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!

Chatsworth House

FESTIVE CHATSWORTH HOUSE & BAKEWELL WITH A TOUCH OF LUXURY

2024 Christmas Markets / North / Makeney Hall Hotel
  • Festive Chatsworth house 
  • Bakewell 

 

Edinburgh Xmas market

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 Market

DURHAM CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL & BOWES MUSEUM

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

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 
Lincoln catherdral

FESTIVE LINCOLNSHIRE

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

 

Lake District

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 
Derby

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 

 

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 

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
 

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