» DEPARTURE
DATES & PRICES FOR 2004
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This itinerary operates on request for groups of 2 persons
and above. The greater the number, the lower
the cost. You choose your departure date. The
itinerary can be lengthened or shortened according
to your own preferences.
Prices depend on the numbers travelling but
as an indicative price, for 4 persons travelling
together the cost per person would be:
» TENTATIVE ITINERARY
Day One - Nightstop nr Salisbury
Departing London we head
Southwest, our first stop being at Jane Austen's
Chawton home. She spent the last eight years of her
life here. The house, where she wrote 'Sense & Sensibility'
and 'Pride & Prejudice' amongst others, is now
open as a museum. Our next port of call is the ancient
Saxon capital of Winchester. There'll be time for
lunch and for a guided walk around the city. Sights
include the cathedral, one of England's most famous
public schools and the legendary 'King Arthur's Round
Table'. If there is time, we will also visit the
last monastery in England where pilgrims may still
claim the 'dole'.
Day Two - Nightstop nr Salisbury
First on today's touring
agenda is Thomas Hardy's county of Dorset. This is
timeless England, where life appears to have stood
still since Hardy's own. We'll see Hardy's own cottage
and that of T E Lawrence (of Arabia), and in the
regional centre of Dorchester, hear about Judge Jefferies,
'the hanging judge'. Then to the Isle of Purbeck
where we'll spend time exploring Britain's 'Jurassic
park' (and perhaps find a fossil or two!), the impossibly
pretty, picture-postcard village of Corfe Castle,
and then the quaint harbour of Swanage (still serviced
by steam train). Our return to our accommodation
takes us to the resort of Bournemouth and through
the New Forest where we'll see the famed, tiny New
Forest ponies.
Day Three - London
The magnificent Salisbury
Cathedral, with its tall spire and Magna Carta provide
our early morning focus before we leave to visit
Wilton House, one of England's great treasure house
stately homes. You'll find the sheer opulence almost
unbelievable. There are paintings by the great masters,
fine furnishings, fabulous antiques and a wonderful
garden.
Thence, via the Roman
fortress of Old Sarum, where you'll enjoy a guided
walk. Then to another treasure, the prehistoric
Stonehenge.
We've a great finish to our Wessex experience as
on route to London we explore the quaint villages
of Hampshire and visit either the Duke of Wellington's
country home or view the incredible Stanley Spencer
wall murals at Burchclere.
Price US
$549
Single Supplement: US
$95
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