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Price: Starting from USD $242.62 per personDuration: 15 hours
You will leave London's Euston Station at for your journey to the spectacular Lake District. On arrival at Oxenholme you will be met by your guide.
Your tour includes a visit to the world of Beatrix Potter attraction, a lake cruise, a visit to the medieval village of Hawkshead and an optional visit to Hill Top, home of Beatrix Potter.
You will also experience one of the Lake District's most picturesque beauty spots, Tarn Hows, a tour through the Langdale valleys to Grasmere, returning through the bustling village of Bowness and back to Oxenholme. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $103.52 per personDuration: 10 hours
The Cotswolds represent an area that is forever England, remaining seemingly unchanged with the passing of time. Rolling landscapes, dry stone walls and perpendicular churches. Sparkling clear streams fuse with tiny villages and hamlets with their charming limestone houses, tea shops and inns.
Your full day tour of the Cotswolds begins in Burford, where the magnificent High Street, which slopes down to the River Windrush, holds every variety of Cotswold stone. There will be time to visit the small tea houses before heading north to Stow-on-the-wold.
Lunch beckons and what better way to satisfy your hunger than with a fabulous two course lunch in the heart of the Cotswolds! The restaurant boasts a spectacular oak beamed ceiling, a huge stone fireplace bearing witches marks and a fabulous range of traditional cooking, including traditional bread and butter pudding for dessert.
The afternoon is spent exploring Moreton-in-Marsh which has a unique buzz, and is home to the Cotswolds falconry centre. Continue north west and out of the Cotswolds to the delightful Stratford-Upon-Avon. Here you will take a small walk through the city centre passing Shakespeares Birthplace before enjoying cream tea in a charming inn located in the city center. ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $82.21 per personDuration: 9 hours
Blenheim Palace is a masterpiece of English Baroque architecture and the Birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. The stunning State Rooms are brimming with priceless works of art and magnificent tapestries, and the Gardens are set in 754 hectares of land with an exquisite water garden.
Options at Blenheim Palace are:
- Entrance to Blenheim Palace State Rooms where a guide will bring the history of this fabulous place to life (approximately Adult £16.00, Child £9.75, Seniors £13.50)
- Free walking tour of the gardens of Blenheim Palace where you will see the Marlborough Maze and the stunning fountains of the gardens
The Cotswolds is a region of natural beauty which is characterised by attractive small towns and thatched villages of yellow Cotswolds stone. Visit the Great Tew, where the traditional post office and local pub give the village an atmosphere of times gone by.
Options in The Cotswolds are:
- Enjoy a wonderful fish and chip lunch in the beautiful village of Burford (approximately Adult £9.00, Child £7.00, Seniors £9.00)
- Free time to explore a beautiful Cotswolds village with quaint shops and pretty thatched cottages
Stratford-upon-Avon is one of the country's most historic and vibrant towns, dating back to medieval times. While it is most famous as the birthplace of the Elizabethan playwright William Shakespeare, the town itself is delightful.
Options in Stratford-upon-Avon are:
- Visit Shakespeare's Birthplace, a tudor style house that has been carefully furnished to recreate the interiors of his childhood (approximately Adult £7.00, Child £2.75, Seniors £6.00)
- Free walking tour of Stratford-upon-Avon to see some of the fine old buildings the town is famous for
Saver Package - available on the day, take all three paid optional visits to save 10% (approximately Adult £29.00, Child £17.00, Seniors £25.50). ... read more »
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 $25.08 per personDuration: Flexible
Skip the line! Purchase your ticket to The London Dungeon ahead of time to take advantage of jumping the queue and gaining fast track entry. Don't waste time waiting in lines on vacation!
Transport yourself back to the darkest moments in the capital's history within the deep depths of the London Dungeon. Live actors, shows, rides and interactive special effects ensure that you face your fears head on in this unique experience. Everything that you see is based on real historical events from Jack the Ripper, to the Great Fire of London, torture and the plague. Now with two scary rides the London Dungeon provides a thrilling and fun experience that will leave you screaming for more! Ninety minutes of pain, fear, torture and death ... are you brave enough?
Embark upon your last journey on the brand new Extremis: Drop Ride to Doom! At the mercy of the hangman, you are at the very point of death and the end is drawing near. Taste the fear and feel the adrenaline pump as the trapdoor opens and your heart shoots into your throat as you drop, screaming into the darkness below!
Fast Track Tickets: Allows priority entry over the general admission queue. Please note, during peak periods (school holidays) there may be a queue.
Special Offer - Save over 37% during selected peak travel periods when you visit London Dungeon after 5:00pm - BOOK NOW! ... read more »
Price: Starting from USD $378.96 per person, twin shareDuration: 2 days / 1 night
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?
To most people the Somme signifies July 1st 1916, the day the British Army suffered its greatest ever number of losses in a single day with nearly 60,000 casualties. But the actual battle for the Somme raged until November, and saw massive fighting by Canadian and Australian troops as well as the British. What remains today will be etched into your consciousness forever.
Accompanied by ex-army personnel or Battlefield Guides with postgraduate qualifications, you will gain a fascinating insight into the Western Battlefields of Belgium on this small group tour which combines travel by Eurostar with a local minivan at a reasonable price.
With a maximum group size of 16 and a university educated guide/driver, you are sure to have a memorable and personal experience. ... read more »
