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HERITAGE TOURING 2012
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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
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Mercure Holland House, Cardiff. (4 stars)
City centre location
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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)
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Mercure Whately Hall
Banbury
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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)
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The Duchy Hotel, Falmouth
The Idle Rocks Hotel,
St Mawes
Carylon Bay Hotel
Thurlestone Hotel - Devon
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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)
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Macdonald Berystede Hotel, near Ascot or Savill Court Hotel, near Egham/ Windsor Great Park.
Two 4 star hotel with spas in landscaped grounds.
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Courson – Les Journées des Plantes
“The French Chelsea
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Enjoy this spectacular French flower
show and visiting gardens in Normandy
including Monet’s garden at Giverney.
16 – 19 May 2012 (3 nights)
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Mercure Rouen
Centre Cathedral
In the centre of the
historic city of Rouen.
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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)
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The Greenbank Hotel,
Falmouth
4 star hotel
Harbour view rooms
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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)
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Macdonald Bear Hotel,
Woodstock
4 star hotel in centre of lovely small town of Woodstock.
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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)
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The Royal Hotel Ventnor
4 star hotel
Optional night mainland – Macdonald Botley Park,
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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)
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Green Dragon Hotel -
Hereford
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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)
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The Chilston Park Hotel
4 stars
Stay at Kent’s “most atmospheric country house hotel”.
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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)
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Macdonald Alveston Manor, Stratford on Avon
4 star hotel in heart of Shakespeare’s Stratford
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Scottish Borders and the Tweed Valley
Superb houses, fine gardens, exclusive private visits, castles and wonderful scenery
25 – 29 June 2012 (4 nights)
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Macdonald Cardrona Hotel
Near Peebles
4 stars in the heart of the Borders.
(if required additional night in Edinburgh at the Roxburghe Hotel)
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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)
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Macdonald Botley Park Hotel
4 star hotel – golf course and leisure facilities.
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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)
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Green Dragon Hotel
Hereford
Opposite the Cathedral - chosen for ideal location to attend all Festival events
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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)
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Macdonald Roxburghe Hotel
Luxury 4 star hotel – centre of Edinburgh – Charlotte Square
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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)
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Mercure Southgate Hotel,
Exeter
4 star – city centre. |
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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)
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Macdonald Manchester
City Hotel
4 star hotel - next to Piccadilly Station Manchester.
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