The Britannia (19 Days starting from $3,625)

The Britannia

A 19-Day tour starting from $3,625

Length:	19 Days
Type:	First Class 2008
Category:	Regional Europe
Operator:	Trafalgar
Tour Code:	BBRT

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About This Tour

What's Included
Itinerary
Dates & Prices
Sightseeing
Details

Sightseeing Highlights

London: Sightseeing tour.
Oxford: Visit one of the University''s Colleges.
Bladon: See Sir Winston Churchill''s grave.
Stratford-upon-Avon: Visit Shakespeare''s birthplace and see Anne Hathaway''s cottage.
Stoke-on-Trent: Visit the Wedgwood Pottery Centre (when open).
York: Walking tour including the ''Shambles'' and Minster.
Durham: Visit the Norman Cathedral.
Hadrian''s Wall: See the fortifications.
Jedburgh: See the Abbey ruins.
Edinburgh: Sightseeing includes a visit to the imposing Castle.
Glasgow: Orientation tour.
Moffat: Visit a Woollen Outlet.
Grasmere: Visit Wordsworth''s village.
Caernarvon: Visit the Castle.
Chester: Visit the historic city.
Ludlow: Visit this market town.
Tintern: See the Abbey.
Bath: Orientation including a visit to the Roman Baths.
Cheddar: View the Gorge.
Glastonbury: View the Abbey.
Cornish Excursion: Visit the village of St. Ives and view St. Michael''s Mount.
Plymouth: Sightseeing including the Mayflower Steps.
Stonehenge: Visit the stone circle.
Isle of Wight Excursion: Visit Osborne House.
Caerphilly: See the Castle.
Winchester: View its Cathedral.
Scenic drives: Cotswold Hills, Northumberland National Park, Scottish Borderlands and Highlands, Loch Ness, Loch Lomond, English Lake District, Snowdonia National Park, Wye Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Cheddar Gorge, and Salisbury Plain.

Dining Highlights

1 Welcome Drink with your Tour Director in Kenilworth
2 Buffet breafasts and 1 Continental breakfast in London
14 full English breakfasts on tour
7 three-course dinners in hotels
1 local speciality dinner in Glasgow
Farewell Dinner with wine in Portsmouth

26 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.
Ferry across the Solent.
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.
Click here to see scheduled transfer times.

Edinburgh Tattoo: 1-23 August 2008
Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Festival. Applicable to departures July 30th through to August 13th.

Day 1- Depart USA Overnight flight to London.

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

Hotel: Jurys Clifton Ford (2 nights)

Day 3 - London sightseeing & at leisure Many major sights are included on our morning sightseeing tour. Then London is yours to discover. (Buffet Breakfast)

Day 4 - London – Oxford – Stratford – Shakespeare country (Kenilworth) Greetings from our Tour Director as we travel to Oxford, city of dreaming spires, where such great writers as J R R Tolkien, CS Lewis and Lewis Caroll were students. Here we enjoy a walking tour of one of the Colleges (or the Sheldonian Theatre when the Colleges are closed). On to Bladon to view Winston Churchill’s grave in the little churchyard. Then through the rolling Cotswolds to Stratford upon Avon where we visit Shakespeare’s birthplace and we see Anne Hathaway’s cottage. Later on to Kenilworth where we enjoy a Welcome Drink before dinner with our Tour Director and fellow travellers. (Continental Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: De Montfort

Day 5 - Kenilworth – York We travel to Staffordshire and the potteries for a visit of the Wedgwood centre where we will learn how this fine china is made and painted. An excellent opportunity to buy at very good prices! Then across the Pennine hills and through Brontë countryside and Viking York. Here we will enjoy a walking tour with our Tour Director including the Shambles, the city walls, the Minster and a Hidden Treasure will be reavealed to us! (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Holiday Inn

Day 6 - York – Durham – Edinburgh (2 nights) We travel through the Yorkshire countryside to Durham city where we visit the old centre situated on the peninsula lying on the river Wear. We will visit Palace Green, view the castle and have time to visit the finest Norman Cathedral in Britain. Then on to a section of Hadrian’s Wall built by the Roman Emperor to keep out the Picts and the Scots. Time for pictures before continuing across the Northumberland National Park to the Scottish Border. We cross Carter Bar with its astounding panoramas and view the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey, before arriving in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital. (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Marriott

Day 7 - Edinburgh sightseeing & at leisure Our sightseeing tour of Edinburgh with a local guide includes Princes Street, the Royal Mile, views of the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood House and Arthur’s seat as well as a guided interior visit of Edinburgh Castle atop the Crag and Tail. You will have the time to visit a delightful village just south of the city, to take a tour of the mysterious Rosslyn Chapel. Made famous by the ‘Da Vinci Code’ this place has long been associated with the Knight Templars and the Freemasons. Later there’s the chance to see Highland Dancers and sample whisky and haggis! (Full Breakfast)

Day 8 - Edinburgh – St. Andrew’s – Scottish Highlands (Aviemore) Today we travel over the Forth Bridge to the Fife coast and to St. Andrews where we stop to see the famous 18th hole of the golf course! We also visit the town and see its ancient University – the oldest in Scotland. Then over the river Tay via Perth to Pitlochry – a picturesque village famous for its salmon. Maybe visit Blair Atholl castle before arriving in our hotel in the Scottish Highlands for dinner and overnight. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Macdonalds Highland Resort

Day 9 - Scottish Highlands (Aviemore) – Isle of Skye Through rugged scenery with a stop at Culloden Moor where Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated by Butcher Cumberland so ending the hopes of a Stuart Monarchy. We drive along the shores of Loch Ness where we stop at Urquhart Castle for pictures and to see if we can spot ‘Nessie’! Then through Glen Shiel past Eilean Donan Castle to the Kyle of Lochalsh and ‘over the sea to Skye’. We enjoy a short drive towards the high and beautiful Cuillin mountains before we go to our hotel via more stunning scenery. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: King''s Arms

Day 10 - Isle of Skye – Glasgow This morning we will travel to Fort William to stop at the Commando Memorial for breathtaking views of Britain’s highest mountain, Ben Nevis. We continue to Glencoe, where we will be able to take pictures of the site of the famous 1692 massacre. Then along the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond on our way to Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city, for the night. Tonight we enjoy a dinner of Scottish cuisine in a characteristic restaurant. (Full Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)

Hotel: Jurys Inn

Day 11 - Glasgow – Lake District – Manchester (2 nights) This morning we will enjoy an orientation tour of the city taking in the Cathedral, George square and the River Clyde – heart of the former shipbuilding industry. Then we head into the Southern Uplands to Moffat where we visit Moffat Woollens. Afterwards we cross into England and the scenic Lake District where we visit Grasmere, home of the poet Wordsworth. Through landscapes reminiscent of his poetry, we drive towards Manchester, where we spend the next two nights. (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Copthorne (2 nights)

Day 12 - North Wales Excursion Our excursion takes us first to Anglesey and Caernarvon where we visit the mighty castle on the coast in which the Prince of Wales was invested. Then we continue through Snowdonia National Park and make a stop at the tiny railway station which has the longest name, Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogogoch, where the first Women’s Institute was founded! More glorious scenery regales us as we drive back to the hotel. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Day 13 -Manchester – Chester – Llandrindod Wells First to Chester where our walking tour with our Tour Director shows us not only the ‘Rows’, the city walls and the Cathedral but also another Hidden Treasure! Then we drive over the Horseshoe Pass to Llangollen, home of the International Eisteddfod Music festival and a charming Welsh town on the river Dee. From here we make our way into England’s secret gem – the county of Shropshire – where we stop in the market-town of Ludlow en route to our hotel in Llandrindod Wells for dinner and overnight. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Hotel: Metropole

Day 14 - Llandrindod Wells – Cardiff – Bristol This morning we drive to the Welsh capital, Cardiff, where we see the Millennium stadium and visit the Castle before descending into the lush Wye valley. Here we stop to view 12th century Tintern Abbey and continue across the Severn Bridge to Georgian Bath. We visit the Roman Baths and enjoy an orientation tour before continuing to Bristol. (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Mercure Holland House

Day 15 - Bath – Plymouth (2 nights) This morning we journey to Cheddar Gorge, where we have time to enjoy the rugged scenery, and then to Wells to admire the stunning Cathedral. Then on to Glastonbury in Somerset to visit the legendary burial site of King Arthur. We visit the Abbey ruins and continue south to Dartmoor in Devon. We drive to the charming village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor – setting for Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle’s ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’. Finally past charming thatched villages we reach the city of Plymouth, where we visit the Mayflower steps – point of departure for the Pilgrim Fathers - and view the citadel overlooking Plymouth Sound. Why not enjoy a cruise around the harbour before relaxing at our hotel? (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Astor (2 nights)

Day 16 - Cornish Excursion We drive along the rugged Cornish coastline past smugglers’ coves and quaint fishing villages to Land’s End, the most westerly point of the British mainland. Then we drive to the famous artists’ colony of St Ives, filled with galleries and charming houses. There’s also the chance to photograph St Michael’s Mount near Penzance before we return to Plymouth. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)

Day 17 - Plymouth – Stonehenge – Isle of Wight – Portsmouth We leave the coast to head inland and visit the World Heritage site of Stonehenge and its ancient Stone Circle. We continue past the ponies and wildlife of the New Forest to Lymington – a yachting marina where we take the ferry to Yarmouth and to the Isle of Wight. We visit the apartments of Osborne House, home of Queen Victoria and her consort, before cruising back to Portsmouth where we enjoy a Farewell Dinner together tonight. (Full Breakfast / Farewell Dinner)

Hotel: Marriott

Day 18 - Portsmouth – Winchester – London First to Winchester, famous for its ancient school and immense Cathedral, burial place of Jane Austen. Then to Windsor Great Park with its deer, squirrels and views on to Windsor Castle. On via Runnymede, where King John sealed the Magna Carta, to travel to London and the end of this comprehensive tour of Britain! (Full Breakfast)

Hotel: Jurys Clifton Ford

Day 19 - London - USA Today there''s time to bid farewell to Britain as we transfer to the airport for our return flight to America. (Buffet Breakfast)

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London
Oxford
Bladon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stoke-on-Trent
York
Durham
Hadrian''s Wall
Jedburgh
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Moffat
Grasmere
Caernarvon
Chester
Ludlow
Cardiff
Tintern
Bath
Cheddar
Glastonbury
Cornish Excursion
Plymouth
Stonehenge
Isle of Wight
Winchester

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.

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