner with the group.

Day 4. Check-out. Visit to Gustav 3’s Pavilion in the Haga Park. Return to Copenhagen.

Depended on the time of the year a visit to Gripsholm Slot or Rosersberg Slot could be included in the trip to Stockholm.

 

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The Royal Palace and Storkyrkan, Historic Talks


Paris, The Seine from Pont Neuf, Historic Talks

Paris and Versailles

Visit Paris and Versailles and experience a culture and building heritage without equal in Europe on close hand. A full day excursion to Versailles, museum visits to among other the Louvre will splendidly present why France was the leading country of good taste from the midst of the 1600s and 200 years onwards.

City walks with a focus on architecture and monuments from the 17th and 18th century will focus on Paris as the capital of the ancient monarchy.

We stay in the heart of the city and will additionally enjoy the well reputed french cuisine in selected restaurants.

The following resumes our latest trip to Paris. Please do not hesitate to get in contact with us with your own ideas and suggestions. We tailor make all our trips to make them fit your interests the best.

Day 1. Arrival and check-in in Paris. City walk in the old Paris around the Marais quarter with focus on its aristocratic past. We will pay short visits to some mansions and courtyards. Dinner with the group.

Day 2. Full day excurison to Versailles. Guided tour at the palace, the State Apartments of the King and Queen, the Hall of Mirrors, the Chapel and the private apartments. Dinner with the group.

Day 3. Free morning and lunch. City walk on the left and right bank of the Seine with focus on constructions from the 17th and 18 centuries and history of the period. Free dinner.

Day 4. Full day excursion to Versailles. Park and guided visit at the Grand Trianon and the Domain of Marie-Antoinette, the Petit Trianon and the Queen’s Hamlet. Final dinner with the group.

Day 5. Check-out. Guided visit to the Louvre, the Apollo gallery with the French Crown Jewels, and the coronation painting of Napoleon by J.L. David. Free afternoon, and return to Copenhagen.

‘Paris and Versailles’ can be changed into a study tour with the theme ‘Royal palaces in and around Paris’. It is a tour that contains guided visits at Versailles, Fontainebleau, Vaux-le-Vicomte and Chantilly.

 

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Royal London

Go to London and experience the capital of the British empire dotted with royal palaces and costly art collections. We will be visiting Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Hampton Court and will be gaining a privileged insight of the daily life of the royal family and some of the frames of the British monarchy are presented.

We visit the Tower to look at the spectacular Crown Jewels, city walks are in the program and together with visits to town houses you will fully see the capital as center in the widespread empire.

We stay centrally in the heart of the city and will additionally enjoy the tasty London food scene in chosen restaurants.

Day 1. Arrival and check-in in London, city walk in City, dinner with the group.

Day 2. Full day excursion to Windsor Castle, guided visit to The State Apartments and Semi-State Apartments, dinner with the group.

Day 3. Free morning, guided visit at Buckingham Palace and The Queen’s Gallery, free dinner

Day 4. Guided visit at Spencer House, guided visit to the Crown Jewels at The Tower, final dinner with the group.

Day 5. Check-out, city walk in City, free afternoon and return to Copenhagen.

Royal London can be changed to include guided visits to Hampton Court Palace and to Syon House, the private London home of the Duke of Northumberland.

The tours ‘Paris and Versailles’ and ‘Royal London’ can be regarded as inspirational for further.  Tours can be tailored to match your desire and thus completely fulfill your wish for the tour.

 

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Buckingham Palace - Historic Talks


Scönbrunn Palace - Historic Talks

Imperial Splendour in Vienna

Visit Vienna and see an extraordinary world of both today and yesterday. We will explore the past of the former Austrian empire and we will see how the Imperial house and the Habsburg family dominated Central Europe until the collapse in 1918.

Imperial splendor will be showcased visiting palaces and museums; among others the summer palace in Schönbrunn, the Imperial family’s main residence, the Hofburg, in the heart of the city and a visit to the extremely rich collections at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. We stay in the center of the city and will not forget to enjoy the Viennese cuisine at chosen restaurants.

Day 1. Early departure from Copenhagen, arrival and check-in in Vienna. City walk in the center and visit to the Stephan’s Cathedral. Guided visit to the Kunsthistoriches Museum, 17th and 18th century paintings and objets d’art. Joint dinner.

Day 2. Guided visit to the imperial summer residence the Scönbrunn Palace. Free visit to the park and the imperial collection of vehicles Wagenburg. Return to Vienna and free afternoon and dinner. Eventual night out in the Opera or the Musikverein.

Day 3. Visit to The Spanish Riding School and morning training of the lipizzaner horses. Guided visit to the Hofburg Palace, main residence of the Imperial family including the Sisi Museum. Guided visit to the Schatzkammer with the collection of regalia and other treasures of the imperial family. Guided visit to the Hofsielberkammer with the collection of silver, glas and porcelain of the Imperial family. Concluding farewell dinner.

Day 4. Check-out. Guided visit to the Hundertwasserhaus and guided visit to the Belvedere Museum. Joint lunch and return to Copenhagen.

The program in Vienna can off course be adjusted to suit and accommodate your needs and additional special visits and tours can be arranged. Please contact us for further.

 

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Weil am Rhein and Nancy

Visit to Weil am Rhein am Rhein and a stay in Nancy will allow you to to experience global master architecture and french handicraft when it is only the very best. The visit to Vitra Design Museum, the Baccarat Crystal Manufactory and the private château d’Haroué are among the highlights of the trip. Our stay in Nancy with the Place Stanislas and the visit to the chapel Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp are a couple of other strong points.

We stay at nice and centrally located hotels and profit from the will enjoy the well reputed french cuisine in selected restaurants.

The following describes the latest trip we made. Please do not hesitate to get in contact with your own ideas and suggestions. We tailor make all our trips to make them fit your interests the best.

Day 1. Early departure from Copenhagen and flight to Basel. Guided visit at Vitra in Weil am Rhein. Free visit to The Fondation Beyeler and joint lunch. Check-in, joint dinner and night in Colmar.

Day 2.  Free visit to the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar and joint lunch. Departure for Nancy
and visit to the Baccarat Crystal Museum. Check-in in Nancy and joint dinner.       

Day 3. Guided city walk in Nancy. Guidet visit to the privately owned château d’Haroué. Joint lunch and dinner. Evening on own. Eventual soirée at the Opéra.

Day 4. Guided visit to the École de Nancy. Free visit at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nancy. Afternoon on own. Joint lunch and dinner.

Day 5. Departure from Nancy and guided visit to the château de Lunéville. Guided visit to the chapel in Notre-Dame-du-Haut in Ronchamp. Return to Copenhagen.

The program in Weil am Rhein and Nancy can off course be adjusted to suit and accommodate your needs and additional special visits can be arranged. Please contact us for further.

 

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Place Stanislas - Nancy - Historic Talks