Budget cultural holidays enable you to discover remarkable, authentic cultures, to integrate with the locals, to delve into histories, and to fully experience a region you are travelling in – all on a tiny budget! This range of budget cultural holidays and accommodations comes from specialist operators throughout the world who are dedicated to local cultures and environments.


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We absolutely had a blast on the whole trip. It was a busy, we tried to see a much as we could but enjoyed the holiday...I would do this again in a heartbeat!
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The overall holiday was excellent, and the group we travelled with were very nice. We thought that the trip itinerary was well designed and we thank the operator management and staff for the opportunity to have this wonderful experience.
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Really nicely looked after, such good food and so relaxing. Best bit though was staying at Koshy's home stay in Kumily.
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A very good trip. Varanasi, the camaraderie of group members and our group leader and seeing India in action were the best parts of the trip.
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The most memorable parts were... probably visiting ATM cave in Belize which was a great experience, and also snorkelling with nurse sharks and sting rays in Caye Caulker was incredible too.
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Best holiday ever!!! Had a wonderful group of people on the tour, aged from 19 to 70, singles, couples. We all got on really well and enjoyed spending time together. Riding round Hue on the back of a motorbike.
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Trinidad was an amazing city and really touched our hearts, but having a car and the freedom to explore, and being able to see the real Cuba was the best thing we did.
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Seeing was believing when it came to the Taj Mahal, not many places live up to be better than you anticipate as this place did. My wife and I have done some travelling, but this has to be the most impressive building we have ever witnessed.
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Had a great trip... seing Rhino from the back of an elephant was one of the most memorable experiences.
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The Great Wall was the most memorable part. None of the pictures really do it justice, the views are amazing. We went about 60KM away from Beijing and set off early. It was really worth it as it was not crowded at all and we almost had the Wall to ourselves.
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For me personally the walking in the high Tatra mountains was the highlight followed by the Adrspach rocky town area
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The most memorable part was the motorbike tour in Hue & overnight boat trip on Halong Bay. We stayed in lovely owned hotels & ate in family owned restaurants.
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The most memorable part of my holiday was sleeping out in the desert at night with the Bedouin people - games and songs round the fire, amazing stars, beautiful sunrise, very peaceful...one of the best holidays I've been on - a complete break.
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The walk along the Great Wall was terrific. Also the cycle ride in the country and Terracotta army of course were the highlights.
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Brilliant!! Would highly recommend it to anyone wanting to cover as much of Vietnam as possible in two weeks. The overnight stay on a junk boat in Halong Bay was definitely one of the highlights. The boat was fantastic quality, staff were very pleasant and the food was some of the best we had on the holiday
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Most memorable was swimming in a cave, with bats over head! Meeting people from completely different cultures (and dancing with them...)
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The most exciting part of my holiday was hiking through the Peruvian jungle and feeling like you were discovering the Incan ruins yourself.
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