Founded in 1958, ACE Study Tours is the country's most experienced operator of cultural travel in the United Kingdom, Europe and across the globe. Every year ACE pioneers over 200 escorted programmes, from one-day courses to extended study tours and cultural cruises, covering every aspect of the arts - music, fine art, the theatre - as well as architecture, archaeology, history, gastronomy and the natural world. ACE's tours and cruises inform, educate and entertain in equal measure with a blend of cultural sight-seeing, privileged visits and explanatory talks - all under the guidance of a stimulating lecturer.