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    Britain and Ireland in depth
    24 days | 23 nights
    from $7,069* pp
    Discounted rate - save $1,000*pp^
    Travelling through the small towns and larger cities, this Britain and Ireland tour will give you a complete view of the British Isles. Castles, palaces, cathedrals, ancient sights, breath-taking scenery, special treats, and so much more are offered on this in-depth Britain and Ireland tour. A holiday of a lifetime.
    Your package includes:

    Your package includes:

    Your package includes:

    Your package includes:

    • 23 nights accommodation in superior first-class hotels
    • Breakfast daily and 10 dinners
    • Transportation in a first-class motorcoach with free Wi-Fi
    • Professional tour director and local guides
    • VIP sightseeing
    • Local favourite experiences

    Sightseeing:

    • London: Guided sightseeing, visit St. Paul’s Cathedral
    • Stonehenge: Visit the prehistoric monument
    • Dartmoor: Visit Widecombe-in-the-Moor
    • Plymouth: Welcome dinner, see the Mayflower Steps; Plymouth Sound Cruise
    • Cornwall: Take pictures of St. Michael’s Mount, visit St. Ives
    • Bath: Visit the Roman relics
    • Fishguard-Rosslare: Cross St. George’s Channel by ferry
    • Waterford: Enjoy an Irish Coffee; guided tour of the House of Waterford Crystal
    • Killarney: Enjoy dinner and music at Scruffy’s pub
    • Ring of Kerry: Scenic peninsula drive
    • Dingle Peninsula: Visit the Blasket Islands Centre
    • Adare: Admire the thatched cottages

    More sightseeing:

    • Cliffs of Moher: Savour the spectacular views
    • Belleek: Guided tour of the pottery
    • County of Antrim: Visit Giant’s Causewa
    • Belfast: Orientation drive, visit the Titanic Experience
    • Carlingford: Visit the medieval town
    • Dublin: Orientation drive
    • Dublin–Holyhead: Cross the Irish Sea by ferry
    • Liverpool: Visit the Beatles Story
    • Grasmere: Try original Grasmere gingerbread
    • Mallaig–Armadale: Cross the Sound of Sleat by ferry
    • Isle of Skye: Visit the Museum of the Isles
    • Inverness: Visit the Highland capital
    • Clava Cairns: Visit the sacred prehistoric site featured in Outlande
    • Culloden Moor: Visit the battle site’s visitor centre
    • Brodie: Visit the castle
    • Edinburgh: Guided sightseeing, visit Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace
    • Floors: Visit the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe’s castle
    • York: Walking tour
    • Stratford-Upon-Avon: Take pictures of Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, visit Shakespeare’s birthplace
    • Cotswolds: Enjoy dinner at a local pub
    • Blenheim: Visit the palace
    Valid for travel
    21 Apr 2020 departure, subject to availability, other dates available at a seasonal surcharge.
    Offer expires
    23 Oct 2019 unless sold prior

    Itinerary

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    Day 1

    London, England

    Welcome to London!

    Day 2

    London

    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’s mounted horseguards and the Prime Minister’s Downing Street residence, Piccadilly Circus, and Buckingham Palace. The highlight is a visit to St. Paul’s Cathedral, Sir Christopher Wren’s masterpiece built between 1675 and 1708.

    Day 3

    London - Stonehenge - Dartmoor - Plymouth

    Meet your tour director and travelling companions, and depart London at 8 am. First, visit prehistoric Stonehenge and its visitor centre before travelling through Salisbury Plain into Dartmoor. Stop in Widecombe-in-the–Moor with its prominent church, cozy team rooms, and lively pubs before arriving in Plymouth, where you will spend the next two nights. Tonight, enjoy a welcome dinner at your hotel.

    Day 4

    Plymouth. Cornwall Excursion

    A day full of West Country sights as you head through Cornwall, of Poldark fame. After viewing St. Michael’s Mount, take time to explore the popular seaside resort of St. Ives. Then, follow in the footsteps of Drake, Raleigh, and the Pilgrim Fathers with a CRUISE on Plymouth Sound, one of the world’s great natural harbors. You will also have time at the historic Plymouth Barbican to see the Mayflower Steps.

    Day 5

    Plymouth - Glastonbury - Bath - Newport, Wales

    In Glastonbury, hear about King Arthur, and in Bath, see the amazing excavations of the ROMAN BATHS. Overnight in Newport. Why not join an evening of Welsh entertainment and dinner tonight?

    Day 6

    Newport - Carmarthen - Waterford, Ireland

    Your journey through South Wales takes you to Carmarthen and then to Fishguard. Cross St. George’s Channel to Rosslare in Ireland and proceed to Waterford, a stronghold founded by the Danish Vikings in 853. After dinner, enjoy an Irish Coffee Demonstration.

    Day 7

    Waterford - Blarney - Killarney

    Start your day with a guided tour of the House of Waterford Crystal. Then, in Blarney, renowned for its magical Kissing Stone, there is time to walk up to the castle and to shop for traditional Irish handicrafts before continuing to the popular resort town of Killarney, your County Kerry base for the next three nights. How about joining an entertaining optional evening in Tralee, with dinner and tickets for the National Folk Theatre?

    Day 8

    At leisure in Killarney

    A full day to relax or join our optional excursion that includes a horsedrawn jaunting-car ride through Killarney National Park to Ross Castle, and a boat ride to Innisfallen Abbey and across the lakes to Muckross House. After lunch on your own, the excursion continues with a visit to the house and gardens, returning to your hotel mid-afternoon. Later, walk to Scruffy’s pub for dinner and join the locals in an evening full of live, traditional Irish music.

    Day 9

    Killarney. Ring of Kerry Excursion.

    Start a scenic day with a drive to Killorglin on Dingle Bay, and join the spectacular RING OF KERRY for a 100-mile (160 kilometre) panoramic drive around the island’s southwestern tip. Take photos of the Lakes of Killarney from Ladies View before returning to Killarney.

    Day 10

    Killarney - Dingle Peninsula - Adare - Limerick

    Breathtaking scenery on Dingle Peninsula. At the Blasket Islands Centre, learn about the way of life on the remote islands, evacuated by its inhabitants in 1953. Via quaint Adare, head for the city of Limerick. Tonight’s optional recommendation: a medieval banquet at an historic castle.

    Day 11

    Limerick - Cliffs of Moher - Galway - Sligo

    Drive to the spectacular Cliffs of Moher, rising 668 feet (204 metres) above the Atlantic, and step on to the edge of the world to admire the aweinspiring views and watch the birds glide along the rugged cliffs. Then, via the desolate limestone plateau of The Burren, head to Galway, a popular seaside destination and a buzzing cosmopolitan centre with cobblestone streets, colourful shops, and a busy café and bar culture. Your overnight destination is Sligo, a coastal seaport known for its literary heritage. Before dinner, you might want to join an optional excursion to a local pub.

    Day 12

    Sligo - Belleek, Northern Ireland - Derry - Giant's Causeway - Belfast

    Belleek Pottery, renowned for its exquisite Parian china; Derry, one of the finest examples of a walled city; and aweinspiring Giant’s Causeway, composed of thousands of strangely symmetrical basalt columns jutting out to sea. Overnight in the vibrant city of Belfast.

    Day 13

    Belfast - Downpatrick - Dublin, Ireland

    First thing this morning, your tour director will show you Belfast’s main attractions during an orientation drive, ending at the fascinating Titanic experience. Learn about the building of the largest passenger steamship, its maiden voyage, and the tragic night of April 14, 1912. Travel to Downpatrick and visit the inspiring Saint Patrick Centre before you drive back again into the Republic. Why not join an optional cabaret evening with dinner, followed by dance, song, and laughter?

    Day 14

    Dublin, Ireland

    Your orientation drive in the “Fair City” includes statue-lined O’Connell Street, elegant Georgian Squares, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and Oscar Wilde’s Trinity College. The afternoon is at leisure. Top the day with an optional dinner evening at the Guinness Storehouse.

    Day 15

    Dublin - North Wales - Liverpool, England

    Back across the Irish Sea for a photo stop at tongue-twisting Llanfair…. On the Welsh Isle of Anglesey, take a scenic drive through Snowdonia National Park, head over spectacular Llanberis Pass, and via pretty Betws-y-Coed to Liverpool.

    Day 16

    Liverpool - Grasmere - Gretna Green, Scotland - Glasgow

    Start the day with a visit to The Beatles Story, an atmospheric journey into the life, times, culture, and music of the “Fab Four.” Enter the tranquil Lake District, recently awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, and in Grasmere, home of poet William Wordsworth, try original Grasmere Gingerbread. Then, head north for the Scottish border and to Gretna Green, where the blacksmith would wed runaway couples. Overnight in Glasgow.

    Day 17

    Glasgow - Fort William - Isle of Skye - Inverness

    Follow the “Bonnie Banks” of Loch Lomond, then proceed via Rannoch Moor, Glen Coe, and Fort William, and follow the “Road to the Isles” to Mallaig, where you board your ferry for the crossing to the Isle of Skye. Visit the Museum of the Isles, then return to the mainland and trace the shores of Loch Ness on the way to Inverness.

    Day 18

    Inverness. Highlands Excursion

    Fascinating visits on today’s excursion. Stop first at Clava Cairns, featured in the popular TV series Outlander and one of Scotland’s most sacred prehistoric sites with three exceptionally well-preserved burial cairns, each enclosed by stone circles. At Culloden Visitor Centre, the story unfolds of the crushing Hanoverian victory over Bonnie Prince Charlie’s Scottish clans. Then, visit Brodie Castle, the ancestral home of Clan Brodie, once one of Scotland’s most prominent families, and admire the outstanding art collection and magnificent library. Back in Inverness, the rest of the day is at leisure. Our recommendation would be to join the Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle optional excursion, which includes a cruise on the loch.

    Day 19

    Inverness - Pitlochry - St. Andrews - Edinburgh

    Main features today: the Victorian mountain resort of Pitlochry; St. Andrews, whose Royal and Ancient Golf Club has given us the rules of golfing; and the Forth Road Bridge to Edinburgh. Tonight, an optional Scottish evening with Highland dancers, bagpipers, and the Ceremony of the Haggis might be fun. For departure numbers 0716 through 0806, tickets are included for tonight’s performance of the world-renowned Military Tattoo.

    Day 20

    Edinburgh

    Morning city sightseeing with a Local Guide introduces you to the 200-year-old “New Town” as well as the “Old Town.” Visit Edinburgh Castle, then explore Holyrood Palace (when available). 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 residence for glittering state visits and family holidays, and enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.

    Day 21

    Edinburgh - Jedburgh - York, England

    This morning, visit Floors Castle, the Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe’s family home and the largest inhabited castle in Scotland. Then, in York, England’s most complete medieval city, follow your Tour Director through a maze of quaint streets, including the narrow Shambles.

    Day 22

    York - Stratford - Upon - Avon

    Discover the beautiful hometown and final resting place of Stratford’s most famous son, William Shakespeare. Stop first for photographs at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, then visit Shakespear’s birthplace, where he grew up and lived the first years of his married life. Later, enjoy a drive through the beautiful Cotswolds, followed by dinner at a local pub.

    Day 23

    Stratford - Upon - Avon - London

    Today’s highlight is the visit to magnificent Blenheim Palace, birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, and there is also time to explore the landscaped parkland. Return to London around 3:30 pm. How about celebrating the success of your holiday by taking in a West End show?

    Day 24

    London

    Your holiday ends with breakfast this morning.

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