This is once a year fully escorted tour designed for people who are interested in quilting, which coincides with the International Quilt Exhibition in Yokohama.

While the focus is on Chinese textile and textile arts, the tour visits the outstanding gardens in springtime as well as all historical monuments, sites and some fascinating scenery on the itinerary.

A 24 DAY TOUR TO THE FESTIVAL OF THE QUILTS BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND We also visit LONDON, BATH, WINDSOR, SISSINGHURST, BRUGES, BRUSSELS, a RHINE RIVER CRUISE, LUCERNE & PARIS. In China we visit HANGZHOU, SUSHOU and the WORLD EXPO in SHANGHAI

Asia Discovery Tours is proud to offer this "new look" at North India, its people and their textiles. This textile tour is designed for your pleasure as well as an unforgettable experience exploring the dazzling array of silks, embroidery and hand-weaving, together with their living cultural history, their lifestyles and their architecture. This tour will take in New Delhi, Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Jaipur, Udaipur, Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

VISITING GUANGZHOU, BEIJING, XIAN, SHANGHAI, GUILIN & YANGSHUO. Attending live performances at the Grand Tianqiao Theatre & the Red Theatre in Beijing, The Grand Opera House in Xian, attend the performance of "Deep Impressions of Lui Sanjie" held in the world's largest natural theatre, with over 600 actors on stage at one time. Experience the many famous Acrobatic Ballets, and enjoy the Grand Guangzhou Circus – the largest in the world with over 1000 humans and 300 preforming animals

The pilgrimage will be led from Australia by Archdeacon Ian Palmer, a senior Anglican priest in the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, together with his wife Elizabeth, who is a trained spiritual director. Ian and Elizabeth Palmer have led walking pilgrimages across northern Spain to Santiago de Compostela and in northern Britain following the pathways of Celtic Saints. They view life as a pilgrimage and bring years of experience of accompanying people as mentors or coaches on the journey of life. This pilgrimage begins in Rome: we visit the home town of St Francis and St Clare; take in the splendid galleries of Florence and the fragile buldings of Venice; the magnificent Alpine scenery. The pilgrimage will journey towards a moving performance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau. Ian and Elizabeth will allow space and give a framework so that we can be pilgrims together and explore the spiritual dimensions of this journey.

This wonderful and unique culinary tour of Vietnam visiting the must-see sights of Hanoi, Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An, Nha Trang, Mekong Delta and Saigon. Each day you will dine on traditional Vietnamese cuisine with additional cooking classes and market visits in Hanoi, Hoi An & Saigon, enhancing your experiences of this wonderful destination.

The beautiful countries of Laos and Cambodia are homes for many minority people who still produce and wear colourful fabrics using generation's old techniques. Craft skills are very strong and you can see textile skills such as embroidery, dyeing, weaving and fashion, as well as many other crafts including basketwork, ceramics, lacquer and painting there. Laos and Cambodia are also homes to an abundance of wonderful Buddhist temples, monasteries and shrines - some of the best in Asia. This wonderful and unique textile and lifestyle tour of Laos and Cambodia was specially designed for the textile enthusiasts covering the best sightseeing attractions these two countries have to offer plus the visits to the places of your special interest - textile with hands on experience included. If you are looking at such a tour to these countries focussing on the above activities, this is the best choice for you. Each day you will travel at an easy and leisurely pace exploring these two countries, with the insights into the textiles and lifestyle of these two great countries and their hospitable and friendly people.