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ESSENTIAL BRITAIN 12 DAYS
WITH GLOBUS THE DETAILS ARE DONE
You’ll always visit the key sites and enjoy more inclusions; inside visits
and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description,
including admission charges where applicable.
For standard inclusions, see page 8.
TRIP SCALE Leisurely ■ On the Go
LOCAL FAVORITES
Globus has created special experiences that will bring you behind the
scenes, spotlight the unique stories of your journey, and bring to life
the local flavor of your destination. Just look for the icon to see
what we’ve included for you.
ALL THIS IS INCLUDED
■ SIGHTSEEING AND MORE
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STONEHENGE Visit the prehistoric monument
PLYMOUTH
Plymouth Sound cruise; welcome dinner
CORNWALL Take photographs of St. Michael’s Mount, visit Land’s
End and St. Ives
BATH Visit the Roman relics
BUILTH WELLS Visit the ancient market town
CHESTER Walking tour; LIVERPOOL Visit the Beatles Story
GRASMERE Visit Wordsworth’s village; try original Grasmere
gingerbread; GRETNA GREEN Take part in a wedding re-enactment
MALLAIG-ARMADALE Cross the Sound of Sleat by ferry
PITLOCHRY Visit the Victorian mountain resort
ST. ANDREWS Visit the home of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club
EDINBURGH Guided sightseeing, visit Edinburgh Castle and
Holyrood Palace
ALNWICK Visit the ancestral home of the Duke and Duchess of
Northumberland or explore the spectacular garden
YORK Walking tour
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON Take pictures of Anne Hathaway’s
Cottage, visit Shakespeare’s birthplace
■ HOTELS LONDON Hilton London Metropole (SF) or Park Plaza
Westminster Bridge (SF), PLYMOUTH Crowne Plaza Plymouth (SF),
CARDIFF Mercure Holland House (SF), LIVERPOOL Novotel (F),
GLASGOW GoGlasgow (F), INVERNESS Mercure Inverness (F),
EDINBURGH Hilton Edinburgh Carlton (SF), YORK Mercure York
Fairfield Manor (F), LONDON Dorsett Shepherds Bush (SF), Hilton
London Metropole (SF) or Park Plaza Westminster Bridge (SF)
■ MEALS Full English breakfast (B) daily; 4 three-course dinners (D) with
wine and choice of menus, including a welcome dinner in Plymouth
■ TRANSPORTATION Motorcoach; Plymouth Sound cruise; ferry to the
Isle of Skye
■ HEADSETS Throughout the tour except London
■ FREE WI-FI
available on your motorcoach and in most hotel lobbies
CUSTOMIZE YOUR VACATION
■ EXTRA NIGHTS in London
■ AIRPORT TRANSFERS Included if you purchase air from Globus.
Private transfers available for purchase if you book extra nights.
■ MyGLOBUS Personalize your tour ahead of time with additional
excursions. Visit our website for details and conditions.
NOTE
Combine this tour with WWII D-Day Landing Beaches & Battle of
Normandy on page 115 and take advantage of the second tour
discount (see page 25).
EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO
ticket included for departures 0729
through 0819; (departures 0729,
0805, 0812, and 0819 will attend
the Edinburgh Military Tattoo
performance on Saturday).
LOCAL FAVORITE TAKE PART IN A WEDDING RE-ENACTMENT
AT GRETNA GREEN, WHERE THE LOCAL BLACKSMITH WED RUNAWAY
COUPLES IN THE 1700s
DAY 1 ARRIVE IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
Welcome to London! Uniformed Globus Hosts will be waiting to
welcome you. After checking into your hotel and an afternoon at leisure,
we recommend our optional Taste of London excursion with dinner,
followed by a guided illumination cruise on the Thames River.
DAY 2 LONDON–STONEHENGE–PLYMOUTH.
Meet your Tour Director and traveling companions, and depart London
at 8 am. First, try to unravel the mystery of prehistoric STONEHENGE.
Explore the visitor center with its imaginative exhibitions, then take
the shuttle to the stone circle and admire the magnificence of the
monument up close. Continue on through Thomas Hardy’s Wessex, and
head to Plymouth, where you follow in the footsteps of Drake, Raleigh,
and the Pilgrim Fathers with a CRUISE on Plymouth Sound, one of
the world’s great natural harbors. You will also have time at the historic
Barbican to see the Mayflower Steps. Tonight, enjoy a welcome dinner
with wine at your hotel. (B,D)
DAY 3 PLYMOUTH. CORNWALL EXCURSION.
A day full of West Country sights as you head through Poldark’s
Cornwall. After viewing St. Michael’s Mount, take photos at Land’s
End before exploring the popular seaside resort of St. Ives. Back in
Plymouth, why not join an optional excursion into Dartmoor National
Park for an evening of storytelling at a local pub? (B)
DAY 4 PLYMOUTH–GLASTONBURY–BATH–CARDIFF, WALES.
At Glastonbury, hear about its associations with King Arthur, and in
elegant Bath, see the amazing excavations of the ROMAN BATHS, with
time to explore further on your own. Stay the night in Cardiff, the Welsh
capital. You might want to join an evening of Welsh entertainment and
dinner tonight. (B)