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!

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EDINBURGH & GLASGOW CHRISTMAS MARKETS

2024 Christmas Markets / Scotland / Best Western Kings Manor Hotel Edinburgh
  • Scotland's biggest cities 
  • Edinburgh Christmas markets 
  • Glasgow Christmas markets 

 

DURHAM CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL & BOWES MUSEUM

2024 Christmas Markets / North / Holiday Inn Darlington Scotch Corner
  • Durham Christmas festival 
  • Bowes Museum 
  • Barnard Castle 

DURHAM AND THE CLEVELAND HILLS

2024 Christmas / North / Blackwell Grange Hotel
  • Festive entertainment 
  • Hotel with indoor swimming pool 
  • Traditional Christmas lunch 
  • Cathedral city of Durham 
  • Thirsk and Helmsley 
  • 'Little Switzerland' Bilsdale 

FESTIVE LINCOLNSHIRE

2024 Christmas / East / The Barn Hotel & Spa
  • Festive entertainment 
  • Hotel with indoor swimming pool
  • Cathedral City of Lincoln 
  • Historic Stamford 

 

CHRISTMAS IN MALVERN

2024 Christmas / Midlands / Abbey Hotel, Malvern
  • Festive entertainment 
  • Full board and traditional Christmas lunch 
  • Malvern Hills and Hereford 
  • Tewkesbury, Evesham and Worcester 

CHRISTMAS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT

2024 Christmas / North / Shap Wells Hotel
  • Festive hotel entertainment 
  • Beautiful Ullswater 
  • Kirkstone pass and Bowness 
  • Lake Windermere cruise 
  • Kendal and Penrith 

CHRISTMAS IN PEAK DISTRICT

2024 Christmas / North / Best Western Derby Mickleover Hotel
  • Indoor swimming pool 
  • Festive entertainment 
  • Tranditional Christmas lunch 
  • Cathedral city of Lichfield 
  • City of Derby 

 

CHRISTMAS IN LINCOLNSHIRE

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

 

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 

HAMPSHIRE CHRISTMAS 24

2024 Christmas / South East / The Hampshire Court Hotel
  • Full Christmas package 
  • Hotel with leisure facilities 
  • Winchester 
  • Royal Windsor 

CHRISTMAS IN EAST ANGLIA

2023 Christmas / East / Best Western Brome Grange Hotel
  • Festive entertainment 
  • Traditional Christmas lunch 
  • Norwich 
  • South Wold and Aldeburgh 

SUNDAY NIGHT IN LANCASHIRE

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

• Full Afternoon Tea 

JOE LOSS ORCHESTRA WEEKEND

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring / England, North / The Old Swan Hotel
  • Fantistic 'Big Band Night' with music and dancing 
  • Todd Miller and Joe Loss orchestra 
  • The longest running orchestra in Britain 
  • 2024 The orchestra will be 90 years long 
  • Playing big band swing 50s rock & roll
  • 60s pop - 70s to 80s modern romance 

SUNDAY NIGHT IN HARROGATE

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring, 2024 Summer / England, North / The Old Swan Hotel
  • Spa town of Harrogate 
  • Lots of singles 
  • Afternoon tea 

BRIGHTON, EASTBOURNE AND HASTINGS

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring / England, South East / Burlington Hotel
  • Hastings 
  • Seaside resort of Eastbourne 
  • Regence Brighton 

Spring Time in Yorkshire

2023 - 2024 Autumn Winter Spring / England, North / The Queens Hotel York
  • Historic city of York 
  • Harrogate 
  • Thirsk 
  • The world of James Harriott 
  • Ripon 
  • Knaresborough 

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 

Durham, Richmond and the Delightful Dales

2024 Summer / England, North / Holiday Inn Darlington Scotch Corner
  • Cathedral city of Durham 
  • Historic Richmond 
  • Barnard Castle & Bowes Museum 
  • Swaledale and Wensleydale 

Summertime in the Durham Dales

2024 Summer / England, North / Holiday Inn Darlington Scotch Corner
  • Cathedral city of Durham 
  • Historic Richmond 
  • Barnard castle & Raby castle 
  • Swaledale and Wensleydale 

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