For travellers increasingly choosing destinations around what they can see, hear and discover once there, culture is becoming more than just an addition to their itinerary. A major exhibition can inspire an entire journey, a music festival can give new reason to revisit a familiar destination, while literature, fashion, and art can connect cities in ways that extend far beyond their most recognisable sights.<\/p>\n
From tracing Britain\u2019s literary heritage between London and Edinburgh and spending November immersed in jazz at Monaco\u2019s Op\u00e9ra Garnier, to discovering fashion and Belle \u00c9poque history in Palermo, encountering a monumental contemporary art installation in Istanbul and following Kandinsky\u2019s artistic legacy from Rome to Munich, these experiences combine cultural discovery with memorable hotel stays, offering a compelling reason to travel with culture at the centre of the itinerary.<\/p>\n
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ROCCO FORTE HOTELS: A LITERARY JOURNEY FROM LONDON TO EDINBURGH<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n Britain\u2019s literary history becomes the thread connecting London and Edinburgh with Rocco Forte Hotels\u2019 Great British Cultural Journey<\/i><\/em>, created to coincide with the UK\u2019s National Year of Reading, exclusively for Forte Suite guests. Linking Brown\u2019s Hotel<\/u><\/a>\u00a0in London, Mayfair with The Balmoral<\/u><\/a>\u00a0on Edinburgh\u2019s Princes Street by rail, the experience looks beyond the traditional city break to explore the writers, stories and cultural institutions that have shaped both capitals. At Brown\u2019s, a private literary walk with hotel historian Andy Williamson leads into an Agatha Christie experience marking 50 years since the author\u2019s death, complete with a bespoke edition of At Bertram\u2019s Hotel, thought to have been inspired by Brown\u2019s itself. An evening at The Mousetrap and a private visit to Colnaghi Gallery bring theatre and art into the journey too.<\/p>\n In Edinburgh, Scotland\u2019s storytelling traditions take over. Guests can follow literary trails inspired by Harry Potter, Muriel Spark or Sherlock Holmes, or hear about Scotland\u2019s literary landscape through an exclusive storytelling experience with award-winning author Sir Ian Rankin. The cultural itinerary extends to The King\u2019s Gallery, the Scottish National Portrait Gallery and the National Museum of Scotland, before the journey returns to The Balmoral itself, a landmark railway hotel whose own history stretches back to 1902. Together, the two stays turn the journey between London and Edinburgh into an exploration of British literature, art and storytelling rather than simply a route between two cities.<\/p>\n For reservations and more information, please visit https:\/\/www.roccofortehotels.com\/hotels-and-resorts\/brown-s-hotel\/<\/u><\/a>\u00a0and https:\/\/www.roccofortehotels.com\/hotels-and-resorts\/the-balmoral-hotel\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For travellers increasingly choosing destinations around what they can see, hear and discover once there, culture is becoming more than just an addition to their itinerary. A major exhibition can inspire an entire journey, a music festival can give new reason to revisit a familiar destination, while literature, fashion, and art can connect cities in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26704,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26701"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26706,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26701\/revisions\/26706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressreleasenetwork.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}