Amazing Britain (11 Days starting from $1,835)

Amazing Britain

An 11-Day tour starting from $1,835

Length:	11 Days
Type:	First Class 2008
Category:	Regional Europe
Operator:	Trafalgar
Tour Code:	BHIL

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About This Tour

What's Included
Itinerary
Dates & Prices
Sightseeing
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Sightseeing Highlights

Stratford-upon-Avon: Visit Shakespeare''s birthplace, see Anne Hathaway''s cottage.
Coventry: See the Cathedrals.
Stoke-on-Trent: Visit the Wedgwood Pottery Centre (when open).
York: Orientation including the Minster and the ''Shambles''.
Durham: See its magnificent Norman Cathedral.
Hadrian''s Wall: See the ancient Roman fortifications.
Jedburgh: See the famous Abbey ruins.
Edinburgh: Castle visit and views of Holyrood House.
St. Andrews: See the famous golf course, the world''s oldest.
Culloden Moor: See the famous 1746 battle site.
Loch Ness: Visit the legendary loch.
Glencoe: See the Memorial.
Glasgow: Orientation tour.
Grasmere: Visit William Wordsworth''s village.
Chester: Visit the historic city.
Wye Valley: See Tintern Abbey.
Bath: Orientation including a visit to the Roman Baths.
Stonehenge: Visit the ancient stone circle.
Salisbury: View the Cathedral.
Scenic drives Northumberland National Park, Scottish Borderlands, the Scottish Highlands, Loch Lomond, English Lake District, Wye Valley, Salisbury Plain.

Dining Highlights

1 Welcome Drink and Highlight Dinner in Harrogate
1 Buffet breakfast and 1 Continental breakfast in London
7 full English breakfasts on tour
2 three-course dinners in hotels
Farewell Dinner with wine in Bristol

13 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)

First Class Travel Highlights

Escorted by one of Trafalgar’s top professional Tour Directors whilst touring.
A qualified local city guide in Edinburgh.
Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Edinburgh Festival.
The services of a Trafalgar Representative at your London hotel.
Chauffeur driven on Trafalgar’s luxury air-conditioned coaches with onboard washroom.
Stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
All hotel service charges, tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.

Airport Transfers

London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the Airport and central London. When you book your tour with Trafalgar your transfers to and from the airport are included. It''s that simple. Trafalgar has included a Free transfer to and from your airport and Central London.
Important – Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met:
You are staying at a London hotel, booked by Trafalgar, on the night of your arrival and the night prior to the date of your departure.
Flights are either booked by Trafalgar or detailed information on flights is provided by your Travel Agent not less than 21 days prior to departure.
Only one included transfer both inbound and outbound per tour is included by Trafalgar. Transfers are by express train to a Central London Rail Station.
Heathrow Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-21.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by coach. Gatwick Airport: Inbound transfers operate between 06.00-12.30. Outbound transfers are timed to connect with scheduled flights departing between 08.00-23.00. Transfers will be by express train and coach. Transfers outside these times will be at the passengers own expense.
In the event of unforeseen events (road or rail works, demonstrations, strikes) Trafalgar will not be held responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers
No refund is available for passengers not utilising this service.
Why not upgrade to a Hotelink transfer from the Airport to-the-door of your Trafalgar London hotel? (please ask Trafalgar or your travel agent of the additional upgrade price per person when booking)
European Gateways: With Trafalgar all passengers will receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on the scheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the times specified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves your flight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown.
Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar''s Land+Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.
Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tour days are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase one through Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask for prices of transfers at the time of booking your extra night accommodation.
Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tour arrival or departure days but whose flights don''t coincide with the listed transfer times below may also book and purchase these transfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not less than 21 days before the flight departure.
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Day 1 - Depart USA Overnight flight to London.

Day 2 - Arrive London After checking into your Trafalgar hotel, the remainder of your day is at leisure.

Hotel: Hilton Olympia

Day 3- London – Stratford – Coventry – York – Harrogate A warm welcome from our Tour Director as we drive through the rolling Cotswold Hills to Stratford-upon-Avon. Here we visit Shakespeare’s birthplace and view Anne Hathaway’s cottage before continuing to Coventry, where we see the two Cathedrals – one which was bombed into a ruin during the Second World War and the other, which has risen from its ashes. We will also see the statue of Lady Godiva – said to have ridden naked through the streets of the city before continuing to Viking York. Here we will enjoy a walking tour of the city highlighting the ancient Walls, the Mansion House, the picturesque ‘Shambles’ and the magnificent Minster. Then on to our hotel in Harrogate where we enjoy a Welcome Drink then a Highlight Dinner in a restaurant tonight. (Continental Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)

Hotel: Holiday Inn

Day 4 - Harrogate – Durham – Edinburgh (2 nights) This morning we are off to Durham, which is dominated by its 11th century Norman Cathedral, its castle overlooking Palace Green and other fine buildings surrounded by the picturesque river Wear. Time to explore this small but magnificent city before driving through the Northumberland National Park to a section of Hadrian’s Wall, where we can take pictures of the Roman construction. Then we cross the Scottish border at Carter Bar for spectacular views and pause to see the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey before arriving in Edinburgh, Scotland’s elegant capital. (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Holiday Inn / Holiday Inn North (2 nights)

Day 5 - Edinburgh sightseeing & at leisure Included on our morning sightseeing tour with a local guide this morning are many fascinating highlights. The Royal Mile, views of Holyrood House and Arthur’s seat, Princes Street, the Scottish Parliament and a visit to Edinburgh Castle is included. You’ll have the opportunity to visit the nearby Rosslyn Chapel just south of the city– which retains an aura of mystery with its many references to the Knights Templar and Freemasonry – but more recently an important feature of the ‘Da Vinci Code’. During the Festival we include tickets to the spectacular Edinburgh Tattoo. (Full Breakfast)

Day 6 - Edinburgh – St. Andrews – Scottish Highlands (Laggan) After breakfast today, we drive across the Forth Bridge and along the Fife coast up to the famous golf course at St. Andrew’s, where we stop to take a picture at the 18th hole! Then on to the Scottish Highlands and over the river Tay to visit charming Pitlochry village, famous for its salmon. Then through heather clad scenery to the Highland village of Laggan for dinner and overnight. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Laggan Country Hotel

Day 7 - Scottish Highlands (Laggan) – Culloden – Loch Ness – Glasgow This morning we drive to Culloden Moor where Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated by the redcoats. We visit the famous battlefield before continuing to Loch Ness – keep your eyes open for the monster! – and we stop here to take pictures at the romantic ruins of Urquhart Castle. On to Fort William where we will see Ben Nevis – Britain’s highest mountain – before driving on to Glencoe. Finally we reach Loch Lomond en route to Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow – once one of the most important shipbuilding cities in the world! (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Radisson SAS / Jurys Inn

Day 8 - Glasgow – Grasmere – Lake District – Lancashire (Lake District) After an orientation tour of Glasgow featuring George Square we drive through the Southern Uplands to Gretna Green. Here eloping couples married against their parents’ wishes! Now to the English Lake District and Lake Windermere, then to Grasmere where we visit Wordsworth’s burial place and our Tour Director will show us a Hidden Treasure before we arrive at our hotel. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Holiday Inn (Lancaster)

Day 9 - Lancashire (Lake District) – Chester – Tintern – Bristol This morning after breakfast our first stop will be in Chester where our walking tour will take in the Roman Walls, the Cathedral and the black and white Tudor arcaded buildings known as the ‘Rows’. From here we cross into Wales and the Wye Valley to view the ruins of the 12th century Tintern Abbey. Finally we drive into Bristol. This evening we will enjoy a Farewell Dinner together. (Full Breakfast / Farewell Dinner)

Hotel: Marriott City Centre

Day 10 - Bristol – Bath – Stonehenge – Salisbury – London We make our way to the beautiful city of Bath this morning to enjoy views of the superb Georgian architecture and to make a visit to the Roman Baths to test the famous waters. Then we continue our journey across Salisbury Plain making a stop to visit the mysterious and imposing monoliths at Stonehenge. Then on to Salisbury where we have time to admire the Cathedral and its spire – the tallest in Britain! Finally through Wiltshire and Hampshire back to London. (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Hilton Olympia

Day 11 - London – USA After breakfast this morning, time to bid farewell as we transfer to the airport for our return flight to America. (Buffet Breakfast)

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4/17/2008 - 4/27/2008	$1,850	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
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7/10/2008 - 7/20/2008	$1,970	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
7/24/2008 - 8/3/2008	$1,970	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
7/31/2008 - 8/10/2008	$2,035	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
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8/28/2008 - 9/7/2008	$1,975	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
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9/4/2008 - 9/14/2008	$1,975	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
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9/25/2008 - 10/5/2008	$1,975	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
10/9/2008 - 10/19/2008	$1,925	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
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12/26/2008 - 1/5/2009	$1,835	Call Us	Call Us	Call Us
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All Land & Air Prices: Additional taxes and fees will apply, please visit www.trafalgar.com/taxesandfees. Airline fuel surcharges are included in the base fare. Additional restrictions will apply; please visit www.trafalgar.com/restrictions. Prices shown are from New York City (Europe vacations), Los Angeles (South Pacific & Asia vacations) and Miami (South America vacations). * This list indicates brochure rates and dates. For single travellers purchasing the twin-share option, please note that there is a no smoking policy in all shared rooms. Please note: In addition to being sold out or on a request basis only, a tour departure may not be displayed on this site for operation reasons.** For details on discounts that apply to this tour please refer to a brochure or see your Travel Agent. The displayed prices are based on twin-share accommodation. A single supplement price is available on request.

Stratford-upon-Avon
Coventry
Stoke-on-Trent
York
Durham
Hadrian''s Wall
Jedburgh
Edinburgh
St. Andrews
Culloden Moor
Loch Ness
Glencoe
Glasgow
Grasmere
Chester
Wye Valley
Bath
Stonehenge
Salisbury

All Land & Air Prices: Additional taxes and fees will apply, please visit www.trafalgar.com/taxesandfees. Airline fuel surcharges are included in the base fare. Additional restrictions will apply; please visit www.trafalgar.com/restrictions. Prices shown are from New York City (Europe vacations), Los Angeles (South Pacific & Asia vacations) and Miami (South America vacations).
* This list indicates brochure rates and dates.
** For single travellers purchasing the twin-share option, please note that there is a no smoking policy in all shared rooms.
Please note: In addition to being sold out or on a request basis only, a tour departure may not be displayed on this site for operation reasons.
For details on discounts that apply to this tour please refer to a brochure or see your Travel Agent.
The displayed prices are based on twin-share accommodation. A single supplement price is available on request.

Note: All prices are per person, double occupancy, subject to availability. These pages are not endorsed or supported by the tour operator in any way. All information presented is based on promotional material provided by the tour operator. All prices, itineraries, accommodations and dates are subject to change without notice and at any time by the tour operators. Availability is limited and must be reconfirmed at time of booking. The prices on this website are not guaranteed. We are not responsible for errors, omissions, or changes in pricing. Please call us toll free at 1-800-942-3301 to confirm availability and pricing.