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WONDERS OF BRITAIN & IRELAND
12 days from £1075
operated by Trafalgar First Class: The Company of Choice - Land only flights not included - ATOL 2688
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Sightseeing Highlights- Windsor: See the Castle.
- Stonehenge: Visit the ancient stone circle.
- Salisbury: View the Cathedral.
- Bath: Orientation including a visit to the Roman Baths.
- Cardiff: View Cardiff Castle.
- Waterford: Visit the Crystal Showroom (when open).
- Blarney: Visit to the Castle.
- Ring of Kerry: Scenic drive around the beautiful Peninsula.
- Adare: See the prettiest village in Ireland.
- Limerick: Orientation tour.
- Galway Bay: Admire panoramic views across the ocean.
- Dublin: Sightseeing views St. Patrick's Cathedral and visits Trinity College to see the Book of Kells.
- Chester: Walking tour of the historic city.
- Gretna Green: Visit the town where eloping couples would marry.
- Edinburgh: Sightseeing includes a visit to the Castle and views of Holyrood House.
- Jedburgh: See the Abbey ruins.
- Hadrian's Wall: See the ancient Roman fortifications.
- York: Orientation including the Minster and the 'Shambles'. Evensong service in York Minster.
- Coventry : See the Cathedrals.
- Stratford-upon-Avon: Visit Shakespeare's birthplace and see Anne Hathaway's cottage.
- Bladon: See Sir Winston Churchill's grave.
- Oxford: Visit one of the famous University's Colleges.
- Scenic drives across Salisbury Plain, Waterford coastal drive, around Ring of Kerry, English Lake District, through the Scottish Borderlands, Northumberland National Park and the Cotswold Hills.
Dining Highlights- A welcome dinner and drink with your Tour Director
- 1 Continental Breakfast and 2 buffet breakfasts in London and 6 English and 5 Irish full breakfasts on tour.
- 4 three-course dinners in hotels
- 1 local pub restaurant dinner in Yorkshire
20 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)
First Class Travel Highlights- The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional Tour Directors on tour.
- A qualified local city guide in Dublin and Edinburgh.
- Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Edinburgh Festival.
- The services of a Trafalgar Representative if you stay at Trafalgar's recommended London hotel.
- Chauffeur driven on Trafalgar's luxury air-conditioned motorcoaches with reclining seats and washroom.
- Ferry across the Irish Sea from Wales to Ireland and return.
- Complimentary pick-up and drop-off if you stay at Trafalgar's recommended London Hotel.
- You'll stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.
- All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.
- A stylish travel bag and wallet containing tour documents and helpful information.
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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Edinburgh Tattoo: 3rd - 25th August 2007Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Festival. Applicable to certain departures in July and August. Please contact your Travel Agent or Trafalgar for further information.
Explore Hidden Treasures - NEW for 2007- Leisurely guided walking Tours of around 30 minutes duration into the very fabric of the city included in Chester, York and Oxford.
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Your itinerary Map - Day 1 - London - Stonehenge - Bath - Cardiff A warm welcome from our Tour Director as we leave London via Windsor Great Park in the shadow of the famous Castle and travel through Runnymede where the Magna Carta was sealed. Then on to the mysterious stone circle at Stonehenge for a fascinating visit before stopping in Salisbury with a chance to visit the beautiful Cathedral. We continue to the elegant Georgian streets of Bath were we tour the Roman Baths before crossing the Severn Bridge to Cardiff, capital of Wales. This evening, we enjoy a welcome dinner and drink with our Tour Director. (Welcome Dinner)
Hotel: Jurys
- Day 2 - Cardiff - Pembroke - Waterford This morning after breakfast we will see Cardiff's Castle before driving across South Wales via Carmarthen. Next we head to Pembroke to view the castle, birthplace of Henry VII of the Tudor Dynasty. Here we board our ferry for Rosslare in Ireland. On our arrival we drive to Waterford for dinner and overnight. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Waterford Marina
- Day 3 - Waterford - Blarney - Kenmare (Kerry) Today our first stop is a visit to the Waterford Crystal showroom, afterwards we drive along the splendid southern coast through the fishing port of Youghal and Cork. Nearby, we visit Blarney Castle - so that you can kiss the stone and acquire the 'gift of the gab'. From here we continue over the Cork and Kerry Mountains to Kenmare. We dine at our hotel this evening. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Kenmare Bay
- Day 4 - Kenmare Bay - Ring of Kerry - Limerick This morning we drive around the 'Ring of Kerry' a wonderful landscape hewn by the last Ice Age with some of the most beautiful and unspoilt beaches in the world and Ireland's highest mountains. Then north to County Limerick, through Adare, the prettiest village in Ireland and crossing the mighty Shannon to our hotel in Limerick. Why not enjoy an Irish Ceilidh tonight? (Full Breakfast)
Hotel: Radisson SAS / George
- Day 5 - Limerick - Dublin (2 nights) After a full Irish breakfast this morning we will have the chance to visit Bunratty Castle and Folk park. Then we drive across County Clare en route to view Galway Bay. We stop in Galway then head across Ireland's rich farmland to Dublin, Ireland's capital. (Full Breakfast)
Hotel: Jurys Ballsbridge (2 nights)
- Day 6 - Dublin sightseeing & at leisure This morning's sightseeing tour of Dublin's 'fair city' with a local guide shows us Trinity College and the astoundingly beautiful 'Book of Kells', St. Patrick's Cathedral, Phoenix Park and the Georgian Squares. The rest of your day is at leisure. You may wish to take an optional excursion to a stately home or to an ancient monastic site this afternoon. For your last night in Ireland, why not join your fellow travelling companions at an Irish cabaret this evening. (Full Breakfast)
- Day 7 - Dublin - Chester Today we will enjoy a relaxing cruise on the world's largest passenger ferry across the Irish Sea, affording magnificent views of Dublin Bay. We arrive in the specatacular mountain scenery of North Wales as we arrive in Holyhead on the Welsh island of Anglesey. You'll need to use the wide-angle lens on your camera
to take a picture of our next place of call - the station with the longest name in the world... Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogogoch. Passing by the Snowdonia National Park we travel on to Chester where we enjoy a walking tour around the Roman walls and to see its Tudor architecture and galleried shops known as the 'Rows' before heading to our hotel. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Holiday Inn South
- Day 8 - Chester - Lake District - Edinburgh (2 nights) Today we travel to one of the most beautiful National Parks in the world - the English Lake District - home of William Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter. We stop in pretty Grasmere to see the home of William Wordsworth in the village on the lake; Our next stop is at Gretna Green just across the Scottish border - featured in 'Pride and Prejudice' and famous for its love and romance - the place where eloping couples could marry against their parents' wishes. Finally on to the Scottish capital - Edinburgh for our
two-night stay. During the Festival, we include tickets to the spectacular Edinburgh Tattoo. (Full Breakfast)
Hotel: Holiday Inn (2 nights)
- Day 9 - Edinburgh sightseeing & at leisure Morning sightseeing with a local guide includes a visit of the apartments in the Castle and views of Holyrood House by Arthur's seat. We will also drive along elegant Princes Street with its views on to the Crag and Tail on which the Castle and Royal Mile are built and we will see the impressive monument to Sir Walter Scott. Edinburgh's New town will also be included on our sightseeing tour. You may wish to visit the Rosslyn chapel just south of Edinburgh - closely associated with the Knights Templar and Freemasons and made famous by 'The Da Vinci Code'. Tonight, why not enjoy a Scottish night out? (Full Breakfast)
- Day 10 - Edinburgh - York Through the Scottish Borderlands, and across the River Tweed we stop to see the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey and then view the magnificent scenery at Carter Bar. Driving into the Northumberland National Park we stop to inspect a section of the Emperor Hadrian's Wall at Heddon and then cross the River Tyne at Newcastle. Next on to York where our Tour Director takes us on a walking tour through the 'Shambles' and other great parts of the city finishing at the largest Cathedral in Britain - York Minster - where we will enjoy the Evensong service. Afterwards we will enjoy typical Yorkshire hospitality at dinner in a local pub. (Full Breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
Hotel: Holiday Inn
- Day 11 - York - Coventry - Shakespeare Country (Warwick) This morning we travel through Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest, where we see the church where, according to legend, Maid Marion and Robin Hood were married. Then into the heart of England to Coventry city, where we see the two cathedrals - one bombed during the second World War and the other built to replace it like a Phoenix rising from the ashes. We'll also see the statue of Lady Godiva before reaching our hotel in Warwick, famous for its castle, for dinner and overnight stay. (Full Breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Hilton
- Day 12 - Shakespeare Country (Warwick) - Stratford - Oxford - London Today we view Anne Hathaway's thatched cottage en route to Stratford-upon-Avon to visit Shakespeare's birthplace. Next a scenic drive through the Cotswolds to the little churchyard at Bladon to see Sir Winston Churchill's grave. Our final stop en route to London is at Oxford, the oldest University city in the British Isles. We will enjoy a guided walk around of one the famous colleges to get a real taste of student life here before our journey leads us back to London. (Full Breakfast)
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