England’s Literary Giants Tour

Total Days: 15

Pricing From: £3380 Price will be charged in British pounds SINGLE SUPPLEMENT £1425 (Does not include airfare)

Itinerary Overview

August 29 – September 12, 2019

HIGHLIGHTS AND SITES

• Thames River Dinner Cruise

• Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) on a Festival Day

• Churchill’s Chartwell

• Beatrix Potter’s Hilltop Farmhouse

• Rudyard Kipling’s Batemans

• Virginia Woolf’s home, Monk’s House

• Vanessa Bell’s Charleston Farmhouse

• Jane Austen’s Chawton

• Blenheim Palace, Churchill’s birthplace

• Bronte Parsonage

• Rydal Mount, Wordsworth’s home

Detailed Itinerary

— 29 Aug 2019 | day 1 —

ARRIVE LONDON

Welcome Dinner at Hotel
Welcome Dinner at Hotel

— 30 Aug 2019 | day 2 —

FREE TIME

Explore London on your own
Explore London on your own

— 31 Aug 2019 | day 3 —

William Morris’ Kelmscott Manor in Cotswolds, evening dinner cruise on the River Thames

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— 01 Sep 2019 | day 4 —

Darwin’s Downe & Churchill’s Chartwell

arwin’s Downe House in Kent, Churchill’s Chartwell in Kent with time for garden walk and Churchill’s art studio
arwin’s Downe House in Kent, Churchill’s Chartwell in Kent with time for garden walk and Churchill’s art studio

— 02 Sep 2019 | day 5 —

Vita Sackville West’s & Rudyard Kipling

Vita Sackville West’s Sissinghurst House and Gardens, Rudyard Kipling’s country home Batemans
Vita Sackville West’s Sissinghurst House and Gardens, Rudyard Kipling’s country home Batemans

— 03 Sep 2019 | day 6 —

Beachy Head, Brighton, Royal Pavilion tour, and Brighton Palace Pier

Beachy Head and drive along White Cliffs, Brighton, Royal Pavilion tour and Brighton Palace Pier
Beachy Head and drive along White Cliffs, Brighton, Royal Pavilion tour and Brighton Palace Pier

— 04 Sep 2019 | day 7 —

Vanessa Bell & Virginia Woolf

Vanessa Bell’s Charleston Farmhouse (sister of Virginia Wolfe), Sussex, Virginia Woolf’s home Monk’s House
Vanessa Bell’s Charleston Farmhouse (sister of Virginia Wolfe), Sussex, Virginia Woolf’s home Monk’s House

— 05 Sep 2019 | day 8 —

Gilbert White & Jane Austen’s

Naturalist Gilbert White’s home and Jane Austen’s House in Chawton
Naturalist Gilbert White’s home and Jane Austen’s House in Chawton

— 06 Sep 2019 | day 9 —

Churchill’s birthplace

Blenheim Palace Churchill’s birthplace, explore Oxford on your own
Blenheim Palace Churchill’s birthplace, explore Oxford on your own

— 07 Sep 2019 | day 10 —

Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey)

Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey), Festival Day includes a Dance tent, tea lunch tents and carousel in the Gardens
Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey), Festival Day includes a Dance tent, tea lunch tents and carousel in the Gardens

— 08 Sep 2019 | day 11 —

Duke and Duchess of Devonshire & Bronte Parsonage

Chatsworth, ancestral estate of Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, Bronte Parsonage
Chatsworth, ancestral estate of Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, Bronte Parsonage

— 09 Sep 2019 | day 12 —

Beatrix Potter & Wordsworth’s Dove

Beatrix Potter’s Hilltop Farmhouse Village of Hawkshead, Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage
Beatrix Potter’s Hilltop Farmhouse Village of Hawkshead, Wordsworth’s Dove Cottage

— 10 Sep 2019 | day 13 —

Wordsworth’s Rydal Mount with poetry reading

Wordsworth’s Rydal Mount with poetry reading, explore Ambleside on your own
Wordsworth’s Rydal Mount with poetry reading, explore Ambleside on your own

— 11 Sep 2019 | day 14 —

Lake Coniston, Brantwood, Farewell Group Dinner

Antique Steamboat Gondola Ride on Lake Coniston, John Ruskin’s Brantwood, Farewell Group Dinner
Antique Steamboat Gondola Ride on Lake Coniston, John Ruskin’s Brantwood, Farewell Group Dinner

— 12 Sep 2019 | day 15 —

Shuttle to airport terminal for flight home

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  • Small group tour (24 maximum)
  • 4 Star Hotels with 14 Breakfasts and 12 dinners
  • Luxury Motorcoach

Itinerary Terms & Conditions

Substitutions: If, unexpectedly any of the tour inclusions become unavailable during the tour due to Force Majeure, we will endeavor to substitute alternative inclusions acceptable to you to the equivalent value of the unavailable inclusion. Americans with Disabilities Act: The Group acknowledges that, as the hotels and services supplied as part of this tour are not located in the United States, the hotels and services are not required to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as amended.

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To Book: Contact Dawn

916-747-3639

For Questions: Contact Jean Tittle, Tour Guide

269-547-7979