• 10 nights hotel accommodation staying in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities
• All hotel service charges, taxes, baggage handling and hotel tips are included.
• Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats.
• Services throughout the tour of a professional Tour Director.
• The services of a Travel Representative at your London hotel.
• Specialised local guide in Edinburgh.
• A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.
• 14 meals in total (see daily itinerary: 1 continental breakfast and 2 buffet breakfasts in London, 7 full English or Scottish breakfasts, 4 three-course dinners)

Explore England and Scotland on this 12 day tour taking you to two capital cities in London and Edinburgh as well as a host of famous landmarks and landscapes including Stonehenge , the Roman Baths , quaint Chester , the inspirational Lake District , Viking York , historic Stirling and the rolling Scottish borderlands.

Tour Itinerary

Day 1- Depart USA/Canada

Overnight flight from USA.

Day 2- Arrive London (2 nights)

Time at leisure. Hotel: Jurys Inn Chelsea

Day 3 - London at leisure

Enjoy a full day at leisure and independent sightseeing in this city. (Buffet breakfast)

Day 4 - London – Salisbury – Stonehenge – Exeter (2 night)

First to Salisbury, then to mysterious Stonehenge and on to Exeter, the county town of Devon. (Continental breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Jurys Inn

Day 5 - Exeter – Cornish Excursion

We skirt Dartmoor to reach Plymouth where a boat trip is an option. Then we continue to Marazion where we see St. Michael’s Mount before heading north to the artists’ colony of St. Ives and returning to Exeter. (Full breakfast)

Day 6 - Exeter – Bath – Cotswolds

We drive to Glastonbury associated with the legend of King Arthur . Then to Georgian Bath to see the Royal Crescent and the Roman Baths. (Full breakfast / Dinner)Hotel: Hatton Court

Day 7 - Cotswolds – Chester (Runcorn)

We head north into the Malvern hills to visit Stoke-on-Trent ’s Wedgwood factory. In Chester we visit the ancient Roman walls and the quaint streets known as the Rows. (Full breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Holiday Inn Runcorn

Day 8 - Chester (Runcorn) – Edinburgh (Stirling) (2 nights)

This morning after breakfast we drive through the beautiful Lake District to Wordsworth’s Grasmere , and cross the border at Gretna Green, wedding venue for eloping lovers, we continue on to our hotel in Stirling. (Full breakfast)Hotel: Holiday Inn Express Stirling

Day 9 - Edinburgh sightseeing and at leisure

We’re off to Edinburgh where sightseeing shows us the imposing castle and elegant new town before time at leisure. (Full breakfast)

Day 10- Edinburgh (Stirling) – Leeds

We drive past Jedburgh Abbey into England, see Hadrian’s Wall , Northumberland National Park and Durham Cathedral en route to York . Here we see the Minster and the Shambles before continuing to Leeds. (Full breakfast / Dinner)Hotel: Jurys Inn

Day 11 - Leeds – London

We drive past Sherwood Forest on our way to the great university city of Cambridge. Here we stop to admire the beauty of King’s College and the Backs. Then it’s back to London. (Full breakfast) Hotel: Jurys Inn Chelsea

Day 12 - London - USA/Canada

Bid farewell on your return flight to the USA. (Buffet breakfast)

Dates and Rates

Departs USA/Canada every Thursday throughout the 2009 season (from Apr 30th 2009 to Oct 8th 2009).

Prices are per person land only based on 2 people sharing a twin room.

Please ask for flight quotes from your preferred airport of departure.

Guests arriving from other destinations can join the tour in Britain on day two. Please ask your Britain Vacation Specialist for a quotation in your currency.