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HERITAGE TOURING 2012

Our 2012 programme of tours is now available. 
To reserve your place contact the office to check
availability or for further details. 

Please scroll down to see tours

Do revisit this website as details of additional new
tours for later in the year and specific new events
will be included as and when available.

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if you would like to receive our brochure

 

 

 

 

 
         
   

AIDA at The Royal Albert Hall

The Wallace Collection and
the Traveller’s Club Pall Mall


25 – 27 February 2012 (2 nights)



 

The Cavendish Hotel,
St James’s
4 star luxury hotel in the heart of London’s Mayfair.




           
 

 
         
   

Welsh National Opera
La Traviata and
The Marriage of Figaro

Two superb performances
Connoisseur tour Cardiff Castle
Tour of the Welsh Assembly and
Cardiff Bay

1 - 3 March 2012



 

Mercure Holland House, Cardiff. (4 stars)
City centre location





           
 

 
         
   

Steaming to the Isle of Purbeck
Banbury to Swanage

Enjoy luxury dining whilst steaming behind an historic train to Dorset and the Isle of Purbeck the gateway to the Jurassic World Heritage Coast.   An afternoon tour of Swanage, scenic views and Corfe Castle village.

18 – 20 April 2012 (2 nights)


 

Mercure Whately Hall
Banbury





           
 

 
         
   

The Venice Simplon Orient Express

Travel in style in the British Pullman Carriages to Cornwall or Devon
Choose from a true Cornish weekend, gardens, boats and maritime history. Fly by helicopter to Tresco and the Abbey Gardens or visit Eden and Heligan. Rick Stein’s Seaford Restaurant at Padstow and Trerice. In Devon – Agatha Christie’s Greenway, River Dart and Britannia Naval College.

27 – 29 April 2012 (2 nights)


 

The Duchy Hotel, Falmouth
The Idle Rocks Hotel,
St Mawes
Carylon Bay Hotel
Thurlestone Hotel - Devon

 

           
 

 
         
   

The Diamond Jubilee Pageant at Windsor

Celebrate  - The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
Top price seats for this unique occasion
Cruise the Thames from Maidenhead to Runnymede


12 – 14 May 2012 (2 nights)



 

Macdonald Berystede Hotel, near Ascot or Savill Court Hotel, near Egham/ Windsor Great Park.

Two 4 star hotel with spas in landscaped grounds.



           
 

 
         
   

Courson – Les Journées des Plantes
“The French Chelsea

Enjoy this spectacular French flower
show and visiting gardens in Normandy
including Monet’s garden at Giverney. 


16 – 19 May 2012 (3 nights)



 

Mercure Rouen
Centre Cathedral

In the centre of the
historic city of Rouen.






           
 


 
         
   

Cornwall’s Historic and Hidden
Spring Gardens

Enjoying the warmth of the Gulf Stream, these magical Cornish gardens are home to a wealth of exciting, rare and beautiful plants. Visits to St Mawes, time in Falmouth, a boat cruise on the River Fal

14 – 18 May 2012 (4 nights)


 

The Greenbank Hotel,
Falmouth
4 star hotel

Harbour view rooms






           
 

 
         
   

Three Great Parks

Bletchley Park and Oxfordshire’s Secret Mansions

Ditchley Park a safe haven for Churchill during the war, Aynhoe Park, an ecliptic collection of antique and modern in a 17th century Palladian mansion.
Bletchley Park the wartime home of Allied code breaking

21 – 22 May 2012 (2 nights)


 

Macdonald Bear Hotel,
Woodstock

4 star hotel in centre of lovely small town of Woodstock.






           
 


 
         
   

The Garden Isle
The Hidden Gems of the Isle of Wight

Osborne House, Lunch at Farringford, Manor houses and private gardens, Quarr Abbey and Steam Railway

28 – 31 May 2012 (3 nights)



 

The Royal Hotel Ventnor
4 star hotel

Optional night mainland – Macdonald Botley Park,






           
 


 
         
   

The Hay on Wye Literary Festival

Tickets for top events over two days and time to explore the ‘Town of Books’.  Dinner in Hay for two evenings.


1 – 4 June 2012 (3 nights)



 

Green Dragon Hotel -
Hereford






           
 

 
         
   

The Heart of Kent

Medieval Rochester, Maritime Chatham and the Restoration House, Rochester.
Godinton Park and Belmont House
Cruise on the Medway on Kingswear Castle

11 – 14 June 2012 (3 nights)



 

The Chilston Park Hotel
4 stars

Stay at Kent’s “most atmospheric country house hotel”.



           
 

 
         
   

More Superb Cotswolds Gardens

Daylesford House, Whichford Pottery, Stowell Park, Rockcliffe and Eyford Manor  and exclusive visits to private gardens


25 – 27/8 June 2012 (2 – 3 nights)



 

Macdonald Alveston Manor, Stratford on Avon

4 star hotel in heart of Shakespeare’s Stratford




           
 

 
         
   

Scottish Borders and the Tweed Valley

Superb houses, fine gardens, exclusive private visits, castles and wonderful scenery


25 – 29 June 2012 (4 nights)



 

Macdonald Cardrona Hotel
Near Peebles

4 stars in the heart of the Borders.

(if required additional night in Edinburgh at the Roxburghe Hotel)




           
 

 
         
   

The Great North Yorkshire Gardens

Ripon Canal – Newby Hall by boat
Gardens, Houses and stunning scenery

ADDITIONAL TOUR
2 – 5/6 July 2012  (3 or 4 nights)

9 – 12/13 July 2012 (3 or 4 nights)


 

Macdonald Gisborough Hall

4 stars – superb location superb hotel!


           
 

 
         
   

Follow the J Class Yachts around
the Isle of Wight whilst aboard the
MV Balmoral

The Re-enactment of the
Hundred Sovereigns Cup Race-
(The America’s Cup)
Enjoy the day from the
pleasure boat MV Balmoral

20 – 22 July 2012 (2 nights)



 

Macdonald Botley Park Hotel

4 star hotel – golf course and leisure facilities.



 

           
 

 
         
   

The Three Choirs Festival Hereford

Three Magnificent Cathedral Concerts: performances to include: Haydn
The Creation, Stravinsky The Firebird,
Delius Cello concerto with
Julian Lloyd Webber, Ravel Bolero,
Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams
A Sea Symphony and Debussy.

A day visiting Hay on Wye, Hergest Croft
and the Black and White villages


21 – 24 July 2012  (3 nights)


 

Green Dragon Hotel
Hereford

Opposite the Cathedral - chosen for ideal location to attend all Festival events

 

 

           
 

 
         
   

The Royal Military Edinburgh Tattoo

Final night performance with firework display

This year the Tattoo will pay a sparkling tribute to HM Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee with a line-up of nearly 1000 performers. Stay in the heart of Edinburgh enjoy this fantastic event enhance your weekend with the Edinburgh Festival or Fringe Festival with theatre, arts and live events


24 – 26 August 2012 (2 nights)



 

Macdonald Roxburghe Hotel

Luxury 4 star hotel – centre of Edinburgh – Charlotte Square



 

 

           
 

 
         
   

The Northumberland and
East Lothian Coast
Islands, Castles, Houses and Gardens
and the Royal Yacht Britannia

The stunning North East coast - visits to Holy Island and Lindsfarne, Bamburgh and Chillingham Castle and the remarkable gardens at Alnwick Castle, Lady Waterford Hall, Manderston and Paxton House, near Berwick on Tweed. Lennoxlove and Arniston and the Royal Yacht Britannia.   Boat trip to Bass Rock

2 – 8 September 2012 (six nights)


 

Macdonald Linden Hall
near Morpeth

The Macdonald Marine Hotel, North Berwick.

Two 4 star hotels in great locations – 3 nights in each


           
 

 
         
   
Scenic tours on the River Exe,
River Dart and Exeter Canal


Agatha Christie’s home at Greenway
The steam train from Paignton to Kingswear andCoastal “Riviera” Rail Journey from Exeter via Dawlish – Paignton

8 – 11 September 2012 (3 nights)



  Mercure Southgate Hotel,
Exeter

4 star – city centre.
           
 

 
         
   

Magnificent Manchester!

The Manchester Ship Canal
Salford Quays to Liverpool
Whitworth Gallery, Lowry, Chethams and Rylands Libraries, Manchester Town Hall,

A day cruising the 35 miles of the Manchester Ship Canal aboard a Mersey Ferry

16 – 19 September 2012 (3 nights)



 

Macdonald Manchester
City Hotel

4 star hotel  - next to Piccadilly Station Manchester.

 

           
 


 
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