Kirker Holidays unveils 2025 range of music holidays and cultural tours

Kirker Holidays has released a 2025 brochure showcasing its latest collection of music holidays and cultural tours, with opera in Genoa, art in the Netherlands and a cooking class in Milan featuring among the new-for-2025 offerings.

The group sizes will typically be between 10 – 20 travellers and the tours will be led by an expert.

Kirker managing director Ted Wake (pictured) said: “Whether a client’s interests lie in wine-tasting, opera, gardens, fine art, architecture or classical music, we are very confident that their expectations will be exceeded.”

‘Genoa – Opera Holiday’ includes one ticket to a performance of Carmen at the Teatro Carlo Felice. The five-night trip, new for next year, costs from £2,895 per person, based on two sharing and a departure date of May 14, 2025. The price includes return flights from Heathrow to Milan, accommodation with breakfast, two dinners and two lunches, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities, and the services of the Kirker tour leader.

‘Netherlands – Art Galleries’, led by art historian Ger Van Den Munckhof, will include a day in Amsterdam for visits to the Van Gogh Museum and the Rijksmuseum, but for the first time travellers will stay in The Hague’s five-star Hotel Des Indes. The trip will also include a visit to The Mauritshuis in The Hague, as well as a canal cruise and a visit to Arnhem for the Kröller-Müller Museum.

The four-night itinerary, based on a departure of July 7, 2025, costs from £2,545 per person for two sharing. The price includes return flights from London City to Rotterdam, accommodation with breakfast, two dinners, one afternoon tea, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities, and the services of the Kirker tour leader.

The new five-night ‘Milan – Food & Language’ trip, departing on May 2, 2025, costs from £2,996 per person for two sharing. The price includes return flights from London City to Milan, accommodation with breakfast, three dinners and two lunches, a cooking class with Valentina Harris, three Italian conversation lessons with a local expert, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities, and the services of Valentina Harris and a Kirker tour leader.

Wake said: “The new 2025 programme of Kirker Cultural Tours & Music Holidays includes a wide range of escorted holidays that are designed to enable the curious, discerning traveller to relax in the company of like-minded companions and a charming, expert tour lecturer.

“We know the difference between a well-planned itinerary and an endurance test and recognise that it is crucial to balance cultural activities with free time to enjoy the comfortable hotels and delicious local cuisine.”