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Price: Starting from USD $71.44 per personDuration: 1 day pass
Book your Three Palace Royal Pass ahead of time to take advantage of jumping the queue at Tower of London, Hampton Court Palace and Kensington Palace. Don't waste time waiting in lines on vacation!
The Tower of London
The ancient stones reverberate with dark secrets, priceless jewels glint in fortified vaults and pampered ravens strut the grounds. The Tower of London is one of the world's most famous fortresses and has seen service as royal palace, prison, armoury and even zoo! It is still home to the Crown Jewels and Beefeaters.
Hampton Court Palace
The flamboyant Henry VIII is most associated with this majestic palace, which he extended and developed after acquiring it in the 1520s. Its many royal occupants have ensured the palace has fabulous furnishings, tapestries and paintings. It is set in 60 acres of formal gardens, which include the famous maze and the Great Vine.
Kensington Palace
Generations of royal women have shaped this stylish palace and elegant gardens from Queen Mary to Victoria and, more recently Diana, Princess of Wales. Today the palace also houses a stunning collection of fashionable and formal dress worn for state and royal occasions.
Your pass is valid for one visit to each of the above three palaces and is valid for two years. Being undated you have time to explore the stories and intrigues at each of the palaces at your leisure within your own itinerary. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $138.35 per personDuration: 10 hours
Begin the day travelling across the Chiltern Hills to Oxford, the "City of Dreaming Spires", whose hushed courtyards and elegant, dignified timeworn buildings have inspired generations of scholars (including Bill Clinton in the 1970s) and writers, including Lewis Carroll who wrote "Alice in Wonderland" here.
Find your own inspiration in the sense of tradition and intellectual curiosity that pervades this lovely City. You will visit Christchurch College, where Harry Potter scenes were filmed and where Albert Einstein studied. On your walking tour of Oxford you will see the Bodleian library and the picture-perfect College courtyards for which Oxford is justifiably famous.
Through scenic countryside to Cambridge, bridging centuries of scholarly rivalry between these two venerable institutions! Cambridge's stately Gothic style College buildings rise spectacularly from the greenery along the River Cam where students and visitors enjoy punting along the River.
You will visit the magnificent perpendicular chapel of King's College, founded in 1441, which is the finest and grandest example of late medieval Gothic architecture in England, and a fitting tribute to the great minds that have studied here. During your walking tour of the city filled with beautiful buildings and historical quirks, you'll visit the so-called "Bridge of Sighs", named after its look-a-like in Venice and several other Colleges that make up the University, each with their own stories to tell. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $10.03 per personDuration: 1.5 hours
The MP3 Walking Tour of London - City of Westminster takes around 90 minutes to complete. Follow a route past some of the capital's most famous landmarks including Trafalgar Square, Downing Street, The London Eye, Big Ben, Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, St James's Park, Buckingham Palace, The Mall, St James's Palace, The Royal Academy of Art, Piccadilly Circus, Leicester Square and the National Portrait Gallery.
The tour pack is downloaded as a zip file, and also contains a map in PDF format for you to print out and take with you. Your voucher will include instructions on how to download the tour. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $604.04 per personDuration: 2 days / 1 night
With France situated only a few miles across the English channel, a little over 2.5 hours away on the Eurostar, you won't want to miss this opportunity to spend a night in the City of Lights.
Depending how you prefer to travel, you have the choice of a fully independent or an escorted tour.
INDEPENDENT:
Board the Eurostar, sit back and relax, arriving into Paris in just 2 hours and 40 minutes. On arrival into Paris Gare du Nord the rest of the day is free for you to explore Paris. Your accomodation is in a centrally located 3 star hotel.
Whilst in Paris you can use your ticket on the Hop On Hop Off City Tour to see the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Sacre Coeur, the Champs Elysees etc. at your leisure. The tour gives you the opportunity to have total independence to see what you want, when you want.
ESCORTED:
Day One (Fully Escorted) - Travel from London and on arrival enjoy a guided panoramic tour which will show you all the main sights of Paris, and includes a stop at the second level of the Eiffel Tower. The tour finishes at the Louvre where you will have free time for lunch. In the afternoon board a boat for a romantic guided River Seine cruise followed by an optional visit of the Louvre (admission not included). Transfer by prepaid taxi to your comfortable, air-conditioned 4-star hotel.
Day Two (Unescorted) - After breakfast the day is free for you to explore independently. With your one day Hop on Hop off tour ticket you can explore the sights of Paris. This is by far the easiest to get about in Paris and enables you to concentrate on your main areas of interest. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $50.13 per personDuration: 3 -3.5 hours
The year is 1888. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has just published his first Sherlock Holmes story, a street in South London is the first to get electric lighting... In Whitechapel, East London, five women are brutally murdered by the world's first recognized serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
Join a walking tour of London as you tread the footsteps of the infamous Jack The Ripper down the dark, narrow, gas-lit alleyways immortalized in such films as "From Hell". You will follow the case of the unsolved Whitechapel murders that would lead Scotland Yard to Queen Victoria herself.
Led by one of the renowned London Blue Badge Guides, you will visit four murder sights. Your "Ripperologist" will run through some of the suspects who sparked a Victorian Whodunit that'll leave you as gripped as its victims.
You will then enjoy a traditional fish and chip supper in one of London's most historic pubs. The supper is optional and not included in the tour price. If you do decide to partake in this wonderful English tradition, the fish and chips supper is approximately GBP7.00 to GBP10.00 and payable locally. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $47.12 per personDuration: Varies
Afternoon tea was invented by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford (1783-1857), one of Queen Victoria's ladies-in-waiting. In her day, the upper crust ate a huge breakfast, little lunch, and a very late dinner. Every afternoon, the duchess experienced a "sinking feeling." One afternoon she instructed her servants to serve tea and little cakes in her boudoir. The experience was so delightful that Anna repeated it every afternoon thereafter. Soon others followed the Duchess' lead, and in just a few decades the custom of "taking tea" in the afternoon had become well established.
At first the practice was limited to the upper classes, but it eventually became so popular that tea shops and tea-rooms began opening for the enjoyment of the general public. Join the experience and indulge in an assortment of finger sandwiches, traditional scones with clotted cream and preserves, and a selection of teas.
This tradition still lives on today at London's top hotels, including the Waldorf Hilton Hotel, located in London's theaterland close to Covent Garden. Indulge in pastries, tea and coffee at the Homage Patisserie in a sumptuous setting of rich fabrics, period furniture and wood panelling. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $128.33 per personDuration: 10 hours
Leaving London, you head to Kent where the first stop is the 13th century, Hever Castle. This was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife and mother of Elizabeth I. There are many items relating to the Tudors, including two prayer books signed and inscribed by Anne Boleyn.
A short drive from Hever Castle is the historic spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The town was founded around the Chalybeate Spring - discovered in 1606 and the high iron content in the water was believed to have medicinal qualities. Famous for its antique auctions, fairs and shops, this is an opportunity to visit one of England's quintessential towns.
Leaving Tunbridge you head for the stately home of Penshurst Place, where time has seemingly stood still for over six centuries. Penshurst is still very much a medieval building where the highlight is the Barons' Hall, built in 1341. It has an impressive 60 foot high chestnut-beamed roof. Paintings, tapestries and furniture dating from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries can be seen throughout the house. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $721.84 per person, twin shareDuration: 3 days / 2 nights
Want to tour the back roads of the Cotswolds and Shakespeare's land 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 English countryside?
Virtually, all of the "must-see" icons a first time visitor to London and England wants to see. Oxford, Stratford, the Cotswolds, Stonehenge, Avebury, Lacock, Blenheim Palace and Warwick Castle. Usually, it takes three separate day tours from London to cover all of these. If you do it this way, however, over the three days you waste at least eight (yes, eight!) hours of your precious holiday time sitting on a coach travelling the freeway and fighting London. People totally underestimate the time it takes getting to and from these sites from London.
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 - 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 »
