Stonehenge

Salisbury

Bath

Cheddar Gorge

Wells

Scenic Drive

Exeter

Plymouth

Cornish Excursion

Bristol

Cardiff

Waterford

Blarney

County Kerry

Limerick

Dublin

Chester

Lake Districk:

Edinburgh

St. Andrews

Exciting Highlights

• Stonehenge See the ancient stone circle.
• Salisbury View the Cathedral.
• Bath Admire the Georgian town.
• Cheddar Gorge Stop to view this natural site.
• Wells Visit the beautiful city and its awe–inspiring Cathedral.
• Scenic Drive Through Hardy country.
• Exeter Orientation tour including the Cathedral.
• Plymouth Orientation tour
• Cornish Excursion See St. Micheal Mount and visit the artists' colony of St. Ives.
• Bristol Orientation includes Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge.
• Cardiff: Orientation includes the Cathedral and castle.
• Waterford: Visit the crystal showroom (when open).
• Blarney: Visit the castle.
• County Kerry: Scenic 'Ring of Kerry' drive including Killarney's Lakes.
• Limerick Orientation tour.
• Dublin Sightseeing includes views Phoenix Park, Trinity College and St. Patrick's Cathedral.
• Chester See the galleried 'Rows'.
• Lake District Scenic drive.
• Edinburgh Sightseeing includes the Royal Mile and views of the castle.
• St. Andrews See the famous golf course.
• Loch Ness Drive along the shores.
• Glencoe See the Vale of Weeping.
• Glasgow Orientation tour.
• Moffat Visit a woollen outlet.
• Hadrian's Wall See the Roman ruins.
• York Orientation features the Minster and the medieval'Shambles'.
• Coventry See the Cathedrals .
• Stratford–upon–Avon Visit the town of Shakespeare's birthplace.

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Fabulous Sightseeing
Sightseeing/orientation in Salisbury, Exeter, Bath, Cardiff, Killarney, Limerick, Dublin, Chester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, York, Coventry, and Stratford–upon–Avon.

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Dining Highlights

• Continental breakfast in London and Full English or Irish breakfast elsewhere.
• 9 Three course dinners

– see day by day itinerary.

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Unbeatable Features
Accommodation in twin–bedded rooms with private facilities in superior tourist and tourist class hotels. Services throughout the tour of a professional Tour Director. The services of a qualified Representative at your Trafalgar London hotel. Specialised local guides in Dublin and Edinburgh. Edinburgh Tatto Tickets can be purchased through your Tour Director (when available). 5–27 August 2005. Ferry transportation: Pembroke– Rosslare and Dublin Bay–Holyhead. Touring by luxury air–ventilated coach with reclining seats. Complimentary pick–up and drop–off at your Trafalgar London hotel. CostSaver travel bag and tour wallet containing comprehensive documents.

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Your CostSaver Hotels

London: Thistle Lancaster Gate Bath: Limpely Stoke/Mendip Lodge Exeter: Exeter Court Newport: Express by Holiday Inn Waterford: The Bridge Waterville: Bayview Ennis: Queens Dublin: Jurys Montrose Lymm: Lymm Edinburgh (Queensferry): Corus North Aviemore: Aviemore Inn Glasgow: Erskine Bridge Leeds: Quanlity London: Thistle Lancaster Gate

All hotel service charges, local taxes, baggage handling and hotel tips are included.

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Airport Transfer
Trafalgar has included a free transfer to and from your London airport and Central London. Your transfer will be via an express train link from London Heathrow Airport to Paddington Station on the Heathrow Rail Express, and from London Gatwick Airport to Victoria Station on the Gatwick Rail Express. Gatwick Express takes 30 minutes and Heathrow Express takes only 15 minutes compared to the one hour plus journey by coach! From Paddington or Victoria it's a short and inexpensive journey by taxi to your London hotel.

Airport/Central London Railway Station/Airport: Only one included transfer both inbound and outbound per tour is included by Trafalgar. Transfers are by express train to a Central London Rail Station. From Central London it's a short and inexpensive journey by taxi to your hotel. Heathrow Express operates between 05:10 – 23:30. Gatwick Express operates inbound services between 05:20 – 23:45 and outbound services from 04:30 – 23:45. Transfers out these times are at passengers own expense.

For passengers who choose to make their own flight arrangements, a transfer will be provided at a charge of $25 per person round trip. Your Travel Agent must provide Trafalgar accurate flight details no less that 21 days prior to tour departure and must arrange your flight to coincide with our specific arrival and departure transfer times. If however, you arrive outside the scheduled transfer times, then you must make your own alternative transfer arrangements at your own expense.

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Tour Duration: 20 days

• Day 1
  Depart USA Overnight transatlantic flight to London



• Day 2
  Arrive London (2nights) Time to relax after checking into your Trafalgar hotel or perhaps check out this exciting city.



• Day 3
  London at leisure Enjoy a full day at leisure to perhaps explore or maybe do some shopping in Britain's capital. (Continental breakfast)



• Day 4
  London – Salisbury – Bath Greetings from our Tour Director as we travel to Salisbury Plain. See ancient Stonehenge with its mystical tales of Druids and sun worship. In Salisbury we view the Cathedral en route to Jan Austen's Bath where we admire the Georgian architecture. Time to shop for postcards and souvenirs before arriving at our hotel. (Continental breakfast)



• Day 5
  Bath – Wells – Exeter Today we drive to nearby Cheddar Gorge to admire its rugged beauty.Then we stop to visit the beautiful city of Wells, with an awe– inspiring Cathedral. From here we continue our journey through Thomas Hardy's Wessex and its rolling green hills, before reaching Exeter, where orientation shows us the Cathedral and medieval walls. (Breakfast)



• Day 6
  Devon and Cornwall Excursion A full day excursion begins as we skirt Dartmoor to reach Plymouth where you will have a chance to take a boat trip around the harbour. Then we continue to Marazion where we see St. Micheal's Mount before heading north to the Atlantic coast of Cornwall and the Artist's colony of St. Ives. Finally after an amazing scenic day we return to our hotel in Exeter for dinner and overnight stay. (Breakfast/ Dinner)



• Day 7
  Exeter – Newport We drive through the 'scrumpy' county of Somerset and on to Bristol to see Brunel's Clifton Suspension Bridge on our orientation tour of this fine city. Finally across the Severn bridge into Wales and our hotel in Newport. (Breakfast/ Dinner)



• Day 8
  Newport – Cardiff – Waterford This morning we stop to visit Cardiff, the capital of Wales. Here an orientation tour shows us the Castle and Millennium Stadium Cardiff Arms Park. Next we drive through South Wales via Camarthan to Fishguare, where we board our ferry and cruise across the Irish Sea to Rosslare. From here by coach we head to Waterford, home of the famous crystal for dinner and overnight stay. (Breakfast/ Dinner)



• Day 9
  Waterford – Cork – Waterville After breakfast we drive via Cork, stopping to visit Blarney Castle with a chance to acquire the 'gift of the gab'. From here we travel into County Kerry and down Dingle Bay to Waterville, where we have started to enjoy the stunning scenery of the famous 'Ring of Kerry' drive. (Breakfast/ Dinner)



• Day 10
  Waterville – Ennis A succession of mountains, bays and pretty towns brings us to the lakes of Killarney, before stopping in Killarney itself. On to Limerick, where orientation shows us St. Mary's Cathedral and King John's Castle before reaching the town Ennis for the night. (Breakfast)



• Day 11
  Ennis – Dublin (2nights) today we make our way to Nenagh in County Tipperary, with its ruined castle and former home of the Butler family. From here we travel via the horse–breeding area of Kildare to Dublin, Ireland's capital, for two nights. (Breakfast)



• Day 12
  Dublin sightseeing & at leisure Our morning sightseeing tour features views Trinity College, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Phoenix Park and the impressive Four Courts. The rest of your day is at leisure. You may wish to do some shopping for Irish tweeds and linen or visit a Stately Home. (Breakfast)



• Day 13
  Dublin – Lymm We head off this morning to Dublin Bay, where we board our ferry and cruise to Holyhead on the Isle of Anglesey. Here we join our coach and enjoy the scenery of the North Wales coastline as we skirt Snowdonia National Park. We stop to visit Chester and admire its famous galleried 'Rows' and medieval before we continue to our hotel at Lymm for dinner and overnight stay. (Breakfast/ Dinner)



• Day 14
  Lymm – Edinburgh (Queensferry) (2nights) Enjoy today's scenic drive through the beautiful Lake District, reminiscent of scenery which inspired William Wordsworth's famous poem, 'Daffodils'. Then we cross the Scottish border and continue across the Southern Uplands to Edinburgh, Scotland's elegant capital, for two nights. (Breakfast)



• Day 15
  Edinburgh sightseeing & at leisure Our morning sightseeing tour shows us Princes Street, the Royal Mileand views of the castle. Later time is your own perhaps to visit Holyrood House or potter around Grass Market. This evening, you have the option of a night out with Highland dancing, bagpipes and regional specialities such as haggis. (Breakfast)



• Day 16
  Edinburgh (Queensferry) – Aviemore Today's journey takes us towards the Fife Coast to see St. Andrews, home of the famous Golf Course. From here we drive via Pitlochry with views of Blair Atholl as we head into the Highlands to the ski resort of Aviemore for the night. (Breakfast/ Dinner)



• Day 17
  Aviemore – Glasgow After breakfast this morning we drive via Inverness and along the shores of Loch Ness passing Ben Nevis – Britain's highest mountain. Then on to notorious Glencoe, where the Macdonalds met their doom at the hands of the Campbells. Finally, we continue to Loch Lomond's bonnie banks before reaching our hotel in Glasgow. (Breakfast/ Dinner)



• Day 18
  Glasgow – York– Leeds An orientation drive in Glasgow shows us the Cathedral and George Square. Then we enjoy a scenic drive to Moffat Woollens with time to purchase tweeds and tartans. Next, we make a picture stop at Hadrian's Wall, before our arrival in Viking York. Here we admire the Minster and stroll along the medieval 'Shambles'. Later, we continue our journey to nearby Leeds for the night. (Breakfast/ Dinner)



• Day 19
  Leeds – Coventry – Stratford – London This morning we drive through the Midlands to Coventry to view the old and new Cathedrals standing side by side. Then on to Shakespeare's birthplace, Stratford– upon–Avon. There's time to explore this historic town before we head off through the scenic Cotswolds back to London. (Breakfast)



• Day 20
  London – USA Bid farewell on your return flight to the USA. (Continental breakfast)