8 Nights / 9 Days
Welcome to London! Uniformed Globus Hosts are available to help you make the most of your stay.
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 Thames River, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall鈥檚 mounted horseguards and the Prime Minister鈥檚 Downing Street, Piccadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace. Highlights are a visit to ST. PAUL鈥橲 CATHEDRAL (except on Sundays) 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 Thames River.
Meet your Tour Director and traveling companions and depart at 8 am for a memorable day of sightseeing. First, a special visit to admire the breathtaking ORNAMENTAL GARDENS of Henry VIII鈥檚 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. Then, westward to the intriguing prehistoric monument of STONEHENGE. Explore the stunning new visitor center with its imaginative exhibitions, then take the shuttle to the stone circle and admire the magnificence of the monument up close. Across Salisbury Plain, head for the elegant Georgian city of Bath, where you see the amazing excavations of the ROMAN BATHS. Tonight, enjoy a welcome dinner with wine at your hotel.
Savor vistas of the Cotswolds on your way via the medieval market town of Stow-on-the-Wold to Stratford-upon-Avon. Time here to visit SHAKESPEARE鈥橲 BIRTHPLACE and for pictures of Anne Hathaway鈥檚 Cottage. The afternoon is dedicated to North Wales. Take a stroll in picturesque Llangollen, home of an annual international contest for poets and musicians. Spend the night at Chester, the historic county town on the Dee River.
This morning鈥檚 walking tour includes the Roman remains, black and white half-timbered buildings, the cathedral, and the two-tiered shopping arcades called the 鈥淩ows.鈥 Focus now on the tranquil Lake District, considered to be the finest of England鈥檚 national parks. Take a break in Wordsworth鈥檚 beloved Grasmere, and try original [LF] GRASMERE GINGERBREAD. Then, head north for the Scottish border. On the way through the history-steeped Lowland Hills, stop at Gretna Green, where the blacksmith used to wed runaway couples. In Edinburgh, don鈥檛 miss our optional Scottish evening with Highland dancers, bagpipers, and the Ceremony of the Haggis. (B
Morning city sightseeing with a Local Guide introduces you to the 200-year-old 鈥淣ew Town鈥 and famous scientists, inventors, and novelists. In the 鈥淥ld Town,鈥 drive up the narrow Royal Mile to EDINBURGH CASTLE to admire Scotland鈥檚 Crown Jewels, then explore HOLYROOD PALACE (except when the Queen is in residence). The afternoon is free to enjoy the Scottish capital at your own pace. Later, a unique optional experience: board the former Royal Yacht Britannia, once the perfect royal residence for the Queen鈥檚 glittering state visits and family holidays. Dinner rounds off this optional evening.
First on today鈥檚 agenda is a guided tour of Sir Walter Scott鈥檚 newly refurbished ABBOTSFORD HOUSE. After the tour, enjoy a [LF] CUP OF TEA and SHORTBREAD at Ochiltree鈥檚 Dining. Melrose Abbey and the ruins at Jedburgh are pointed out on the way to the English border and Northumberland National Park. In York, England鈥檚 most complete medieval city, stand in awe in front of the great structure of York Minster, then follow your Tour Director through a maze of quaint streets including the narrow Shambles.
Leave Yorkshire and its associations with James Herriot, and drive through the richest farmland in Britain. Pause in the market town of Stamford before arriving in the beautiful university city of Cambridge. Return to London around 3:30 pm. How about a night out on the town with newfound friends.
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
LONDON | MILLENNIUM GLOUCESTER |
LONDON | PARK PLAZA WESTMINSTER BRIDGE |
BATH | HILTON BATH CITY |
CHESTER | MERCURE CHESTER ABBOTS WELL |
EDINBURGH | THE CARLTON HOTEL |
EDINBURGH | MERCURE EDINBURGH PRINCES STREET |
YORK | MERCURE YORK FAIRFIELD MANOR |
LONDON | DORSETT SHEPHERDS BUSH |
LONDON | HILTON LONDON METROPOLE |
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