South East Asia Art and architecture Trips

A fabulous tour of the India’s Golden Triangle - Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. We covered so much in a week, including wonderful historical sites including the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort. We also got a great taste of life in India including a thrilling ride in a rickshaw through old Delhi! The hotels were good and the transport very comfortable. Optional extras included a cookery demonstration and a visit to a wonderful cinema in Jaipur to see a Bollywood movie. Best of all was our wonderful local tour Leader, Nicky, who was funny, kind and efficient and got us round very safely. This was my first trip to India but not my last! I fell in love with the place and its people and would love to return and do another Explore trip. Highly recommended.

A thoroughly enjoyable tour which gave a very good impression of the Azores. Although the weather was not ideal (some quite wet and windy weather with poor visibility), the programme was altered to make the best of things. The tour leader was excellent and got us through a difficult situation when a flight was cancelled and we had to stay a night unexpectedly on an island where we were just expecting to transit through. This was a benefit as we saw some extra things! The members of the group got on with each other very well and this added to the enjoyment of the trip.

There was a lot of history, too much to be covered in just a couple hours. Accommodations should’ve been closer to where we were to give us more time. Beautiful scenery. Too many things to be specific on one memorable experience, it was all memorable.

Thoroughly enjoyed this tour- visited beautiful cities, told fantastic historical facts and saw amazing buildings. There were wonderful options were great- I was impressed overall. The accommodation faultless, the coach clean and I loved the professional way everything was coordinated. This tour was my 4th one and look forward to travelling again to visit the Bohemian places.

I would give the leader Coco 10 stars out of 5. She handled the weather-related setbacks effectively and with grace and transformed what might have been a negative experience into a bonus. The hiking was fantastic and the sights were breathtaking - "walk" in the name of this tour might have been a bit misleading for some members of our group given the ruggedness of some of the terrain. I would 100% recommend this trip.

The Collette Tour of Scotland and Northern Ireland was fantastic. The Tour Manager, Graham Hughes and Bus Driver David were outstanding. They were both extremely knowledgeable about all aspects of the tour and also personable. Graham went above and beyond what he had to do by assisting us with dinner reservations and also making my birthday, which was the last day of the tour, a memorable one by going out of his way to get me a nice gift to remember the tour by. David the bus driver kept the atmosphere on the bus light and had everyone on the bus laughing during much of the bus travel. The daily tours during the trip were all well-organized and informative and the local tour guides were outstanding. They were all extremely knowledgeable and very funny which made the tours both interesting and fun. The hotels on the tour were comfortable and clean and they were all in great locations with the surrounding areas having easily accessible places to eat and shop. The bus which took us to all of the places that were visited was clean and comfortable and the bus driver David's driving skills were excellent considering the narrow roads and excessive roundabouts . I would absolutely recommend Collette Tours to friends and relatives and would definitely book another Tour with them if the itinerary was something that met me needs. I would absolutely request Graham Hughes for my next tour and David the bus driver.