Food & Culture
Galleries after closing, tables worth the trip, across Europe's cultural cities.
All Food & Culture Experiences
Luxe
16–19 Dec 2026
Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Vienna
1 night on the Orient-Express, 2 in Vienna
1920s Art Deco trainCabin suitesOn-board dining
Luxe
10 Sep 2026
San Sebastian Michelin Tour
Michelin dining and pintxos bars in Europe's culinary capital
Michelin tourPrivate transportReserved tables
Luxe
7–13 Oct 2027
Rovos Rail South Africa Safari Experience
A safari and rail journey across southern Africa
Edwardian carriagesSafari includedFull board
Available year-round
Tom Kerridge: A Michelin-Starred Escape in Marlow
Dinner at the two-Michelin-starred Hand and Flowers, lunch at The Coach.
Two Michelin starsChef's table for 10Seven-course dinner
Luxe
20–27 Apr 2027
Essence of Malaysia: Eastern & Oriental Express
Langkawi by sea, colonial Georgetown, the observation car
Sleeper trainCabin suitesMalaysia
Available year-round
The Blumenthal Private Dining Experience
A private dinner & stay in Bray cottage
Seven coursesPrivate diningWine pairing
The Imperial promise
Why book with Imperial
Completely hands-off from start to finish
Tell us what you're after and we'll plan the rest. All you have to do is show up.
Everything you need at your fingertips
Store all your event information, tickets, and contact details in one convenient place
Late checkout
Tasting menu
Restaurant reservation
Birthday surprise
Flight upgrades
Trip extension
Champagne on arrival
Spa treatment
Private chef
Anniversary cake
Helicopter transfer
Private tour
Add personal touches to your trip
Make a request and our team will do everything they can to make it happen
On-site team
Our hosts are with you from arrival to checkout. There is always someone on the ground.
ATOL protected
Every package is financially protected under our ATOL licence. Your booking is secure end to end.
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From trackside at Monaco to Centre Court at Wimbledon. Let our team curate your perfect sports hospitality package.
From the editorial
Field guides, dress codes, and insider notes from our hosts on the ground.
Not quite a holiday, not quite work. The pace is gentler than a sports weekend, the bookings tighter. Three days of the right hotels, the galleries worth crossing a city for, and tables you'd struggle to book yourself, including walk-throughs after the doors close.
Why choose hosted dining and culture experiences?
Do it yourself and a cultural trip turns into a stack of restaurant phone calls and the wrong hotel on the wrong night. The alternative: tables at the rooms worth crossing a city for, galleries walked after the doors shut where access allows, a hotel picked for where it sits rather than the name over the door, and the transfers between them handled for you.
Every food-and-culture booking carries hosted dining at the right tables, after-hours access where it’s available, a hotel matched to the brief, and a named host through the trip.
The difference we make
Twenty-five years of curating European cultural trips. We know the maitre’ds at every table worth a flight, which Florence gallery will turn around a private walk-through on a Monday closing day, and how the rail schedule across Italy actually works when the booking moves to a late train.
Every package carries a named host through the trip, transfers between cities, and a pre-departure briefing on the bookings, the dress codes, and the local etiquette where it matters.