Cheltenham Festival 2025 (Tour 1)

Get lost in the exhilarating atmosphere at the world renowned Cheltenham Festival

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Description

Cheltenham Festival 2025 (Tour 1)

from

£525

/per person

Departing

Departures on 12/03/2025

Tour Details

The Festival is the embodiment of everything that is great about Cheltenham, recognised across the globe as the pinnacle of the jump racing calendar. It is four days of atmosphere, anticipation and action, played out on a beautiful sporting arena that has no equal. It features the best and the bravest horses and jockeys, nervous and excited trainers and owners, and a wide cast of human characters who come together every year determined to have the time of their lives.

Tour Deposit:

£100 per person

3 Nights

Half board

Travel Solutions Rep: Yes

Price Includes:

Luxury coach travel from Coleraine, Ballymoney, Cloughmills, Ballymena, Dunsilly, Belfast, Banbridge and Newry
Return ferry crossing from Dublin to Holyhead with Stenaline
3 nights’ accommodation in the 4* Mercure Birmingham West Hotel
Breakfast and evening meals
Return coach transfers from your hotel to racecourse.
Entry to The Festival on 2 days (Thursday and Friday) – Best Mate Enclosure
Services of an experienced Travel Solutions tour manager.

Ferry Times

Departs Dublin 08:15 / Arrives Holyhead 11:50
Departs Holyhead 14:45 / Arrives Dublin 18:00

The Cheltenham Festival

Best Mate Enclosure:

Directly opposite the main grandstand, the Best Mate Enclosure offers a great view of the racing and a variety of food choices plus extensive betting facilities and bars. The Best Mate grandstand is a modern, bright and comfortable facility, arguably the best of its type on any racecourse in the UK. It does not offer access to the parade ring.

Please note:

Meals on-board the ferries are not included in your tour price.
Upgrade to Tattersalls Tickets are subject to availability

Flight Times:

Optional extra:

Single Supplement Cost: £100 per person

Upgrade to Tattersalls Tickets - £50 per person

Flight times:

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Notes:

Transfers Included : Yes

Travel Solutions Rep : Yes

Valid ID is Required for this tour

Accommodation

4* Mercure Birmingham West Hotel

Only 6 miles from the city centre, the 4* Mercure Birmingham West Hotel provides stylish and vibrant rooms equipped with a flat screen SAT TV and sleek tiled bathrooms. Other amenities includes air conditioning, heating, room service, elevator and facilities for disabled guests.

Not only does it offer comfort but a health & fitness club including a gym and indoor pool. The contemporary restaurant has a variety of options from gourmet burgers, local dishes and grilled items. Vending machines and an on-site coffee shop is also in the hotel for perfect convenience.

Hotel Services/Facilities:

Terrace/Garden
Coffee house on site
Snack bar
Restaurant
Wi-Fi
24-hour front desk
Shared lounge/TV area
Vending machine
Lift
Hot tub/jacuzzi
Fitness Centre
Spa and wellness centre

Guest Rooms:

Private bathroom with amenities
Wardrobe/closet
Air-conditioning/heating
Electric kettle
Desk
TV

*Some services may have additional charge

Itinerary

DAY 1

Join the coach at your chosen pick-up point and travel to the Stena Terminal in Dublin Port for the morning sailing to Holyhead. Upon arrival, start the journey to your hotel near Birmingham with a comfort stop enroute before arriving late afternoon for check-in and time to freshen up before dinner.

DAY 2

After breakfast, it’s time to board the coach for Cheltenham Racecourse for a thrilling day of racing. After the last race your coach will be waiting to take you back to the hotel for dinner.

RACE TICKETS WILL BE GIVEN OUT BY YOUR TOUR MANAGER, WHO WILL ALSO CONFIRM EXACT DEPARTURE TIMES AND POINTS DURING THE TOUR.

DAY 3

Gold Cup Day. This is the big one and with crowds in excess of 70 thousand attending the world’s most famous jump race, it promises to be a day to remember. Again, after the last race your coach will be waiting to take you back to the hotel for dinner.

DAY 4

After breakfast and checking out its time to board the coach for the journey back to Holyhead for the afternoon sailing to Dublin. Upon arrival in Dublin continue your journey back to your original joining point.

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Additional Info

The Cheltenham Festival

Best Mate Enclosure:

Tattersalls Enclosure (Upgrade to Tattersalls Ticket available for £50 per person):

The Tattersalls Enclosure gives you a good choice of viewing and refreshment options, including access to: our Tattersalls grandstand viewing steps; the paddock and winners’ enclosure viewing to study the horses’ pre and post-race; a wide choice of bars, betting and eating options; all the bookmakers in the betting ring; extensive totepool betting facilities; The Centaur and Hall of Fame; and a number of trade stands.