2019 Travel & Tourism Awards

Page 32 www.lux-review.com LUX 2019 Travel & Tourism Awards Since its inception in 1993, Arts & Crafts Tours has been committed to offering highly specialized tours for small groups that focus on the Arts and Crafts Movement. Through visits to these private homes and collections, personal guidance and behind the scenes visits to museums and public institutions these unforgettable tours feature the work of the leading architects, designers and thinkers of the movement. Each tour, in addition to one or more staff, includes a number of guides who are scholars, curators, Arts & Crafts Tours offers personalized tours to sites and countries where some of the best work of the 19th century British architects and artists can be seen. We have talked with Elaine Hirschl Ellis and are pleased to give you more information on this unique company and the extraordinary experiences it offers to its discerning guests. Arts & Crafts Tours Best Bespoke Arts & Crafts Tour Operator 2019 authors, collectors and experts on the individual site visited and the works of the specific architect or designer. Thanks to the expertise of its staff, Arts & Crafts Tours has gained an international following, and has many repeat bookings from guests around the world. Elaine believes that this is due to the firm’s high focus on quality, which influences every aspect of the tours. “Here at Arts & Crafts Tours, our standards are very high. The hotels where we stay are all 4 or 5 star or the best hotel in the smaller towns and villages. In some cases, we stay in private castles and private country estates. Also, we use only small, luxury coaches to ensure quality for our guests as they travel with us. “From the moment they are picked up at the airport or station everything is included, and everything is of the highest possible quality. As we never take more than a dozen people on a tour – fifteen including staff and guides – our attention to our guests is entirely “Here at Arts & Crafts Tours, our standards are very high. The hotels where we stay are all 4 or 5 star or the best hotel in the smaller towns and villages. In some cases, we stay in private castles and private country estates. Also, we use only small, luxury coaches to ensure quality for our guests as they travel with us. Photo Credit: Arts & Crafts Tours: Sir Nicholas Mander welcoming us to his home Owlpen Manor. He will welcome us again on our Gimson and the Barnsley tour. Photo Credit: Arts & Crafts Tours: John Biddulph welcoming us to his family’s home Rodmarton Manor .