Sunday 2nd – Monday 3rd October REGAL LONDON BREAK £104.50 Visit Buckingham Palace for the summer opening with an audio guided tour of the State Rooms and special ‘Faberge Exhibition’ and Knightsbridge with its museums and famous department stores. At the superb 4* Tower Hotel, St Katherine’s Dock adjacent to Tower Bridge and the Tower of London (EB). The Lion King or Jersey Boys available at extra cost! Tuesday 4th October AUTUMN TINTS AT HIDCOTE MANOR £29.50 England’s finest garden is a blaze of colour in Autumn. During the afternoon we will take a Cotswolds tour visiting Broadway. Wednesday 5th October LONDON DAY TOUR LOVE NEVER DIES (M) £74.50 The World’s greatest love story continues! The sequel to The Phantom of The Opera. LES MISERABLES (M) £69.50 Wednesday 5th October LONDON DAY TOUR – DUTCH LANDSCAPES AT THE QUEENS GALLERY £67.50 The exhibition features 42 remarkable works from the ‘golden age’ of Dutch painting. Includes afternoon tea at the Goring Hotel, a favourite with celebrities and Royals. Sunday 9th – Saturday 15th October THE FRENCH RIVIERA – NICE & THE COTE D’AZUR – By Air £749.50 Nice –‘The Jewel of the Cote d’Azur’ is a unique resort offering designer shops, museums, art galleries, flower and antique markets and the breathtaking sweep of the elegant promenade, lined with palm trees. The 3* Mercure Hotel (BB). It enjoys a superb location on the Promenade des Anglais, near the old town, flower market and the shopping area. We include visits to St Paul de Vence a perch village with 16th Century ramparts, which is home to numerous artists who display their works in galleries along the narrow winding streets and Cannes. Scheduled flights from London to Nice.
Friday 14th – Sunday 16th October NATIONAL TREASURES £174.50 On Friday we visit Waddesdon Manor, a renaissance style chateau built by Baron de Rothschild to display his outstanding collection of art treasures and the Victorian garden is considered one of the finest in Britain. Saturday visit the charming town of Woodstock with its boutiques, pubs and cafes and Blenheim Palace birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Also visiting the superb Bicester Designer Outlet Shopping Village and Stow on The Wold. At the 3* Holiday Inn High Wycombe (HB). Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23rd October OXFORD & MARLOW £94.50 Take a walking tour of the ‘University City of Spires’ and visit the Ashmolean Museum. Marlow is a charming historic town situated on the River Thames and surrounded by beautiful countryside, with the Chiltern Hills to the north. At the 4* Crowne Plaza Marlow (HB), which offers superb standards and has full leisure facilities with indoor swimming pool.
Tuesday 25th October THE ROYAL MEWS AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE £39.50 Visit the Royal Mews, home to the Royal Collection of coaches and carriages and of course the Windsor Grey and Cleveland Bay horses that were used at the Royal Wedding. Tuesday 25th October WESTMINSTER ABBEY £49.50 Royal weddings, kings, queens, statesmen, soldiers, poets, heroes and villains – the Abbey is a must-see living pageant of British history – take a tour conducted by a Blue Badge Guide. There will be free time to visit the famous department stores of Knightsbridge. Friday 28th – Sunday 30th October LONDON WEEKEND – HALF TERM £169.50 Includes a London city tour and the opportunity to visit the Bank of England Museum where you get the opportunity to hold a gold bar, the Imperial War Museum or the South Kensington Museums. On Saturday visit Borough Market, a traditional street market world renowned for its vast array of produce from the UK and Europe. Sunday there will be free time for shopping at Regent and Oxford Streets or Knightsbridge with its famous department stores. At the superb 4* Tower Hotel, St Katherine’s Dock adjacent to Tower Bridge and the Tower of London (EB).
Saturday 29th October ENGLISH NATIONAL BALLET: STRICTLY GERSHWIN £49.50 A truly evocative celebration of the music of George and Ira Gershwin and the sparkling age of Hollywood music and dance. Stalls seats for the matinee performance at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff. November Tours |