Cotswold Visits

A 7 night visit to the Cotswold Hills staying in a 15th century Cotswold house, with daily breakfast, entrances, guidance and transportation throughout. This may also be taken with Antiques and Gardens. See list of Antique and Garden tours.

The beauty of the English countryside, taken at a leisurely pace, showing you the real England changed little for centuries. Join a small group of max.12.

Cotswolds - Tour dates 2010 available :- Additional private tours available on request.

9^th-16^th April, 16^th- 23^rd April, 23rd - 30th April, 30th April - 7th May, 25^th May - 1^st June

23rd - 30th July, 3rd Sept - 10th Sept, 10th - 17th October ( Inc. Cheltenham Literature Week )

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.

Prices per person sharing a twin/double room:-

Week stay 7 nights - Friday to Friday - £840 + £95 single supplement

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

Group bookings will be priced on application.