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• British
• Heritage

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British Heritage
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Vacation Highlights

• INCLUDED FEATURES
• London Guided sightseeing, visit St. Pauls
  Cathedral and see the Changing of the Guard, if
  heldCambridge Guided tour of Kings College
  and the ChapelBelvoir Visit the Duke and
  Duchess of Rutlands castleYork Walking tour,
  visit the Castle MuseumHadrians Wall Visit
  Roman SegedunumAlnwick Visit the Duchess of
  Northumberlands spectacular gardenEdinburgh
  Guided sightseeing, visit Edinburgh Castle and
  Holyrood Palace

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Vacation Highlights

• St. Andrews Practice at the Golf CentreGretna
  GreenBowness Lake Windermere cruiseChester
  Walking tourLlangollen Guided tour of Plas
  NewyddStratford-upon-Avon Take pictures of
  Anne Hathaways Cottage, visit Shakespeares
  birthplaceStow-on-the-Wold Take a stroll in
  this Cotswolds village

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Vacation Highlights

• Bristol Orientation driveBath Visit the
  Roman relicsStonehenge Visit the prehistoric
  monumentWinchester Guided tour of the
  cathedral
• MEALS
• Full English breakfast daily (B) 4 three-course
  dinners (D) with choice of menus, including a
  welcome dinner in York
• SUPERIOR HOTELS
• London Ramada Hyde Park (F), York Novotel (F),
  Edinburgh Thistle (F), Chester Ramada (F),
  Bristol Mercure Holland House (SF), London Hilton
  London Metropole (SF)

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British Heritage
Temperature Average high / low London
63 / 46 Edinburgh 57 / 42
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Day 1- Board Your Overnight Transatlantic Flight
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Day 2-Arrival in London, England

• Check into your hotel. In the afternoon theres
  time to rest or start exploring the lively
  British capital uniformed Hosts are available to
  help you make the most of your stay.

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Day 3-London

• Morning sightseeing with a Local Guide
• Knightsbridge with Harrods
• Houses of Parliament and Big Ben beside the River
  Thames
• Westminster Abbey and St. Pauls Cathedral
• Whitehall's mounted horseguards and the
  changing of the guard
• Prime Minister's Downing Street
• Buckingham Palace

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Sights of London
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Sights of London
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Sights of London
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Day 3-London continued.

• Highlights are a visit to
• St. Paul's Cathedral
• Changing of the Guard, if held.

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Day 3-London continued.

• you may want to visit Windsor Castle or the Tower
  with the spectacular Crown Jewels, and tonight a
  leisurely cruise on the River Thames.

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Day 4-London to York via Cambridge

• Day 4LondonCambridgeYork
• (Sat.) Meet your Tour Director and traveling
  companions and depart London at 8 am for a
  memorable day of sightseeing.
• In the venerable city of Cambridge, join a local
  expert for a visit to 500-year-old KINGS
  COLLEGE, including the CHAPEL with its marvelous
  fan-vaulted ceiling and stained-glass windows
  (visits are restricted during examinations).

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Day 4- Belvoir Castle

• This afternoon, enjoy a visit to BELVOIR CASTLE
   StoryaboutBelvoir Castle"The Belvoir Castle has
  a stronghistory in the United Kingdom and dates
  back to Norman times (1066-1247). Afterhis
  victory at the Battle of Hastings, William the
  Conqueror gave a grant ofland in Leicestershire
  to his standard bearer, Robert de Todeni. Todeni,
  in1085, used the grant to build a castle atop a
  hill and called it Belvoir beautiful view.
• The English, who couldnt latch onto the
  buildings Frenchpronunciation, called it Beaver
  Castle and do so to this day a truth thatwould
  surely horrify Todeni.", the stately home of the
  Duke and Duchess of Rutland, which houses one of
  Englands finest private art collections.

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Day 4-London to York

• Spend the next two nights in York, England
• Englands most complete medieval city. Tonight,
  enjoy a welcome dinner at your hotel

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Day 5 - York

• Day 5At Leisure in York
• (Sun.) On a walking tour in the company of your
  Tour Director, visit the CASTLE MUSEUM which
  recreates the atmosphere of everyday life in
  Britain during the past 300 years.

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Day 5 - York

• Day 5At Leisure in York
• Then follow a maze of quaint streets, including
  the narrow Shambles, before exploring the
  treasures of awe-inspiring York Minster. The rest
  of the day is free to enjoy this historic city at
  your own pace. Ask your Tour Director for this
  evenings dining suggestions.

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Day 5 - York
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York

• York

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Day 6 York Alnwick - Edinburgh

• Day 6YorkAlnwickEdinburgh
• View over Auld Reekie in Edinburgh, Scotland
• (Mon.) Fascinating landmarks as your northbound
  journey unfolds at Hadrians Wall, visit
  SEGEDUNUM, where Roman life is vividly explained

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Day 6 York Alnwick - Edinburgh

• glimpse sturdy castles built to repel Scottish
  invasions enjoy a lunchtime visit to the lavish
  ALNWICK GARDEN, where the fountains and
  waterfalls are a breathtaking feature.

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Day 6 York Alnwick - Edinburgh

• Take your photos of the castle, ancestral home of
  the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, setting
  for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in
  the recent Harry Potter films. Take in vistas of
  St. Aidans 7th-century Holy Island of
  Lindisfarne, cradle of English Christianity, as
  you cross the border into Scotland.
  Late-afternoon arrival in Edinburgh, the Athens
  of the North.

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Day 7 - Edinburgh

• Day 7At Leisure in Edinburgh  StoryaboutEdinburgh
  - Athens of the North"At least 22 cities claim
  to be theAthens of the north Edinburghs claim
  to the title Athens on the Northstems from the
  late 18th century when the city was noted for its
  intellectualvibrancy and neo-classical
  architecture. Its topography is also similar to
  thatof Athens with a castle on a hill, fertile
  flatlands below and a nearby seaport.
• The title became ironic a century later, however,
  when city leaders decided tobuild a monument to
  the fallen heroes of the Napoleonic Wars atop
  Calton Hill,overlooking Edinburgh. The design
  called for a shrine with neo-classical
  Greekcolumns resembling the Parthenon.
• Local legend says it was to be a full replicaof
  the ancient Greek structure, but the monument was
  never completed. Today, itstands as a
  half-finished tribute to all those who gave their
  lives fightingNapoleon."

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Day 7 - Edinburgh

• Day (Tue.) A full day to enjoy this Prince of
  Cities. Morning city sightseeing with a Local
  Guide introduces you to the 200-year-old New
  Town and famous scientists, inventors, and
  novelists. In the Old Town, drive up the narrow
  Royal Mile to EDINBURGH CASTLE to admire
  Scotlands Crown Jewels, then explore HOLYROOD
  PALACE (except when the Queen is in residence).

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Edinburgh
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Day 7 - Edinburgh

• The afternoon is at leisure. Later, a unique
  optional experience board the former Royal Yacht
  Britannia, once the perfect royal residence for
  the Queens glittering state visits and family
  holidays. Tour five decks and see how the Royal
  Family and crew of 240 lived and worked on board.
  Dinner rounds off this optional evening.

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Day 8 excursion to St. Andrews

• (Wed.) This morning, enjoy a drive across the
  elegant Forth Road Bridge and through Fife to St.
  Andrews, whose Royal and Ancient Golf Club,
  founded in 1754, has given us the rules of
  golfing. A fun inclusion is the opportunity to
  hit a few balls at the ST. ANDREWS GOLF PRACTICE
  CENTRE. Spend the rest of the day back in
  Edinburgh. With so much to see and do, take your
  Tour Directors best advice.

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Day 8 Edinburgh

• Tonight, dont miss our optional Scottish
  evening with Highland dancers, bagpipers, and the
  Ceremony of the Haggis. .

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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Heading out of Edinburgh
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Day 9 Edinburgh to Lake District - Chester

• Day 9EdinburghLake District, EnglandChester
• (Thu.) On the way through the history-steeped
  Lowland Hills, stop at GRETNA GREEN  where the
  blacksmith used to wed runaway couples. Leave the
  land of the Scots and journey through the
  tranquil Lake District, considered the finest of
  Englands national parks. At Bowness-on-Windermere
  , enjoy one of the highlights of the daya CRUISE
  along the lake on an historic iron steamship.
  Spend the next two nights at Chester

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Day 9 Gretna Green

• GRETNA GREEN  StoryaboutGretna Green"There are
  many legends of love thatsurround Gretna Green
  the first town encountered across the Scottish
  border.For centuries, Gretna Green has been
  synonymous with elopement and blacksmithmarriages,
  although marriage by a blacksmith is more legend
  than fact.
• Until the18th century, church marriages among the
  lower classes in Europe were almostunheard of.
  Instead, lower class weddings were usually looked
  at as marriage bydeclaration.
• When England passed the Marriage Act of 1754,
  establishing churchweddings as the only legal
  form of marriage, a sudden industry began over
  theborder in Scotland, where couples could still
  wed by declaration.
• Scottishblacksmith priests began working in
  pubs and inns and the eloping couples camein
  droves.",

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Day 10 Chester North Wales excursion

• On your walking tour in the walled city of
  Chester, see the Roman remains, the
  characteristic black and white half-timbered
  buildings, and the two-tiered arcades called the
  Rows, with time afterwards to browse and shop.

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Day 9 Chester
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Day 10 Chester North Wales excursion

• Day 10 cont.. The afternoon is dedicated to
  North Wales. Take a stroll in picturesque
  Llangollen, home of an annual international
  contest for poets and minstrels. Spend the night
  at Chester, the historic county town on the River
  Dee

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Chester and the countryside
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Day 10 Chester North Wales excursion

• A special treat a guided tour of PLAS NEWYDD,
  the timbered black and white home of the
  eccentric Ladies of Llangollen. Tonight, take
  your Tour Directors optional recommendation.

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Day 11 Chester Stratford-upon-Avon to Bristol

• In Stratford-upon-Avon, take your pictures of
  ANNE HATHAWAYS COTTAGE and visit SHAKESPEARES
  BIRTHPLACE. Time to explore this fine example of
  an Elizabethan town on your own before driving
  through the beautiful Cotswold Hills to quaint
  medieval Stow-on-the-Wold. Your destination for
  the next two nights is Bristol, from where John
  Cabot sailed in 1497 to discover America.

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Day 12 Bristol. Bath Excursion

• Your Bristol orientation tour focuses on
  Brunels daring Clifton Suspension Bridge, SS
  Great Britain, and the historic harbor.

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Day 12 Bristol. Bath Excursion

• In Bath, see the amazing excavations of the ROMAN
  BATHS then plenty of time to explore this
  beautiful flower-festooned city at your own pace.
  This evening, consider an optional excursion to
  the picture-book 13th-century village of Castle
  Comb

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Day 13 Bristol Stonehenge Winchester - London

• Try to unravel the mystery of prehistoric
  STONEHENGE on the way across Salisbury Plain.
• Take a lunchtime break in Winchester, the ancient
  capital of Wessex, and visit the immense
  CATHEDRAL where the murdered King William Rufus
  and novelist Jane Austen of Pride and Prejudice
  fame are buried.
• Return to London around 330 pm. How about
  celebrating the success of your leisurely tour of
  Britain with a night out on the town

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Stonehenge
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English Scenery
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Thank You

• Enjoy your tour