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.
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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 ).
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| 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.
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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