Day 1 · West Sussex
Arrive in West Sussex
You settle into a historic manor house hotel in the West Sussex countryside and meet the group for a private welcome dinner.
- Overnight
- Ockenden Manor
9 days · 8 nights
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How the days unfold. Your advisor tailors the pace, the hotels and the extras to you.
West Sussex
Day 1 · West Sussex
You settle into a historic manor house hotel in the West Sussex countryside and meet the group for a private welcome dinner.
Storrington and Borde Hill
Day 2 · Storrington and Borde Hill
A private tour of 16th-century Parham House takes you through its Pleasure Grounds, maze and walled garden, with lunch on the estate. You then walk the 200 acres of Borde Hill Garden.
Great Dixter and Sissinghurst
Day 3 · Great Dixter and Sissinghurst
You tour Christopher Lloyd's Great Dixter before opening hours, with its orchard and long border. At Sissinghurst you learn how Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson made the garden and see the White Garden.
Hampshire and Broadway
Day 4 · Hampshire and Broadway
On the way to the Cotswolds you tour the gardens of West Green House with the senior gardener and stay for lunch. You end the day with a drink and dinner at your hotel.
Chipping Campden, Kiftsgate and Hidcote
Day 5 · Chipping Campden, Kiftsgate and Hidcote
You walk Chipping Campden's High Street and Market Hall, then make a private visit to Kiftsgate Court. Hidcote Manor's outdoor rooms and views over the Vale of Evesham follow.
The Cotswolds
Day 6 · The Cotswolds
At a well-known jump racing yard you watch horses on the gallops and in the equine pool and meet some of the thoroughbreds. In the afternoon you explore Sudeley Castle, resting place of Katherine Parr.
Blenheim Palace and London
Day 7 · Blenheim Palace and London
You join a talk and tour on Winston Churchill at Blenheim Palace, his birthplace, set in parkland by Capability Brown. After lunch you continue to London.
London
Day 8 · London
You spend the day at the Chelsea Flower Show on a Members' Day, with lunch and tea in a private hospitality area. The evening brings a farewell dinner.
Day 9 · London
After breakfast you transfer privately to the airport.
Tell us when you would like to travel. Your advisor confirms dates and hotels, tailors the trip to the two of you, and stays with you until you are home.
United Kingdom
9 days · 8 nights
Glasgow → Inveraray → Inverness → Cairngorms → St Andrews → Edinburgh
You start in Glasgow with a bagpipe workshop, then follow Loch Lomond to Inveraray Castle and the Great Glen to Inverness. Culloden, a Speyside cooperage and the Cairngorms come next, then St Andrews and a walk on the Old Course. The journey ends in Edinburgh with afternoon tea, the castle and the former royal yacht.
United Kingdom
7 days · 6 nights
Hampton Court → Runnymede → Windsor → Cookham → Hurley-on-Thames → Henley-on-Thames
You begin with a cream tea in London and board at Hampton Court for the palace and its maze. The barge passes Runnymede on the way to Windsor Castle, then Dorney Court and Stanley Spencer's Cookham. You end with Oxford's Christ Church and leave at Henley-on-Thames.
United Kingdom
13 days · 12 nights
Liverpool → Brest → Nantes → Bordeaux → Bilbao → Porto → Lisbon
You spend two nights in Liverpool, with a choice of cathedrals, the Beatles or Anfield, then visit Chester before boarding. The ship crosses to Brest and Nantes in Brittany and spends three days in Bordeaux. Bilbao and Porto follow before you leave the ship in Lisbon.
You start at a manor house hotel in West Sussex, with private visits to Parham, Borde Hill, Great Dixter and Sissinghurst. The route turns west through Hampshire to the Cotswolds for Kiftsgate, Hidcote, a racing yard and Sudeley Castle. Blenheim Palace leads you to London and a Members' Day at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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