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Cotswold Tours 2012

A tour of the English countryside, taken at a leisurely pace, showing you the real England, changed little for centuries 

7 nights in the Cotswold Hills staying in a 15th century house
Daily breakfast, entrances, guidance and transportation


  Join a small group or come as your own private group 
     arranging your bespoke itinerary with our help.

 DAY 

                                                                  

                                                      DESCRIPTION 

Friday

If you are flying into London, your guide will meet you at the airport and arrange for you to meet your small group.

Pick up from the airport or your central London hotel. We travel to the tranquillity of the Cotswold hills by private motor coach - 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.

Enjoy an evening relaxing maybe in the local friendly pub.

 

Saturday

Tour of  the Cotswold villages. Broadway, Snowshill, and its Lavender fields, Chipping Camden, and on to Stow on the Wold, for lunch  known for its fine antiques centres. To  Chipping Norton, Lower and Upper Slaughter, Lower and Upper Swell and Bourton on Water, and more.

Sunday

A moring to relax in Winchcombe. You may wish to attend morning service at one of our local churches or you may prefer to stroll to Sudeley Castle the resting place of Henry VIII’s last wife Katherine, 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.

 

Monday
To the Cotswold town of Burford visiting the Cotwold Weavers
 
A guided walk of Oxford and its colleges. With freedom to roam the colleges -
we drive to Woodstock for lunch.

We visit  Blenheim Palace, the lavish stately home of the Duke of Marlborough and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill.

 

Tuesday

A day to Bath . We tour the southern Cotswold villages - through Bibury with its ancient mill and trout farm and visit Tetbury passing the home of Prince Charles at Highgrove. To the ancient city of Bath - visit the Roman Baths of the 3rd C. and to the elegance of Georgian England.

Wednesday

Visit Snowshill Manor and to Shakespeare’s Stratford upon Avon. We visit  Shakespeare’s birthplace and grave before touring Anne Hathaways Cottage.

Shakespearean Theatre option ( subject to ticket availability ).

 

Thursday
 A shopping visit to the Regency town of Cheltenham voted the finest shopping town in England and on to Gloucester cathedral used in the filming of Harry Potter.
Wonderful antique shops may be enjoyed.

 

Friday

  

Transport to London, your departing flight or extend your stay.
 Cotswolds Tour dates 2012 to be finalised very soon. 
 
Private tours at any time - see our page with suggestions and prices.

Prices per person sharing a twin/double room:-

Week stay 7 nights - Friday to Friday - £770       + £95 single supplement

If taken as your own private group you may change your daily destinations.

Group bookings

 

 

4 nights 5 days – including entrances transport throughout on a  B&B basis.

 

If you have groups of 2 -  £770 per person

If you have groups of 4 - £515 per person                       If you have groups of 6 - £455 per person

 

6 nights 7 days excluding entrances transport throughout on a  B&B basis.

 

If you have groups of 2 - £1055

If you have groups of 4 - £670

If you have groups of 6 -  £545

 

 

 

The itinerary

 

4 days 5 nights  --- for the 6 day 7 night night package - add 1 free day to relax, shopping in Cheltenham and 1 additional day touring.

 

Day 1 Pick up from Heathrow and depending how you feel we either tour or drive directly to your 15th C Cotswold House in Winchcombe.

 

Day 2 A day tour of the Cotswold Villages to include Stow on the Wold Chipping Camden and Bourton on Water, Upper and Lower Slaughter and Burford. Visit the Cotswold Weavers.

 

Day 3, 4, Select from the places below to include in your customised day tours.

 

Day 5. Private transfer to your returning flight or extend your travel.

 

We include in many of our tours the British Heritage pass. The following places are within easy reach from our Cotswold base and included for free entry.


Places you may consider including 


In the Cotswolds

 

Snowshill Manor

Hidcote Manor

Hailes Abbey

Chedworth Roman Villa

Sudeley Castle

Mill Deane Garden

 

Travelling North -

 

Shakespeare's birthplace

Ann Hathaways Cottage

Badesley Clinton

Packwood House

Kenilworth Castle

Warwick Castle

Mary Arden's House


 


Travelling South

 

Stonehenge

City of Bath

Roman Baths and Pump room.

Avebury Abbey

Old Sarum

Wilton House

Lacock Abbey

Painswick Rococco Garden.

 

Travelling West

 

Berkley Castle

Wales

 

Travelling East

 

Blenheim Palace