The Britannia 2010

• London: Sightseeing tour.
• Oxford: Visit one of the university''s colleges(when open).
• Bladon: See Sir Winston Churchill''s grave.
• Stratford-upon-Avon: Visit Shakespeare''sbirthplace and see Anne Hathaway''s cottage
• York: Walking tour including the Shambles andMinster.
• Durham: View the Norman Cathedral.
• Hadrian''s Wall: View the fortifications.
• Jedburgh: View the abbey ruins.
• Edinburgh: Sightseeing includes a visit to theimposing castle.
• Glasgow: Orientation tour.
• Moffat: Visit a woollen outlet.
• Grasmere: Visit Wordsworth''s village.
• Caernarvon: Visit the castle.
• Chester: Visit the historic city.
• Ludlow: Visit this market town.
• Cardiff: Visit the castle and see the MillenniumStadium.
• Tintern: View the abbey.
• Bath: Orientation including a visit to the RomanBaths.
• Cheddar: View the gorge.
• Glastonbury: Visit the abbey.
• Cornish Excursion: Visit the village of St. Ivesand view St. Michael''s Mount.
• Plymouth: Sightseeing including the MayflowerSteps.
• Stonehenge: Visit the stone circle.
• Isle of Wight Excursion: Visit Osborne House.
• Winchester: View its cathedral.

• 2 buffet breakfasts and 1 continental breakfast in London
• 14 full English breakfasts
• 6 three-course dinners
• Cream 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 hotel accommodation includes twin-bedded rooms withprivate facilities, all hotel service charges and tips, baggagehandling fees and local taxes.
• Touring by luxury air-conditioned coach with reclining seats and awashroom onboard.
• The services of one of Trafalgar''s top professional TourDirectors.
• 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 theEdinburgh Festival.
• Ferry across the Solent.
• A stylish wallet, tour documents and a Welcome on Tour book.
• For London airport shuttle, conditions apply.

• London Gateways: Transfers can be expensive,particularly between the airport and your London hotel. But whenyou book your Trafalgar tour and take advantage of our land and airpackages, we have included a FREE transfer to and from London''sairports and your Trafalgar London hotel. For passengers who havetheir own flight arrangements we offer you the opportunity topurchase inexpensive transfers to and from London''s Heathrow -Trafalgar has negotiated special rates for the Dot2Dot transferfrom London''s Heathr
• Important - Please Note: Passengers will only beentitled to transfers to and from London Airports providing thefollowing conditions are met:
• For included transfers: Your flights must be booked directly byTrafalgar no fewer than 21 days prior to departure. For chargeabletransfers: Your Travel Agent provides detailed flight informationto Trafalgar no fewer than 21 days prior to departure. Oncetransfers are booked they cannot be changed.
• For London arrivals, you must stay at a London hotel booked byTrafalgar on the night of arrival and the night prior to yourdeparture date.
• Trafalgar only includes one inbound and one outbound transfer.
• In the event of flight delays outside of Trafalgar''s control, thetransfers will be deemed to be cancelled.
• All transfers are based on group transfers. No refund is thereforeavailable for missed transfers, or passengers not using thisservice.
• In the event of unforeseen events (such as road or rail works,strikes or demonstrations), Trafalgar will not be responsible fordelayed or cancelled transfers.
• Heathrow Airport: National Express Dot2Dot willpick up and drop off in time to meet all flights to/from London''sHeathrow Airport. For guests arriving at the Dot2Dot desk after22.00 hrs please make use of the courtesy phone to arrange yourtransfer to your Trafalgar hotel.
• Gatwick Airport Passengers who have bookedTrafalgar''s Land and Air packages arriving at London''s GatwickAirport are provided with a Gatwick Express train voucher. TheGatwick Express train journey from Gatwick Airport to London''sVictoria Station takes 30 minutes. Guests then need to make theirway from Victoria Station to their Trafalgar hotel.
• European Gateways: With Trafalgar all passengerswill receive complimentary arrival and departure transfers on thescheduled arrival and departure day of their tour at the timesspecified below. Please ensure your Travel Agent reserves yourflight to co-ordinate with the transfer times shown.
• Trafalgar Bonus - Passengers who book Trafalgar''s Land+Air packageand who arrive or depart outside of these specified times on thescheduled arrival and departure day of the tour will also beprovided with a transfer.
• Passengers arriving before or leaving after the scheduled tourdays are not entitled to a transfer but may book and purchase onethrough Trafalgar providing that they also purchase the additionalpre and/or post tour hotel night(s) from Trafalgar. Please ask forprices of transfers at the time of booking your extra nightaccommodation.
• Land only passengers arriving or departing on the scheduled tourarrival or departure days but whose flights don''t coincide with thelisted transfer times below may also book and purchase thesetransfers. Flight details must be provided to Trafalgar not lessthan 21 days before the flight departure.

Day 1 - Depart USA
Overnight flight to London.

Day 2 - Arrive London (2 nights)
After checking into your Trafalgar hotel the rest of your day is atleisure. Hotel: Hilton Olympia

Day 3 - London sightseeing & at leisure
This morning we enjoy a sightseeing tour that includes many majorsights then the remainder of the day is at leisure. (Buffetbreakfast)

Day 4 - London - Oxford - Stratford - Shakespeare Country
Greetings from our Tour Director as we travel to Oxford, where weenjoy a walking tour of one of the colleges (or the SheldonianTheater when the colleges are closed). On to Bladon to view WinstonChurchill''s grave in the little churchyard. Then through therolling Cotswolds to Stratford-upon-Avon where we visitShakespeare''s birthplace and we see Anne Hathaway''s cottage. Laterwe continue to Warwick where we enjoy a Welcome Drink before dinnerwith our Tour Director and fellow travelers. (Continental breakfast/ Dinner) Hotel: Hilton Warwick

Day 5 - Shakespeare Country - York
We travel to Staffordshire which is known as the Potteries, becausefine china has been produced here for several centuries. Then wehead north to Viking York. Here we will enjoy a walking tour withour Tour Director including the Shambles, the city walls, theMinster and a Hidden Treasure will be revealed to us! (Fullbreakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Holiday Inn

Day 6 - York - Durham - Edinburgh (2 nights)
We travel to Durham city where we view the castle and have time tovisit the finest Norman cathedral in Britain. Then on to a sectionof Hadrian''s Wall built by the Roman Emperor to keep out the Pictsand the Scots. We cross the Northumberland National Park to theScottish Border and view the ruins of Jedburgh Abbey beforearriving in Edinburgh. (Full breakfast) Hotel: Marriott

Day 7 - Edinburgh sightseeing & at leisure
Our sightseeing tour with a local guide includes Princes Street,the Royal Mile, views of the Scottish Parliament, Holyrood Houseand Arthur''s Seat as well as a guided interior visit of EdinburghCastle. Then there is time at leisure and later there''s the chanceto see Highland dancers and sample whisky and haggis! During theEdinburgh Festival, we include tickets to the Edinburgh Tattoo inthe castle grounds. (Full breakfast)

Day 8 - Edinburgh - St. Andrew''s - Scottish Highlands
Today we travel over the Forth Bridge to the Fife coast and to St.Andrews where we stop to see the famous 18th hole of the golfcourse and see its ancient university. Then over the River Tay viaPerth to Pitlochry renowned as a center for salmon fishing. Maybevisit Blair Atholl Castle before arriving in our hotel in theScottish Highlands for dinner and overnight. (Full breakfast /Dinner) Hotel: Macdonald Highland Resort

Day 9 - Scottish Highlands - Loch Ness - Isle of Skye
Through rugged scenery with a stop at Culloden Moor where BonniePrince Charlie was defeated by Butcher Cumberland so ending thehopes of a Stuart monarchy. We drive along the shores of Loch Nesswhere we stop along the shores for pictures and to see if we canspot ''Nessie''! Then through Glen Shiel past Eilean Donan Castle tothe Kyle of Lochalsh and ''over the sea to Skye''. We enjoy a shortdrive towards the high and beautiful Cuillin Mountains before we goto our hotel. (Full breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Kings Arms

Day 10 - Isle of Skye - Glasgow
First to Fort William to stop at the Commando Memorial forbreathtaking views of Britain''s highest mountain, Ben Nevis. Wecontinue to Glencoe where we will be able to take pictures of thesite of the famous 1692 massacre. Then along the bonnie banks ofLoch Lomond on our way to Glasgow, Scotland''s largest city, for thenight. Tonight we enjoy a Highlight Dinner of Scottish cuisine in acharacteristic restaurant. (Full breakfast / Highlight dinner) Hotel: Jurys Inn

Day 11 - Glasgow - Lake District - Liverpool (2 nights)
This morning we will enjoy an orientation tour of the city takingin the cathedral, George Square and the River Clyde - heart of theformer shipbuilding industry. Then we head into the SouthernUplands to Moffat where we visit Moffat Woollens. Afterwards wecross into England and the scenic Lake District where we visitGrasmere, home of the poet Wordsworth. Through landscapesreminiscent of his poetry, we drive towards Liverpool.Hotel: Jurys Inn (2 nights)

Day 12 - North Wales excursion
Our excursion takes us first along the North Wales Coast to theIsland of Anglesey where we make a stop at the tiny railway stationwhich has the longest name,Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantysiliogogogoch. Backacross the Menai Straits to historic Caernarvon where we visit themighty castle in which the Prince of Wales was invested. Later wehave the chance to travel on one of the oldest mountain steamrailways in the world, and then more glorious scenery of theSnowdonia Mountains regales us as we drive back to the hotel. (Fullbreakfast / Dinner)

Day 13 - Liverpool- Chester - Llandrindod Wells
First to Chester where our walking tour with our Tour Directorshows us not only the ''Rows'', the city walls and the cathedral butalso another Hidden Treasure! Then we drive over the Horseshoe Passto Llangollen, home of the International Eisteddfod Music Festivaland a charming Welsh town on the River Dee. From here we make ourway into the county of Shropshire - where we stop in Ludlow enroute to our hotel in Llandrindod Wells. (Full breakfast / Dinner) Hotel: Metropole

Day 14 - Llandrindod Wells - Cardiff - Bristol
This morning we drive to the Welsh capital, Cardiff, where we seethe Millennium Stadium and visit the castle before descending intothe lush Wye Valley. Here we stop to view 12th century TinternAbbey and continue across the Severn Bridge to Georgian Bath. Wevisit the Roman Baths and enjoy an orientation tour beforecontinuing to Bristol. (Full breakfast) Hotel: Radisson Blu

Day 15 - Bristol - Plymouth (2 nights)
We drive to Cheddar Gorge and then to Wells to admire the stunningcathedral. Then on to Glastonbury in Somerset to see the legendaryburial site of King Arthur and visit the abbey ruins beforecontinuing south to Dartmoor. We drive to the charming village ofWidecombe-in-the-Moor, famous for the folk song, ''Widecombe Fair''.Finally past charming villages we reach the city of Plymouth wherewe visit the Mayflower steps, point of departure for the PilgrimFathers, and view thecitadel overlooking Plymouth Sound. Later why not enjoy acruise around the harbour? (Full breakfast) Hotel: Jurys Inn

Day 16 - Cornish excursion
Our excursion takes us to the Cornish peninsula to the famousartists'' colony of St. Ives, filled with galleries and charminghouses. There''s also the chance to photograph St. Michael''s Mountnear Penzance. Later, we stop for a delicious cream tea, consistingof fresh scones with jam and cream and, of course, a cup of Englishtea, before returning to the hotel. (Full breakfast)

Day 17 - Plymouth - Stonehenge - Isle of Wight - Portsmouth
We head inland and visit the UNESCO World Heritage site ofStonehenge and its ancient stone circle. We continue past theponies and wildlife of the New Forest to Lymington - a yachtingmarina where we take the ferry to Yarmouth and to the Isle ofWight. We visit the apartments of Osborne House, home of QueenVictoria and her consort, before cruising back to Portsmouth wherewe enjoy a Farewell Dinner together tonight. (Full breakfast /Farewell Dinner) Hotel: Marriott

Day 18 - Portsmouth - Winchester - London
First to Winchester, famous for its ancient school and immensecathedral, burial place of Jane Austen. Then to Windsor Castle. Onvia Runnymede, where King John sealed the Magna Carta, to travel toLondon and time to bid farewell to our Tour Director at the end ofthis comprehensive tour of Britain. (Full breakfast) Hotel: Hilton Olympia

Day 19 - London - USA
Time to bid farewell to London and our new found friends as ourmemorable tour comes to an end. (Buffet breakfast)

• London
• Oxford
• Bladon
• Stratford-upon-Avon
• York
• Durham
• Edinburgh
• Glasgow
• Moffat
• Chester
• Cardiff
• Bath
• Stonehenge
• Isle of Wight

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