Destinations

Take in the beautiful scenery of the Lake District, explore Yorkshire’s delightful dales, cruise on great Scottish Lochs or discover rich heritage when you visit one of the many stately homes or castles that the UK and Ireland have to offer. We have a wide range of destinations and itineraries to suit every traveller!

Devonshire & Ilfracombe

2025 Summer / England, South West / The Royal & Fortescue Hotel
  • Historic 'Capital' of North Devon 
  • Lynton and Lynmouth 
  • Minehead - Popular Somerset Resort 
  • Dunster & Exmoor National Park 
  • Delightful Ilfracombe 
  • Port of Bideford 

Derbyshire Stately Homes & Sherwood Forest

2025 Summer / England, North, Midlands / Best Western Plus West Retford
  • Chatsworth House 
  • Hardwick Hall 
  • Sherwood Forest

Delights of Derbyshire

2025 Summer / England, North / Holiday Inn South Normanton
  • Chatsworth House 
  • Shugborough Estate 
  • Churnet Valley Railway 
  • Bakewell & Matlock 
  • Buxton & Stafford 

Delightful Durham, Beamish & Raby Castle

2025 Summer / England, North / Radisson Blu Hotel
  • Historic City of Durham 
  • Beamish - Living Museum of the North 
  • Raby Castle & Gardens 
  • Barnard Castle

Delightful Durham, Beamish & Auckland Castle

2025 Summer / England, North / Radisson Blu Hotel
  • Historic City of Durham 
  • Beamish - Living Museum of the North 
  • Auckland Project All Access Pass 
    • Auckland Castle & Gardens 
    • Faith Museum 
    • Mining Art Gallery 
    • Auckland Tower 
    • Spanish Art Gallery 

Delightful Durham Dales & Beamish

2025 Summer / England, North / Redworth Hall Hotel
  • Historic City of Durham 
  • Bowes Museum and The Silver Swan 
  • Barnard Castle 
  • Beamish 

County Armagh

2025 Summer / Northern Ireland / Armagh City Hotel
  • Royal Hillsborough Castle & Gardens 
  • Armagh Cider Company 
  • Ulster American Folk Park 
  • Free Time in the City of Armagh 

Cotswold's Summer Gardens

2025 Summer / England, Midlands / Charlecote Pheasant Hotel
  • Hidcote Manor Garden
  • Sudeley Castle & Gardens 
  • Painswick Rococo Garden
  • Historic Stratford-upon-Avon 
  • Gloucester & Cheltenham 

Coronation Street Weekend

2025 Summer / England, North / Best Western Cresta Court Hotel
  • Coronation Street Tour 
  • Trafford Centre 
  • Free Time in Manchester 

Coronation Street Weekend

2025 Summer / England, North / Best Western Cresta Court Hotel
  • Coronation Street Tour 
  • Trafford Centre 

Chatsworth House & Bakewell Weekend

2025 Summer / England, North / Best Western Plus West Retford
  • Chatsworth House 
  • City of Lincoln 
  • Market Town of Bakewell 

Charming Suffolk

2025 Summer / East / Stoke-by-Nayland Hotel & Spa
  • Guided Tour of Constable Country 
  • River Deben Cruise 
  • Colchester 
  • Bury St Edmunds 
  • Lavenham 

Castles & Gardens of Scotland's South-West

2025 Summer / Scotland / North West Castle Hotel
  • Threave Garden & Estate 
  • Culzean Castle & Country Park 
  • Castle Kennedy Gardens 
  • Robert Burns Birthplace Museum 
  • Harbour Town of Kirkcudbright 
  • Picture-postcard Harbour Village of Portpatrick 

 

Canterbury, Historic Dockyard & Kent Castles

2025 Summer / England, South East / The Orida Hotel
  • Leeds Castle 
  • Historic Dockyard Chatham 
  • Hever Castle 
  • Canterbury 
  • Rochester 
  • Royal Tunbridge Wells 

Bridgerton, Bath & The Cotswolds

2025 Summer / England, South West / Best Western Blunsdon House
  • Bridgerton Themed Guided Tour of Bath 
  • Scenic Cotswolds Drive 
  • Wilton House & Gardens 'Simon Basset's London Residence' 

Armagh, Titanic Belfast & St Patrick

2025 Summer / Northern Ireland / Armagh City Hotel
  • Titanic Belfast 
  • St Patrick Visitors Centre 
  • Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum 
  • City of Armagh 

Bournemouth & Poole Harbour Cruise

2025 Summer / England, South West / Marsham Court Hotel, Bournemouth
  • Salisbury 
  • Bournemouth 
  • Dorchester 
  • Weymouth 

Blackpool, Southport & Lancashire

2025 Summer / England, North / The Imperial Hotel Blackpool
  • Uk's Most Popular Holiday Destination 
  • Blackpool Promenade Location 
  • Seaside Resort of Southport 
  • Historic Lancaster and Morecambe 
Samlesbury Hall

Best Bits of Lancashire

2025 Summer / England, North / Foxfields Country Hotel
  • Samlesbury Hall Guided Tour 
  • 2 Hour Canal Cruise with Afternoon Tea 
  • Gawthorpe Hall Gardens 
  • Cream Tea at the Hotel 

Bells & Gems of the English Shires

2025 Summer / England, Midlands / Best Western Rockingham Forest
  • Loughborough Bell Foundry - last major bell foundry in Britain
  • Oakham and Barnsdale Gardens 
  • Historic Stamford 
  • Foxton Locks 
  • Boughton House - 'Les Miserables' 
  • One night of hotel entertainment