THE BEST OF SOUTHERN ENGLAND (GV2010)

Hotels


London
Park Plaza Westminster Bridge (SF),

Stratford
-upon-avon Holiday Inn (SF),

Bath
Hilton (F),

Brighton
Hilton Metropole (SF),

London
Hilton London Metropole (SF)

Meals
Full English breakfast (B); 2 three-course dinners (D) with choice of menus, including a welcome dinner in Stratford.

Day 1:
(Sun.) Board your overnight transatlantic flight.

Day 2:
Arrive in London, England. (Mon.) Uniformed Globus Hosts are available to help you make the most of your stay.

Day 3:
London. (Tue.) After a hearty English breakfast, morning sightseeing with a Local Guide includes all the famous landmarks: the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben beside the River Thames, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall’s mounted horseguards and the Prime Minister’s Downing Street, Piccadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace. Highlights are a visit to ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL and the ceremonial pageantry of the Changing of the Guard, if held. Free time in the afternoon for independent activities or to join an optional excursion to Windsor Castle or the Tower of London with its fabulous Crown Jewels. Later, maybe an optional dinner followed by a cruise on the River Thames? (B)

Day 4:
London–Hampton Court–Oxford–Stratford-upon-Avon. (Wed.) Meet your Tour Director and traveling companions and depart at 8 am for a lovely day of sightseeing. First, a special visit to admire the breathtaking ORNAMENTAL GARDENS of Henry VIII’s Hampton Court Palace. Your Tour Director will take you on a walk to see the Great Vine, Pond Garden, Privy Garden, and the flower borders of the Great Fountain Garden. Drive through Runnymede, site of the sealing of the Magna Carta; take a stroll in Oxford to see the colleges where Britain’s elite receives its outstanding education; and pay tribute to one of the giants of recent history at Sir Winston Churchill’s burial place in Bladon. Arrive in Stratford-upon-Avon in good time to take your pictures of Anne Hathaway’s Cottage and visit SHAKESPEARE’S BIRTHPLACE. Tonight, enjoy a welcome dinner at your hotel. (B,D)

Day 5:
Stratford-upon-Avon–Broadway–Bath. (Thu.) A particularly scenic day. Enjoy vistas of the Cotswold Hills as you motor to the Elizabethan village of Broadway. On past Cheltenham and Gloucester to Wales for a drive through the beautiful Wye Valley and pictures of the romantic ruins of 12th-century Tintern Abbey. Cross the 3,240-foot Severn Road Bridge, and in elegant Georgian Bath, see the amazing excavations of the ROMAN BATHS with time to explore further on your own. This evening, consider an optional excursion to the picture-book 13th-century village of Castle Combe. (B)

Day 6:
Bath–Stonehenge–Salisbury–Brighton. (Fri.) Try to unravel the mystery of prehistoric STONEHENGE on the drive across Salisbury Plain, then stroll through the picturesque city of Salisbury with its magnificent cathedral, the ultimate in Early English Gothic architecture. Pause in the town of Arundel, dominated by its huge castle, home of the Duke of Norfolk, before arriving in the Regency seaside resort of Brighton. A unique highlight: a tour of the exotic ROYAL PAVILION, the lavish oriental palace built for the Prince Regent in the early 1800s. (B,D)

Day 7:
Brighton–Tunbridge Wells–London. (Sat.) Start the day with time for a walk along the seafront promenade. Enjoy a visit to Tunbridge Wells, a lovely English town, on your way to magnificent moated LEEDS CASTLE, which Lord Conway called “the loveliest castle in the world.” Take a leisurely stroll in the landscaped gardens, and admire the lavish state apartments where international summit meetings have been hosted. Return to London around 3:30 pm. How about asking your Tour Director to reserve seats at a West End show tonight? (B)

Day 8:
(Sun.) Your homebound flight arrives the same day. (B)

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City Highlights


London:
Guided sightseeing, visit St. Paul’s Cathedral and see the Changing of the Guard, if held

Hampton Court:
A special walking tour through the palace’s ornamental gardens

Oxford:
Visit the university city

Bladon:
Visit Sir Winston Churchill’s grave

Stratford-upon-Avon:
Take pictures of Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, visit Shakespeare’s birthplace; welcome dinner

Broadway:
Visit the picturesque Cotswold village

Tintern Abbey:
Take pictures of the abbey ruins

Bath:
Visit the Roman relics

Stonehenge:
Visit the prehistoric monument

Salisbury:
Visit the cathedral city

Arundel:
Admire the Duke of Norfolk’s castle

Brighton:
Royal Pavilion tour

Tunbridge Wells


Leeds Castle:
Visit the mighty, moated castle and gardens

Price Details US
Single room supplement: $378Triple room reduction per person: $34Extra nights per person in London:Apr.: in single room $123, in twin room $76, in triple room $69May-Sept.: in single room $223, in twin room $134, in triple room $124

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