YOUR HOTEL:

Hotel has restaurant, bar and lift. All room have private facilities, TV, tea/coffee making facilities and hairdryer.

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.    Travel to Yorkshire and on to your hotel.
Day 2. Guided tour of  the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the pleasant market town of Appleby. Board and afternoon train along a section of the famous Carlisle to Settle Railway. Coach will meet you at Settle and return you to the hotel.
Day 3.    Short journey to Keithley for a morning ride on the Keithley and Worth Valley Railway to Haworth. Free time to enjoy the olde worlde shops in Haworth, or an optional visit to Bronte Parsonage. The coach will transfer you to Oxenhopr station for a mid afternoon train ride back to Keithley.

Day 4. Visit Esholt, the village which provided the original setting for Emmerdale continue to Leeds City centre.

Day 5. Travel home after breakfast.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights Half Board
• All rooms en suite
• Appleby to Settle train journey (single journey)
• Keithley to Worth Valley train journey (return)

NOT INCLUDED

• Entrance fee

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
28 Jun	£299	Single room	£82
20 Sep	£299	Single room	£82

YOUR HOTEL:

Set in its own parkland the hotel offers a restaurant, bar, leisure centre and lift. All rooms with private facilities.

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.    Travel to your hotel in the Sheffield area.
Day 2. Guided tour of the Peak District National Park to include the spectacular Snake Pass, Ladybower Reservoir, Derwent Dam, and delightful villages of Castleton, Buxton and Bakewell.
Day 3.    Morning visit to Chatsworth House, one of Britian’s most popular stately homes. Free time in Sheffield City Centre in the afternoon.

Day 4. Today we visit Hardwick Hall, home to Europe’s finest collection of tapestries before visiting the town of Chesterfield with its crooked church spire.

Day 5. Depart for home after breakfast.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights Half Board
• All rooms en suite
• Excursions as stated
• Local guide for one day

NOT INCLUDED

• Entrance fee

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
25 Jul	£329	Single room	£63

YOUR HOTEL:

Recently refurbished hotel with restaurant and bar.  All rooms are air-conditioned and have private facilities, Sat TV, telephone and tea/coffee making facilities.

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.    Travel to your hotel on the outskirts of London.
Day 2. Visit to Windsor Castle, the largest inhabited castle in the world, one of the three official residenes of the Queen.
Day 3.    Tour to Hamptom Court Palace and Gardens with its 500 years of Royal History.

Day 4. Depart for home after a leisurely breakfast.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 3 nights Half Board
• All rooms en suite
• Entrance to Windsor Castle
• Entrance to Hampton Court Palace

NOT INCLUDED

• Any other entrance fee

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
7 May	£239	Single room	NIL

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.  Travel to overnight stay in Erskine.
Day 2.  North to Pitlochry Travel through the Highlands to the highland capital of Inverness. Time at leisure in Inverness before completing trip to Thurso.
Day 3.  Enjoy a day of leisure at Thurso. Alternatively optional half day excursion to Queen Mother’s Castle of Mey.
Day 4.  Depart Scrabster at 13.15 hrs with Northilink Ferries on the 90 minute crossing to Stromness.  A soup and sandwich lunch will be served en route. Reboard the coach in Stromness and meet your locl guide on Orkney. Excursion begins with a visit to Skara Brae. Continue to Orkney’s main town of Kirkwall and the St. Magnus Cathedral. Relics of the two world wars lie both within and around the flow, seven German ships, the Chruchill Barriers with their beached blockships and Italian chapel. Dinner is taken in a local restaurant, followed by a visit to the magnificent Ring of Brodgar. Proceed to Kirkwall port to board Northlink Ferries’ 11 pm service to Shetland.
Day 5.  Breakfast  is served onboard. Rejoin the coach in Lerwick and meet your local guide for the day’s sightseeing on Shetland. There is free time in Lerwick, before we continue. Re board the Northlink Ferry and enjoy a carvery-style dinner as you sail overnight to Aberdeen.
Day 6.  Breakfast is served onboard, before disembarking in Aberdeen. Travel along Royal Deeside, passing Balmoral and through the Pass of Glenshee, overnight in Erskine.
Day 7.  Leisurely drive home.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 2 nights Half Board in Erskine
• 2 nights Half Board in Thurso
• Excursions as stated
• Meals on board as shown
• Light Lunch on Day 4
• Restaurant Dinner on Orkney
• Local Guides on Orkney and Shetland

NOT INCLUDED

• Optional excursions
• Entrance Fees

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
7 Aug	£594	Single room	£143

YOUR HOTEL:

Overlooking Falmouth Bay and Gyllyngvase Beach, it commands some of the finest views in Cornwall. All rooms are en suite with TV. There is a Bar, Restaurant, and occasional Evening Entertainment.

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.    Depart for a leisurely drive to Cornwall, arriving late afternoon.
Day 2.    Free day in Falmouth.

Day 3. A full day tour to Penzance and Land’s End, return via St. Michael’s mount and quaint village of Marazion and taste a genuine Cornish Pasty.

Day 4. A full day tour of the coastline to St. Mawes, and the village of Mevagissey returning through China Clay country to St. Austell.

Day 5. All too soon we return via Bodmin Moor, arriving home late afternoon.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights Half Board
• All rooms en suite
• Excursions as stated
• All Coach Travel

NOT INCLUDED

• Entrance fees

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
22 Oct	£279	Single room	NIL

YOUR HOTEL:

Centrally located hotel with restaurant, bar, lounge and lift.  Leisure complex and nightly entertainment available. All room with private facilities, TV, telephone and tea/coffee making facilities.

YOUR ITINERARY:

During your stay we have included the following tours:

• Tour to Sidmouth, returning via Babbacombe and its Model Village
• Tour to Paignton and Brixham

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights Half Board
• All rooms en suite
• All coach travel

NOT INCLUDED

• Entrance fees

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
7 Jun*	£279	Single room	£40
6 Sep	£269	Single room	£40
22 Nov	£269	Single room	£40

*Free Evening Bar. Restrictions Apply. 7th of June Only.

YOUR HOTEL:

This Victorian Hotel overlooks the seafront close to the pier.  The hotel has a restaurant, bar, lounge and lift.   Occasional entertainment is held in the ballroom.  All rooms have private facilities with TV, telephone, hairdryer and tea/coffee making facilities.

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.    Travel to your hotel via scenic North Wales.
Day 2 – 4. During your stay we have arranged a day tour to Chester and optional half day tour to Bodnant Gardens.
Day 5.    Depart for home via Betws y Coed.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights Half Board
• All rooms en suite
• Excursions as stated

NOT INCLUDED

• Entrance fee to Bodnant Gardens

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
20 Jun	£279	Single room	NIL
30 Aug	£279	Single room	NIL

YOUR HOTEL:

Hotel has restaurant, bar and lift with ground floor rooms available.  All rooms with private facilities, TV and tea/coffee making facilities.

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.  Depart from home to your hotel in Ipswich.
Day 2.  Excursions to the Essex borders, starting with a visit to the Beth Chatto Gardens.  The gardens have been transformed through ecological gardening.  Continue to Flatford, home of the 18th centuary mill made famous in Constable paintings, then on to Denham and a Cream Tea.
Day 3.  Tour to the beautiful villages along the Suffolk Coast, followed by a scenic tout through the Maltings.  Afternoon stop at Bury St Edmonds, a town which dates back to medieval times and its Benedictine monastery.  Time at leisure before a visit to the Abbey Gardens.
Day 4.  Morning free at Ipswich followed by an afternoon River Cruise on the River Orwell to Pin Mill taking in the majestic sights of Freston Tower and the beautiful Suffolk countryside.
Day 5.  Depart for home after breakfast.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights Half Board
• All rooms en suite
• Entrance to Beth Chatto Gardens
• Excursions as stated
• Entrance to Abbey Gardens
• River Orwell Cruise
• Cream Tea

NOT INCLUDED

• Any other entrance fees

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
18 Jun	£309	Single room	£67

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.    Travel on to your hotel in Bournemoth.
Day 2&3.     Visit the Great Dorset Steam Fair, entrance fees included.
Day 4.    Depart for home after breakfast.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 1 night Half Board
• 2 nights Bed & Breakfast
• All Coach Travel
• 2 days admission to the Dorset Steam Fair

NOT INCLUDED

• Other Entrance fees.

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
1 Sep	£259	Single room	£33

YOUR HOTEL:

This hotel located on the outskirts of Norfolk has a restaurant, bar, indoor swimming pool, sauna and gym.  All rooms with private facilities, TV, telephone, trouser press and hospitality tray.

YOUR ITINERARY:

Day 1.    Travel to your hotel at Norwich.
Day 2.     A tour to include a ride on Buro Valley Railway, Norfolk Broads Cruise and a visit to Broads Wildlife Centre.
Day 3.    Morning visit to Norwich City Centre, afternoon we head for the coast and Great Yarmouth.
Day 4.    Day tour to Sandringham House and Gardens.
Day 5.    Depart after breakfast for home.

PRICE INCLUDES

• 4 nights Half Board
• All rooms en suite
• Excursions as stated
• Buro Valley Railway Ride
• Norfolk Broads Cruise
• Information talk at Broads Wildlife Centre

NOT INCLUDED

• Entrance fees

DEPARTURE DATES	PRICE	SUPPLEMENT	PER PERSON
17 May	£309	Single room	NIL