The Yorkshire Explorer

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Description

The Yorkshire Explorer

from

£759

/per person

Departing

Departures on 26/08/2024

Tour Details

Yorkshire is home to the UK’s largest National Park. Explore the diversity of the county from its ancient cities to breath-taking dales scenery, pretty villages, high fells, and ancient ruins. This tour includes a nostalgic train ride on the Wensleydale Railway, visit the magnificent Harewood House and enjoy a relaxing canal cruise with afternoon tea in the market town of Skipton. Staying at the Doubletree Majestic hotel a 4-star stately home situated on 8 acres of landscaped gardens in the heart of the elegant spa town of Harrogate.

Tour Deposit:

£100 per person

4 Nights

Half board

Travel Solutions Rep: Yes

Price Includes:

Luxury coach travel from Coleraine, Ballymoney, Cloughmills, Ballymena, Dunsilly, Belfast and Belfast Stena Line Port
Return ferry crossings with Stena Line Belfast/Cairnryan
4 nights’ accommodation at the 4* Doubletree Majestic Hotel, Harrogate
Breakfast and evening meals
Free time in Harrogate
Entrance to Harewood House and Gardens
Single train journey on the Wensleydale Railway
Visit Skipton + canal cruise with afternoon tea
Visit Hawes
Services of an experienced Travel Solutions tour manager

Ferry times:

Departs Belfast 07:30 / Arrives Cairnryan 09:52
Departs Cairnryan 19:30 / Arrives Belfast 21:45

Please note:

Meals on-board the ferries are not included in your tour price
Itinerary is subject to change due to attractions availability
Full payment required 12 weeks prior to departure

Flight Times:

Optional extra:

Single Supplement Cost: £180 per person

Flight times:

Departs	City/Country	Arrives	City/Country

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Notes:

Transfers Included : Yes

Travel Solutions Rep : Yes

Accommodation

4* Doubletree Majestic Hotel – Harrogate

Constructed in the year 1900, The Majestic Hotel is an extravagant and regal Victorian establishment located in the center of the exquisite spa town, Harrogate. Situated amidst numerous impeccably laid-out gardens that offer picturesque views of the town, our hotel boasts an exclusive Champagne Bar & Grill, a relaxing Fredericks Lounge & Terrace and The Harrogate Spa, in addition to 184 contemporary guest rooms and venues capable of housing up to 650 attendees, ideal for grand weddings or other events.

Hotel Services/Facilities:

Terrace/Garden
Bar
Restaurant
24-hour front desk
Lift
Indoor swimming pool
Spa and wellness centre*
Fitness centre
Sauna*
Massage*

Guest Rooms:

Private bathroom with amenities
Wardrobe/closet
Tea/coffee maker
Heating
TV
Wardrobe/closet

*Some services may have additional charge

Itinerary

DAY 1

Meet your coach at your selected joining point and travel to Belfast for the early morning ferry crossing to Cairnryan. On arrival in Cairnryan, we continue our journey to Harrogate with a stop at the Gretna Outlet Village en-route before arriving at your hotel late afternoon.

DAY 2

This morning after breakfast, enjoy the morning free in Harrogate to discover the delightful spa town with its glorious Edwardian architecture, Turkish Baths with plunge pools and steam rooms, fine shopping mall, walk through Valley Gardens – and don’t forget to stop for refreshments at Betty’s famous tea rooms! Later join your coach to visit the magnificent Harewood House ‘The Jewel in Yorkshire’s Crown’, with entrance to both the house, majestic staterooms and the 100 acres of glorious gardens. Afterward re-join your coach and make your way back to your hotel.

DAY 3

After breakfast join your coach as we enjoy a scenic tour through the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, passing picturesque villages such as Grassington and Kettlewell, castles, waterfalls with ‘wall to wall ‘scenery all the way. Enjoy a stop at Aysgarth falls, before boarding the remarkable Wensleydale steam railway at Leyburn for 14 miles of glorious scenery to Leeming Bar. Afterwards re-join your coach and return to your hotel as we travel through North Yorkshire passing Masham and Ripon en-route.

DAY 4

Depart after breakfast travel to the ‘Gateway to the Dales’ Skipton is a beautiful market town full of Yorkshire character. From its castle, its canal, and its traditional cobbled streets it has plenty to offer any visitor. After some free time exploring, enjoy a relaxing cruise on the Leeds and Liverpool canal accompanied by a sumptuous afternoon tea. Afterwards travel to Howarth, home to the Bronte family and where the Bronte’s wrote most of their famous works including ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Jane Eyre’ before returning to your hotel in Harrogate.

DAY 5

This morning after breakfast and checking out, depart the hotel for our return journey making a stop off in the magical market town of Hawes, home to Wensleydale Cheese and the Dales Museum. Later we make our way back to Cairnryan to join the early evening ferry crossing to Belfast. On arrival, you return to your original joining point.

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