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!

Christmas Lunch

CHRISTMAS IN LINCOLNSHIRE

2024 Christmas / East / Forest Pines Hotel
  • Festive hotel package 
  • Hotel with indoor swimming pool & spa 
  • Historic Beverley 
  • Cathedral city of Lincoln 

 

Mercure Shrewsbury Albrighton Hotel

CHRISTMAS IN HISTORIC SHREWSBURY

2024 Christmas / Midlands / Mercure Shrewsbury
  • Country House Hotel with entertainment 
  • Traditional Christmas lunch 
  • Lunch on Christmas Eve and Boxing day 
  • Historic Shrewsbury 
  • Medieval Ludlow 

SUNDAY NIGHT IN LANCASHIRE

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring / North / Farington Lodge Hotel

• Full Afternoon Tea 

Royal Sandringham & Cambridge

2024 Summer / England, East, Midlands / Best Western Rockingham Forest
  • University city of Cambridge 
  • Tour of Cambridge & The American Cemetery 
  • Royal Sandringham 
  • Melton Mowbray & Historic Stamford 
  • Hotel entertainment on one evening 
Scone Palace

Stone of Destiny & Royal Palaces of Perthshire

2024 Summer / Scotland / Salutation Hotel - not used
  • Glamis castle 
  • Perth museum 'Home of the Stone of Destiny 
  • Scone palace 
  • Peel farm mini afternoon tea
  • V&A museum of Design 
  • Dundee 

 

Call the Midwife & Maritime Kent

2024 Summer / England, South East / Holiday Inn Rochester
  • Chatham Historic Dockyards - Including Call the Midwife Tour 
  • Leeds Castle 
  • Ken Coast Tour - Witstable, Margate & Sanwich

Stately Homes, Railways & Vintage Cars

2024 Summer / England, Midlands / Best Western Derby Mickleover Hotel
  • Great British Car Journey Museum 
  • Shugborough Estate 
  • Chatsworth House 
  • Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 
  • Bakewell 
  • Lichfield 

Walking in the Lake District

2024 Summer / England, North / Shap Wells Hotel
  • 2 Guided Walks in the Lake District 
  • Windermere 
  • Ullswater 
  • Kendal - 'Home of the Mint Cake' 
  • Penrith 
  • Keswick

Festive Singles in Devon

2024 Christmas Markets / England, South West / Copthorne Plymouth
  • Plymouth Christmas Markets
  • Paignton & Plymouth 
  • Exeter Christmas Market 
  • Scenic Dartmoor National Park 

Durham Christmas Festival & Beamish

2024 Christmas Markets / England, North / Redworth Hall Hotel
  • Durham Christmas Markets 
  • Beamish 

Portraits of Churchill

2024 Summer / England, South West / Crowne Plaza Reading

• BLENHEIM PALACE
• BLADON VILLAGE
• CHARTWELL HOUSE
• CABINET WAR ROOMS AND CHURCHILL MUSEUM
• WINDSOR
 

Great Houses and Gardens of Cheshire

2024 Summer / England, North / Best Western The Queen at Chester Hotel

• HOTEL IN SPECTACULAR COUNTRYSIDE LOCATION
• HISTORIC ROMAN CITY OF CHESTER
• DUNHAM MASSEY
• TATTON PARK
• ARLEY HALL GARDENS
• CHOLMONDELEY CASTLE GARDENS
 

Windermere Cruise

Sailing, Steaming and Dreaming in the Lake District

2024 Summer / England, North / Shap Wells Hotel

• Northern Lakes and Fells by Mountain Goat 
• Keswick 
• Thirlmere and Grasmere
• Ambleside and Lake Windermere Cruise 
• Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway 
• Ullswater Cruise
• Kirkstone Pass and Windermere Village 
 

Walking at Leisure & Sightseeing in the Peak District

2024 Summer / England, North / Best Western Derby Mickleover Hotel

• 2 GUIDED WALKS IN THE STUNNING PEAK DISTRICT
• ILAM PARK AND DOVEDALE
• CHATSWORTH PARK AND HOUSE
• SHUGBOROUGH ESTATE
• MATLOCK BATH, BAKEWELL AND BUXTON
 

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

Railways, Cathedrals and Gardens of Derbyshire

2024 Summer / England, Midlands / Best Western Derby Mickleover Hotel

• CHURNET VALLEY RAILWAY
• BIDDULPH GRANGE GARDEN
• MIDLAND RAILWAY - BUTTERLEY
• ECCLESBOURNE VALLEY RAILWAY
• SHUGBOROUGH ESTATE & HOUSE
• CITY OF LICHFIELD
 

Windermere

Lake District & Yorkshire Dales National Park

2024 Summer / England, North / Cumbria Grand Hotel

• BARROW-IN-FURNESS
• AMBLESIDE
• BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE
• YORKSHIRE DALES – HAWES, INGLETON, SEDBERGH
• KENDAL - HOME OF THE MINT CAKE
 

Beautiful Scenic Lake District

2024 Summer / England, North / Cumbria Grand Hotel

• RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE RAILWAY
• WASTWATER, BRITAIN’S FAVOURITE VIEW
• CORNEY FELL
• BROUGHTON MOOR
• BOWNESS-ON-WINDERMERE
• ULVERSTON 
• LAKELAND SPECTACULAR
  - Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
  - Aquarium of the Lakes
  - Lakeside to Bowness cruise
• GRIZDALE FOREST AND AMBLESIDE
• KESWICK, ULLSWATER & KIRKSTONE PASS
 

Dartmoor and Coastal Devon

2024 Summer / England, South West / Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish

•    DRINK RECEPTION EACH EVENING 
•    THE DONKEY SANCTURY 
•    BEAUTIFUL SIDMOUTH
•    TORQUAY
•    PAIGNTON
•    DARTMOOR NATIONAL PARK – PRINCETOWN, TAVISTOCK AND OKEHAMPTON
 

Sidmouth

Jurrasic Coast and Glorious East Devon

2024 Summer / England, South West / Langstone Cliff Hotel, Dawlish

•    DRINK RECEPTION EACH EVENING 
•    CRUISE ON RIVER EXE (Stuart line Cruises)
•    WORLD OF COUNTRY LIFE 
•    SEATON TRAMWAY 
•    THE DONKEY SANCTURY 
•    BICTON PARK AND THE BOTANICAL GARDENS 
•    BEAUTIFUL SIDMOUTH
•    EXMOUTH 
 

Culzean Castle

Castles and Gardens of Scotlands South-West

2024 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