 The Britannia 2009
Highlights London
Oxford
Bladon
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stoke-on-Trent
York
Durham
Hadrian's Wall
Jedburgh
EdinburghGlasgowMoffat
Grasmere
Caernarvon
Chester
Ludlow
Cardiff
Tintern
Bath
Cheddar
Glastonbury
Cornish Excursion
Plymouth
Stonehenge
Isle of Wight
Winchester
The Britannia 2009 Whats Included Sightseeing Highlights
London: Sightseeing tour.Oxford: Visit one of the university's colleges.Bladon: See Sir Winston Churchill's grave.Stratford-upon-Avon: Visit Shakespeare's birthplace and see Anne Hathaway's cottageStoke-on-Trent: Visit the Wedgwood Pottery Centre (when open).York: Walking tour including the Shambles and Minster. Durham: Visit the Norman Cathedral.Hadrian's Wall: See the fortifications.Jedburgh: See the abbey ruins.Edinburgh: Sightseeing includes a visit to the imposing cafestle.Glasgow: Orientation tour. Moffat: Visit a woollen outlet.Grasmere: Visit Wordsworth's village. Caernarvon: Visit the cafestle.Chester: Visit the historic city. Ludlow: Visit this market town.Cardiff: Visit the cafestle and see the Millennium Stadium.Tintern: See the abbey.Bath: Orientation including a visit to the Roman Baths.Cheddar: View the gorge. Glastonbury: Visit the abbey.Cornish Excursion: Excursion Visit the village of St. Ives and view St. Michael's Mount.Plymouth: Sightseeing including the Mayflower Steps.Stonehenge: Visit the stone circle. Isle of Wight Excursion: Visit Osborne House.Winchester: View its cathedral. Dining Highlights
2 buffet breakfasts and 1 continental breakfast in London.14 full English breakfasts.6 three-course dinners.Afternoon tea in Devon.Local highlight restaurant dinner with wine in Glasgow.Farewell Dinner with wine in Portsmouth.26 meals in total (see day-by-day itinerary)First Class Travel Highlights
All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes included.Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and a washroom onboard.The services of one of Trafalgar's top professional Tour Directors.The services of a Trafalgar Representative at your London hotel.A qualified local city guide in Edinburgh.Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Edinburgh Festival.Stay in twin-bedded rooms with private facilities.Ferry across the Solent.A stylish wallet, tour documents and map book journal.Airport Transfers
London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive, particularly between the airport and your London hotel. But when you book your Trafalgar tour and take advantage of our land and air packages, we have included a FREE transfer to and from London's airports and your Trafalgar London hotel. For passengers who have their own flight arrangements we offer you the opportunity to purchase inexpensive transfers to and from London's Heathrow - Trafalgar has negotiated special rates for the Dot2Dot transfer from London's HeathrImportant - Please Note: Passengers will only be entitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing the following conditions are met:For included transfers: Your flights must be booked directly by Trafalgar no fewer than 21 days prior to departure. For chargeable transfers: Your Travel Agent provides detailed flight information to Trafalgar no fewer than 21 days prior to departure. Once transfers are booked they cannot be changed.For London arrivals, you must stay at a London hotel booked by Trafalgar on the night of arrival and the night prior to your departure date.Trafalgar only includes one inbound and one outbound transfer.In the event of flight delays outside of Trafalgar's control, the transfers will be deemed to be cancelled.All transfers are based on group transfers. No refund is therefore available for missed transfers, or passengers not using this service.In the event of unforeseen events (such as road or rail works, strikes or demonstrations), Trafalgar will not be responsible for delayed or cancelled transfers.Heathrow Airport: National Express Dot2Dot will pick up and drop off in time to meet all flights to/from London's Heathrow Airport. For guests arriving at the Dot2Dot desk after 22.00 hrs please make use of the courtesy phone to arrange your transfer to your Trafalgar hotel.Gatwick Airport Passengers who have booked Trafalgar's Land and Air packages arriving at London's Gatwick Airport are provided with a Gatwick Express train voucher. The Gatwick Express train journey from Gatwick Airport to London's Victoria Station takes 30 minutes. Guests then need to make their way from Victoria Station to their Trafalgar hotel.European Gateways: With Trafalgar all passengers will receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on the scheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the times specified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves your flight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown.Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar's Land+Air package and who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on the scheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also be provided with a transfer.Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tour days are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase one through Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additional pre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask for prices of transfers at the time of booking your extra night accommodation.Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tour arrival or departure days but whose flights don't coincide with the listed transfer times below may also book and purchase these transfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not less than 21 days before the flight departure.Edinburgh Tattoo:
7-29 August 2009 Tickets are included for the world-famous Tattoo during the Festival. Applicable to departures 5-19 August.
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| Call (888) 246-8343 for more information or to book today! Mention code 7130532 | | Trafalgar Tours | | | | Day | Destination | Description | | Day 1 | Depart USA | Depart USA
: Overnight flight to London. | | Day 2 | London | Arrive London (2 nights)
: After checking into your Trafalgar hotel the rest of your day is at leisure.
Hotel: Hilton Olympia (2 nights) | | Day 3 | London | London sightseeing & at leisure
: This morning we enjoy a sightseeing tour that includes many major sights then the remainder of the day is at leisure to explore. (Buffet breakfast) | | Day 4 | Kenilworth | London - Oxford - Stratford - Shakespeare country (Kenilworth)
: Greetings from our Tour Director as we travel to Oxford, where we enjoy a tour of one of the colleges (or the Sheldonian Theatre when the colleges are closed). On to Bladon to view Winston Churchill's grave in the little churchyard. Then through the Cotswolds to Stratford-upon-Avon where we visit Shakespeare's birthplace and see Anne Hathaway's cottage. Later to our hotel where we enjoy a Welcome Drink before dinner. (Continental breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Hilton Warwick | | Day 5 | York | Kenilworth - York
: We travel to Staffordshire and the potteries for a visit to the Wedgwood Centre. Then we head north to Viking York. Here we will enjoy a walking tour with our Tour Director including the Shambles, the city walls, the Minster and a Hidden Treasure will be revealed to us! (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Holiday Inn | | Day 6 | Edinburgh | York - Durham - Edinburgh (2 nights)
: We travel to Durham city where we view the cafestle and the Norman cathedral. Then on to a section of Hadrian's Wall built by the Roman Emperor to keep out the Picts and the Scots. We cross the Northumberland National Park to the Scottish Border and view the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey before arriving in Edinburgh. (Full breakfast)
Hotel: Marriott (2 nights) | | Day 7 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh sightseeing & at leisure
: Our sightseeing tour with a local guide includes Princes Street, the Royal Mile, views of the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood House and Arthur's Seat as well as a guided interior visit of Edinburgh Castle. Then there is time at leisure and later there's the chance to see Highland dancers and sample whisky and haggis! (Full breakfast) | | Day 8 | Scottish Highlands (Aviemore) | Edinburgh - St. Andrew's - Scottish Highlands (Aviemore)
: Over the Forth Bridge to the Fife coast and to St. Andrews where we stop to see the famous golf course and the ancient university. Then over the River Tay via Perth to Pitlochry where we visit a whisky distillery. before arriving in our hotel in the Scottish Highlands. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Macdonald Highland Resort | | Day 9 | Isle of Skye | Scottish Highlands (Aviemore) - Isle of Skye
: We a stop at Culloden Moor where Bonnie Prince Charlie was defeated. We drive along the shores of Loch Ness where we stop at Urquhart Castle for pictures and to see if we can spot "Nessie"! Then through Glen Shiel past Eilean Donan Castle to the Kyle of Lochalsh and "over the sea to Skye". (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Kings Arms | | Day 10 | Glasgow | Isle of Skye - Glasgow
: First to Fort William to stop at the Commando Memorial for breathtaking views of Britain's highest mountain, Ben Nevis. We continue to Glencoe where we will be able to take pictures of the site of the famous 1692 massacre. Then along the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond to Glasgow. Tonight we enjoy a Highlight Dinner of Scottish cuisine in a restaurant. (Full breakfast / Highlight Dinner)
Hotel: Jurys Inn | | Day 11 | Liverpool | Glasgow - Lake District - Liverpool (2 nights)
: This morning we will enjoy an orientation tour of the city taking in the cathedral, George Square and the River Clyde - heart of the former shipbuilding industry. Then we head into the Southern Uplands to Moffat where we visit Moffat Woollens. Afterwards we cross into England and the scenic Lake District where we visit Grasmere, home of the poet Wordsworth. Through landscapes reminiscent of his poetry, we drive towards Liverpool. (Full breakfast)
Hotel: Jurys Inn (2 nights) | | Day 12 | North Wales Excursion | North Wales Excursion
: Our excursion takes us first along the North Wales Coast to the Island of Anglesey where we make a stop at the tiny railway station which has the longest name,
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogogoch. Back across the Menai Straits to historic Caernarvon where we visit the mighty cafestle in which the Prince of Wales was invested. Later we have the chance to travel on one of the oldest mountain steam railways in the world, and then more glorious scenery of the Snowdonia Mountains regales us as we drive back to the hotel. (Full breakfast / Dinner) | | Day 13 | Llandrindod Wells | Liverpool - Chester - Llandrindod Wells
: First to Chester where our walking tour with our Tour Director shows us not only the "Rows", the city walls and the cathedral but also another Hidden Treasure! Then we drive over the Horseshoe Pass to Llangollen, home of the International Eisteddfod Music Festival and a charming Welsh town on the River Dee. From here we make our way into the county of Shropshire - where we stop in Ludlow en route to our hotel in Llandrindod Wells. (Full breakfast / Dinner)
Hotel: Metropole | | Day 14 | Bristol | Llandrindod Wells - Cardiff - Bristol
: This morning we drive to Cardiff, where we see the Millennium Stadium and visit the cafestle before descending into the Wye Valley. Here we stop to view Tintern Abbey and continue across the Severn Bridge to Georgian Bath. We visit the Roman Baths before continuing to Bristol. (Full breakfast)
Hotel: Mercure Holland House | | Day 15 | Plymouth | Bristol - Plymouth (2 nights)
: We drive to Cheddar Gorge and on to Wells. Then on to Glastonbury in Somerset to see the legendary burial site of King Arthur before continuing to Dartmoor. We drive to the village of Widecombe-in-the-Moor, setting for the 'Hounds of the Baskervilles'. Finally we reach the city of Plymouth where we visit the Mayflower steps, point of departure for the Pilgrim Fathers, and view the citadel overlooking Plymouth Sound. (Full breakfast)
Hotel: Copthorne Plymouth (2 nights) | | Day 16 | Cornish Excursion | Cornish Excursion
: Our excursion takes us to the Cornish peninsular to the famous artists' colony of St. Ives. There's also the chance to photograph St. Michael's Mount near Penzance. Later, we stop for afternoon tea before returning to the hotel. (Full breakfast) | | Day 17 | Portsmouth | Plymouth - Stonehenge - Isle of Wight - Portsmouth
: We head inland and visit Stonehenge. We continue past the ponies and wildlife of the New Forest to Lymington, a yachting marina where we take the ferry to Yarmouth and to the Isle of Wight. We visit the apartments of Osborne House, home of Queen Victoria before cruising back to Portsmouth where we enjoy a Farewell Dinner together tonight. (Full breakfast / Farewell Dinner)
Hotel: Marriott | | Day 18 | London | Portsmouth - Winchester - London
: First to Winchester, famous for its ancient school and immense cathedral, burial place of Jane Austen. Then to Windsor Great Park with its deer, squirrels and views on to Windsor Castle. On via Runnymede, where King John sealed the Magna Carta, to travel to London and time to bid farewell to our Tour Director at the end of this comprehensive tour of Britain! (Full breakfast)
Hotel: Hilton Olympia | | Day 19 | London - USA | London - USA
: Time to bid farewell to London and our new found friends as our memorable tour comes to an end. (Buffet breakfast) |
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