England - South West

England is renowned for its patchwork countryside, enriched history and spectacular culture. There is something for everyone from expansive moorland and Lakeland mountains to the rich heritage of its many fortresses and castles.

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Christmas in the Avon Valley

2024 Christmas / England, South West / Best Western Plus Angel
  • Scenic city of Bath 
  • North Wiltshire Villages 

Exeter, Exmouth & Bodmin

2024 Summer / England, South West / The Devon Hotel
  • Exeter & The Cathedral 
  • Exmouth 
  • Jurassic coast river cruise & cream tea 
  • Bodmin Jail attraction 
  • Jamaica Inn Smuggling Museum 

Bournemouth Alpine Christmas Markets & Poole Festive Cruise

2024 Christmas Markets / England, South West / Best Western Bournemouth Carlton Hotel
  • Bournemouth Alpine Christmas Markets 
  • Hotel overlooking the sea 
  • Dorchester - Market Day 
  • Weymouth 
  • Poole Festive Cruise 

Summertime in Somerset

2024 Summer / England, South West / Holiday Inn Taunton
  • Hestercombe Gardens 
  • West Somerset Railway 
  • Minehead, Exeter, Dunster & Sidemouth 
  • Exmoor National Park 

Thames River Cruise, Winchester & Denbies Vineyard

2024 Summer / England, South West / Elvetham Hotel
  • Henley-on-Thames River Cruise 
  • Denbies Vineyard train tour and tasting 
  • Winchester 
  • Petersfield 
  • Royal Windsor 
  • Guildford 

Bournemouth & Poole Harbour Cruise

2024 Summer / England, South West / Ocean Beach Hotel & Spa
  • Salisbury 
  • Bournemouth 
  • Dorchester 
  • Weymouth 

AUTUMN COLOURS OF THE NEW FOREST

2024 - 2025 Autumn Winter Spring / England, South West / Ocean Beach Hotel & Spa
  • Bournemouth 
  • Festive Entertainment 
  • Dorchester - Market Day 
  • Weymouth 
  • New Forest - Lyndhurst & Lymington 

Coastal North Devon & Gardens

2024 Summer / England, South West / Durrant House Hotel

• MARWOOD HILL GARDENS 
• RHS GARDEN ROSEMOOR
• TINTAGEL, BUDE AND BOSCASTLE
• ILFRACOME 
 

BUDE, BIDEFORD AND BARNSTAPLE

2024 Summer / England, South West / Durrant House Hotel
  • Tintagel, Bude and Boscastle 
  • Ilfracome and Woolacombe 
  • Barnstaple and Bideford 

JURRASIC COAST AND GLORIOUS EAST DEVON

2024 Summer / England, South West / Imperial Hotel Exmouth
  • Cruise on River Exe (Stuart line Cruises) 
  • World of Country Life (a world of memories from days gone by) 
  • Seaton Tramway 
  • The Donkey Sanctuary (a fantastic place to visit) 
  • Bicton Park and the Botanical Gardens 
  • Beautiful Sidmouth 
  • Exmouth 

JURRASIC COAST AND GLORIOUS EAST DEVON

2024 Summer / England, South West / Imperial Hotel Exmouth
  • Cruise on River Exe (Stuart line Cruises) 
  • World of country life (a world of memories from days gone by) 
  • Seaton Tramway 
  • The Donkey Sanctuary (A fantastic place to visit) 
  • Exmouth 

CHRISTMAS IN WINCHESTER

2024 Christmas / England, South West / Norton Park Hotel
  • Full Christmas package 
  • Hotel lesiure facilities 
  • Historic Winchester 
  • Salisbury 

ST MAWES AND POLDARKS CORNWALL

2024 Summer / South West, England / Ship & Castle
  • Mevagissey & Padstow 
  • City of Truro 
  • Falmouth
  • Poldark coutry and Charlestown

EASTER IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT

2024 Easter / South West / Channel View Hotel Shanklin
  • ​​​​​​Newport 'Capital of Isle of Wight'
  • Coastal resort of Ryde 
  • Picturesque godshill village 
  • Osbourne house - Queen Victoria's summer retreat 
  • Hotel entertainment on one evening 

Festive Singles in Devon

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

Somerset - The Jewel of the South West

2024 Summer / England, South West / Holiday Inn Taunton
  • Horse drawn barge canal cruise
  • West Somerset Railway 
  • Minehead, Exeter, Dunster & Sidemouth
  • Exmoor national park 

 

Portraits of Churchill

2024 Summer / England, South West / Crowne Plaza Reading

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

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
 

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 
 

ST MAWES AND POLDARKS CORNWALL

2024 Summer / England, South West / Ship & Castle

•    MEVAGISSEY & PADSTOW
•    CITY OF TRURO
•    FALMOUTH
•    POLDARK COUNTRY AND CHARLESTOWN