Cultural holidays can encompass many things including archaeology, architecture, art, history, music festivals and pilgrimages. Whatever their theme, cultural holidays are the realisation of a different idea of holidays, for those who seek fun and relaxation, but also challenge and knowledge and who want to explore the real culture of the place they visit.

Cultural holidays with a difference
Cultural holidays give you the opportunity to combine your break with the acquirement of unique knowledge and experience. It might be an art tour of Italy, an archaeological visit to Jordan or a pilgrimage to Lourdes. The destination is not the important thing, what matters most is an opportunity to immerse yourself in a different culture, a different time or to simply learn something new. This is what cultural holidays are all about.

An amazing variety of cultural holidays
Welcome to the web site of AITO, the Association of Independent Tour Operators. Whatever your idea of cultural holidays we are sure you will find what you are looking for among our membership of 160 of the UK's finest specialist tour operators. Between them they offer over 300 brochures and cover every possible destination and activity. The cultural holidays on offer from AITO members include battlefield tours, art tours, archeology tours, heritage tours, history tours, holy land tours, opera breaks, painting holidays, photography tours, tours of ancient ruins, pilgrimages, music festivals plus many others. So that you can easily find the cultural holidays you are looking for we have a searchable database that will allow you to search for your cultural holidays by destination, activity type or tour operator name. Go to our searchable database of cultural holidays now.

The UK's finest specialist operators of cultural holidays
AITO brings together some of the UK's finest specialist operators of cultural holidays, all financially vetted and bonded in compliance with UK and European regulations. Between them, AITO members publish over 300 brochures and take over 2,000,000 satisfied people on holidays throughout the world every year. For more information about AITO please click here, alternatively go straight to our searchable database of cultural holidays.