Chelsea Flower Show

18th May – 29th May 2010 - Sorry - now fully booked - see below

A fabulous tour of the gardens of southern England seeing them at their peak. We stay in Ghyll Manor in Kent and comfortable 15th C Cotswold properties. Experienced driver guidance in an air conditioned mercedes minicoach provides a quality experience. The world famous Chelsea Flower Show completes this superb tour.

A 11 night tour - 3 nights stay in Kent - 3 nights in London a 4*  London hotel and 5 nights in the Cotswolds.

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Tuesday 25th May	Pick up from your central hotel to travel by private motor coach to the tranquillity of the Cotswold hills. An area, 600 square miles, of natural beauty. The limestone scenery provides drystone walls, stone cottages, patch work quilt fields, and rolling hillsides. This is the quintessential English countryside and the ancient wool producing area of Britain. We stay in Winchcombe, an ancient Saxon town in the western Cotswold hills. We will enjoy Winchcombe and its small local shops and you may wish to stroll to Sudeley Castle the resting place of Henry VIII’s last wife Katherine,   Enjoy an evening relaxing maybe in the local friendly pub.   If you are flying into London, your guide will meet you at the airport and arrange for you to meet your small group.
Wed 26th May	Tour of  the Cotswold villages. Broadway, Snowshill, and its Lavender fields, Chipping Camden, and on to Stow on the Wold, known for its fine antiques centres, for lunch.  To  Chipping Norton, Lower and Upper Slaughter, Lower and Upper Swell and Bourton on Water, and more.
Thurs 27th May	Drive to London for the world famous Chelsea Flower Show.  If you prefer you could have a full day in Windsor visiting the castle and Eton College, excellent shopping - pleasant town - or a day in London. We would pick you up on the return journey.
Fri 28th May     Sat 29th May	A visit to Oxford and its colleges with a leisurely guided walk. With drive to Woodstock for lunch and visit  Blenheim Palace, the lavish stately home of the Duke of Marlborough and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.   Visit Snowshill Manor and gardens and on to Shakespeare’s Stratford upon Avon. Visit to Shakespeare’s birthplace. Visit the grave at the Holy trinity church and Anne Hathaways Cottage.   Shakespearean Theatre ( additional option ).
Sun 30th May	A morning to relax in Winchcombe. You may wish to attend morning service at one of our local churches or relax in the magnificent gardens of Sudeley castle. or a guided walk through the countryside to the ancient remains of a roman villa and discover its mosaic floor hidden deep within the woods. After lunch we travel to the garden creation of Lawrence Johnson -Hidcote Manor.
Mon 31st May   Tues 1st May	A through the southern Cotswold villages –  to Bibury with its ancient mill and trout farm. We  visit Tetbury, near the home of Prince Charles at Highgrove and on to Bath. Visit the Roman baths. You may prefer to spend more time in Bath or venture on to Iford Manor, a garden created by Harold Peto in the beautiful Avon Valley.     Transport to London, your departing flight or extend your stay.

This is for 7 nights - bed and english breakfast staying in a twin bedded ensuite room.

- transport and guidance. 

- transfers to and from arriving and departing airports if at the start and end of the package.

- all entrances to places listed. ( not including Chelsea Flower Show Tickets at £45 each )