Current Tours for Historical sites & unique events ~

Please click on one of the images or links to find out more about each tour ~

Images are for representative purposes only and do not imply a contract - we cannot sell good weather, just seek where it prevails! Our photo library will update as we tour & replace on this site but these are genuinely all from Roger's Tours

Here are our proposals - so far - for 2008 ~

Lacroix in February - a weekend in Paris -Ref PARIS0108 - February 7th to 10th 2008
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For the Christian Lacroix exhibition, other fine exhibitions, visits to the fashion area of Paris, and free time to shop  Saturday after breakfast we visit a special exhibition at the Yves St Laurent Museum and then on to Galleria. After Lunch out, which may be as a group or free time, we will have free shopping and browsing time till dinner. I will guide people to at least Les Invalides, perhaps other sites.

Rogers Tours first ever Art Trip - ART0108 - 20th to the 25th March 2008
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Our base at "Bokonneg" is in the heart of Brittanny and is attractive as a painting subject in itself; the site offers an open sided barn in which to work up paintings in shelter, superbly decorated rooms, and a communal kitchen area ; we will have a sectioned trailer to enable everyone to bring as much art material as they want separate from luggage, so we should be able to cope with oil painters as well as watercolourists - but no warranty is implied against bumpy roads.
We'd like to thank Studio Art and Framing, 31 High St, Poole 01202 686662 for promoting this tour.

Lyon - Silk and Textiles centre - SILK0108 - early June 2008

In the spirit of Rogers Tours we have been approached to take those interested in Textiles down to Lyon for a long weekend around the 6/7th June 2008 - no there are NO definite details yet but we will be visiting other textile history sites en route to break the journey, and then be based in what many claim to be the second city of France. Our enthusiasts have suggested several very attractive museum visits and the whole weekend will match the highest expectations, but will be that bit further.

A long weekend in the Seventeenth Century, English Civil War - by arrangement
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Much has been made of this period but most guides and tours focus on the set piece grand battles, the generals and the famous personalities. Roger's Tours don't do that . Our long weekend tour sets off from London in company with an ordinary footsoldier, a researched original human being. We do not claim to know everything, but by following his known path we can enter the world turned upside down of the 1640's, and come out in a society with a complete new order.

That Tapestry, with Lace museums and the Dior Exhibition - first ran 05/05/06, a very popular short tour Click Here for details.

A long weekend in Normandy - out Friday, departing Portsmouth, visits Saturday, visits and back Sunday. The group will have the option of visiting two lace museums, Bayeux and Alencon, and of course that famous tapestry at Bayeux, and to any current exhibitions at Dior's birthplace in Granville, Normandy. We shall also visit the lace museum re-opened at Argentan. First arranged for the Costume Society, it has proved a very popular weekend

Wine Appreciation Tours - by arrangement
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With 7 seats in our vehicle and a massive trailer we can offer an extreme version of retail therapy but is this a booze cruise - NO, we are not going there ! What Roger Tours offers, from secure parking near POOLE is a trip to visit a small French Craft Brewery and cider growers, a calvados distillery and some informative sites PLUS one giant hypermarket; a long weekend with expert guidance on what you can and cannot import into the UK tax free. At the top end, we feature one of the most attractive small Chateaux as our hotel with a superb evening meal and possibility of sleeping in four poster beds in medieval luxury. We must know in advance what you may seek to purchase, for your own personal consumption, so we can help you find the right outlet and route.

Historic and momentous gardens of France - by arrangement
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From superb urban schemes to zoos, from humble potager to formal gardens, we cover a wide range of gardens in a long weekend or a midweek tour - our circuit covers the Centre at Chaumont that developed innovative designs influencing Titmarsh and Gairvin and we still hope to find time for the tranquillity of Monets garden . This can be offered as a long weekend or as a Wednesday to Wednesday week

The Isle de Rhe and the coastal Vauban Forts - by arrangement
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The Isle de Rhe, Corderie Royal at Rochefort sur Mer and the coastal Vauban Forts - This can be offered as a long weekend or as a Wednesday to Wednesday week

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