Includes: |
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Twin bedded room
with private facilites plus buffet / full
breakfasts (B/FB) and dinner (D) as shown
in itinerary. |
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Free porterage for one medium
sized suitcase per person. |
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Professional tour director. |
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Touring by private first-class
air-conditioned motorcoach. |
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Local guide for city sightseeing
as per itinerary. |
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British
Panorama - From US$ 569 [6 days/ 5 nights] |
Day:
1 London - Bath - Cardiff, Wales.
Meet your tour director and traveling companions and
depart at 8 a.m. for a memorable day's sightseeing:
the gardens of Hampton Court, Henry VIII's magnificent
Tudor palace; Salisbury, the "City of the Soaring
Spire"; before passing Stonehenge, one of England's
most intriguing mysteries. Stop in the elegant Georgian
city of Bath, famous for its Roman relics. Then across
the Severn Bridge, a tribute to modern engineering,
into Wales and Cardiff. An orientation drive in the
Welsh capital introduces you to the major attractions:
Cardiff Castle, Cathays Park, Millennium Stadium and
the stately civic buildings. (B,D)
Day: 2 Cardiff - Wrexham,
North Wales.
Head for the beautiful Wye Valley and the romantic ruins
of 12th-century Tintern Abbey, then the scenic Cotswold
Hills with a stop in picture-book Broadway. Later tour
fascinating Stratford-upon-Avon, a living monument to
William Shakespeare, and stop for pictures of Anne Hathaway's
Cottage. Back into Wales to picturesque Llangollen,
home of an annual international competition for poets
and minstrels, then overnight in Wrexham. (FB,D)
Day: 3 Wrexham - Chester,
England - Edinburgh, Scotland.
In Chester your walking tour includes Roman remains,
black and white half-timbered buildings, and two-tiered
arcades called the "Rows." Then some of the
best-loved scenery in England: the mountains, lakes,
and valleys of the Lake District are preserved as a
fine National Park. Follow the shores of Lake Windermere
and visit Grasmere, home of the poet Wordsworth. Over
the border into Scotland and a visit to Gretna Green,
where the blacksmith used to wed runaway couples, on
the way through the history steeped Lowland Hills, before
reaching Edinburgh. (FB). |
