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English Country Gardens 2013 Accommodation Details: Room Type: Accommodation as per tour itinerary Nights: 8 Adult: from $3599.00 less 10% if booked and paid by 27 Dec 12 Travel Dates: price shown based on low season contact us for departure dates. Tour departs May Sep 13 however seasonal surcharges apply
Inclusions: Trafalgar Coach tour with accommodation and meals per itinerary below Local Speciality : Enjoy a vineyard walk, winery luxury home virtual tour talk and wine tasting including luxury home virtual tour a complimentary glass of wine at Biddenden Vineyards. Be My Guest Enjoy: a delightful English Cream Tea at Mount Ephraim Stately Home and Gardens. Local Guide for London city sightseeing. Small Group Sightseeing: Enjoy small group guided visits of no more than 15 to 20 guests at Wisley Gardens and Hever Castle. Unique Insight: Meet a member of the National Trust at the Visitors centre at the White Cliffs of Dover for a talk on the significance of the cliffs luxury home virtual tour and the conservation thereof. Local Expert: Enjoy a guided tour at Hampton Court Palace to see inside the palace and the magnificent gardens with an expert costumed Tudor guide. Hidden Treasure: Enjoy at least one surprise luxury home virtual tour Hidden Treasure experience, unique to your itinerary, courtesy of your expert Travel Director. First Class hotel accommodation featuring two-bedded rooms and private facilities All hotel service charges and tips, baggage handling fees and local taxes Travel by luxury, air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and an on-board restroom The services luxury home virtual tour of a professional Travel Director The services of a Trafalgar Local Host at your Trafalgar London hotel Use of Trafalgar's London Reception Centre offering a range of services including tickets for day trips and local attractions Audio headsets to clearly hear your guide's commentary on all included sightseeing A travel wallet with your documentation. Complimentary keepsake photo and map
Enjoy an English Cream Tea at Mount Ephraim Stately Home and Gardens on a Be My guest experience, join a Local Expert on a guided tour at Hampton Court Palace and visit the stunning UNESCO World Heritage botanical Kew Gardens known as the world s most famous garden.
Day 1 ARRIVE LONDON (3 NIGHTS) After checking in at your hotel, why not explore the city of London? Whether you stroll through one of the Royal Parks, shop in the vibrant West End or visit one of the world famous historical attractions, London has plenty to keep you entertained. Later, meet with your Travel Director and fellow companions for a traditional English pub Welcome Reception.
Day 2 LONDON SIGHTSEEING AND EXCURSION TO HAMPTON COURT PALACE See Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace on your half day introductory sightseeing tour with your Local Guide. This afternoon visit Hampton Court Palace, the most modern, sophisticated and magnificent palace of its age. See the vast Tudor kitchens, and the tapestries in the Great Hall with a Local Expert in Tudor costume. Discover the grand interior of the Chapel. Lose yourself in the most famous Maze and visit the Privy Garden, restored to its former glory. Tonight, consider joining your Travel luxury home virtual tour Director for dinner at a lively restaurant or perhaps take in a West End show.
Day 3 LONDON EXCURSION TO WISLEY GARDENS This morning travel to the memorable gardens of Wisley. luxury home virtual tour Renowned as the flagship garden of the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley captures the imagination with richly planted borders, luscious rose gardens and the state-of-the-art glasshouse. Gifted to the Society in 1903, Wisley has evolved over time into a world-class garden. Here you will enjoy a Small Group Sightseeing experience around parts of the garden. You will then have free time to have lunch in one of the restaurants in the grounds. Later, luxury home virtual tour return luxury home virtual tour to London when you will have the option to sightsee further or take an optional trip on the London Eye with a cruise on the Thames before returning to your hotel.
Day 4 LONDON KEW GARDENS BLUEBELL RAILWAY SHEFFIELD PARK AND GARDEN EASTBOURNE (2 NIGHTS) This morning enjoy an included visit to Kew Gardens. This botanical luxury home virtual tour garden is known as the world's most famous– a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising centuries of royal history. Explore inside the vast Victorian glasshouses and see the indoor galleries. Here you will take an included 40 minute bus tour around part of the garden. You will then have free time to lunch in one of the restaurants in the grounds. Later travel south and enjoy a ride on one of England's luxury home virtual tour most famous steam trains – the Bluebell Railway.
luxury home virtual tour The Bluebell Railway luxury home virtual tour is a heritage line running along the border between East and West Sussex and is managed and run largely by volunteers. It has the largest collection (over 30) of steam locomotives in the UK after the National Railway Museum. The train journey luxury home virtual tour will end at Sheffield Park and Gardens. The National Trust acquired this property in 1954 and the garden is comprised of four large lakes and a variety of rare trees and shrubs. The magnificent landscaping of the garden was laid out in the 18th Century by Capability Brown. Later arrive at your beautiful hotel in Eastbourne for a two night stay.
Day 5 EASTBOURNE EXCURSION TO BRIGHTON This morning after a leisurely start, enjoy a drive along the coast to Brighton. Thanks to the Prince Regent, the town has always enjoyed a reputation for elegance, fun and architecture. Brighton has many fine Regency buildings, most notably Lewes Crescent and Brunswick Square.
You may decide luxury home virtual tour to visit the impressive Brighton Pavilion or shop for interesting items in The Lanes. "The Lanes" form a retail, leisure and residential area near the seafront, characterised by narrow alleyways following the street pattern of the original fishing village and contain clothing stores, jewellers, antique shops, restaurants and pubs. Perhaps enjoy fish and chips for lunch before returning to Eastbourne.
This afternoon you might like to consider an optional excursion to Leeds Castle. Built 900 years ago, Henry Vlll transformed the castle for Catherine of Aragon, and extensive refurbishment in the last century has made it truly spectacular. This evening luxury home virtual tour is free to dine at one of the local restaurants.
Day 6 EASTBOURNE DOVER CANTERBURY luxury home virtual tour MOUNT EPHRAIM COUNTRY HOUSE ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS (2 NIGHTS) This morning travel luxury home virtual tour to Dover for a Unique Insight into the White Cliffs of Dover. A member of the National Trust will provide luxury home virtual tour a talk on the significance of the cliffs and the conservation thereof. Later visit Canterbury which is a historic English cathedral city. Parts of the city have been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Thomas Becket's murder at Canterbury Cathedral in 1170 led to the cathedral becoming a place of pilgrimage for Christians worldwide and this pilgrimage later provided the theme for Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th-century literary classic The Canterbury Tales.
You will have free time to explore the city before enjoying luxury home virtual tour a delicious Be My Guest Cream Tea at Mount Ephraim Country House later this afternoon. Then it is on to Royal Tunbridge Wells for a two night stay. Dinner will be served at your hotel this evening.
Day 7 ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS EXCURSION TO SISSINGHURST GARDENS AND BIDDENDEN VINEYARDS This morning visit the beautiful luxury home virtual tour gardens at Sissinghurst. This garden was created in the 1930s by Vita Sackville-West, poet and gardening writer, and her husband luxury home virtual tour Harold Nicolson, author and diplomat. Sissinghurst's garden is one of the best-loved in the whole of the United Kingdom, drawing visitors from all over the world. The garden itself is designed as a series of "rooms", each with a different character of colour and/or theme, divided by high clipped hedges and pink brick walls.
You will have free time to enjoy morning tea in the Old Dairy Coffee Shop or lunch in the Granary Restaurant. This afternoon travel to Biddenden Vineyard Kent's oldest commercial vineyard. Established by the Barnes family in 1969 to produce wines and ciders, this vineyard is set in 22 acres on a gentle south facing slope in a shallow sheltered valley.
Ten varieties of grapes are grown to produce White, Red, Rosé and Quality Sparkling wines. Traditional Kentish ciders have also been made here for over 20 years together with farm pressed apple juices. The visit includes a vineyard walk, winery talk and tasting including luxury home virtual tour a complimentary glass of wine. There will be time to visit their well-stocked shop and a chance to sample the full range of products. Later return to your hotel in Royal Tunbridge luxury home virtual tour Wells.
Day 8 ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS HEVER CASTLE CHARTWELL LONDON Enjoy a visit to Hever Castle for a Small Group Sightseeing experience with the gardeners to see these award-winning formal gardens. Each garden has its own style and character, from the giant topiary chess set and herb collection of the Tudor Garden to the magnificent Pompeiian Wall and collection of classical statuary in the Italian Garden. The celebrated Rose Garden contains over 4,000 roses within its walls, and there's an impressive herbaceous border stretching over 100 metres.
You will also have an included ticket to see inside of the castle itself at your own pace. The oldest
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