Downton Abbey ~ including the Cotswolds & Windsor
Departure Dates:
30 May & 15 August 2012
Often described as the 'finest occupied Victorian Castle in England', this charming new tour takes you to Highclere Castle, the film location used for ITV’s highly acclaimed period drama, Downton Abbey. You will also enjoy visits to the historic University City of Oxford, the Royal town of Windsor, the Georgian City of Bath, and tour through the beautiful Cotswold’s, visiting quintessential villages along the way.
Price includes:
Luxury coach travel from Coleraine, Ballymoney, Cloughmills, Ballymena, Dunsilly and Belfast
Return overnight ferry crossing with Stena Line Irish Sea Ferries Ltd – Belfast/Liverpool
En suite, inside cabin
4 nights accommodation at the 3* Jurys Inn Swindon
English breakfast and evening meals in hotel
Visits to Cheltenham, Cirencester, Oxford, Windsor & Bath
Guided walking tour of Oxford
Entrance into Highclere Castle
Entrance into the Roman Baths
Visits to the typical Cotswold villages of Chipping Campden, Broadway and Bourton-on-the-Water
Services of a tour manager
Single Supplement - £135.00 per person ~ includes single use cabin
Jurys Inn Swindon
www.swindonhotels.jurysinns.com
Jurys Inn hotel in Swindon gives visitors an ideal central location to explore all that Swindon has to offer. Tourists wandering the courtyards of Old Town are just a leisurely stroll away from the Parade, the city centre retail and leisure quarter.
Hotel facilities include a restaurant, bar and coffee bar.
All rooms include air conditioning, tea & coffee, high speed interent access, hairdryer.
Day 1:
Early evening you meet your coach and travel to Belfast, to join the overnight sailing to Liverpool. Once onboard, a cabin has been arranged.
Day 2:
Arrival in Liverpool is 6:30 am. You rejoin your coach and travel to your hotel in Swindon, stopping off en route in the spa town of Cheltenham and charming town of Cirencester, often referred to as 'The Capital of the Cotswolds'.
Day 3:
Today you travel to Oxford to enjoy a guided walking tour through the heart of the historic city centre, illustrating the history of Oxford and its University. Afterwards you have free time to explore the ‘City of Dreaming Spires’.
Day 4:
After breakfast, you leave your hotel and travel to the beautiful and historic city of Bath, to visit the magnificent Roman Baths. Afterwards you have free time to explore the city of Bath, before returning to your hotel for free time.
Day 5:
Today you visit Highclere Castle, the film location used for ITV’s Downton Abbey, often described as the 'finest occupied Victorian Castle in England'. Afterwards you will visit the Royal town of Windsor for free time, before returning to your hotel.
Day 6:
This morning after breakfast and checking out, you travel to Bourton-on-the-Water for a taste of olde Cotswold England, followed by Chipping Campden and the typical Cotswold village of Broadway. Later in the day your coach will travel to Liverpool to join your overnight sailing to Belfast.
Day 7:
Arrival into Belfast is 6:30 am, you then return to your original joining point.
