Price: Starting from USD $172.44 per personDuration: 14 hours
Your day starts with a relaxing train journey to the historic City of Liverpool, chosen to be European Capital of Culture 2008. You'll travel through the Midlands passing canals, market towns, then pass by the industrial heartland of England, the engine room of the Industrial Revolution.
Arriving at Liverpool Lime Street, you'll have time to explore this Victorian City. Stroll along the world-famous waterfront admiring the stunningly refurbished Albert Dock Complex housing the Merseyside Maritime Museum and the Tate Liverpool. These beautifully restored dock warehouses are now home to a dazzling collection of bars, cafes, restaurants, shops and other unique attractions.
Your tour includes tickets to The Beatles Story, where you can experience the most sensational story the pop world has ever known! Re-live the Fab Four's meteoric rise to fame where you'll be taken from the cobbles of Matthew Street and the Cavern Club, through the hysteria of Beatlemania finishing up on the Apple rooftop and beyond!
The Cavern Quarter is a vibrant city center area at the focus of Beatle history - there's the Cavern Club, where the lads played 292 times, and the actual pubs where the Moptops drank during the early 1960s. Also worth visiting is the impressive circular Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, a real City landmark.
Options for lunch in Liverpool are many and varied and you'll be spoilt for choice among the top quality bars, restaurants and cafes in the city center.
In the afternoon your "Magical Mystery Tour" is waiting to take you away! This two hour tour takes you round all the landmarks in the lives of the Fab Four including their homes, schools, and birthplaces, Penny Lane, Strawberry Fields and many other significant spots. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $892.27 per person, twin shareDuration: 4 days / 3 nights
Want to tour the back roads of Devon and Cornwall but don't want to join a large coach group? Looking for flexibility and spontaneity in your itinerary? Do you have a few days to really get deep into the west country?
These are the counties of the great prehistoric ruins such as Stonehenge, England's great maritime tradition, picturesque fishing villages and seaside resorts. It is here you can see the apple orchards of Somerset, patchwork countryside of Devon, awe-inspiring moorlands, rugged cliff-top coastlines and the famed surfing sandy beaches of south-west England.
Tradition and culture have remained true to the English spirit here and you feel spirited back into another, less busy age. It's also a land of Celtic legend and of the romantic King Arthur whose own life you will discover.
With a maximum group size of 11 and a university educated guide/driver, you are sure to have a memorable and personal experience.
Historic London Pub Tour - On this guided four hour tour, you will visit pubs where Dickens and Shakespeare drank, pirates and smugglers met, highwaymen found their victims, revolutionaries plotted and Royalty consorted. See Victorian "Gin Palaces", haunted pubs with prison cells beneath them, pubs where great literature was written and even a pub built from timbers of the Mayflower ship! This tour is not suitable for children.
Sinister London Tour - Immerse yourself in the darker side of London's colorful history. Explore Jack the Ripper's haunts, mysterious underground prison cells, the notorious East End ganglands, and tour the back roads of Soho. This tour is not suitable for children.
You will be required to call the tour operator to book your free tours (contact details advised on confirmation voucher). ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $27.97 per personDuration: 1 Day
You don't just visit Britain's Greatest Medieval Experience, you live it! A visit to Warwick Castle is a great day trip from London or Birmingham that the whole family can enjoy.
From the moment you enter the portcullis of Warwick Castle, beneath the murder holes used to repel invaders in the past, you can sense that this is no ordinary day out. This is not history behind glass, this is history that you live for yourself.
In "Kingmaker" see the Earl of Warwick's preparations for battle and in "Death or Glory", feel the weight of the armor that might have saved your life. Join Daisy, Countess of Warwick, in a "Royal Weekend Party 1898" and visit the elegant State Rooms and Great Hall.
There are regular activities on offer throughout the day which kids will just love. Archery, jousting and battling knights are just a few of the events you may see take place within the castle grounds. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $87.72 per personDuration: Varies
Les Miserables follows the pursuits of Jean Valjean, released on parole after 19 years on the chain gang, finds that the yellow ticket of leave he must, by law, display condemns him to be an outcast. Only the saintly Bishop of Digne treats him kindly and Valjean, embittered by years of hardship, repays him by stealing some silver. Valjean is caught and brought back by police, and is astonished when the Bishop lies to the police to save him, also giving him two precious candlesticks. Valjean decides to start his life anew. But will fate allow him to?
Make the most of this memorable performance and enjoy a pre-show dinner at L'Escargot. This restaurant acts as a tribute to modern art, with Chagall, Miro, Matisse and Hockney hanging on the walls. The interior compliments the food, which is French and consists of risotto, rabbit, wild mushrooms and cheese.
Ticket Collection:
When you book your ticket, you will receive a voucher which must be printed. Your tickets will be held at the theatre box office for collection on the day of the performance, no earlier than one hour before performance time. You will be required to present your printed voucher, along with photo ID in exchange for your tickets. At this time, you will receive your ticket and seating assignment. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $499.27 per person, twin shareDuration: 3 days / 2 nights
Want to tour the battlefields of France and Belgium but don't want to join a large coach group? Looking for a little flexibility and spontaneity in your itinerary? Do you have a few days to really get deep into the history of the World Wars?
Accompanied by ex-army personnel or Battlefield Guides with postgraduate qualifications, you will gain a fascinating insight into the Western Battlefields of Belgium and France on this small group tour.
With a maximum group size of 16 and a university educated guide/driver, you are sure to have a memorable and personal experience.
Historic London Pub Tour - On this guided four hour tour, you will visit pubs where Dickens and Shakespeare drank, pirates and smugglers met, highwaymen found their victims, revolutionaries plotted and Royalty consorted. See Victorian "Gin Palaces", haunted pubs with prison cells beneath them, pubs where great literature was written and even a pub built from timbers of the Mayflower ship! This tour is not suitable for children.
Sinister London Tour - Immerse yourself in the darker side of London's colorful history. Explore Jack the Ripper's haunts, mysterious underground prison cells, the notorious East End ganglands, and tour the back roads of Soho. This tour is not suitable for children.
You will be required to call the tour operator to book your free tours (contact details advised on confirmation voucher). ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $68.17 per personDuration: 3 hours
The first part of your afternoon tour begins with a visit to Westminster Abbey with a fast entry voucher. Westminster Abbey presents a unique pageant of British history - the Confessors Shrine, the tombs of the Kings and Queens, and countless memorials to the famous and the great.
Your professional guide will take you through this architectural masterpiece that has been the setting for every Coronation since 1066 and for numerous Royal occasions.
Next you will head through Knightsbridge to one of the worlds most famous stores - Harrods where you finish the day with a afternoon tea served inside at the Terrace Bar and restaurant inside Harrods. Tea includes tea, scones, jam and clotted cream. Why not finish your day with some shopping in this amazing store? ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $82.21 per personDuration: 9 hours
First you'll spy "James Bond's" MI6 building, before travelling on to Lambeth Palace and Westminster Bridge with its fabulous view of the Thames and London Eye. Next stop is Parliament Square for a guided walking tour to see the Palace of Westminster, Big Ben and Westminster Abbey.
Travel in style along Whitehall to set eyes on Downing Street (home of the British Prime Minister) and Trafalgar Square before another walking tour shows you The Mall, Admiralty Arch, St James Park, Clarence House (home of Prince Charles), St James's Palace and Buckingham Palace. At Buckingham Palace you will witness the famous Changing of the Guard (occasionally there may not be a Changing of the Guard, on these occasions you will visit Horseguards Parade).
Lastly, take a drive along Piccadilly past Green Park and the Ritz, to the Hard Rock Cafe where there will be time for an optional lunch and private tour of the vaults of Rock Memorabilia.
From Hyde Park Corner you will ride in comfort to Piccadilly Circus, the Strand and the South Bank, where you can see the National Theatre and London Eye. A walking tour shows you Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the Tate Modern Art Complex before crossing the Millennium Bridge to magnificent St Paul's Cathedral.
Continue past the Bank of England and the Monument, a tribute to the Great Fire of London, to Tower Hill to see the Tower of London. Here you can choose to enter (additional cost) and visit the magnificent Crown Jewels, or stay with your guide who will escort you on a free walking tour around the Tower and explain its magnificent history.
You will have the option to purchase on the day either an entry ticket to the Tower of London including the Crown Jewels (approximately GBP16.00), or a ticket on the 24 hour hop on a hop off River Thames cruise (approximately GBP10.00). ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $32.08 per personDuration: 1 day pass
Skip the Line! Book your ticket for Tower of London ahead of time to take advantage of jumping the queue. Don't waste time waiting in lines on vacation!
The ancient stones reverberate with dark secrets, priceless jewels glint in fortified vaults and pampered ravens strut the grounds.
Founded by William the Conqueror in 1066-7 and enlarged and modified by successive sovereigns, today the Tower of London is one of the world's most famous and spectacular fortresses. Discover its 900 year history as a royal palace and fortress, prison and place of execution, mint, arsenal, menagerie and jewel house.
The Tower is pushchair friendly if your child can bear the bumpy cobblestones! The Jewel House is fully accessible for pushchairs but if you wish to visit the White Tower you will need to leave them in the pushchair park outside; however, please note that it is not supervised.
At least 3 hours is recommended for your visit to the Tower of London. ... read more »
