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BRITAIN & IRELAND IN DEPTH<br />
25 DAYS BRITAIN & IRELAND<br />
Isle of Skye Inverness<br />
Clan Donald Cawdor<br />
Centre 2 Culloden<br />
Armadale<br />
Clava Cairns<br />
Loch<br />
Mallaig Ness SCOTLAND<br />
Fort William Pitlochry North Sea<br />
Atlantic Ocean Glen Coe<br />
St. Andrews<br />
Loch Lomond<br />
NORTHERN<br />
IRELAND<br />
Glasgow 1 2 Edinburgh<br />
Floors Castle<br />
Jedburgh<br />
Giant´s<br />
Causeway<br />
Northumberland<br />
Gretna<br />
Derry Belfast Green<br />
Belleek 1 Mountains Grasmere<br />
Bundoran 1 Downpatrick of Mourne<br />
Drumcliff<br />
Lake District<br />
1 York<br />
Knock<br />
Irish Sea<br />
IRELAND<br />
Liverpool<br />
Holyhead<br />
Galway Dublin 2<br />
1<br />
Snowdonia<br />
Cliffs of The Burren<br />
Betws-y-Coed<br />
Moher<br />
Dingle 1 Limerick<br />
ENGLAND<br />
Peninsula Adare<br />
Rosslare WALES Coventry<br />
1 Fishguard<br />
3<br />
Brecon 1 Stratford-upon-Avon<br />
Waterford<br />
Blarney<br />
Blenheim Palace<br />
Ring<br />
1 Newport<br />
of Kerry<br />
Carmarthen<br />
London<br />
Killarney Celtic Sea<br />
2 1<br />
Bath<br />
Glastonbury Stonehenge<br />
Canterbury<br />
1<br />
Brighton<br />
Dartmoor<br />
2<br />
St. Ives<br />
Plymouth English Channel<br />
Land´s End St. Michael´s Mount<br />
▼<br />
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY<br />
DAY 1 ARRIVE IN LONDON, ENGLAND. (Mon.)<br />
Welcome to London! Uniformed Globus Hosts are available to help you<br />
make the most of your stay.<br />
DAY 2 LONDON. (Tue.)<br />
Morning sightseeing with a Local Guide includes all the famous<br />
landmarks: the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben beside the Thames<br />
River, Westminster Abbey, Whitehall’s mounted horseguards and the<br />
Prime Minister’s Downing Street, Piccadilly Circus, and Buckingham<br />
Palace. Highlights are a visit to ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL and the<br />
ceremonial pageantry of the Changing of the Guard, if held. (B)<br />
DAY 3 LONDON–CANTERBURY–BRIGHTON. (Wed.)<br />
Meet your Tour Director and traveling companions and depart London<br />
at 8 am. Drive through the orchards of Kent to visit CANTERBURY<br />
CATHEDRAL, where you hear about the Black Prince and Thomas à<br />
Becket. Then, in the Regency seaside resort of Brighton, tour the exotic<br />
ROYAL PAVILION, built for the Prince Regent in the early 1800s. Tonight,<br />
enjoy a welcome dinner with wine at your hotel. (B,D)<br />
DAY 4 BRIGHTON–STONEHENGE–PLYMOUTH. (Thu.)<br />
This morning, visit prehistoric STONEHENGE and its visitor center<br />
before traveling through Salisbury Plain and along the Dartmoor National<br />
Park to Plymouth. Upon arrival, hear about Sir Francis Drake and see<br />
the Mayflower Steps, where the Pilgrim Fathers embarked in 1620. This<br />
evening, why not join an optional excursion into Dartmoor National Park<br />
for an evening of storytelling at a local pub? (B)<br />
DAY 5 PLYMOUTH. CORNWALL EXCURSION. (Fri.)<br />
A day full of West Country sights as you head through Cornwall, of<br />
Poldark fame. After viewing St. Michael’s Mount, rising boldly out of the<br />
sea, take photos at Land’s End before exploring the popular seaside<br />
resort of St. Ives. Then, follow in the footsteps of Drake, Raleigh, and<br />
the Pilgrim Fathers with a CRUISE on Plymouth Sound, one of the<br />
world’s great natural harbors. You will also have time at the historic<br />
Plymouth Barbican to see the Mayflower Steps. (B,D)<br />
DAY 6 PLYMOUTH–GLASTONBURY–BATH–NEWPORT, WALES. (Sat.)<br />
In Glastonbury, hear about King Arthur, and in Bath, see the amazing<br />
excavations of the ROMAN BATHS. Overnight is in Newport. Why not<br />
join an evening of Welsh entertainment and dinner tonight? (B)<br />
DAY 7 NEWPORT–BRECON–CARMARTHEN–WATERFORD, IRELAND. (Sun.)<br />
Your journey through Wales takes you north along the Usk Valley and<br />
through Brecon, a historical market town in the Brecon Beacons National<br />
Park, to Carmarthen and then to Fishguard. Cross St. George’s Channel<br />
to Rosslare in Ireland and proceed to Waterford, a stronghold founded<br />
by the Danish Vikings in 853. After dinner, enjoy an IRISH COFFEE<br />
DEMONSTRATION. (B,D)<br />
DAY 8 WATERFORD–BLARNEY–KILLARNEY. (Mon.)<br />
Start your day with a guided tour of the HOUSE OF WATERFORD<br />
CRYSTAL. Then, in Blarney, renowned for its magical Kissing Stone,<br />
there is time to walk up to the castle and to shop for traditional Irish<br />
handicrafts before continuing to the popular resort town of Killarney,<br />
your County Kerry base for the next three nights. (B,D)<br />
DAY 9 AT LEISURE IN KILLARNEY. (Tue.)<br />
A full day to relax or join our optional excursion that includes a horsedrawn<br />
jaunting car ride through Killarney National Park to Ross Castle,<br />
and a boat ride to Innisfallen Abbey and across the lakes to Muckross<br />
House. After lunch on your own, the excursion continues with a visit to<br />
the house and gardens, returning to your hotel mid-afternoon. Later,<br />
walk to Scruffys pub for DINNER and join the locals in an evening full<br />
of live, traditional Irish music. (B,D)<br />
DAY 10 KILLARNEY. RING OF KERRY EXCURSION. (Wed.)<br />
Start a scenic day with a drive to Killorglin on Dingle Bay, and join the<br />
spectacular RING OF KERRY for a 100-mile panoramic drive around<br />
the island’s southwestern tip. Take photos of the Lakes of Killarney<br />
from Ladies View. How about joining an entertaining optional evening in<br />
Tralee, with dinner and tickets for the National Folk Theatre? (B)<br />
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