巴斯/巨石陣/柯茲窩斯 - 一日遊

On this tour we will explore the best landscapes the west of England has to offer. The rolling limestone hills of the Cotswolds, the ancient Neolithic sites of Wessex and the Georgian splendour of the city of Bath.

This tour departs every Tuesday   ** GBP85 **     線上訂位

After leaving London behind we take the old coach road to Bath, through Hungerford, Marlborough, along the Kennet valley and through the Savernake Forest. Evidence of this once important route lies all around us, historic coaching inns, chalk hill figures cut into the downland, obscure monuments to long forgotten characters and a subtle change in the landscape as we head into the golden stone villages of the Cotswold and Mendip hills. Our first stop will be in Lacock, a perfectly preserved village, now owned by the National Trust and often used as a backdrop to such films as the Cranford Chronicles, Pride and Prejudice and Harry Potter. After a guided walking tour there will be free time to explore and take morning coffee before we continue towards the Avon valley and the city of Bath.

Visitors have been coming to Bath for centuries, owing to the hot springs that bubble up to the surface at several locations in the city. A constant temperature of 46.5C, the only warm springs in the country, meant that it became the important Roman resort of Aqua Sulis during the time of their occupation nearly 2,000 years ago. The city was beautifully re-invented in the 18th century when it became the fashionable place to see and be seen. Elegant crescents, squares and terraces were built as the rich and famous traveled from London for ‘the season’ and relieve themselves of gout, rheumatic pain and stiffness of the joints. The fully guided tour of the city includes admission to the Roman Baths museum and a tour of the highlights of Georgian Bath, including the Royal Crescent, Royal Circus and the Assembly Rooms.

After lunch and free time we meet up again and travel through mysterious Wessex, taking the back roads, through villages of Flintstone and thatch and onwards to Salisbury Plain and the enigmatic circle of Stonehenge. Facts and theories abound at this ancient site, where and why, who were the builders, what was it used for? During our guided tour we learn about the different periods of building stretching back 5,000 years, we learn of the people that worship there and of the various ideas of its alignments and purpose. It is here, amongst the stone age landscape of Wiltshire, that we end out tour before returning to London.

Price Includes

• Fully guided lecture standard tour, with Oxford/Cambridge educated guide

• Entrance to Roman Baths Museum

• Fully guided tour of the city of Bath, including he Royal Crescent, Royal Circus and the Assembly Rooms

• Guided walking tour of Lacock

• Entrance to Stonehenge

• All travel in comfortable purpose-built minibus from Central London

Departure Information

07.20AM Great Russell Street, outside British Museum main entrance
07.30AM International Students House Car Park, 229 Great Portland Street, London W1W 5PN
07.40AM Outside Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch
07.50AM Outside Harrods, (Knightsbridge tube station exit)
08.00AM Outside Premier Inn, Knaresborough Place, Earls Court

This tour normally ends by 6.30pm

If you intend to travel to our central London meeting point by public transport, you can plan your journey in advance on the Transport for London website - click here

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