• 4 Dinner (D)
• 10 Breakfast (B)
• 1 Lunch (L)

• Business class coach with extended leg room
• Top-rated dining, from farm-to-table to local restaurants
• 4 & 5-star stays

• Bath: After a day exploring the Roman town of Bath, indulge in a traditional roast dinner.
• Puddletown: Delight in a traditional Devonshire tea at Athelhampton House and Gardens, served with freshly baked scones and dainty sandwiches.
• Dorchester: Toast to your travels with a delicious Farm-to-Table dinner celebrating Dorset’s finest produce.

• Brecon Beacons: Visit a local kitchen garden for a peek into the freshest seasonal aromatics.
• Brecon Beacons: Forage for edible and medicinal plants with a Local Specialist as you explore the stunning flora.

• Puddletown: Visit the Manor House of Athelhampton and join an Estate Manager Owen on a guided tour to discover the beautiful Tudor architecture and Elizabethan-style gardens.

Visit the Roman Baths complex, where the Sacred Spring still feeds the emerald waters of the Great Bath. Trace Roman rituals of bathing and healing as steam curls above ancient paving and lead-lined pools.

Explore temple remains to Sulis Minerva and finely displayed artefacts that chart life in Aquae Sulis nearly 2,000 years ago. Exhibits and reconstructions bring the site’s engineering, governance and everyday customs vividly to life.

Get acquainted with Wales’s capital on a city overview featuring Cardiff Castle, the cathedral-like Principality Stadium and waterfront landmarks including the Wales Millennium Centre and the Senedd. Sense a city balancing heritage and creative energy.

Hear how coal wealth and shipbuilding shaped Victorian arcades and civic architecture. In Cardiff Bay, repurposed docks now frame cafés and public art, reflecting the city’s confident modern identity.

Forage for edible and medicinal plants with a Local Specialist amid the open slopes of Brecon Beacons National Park. Learn to identify seasonal leaves, blossoms and roots as you walk through heather, bracken and old red sandstone landscapes.

Discover folklore, habitat and sustainable harvesting practices while keeping an eye out for soaring red kites. This is a Choice Highlight—select this immersive walk at no extra cost instead of the kitchen garden visit.

Visit a local kitchen garden to explore raised beds rich with seasonal aromatics, heritage vegetables and espaliered fruit. Gain grower’s insights into soil, composting and crop rotation that keep flavour and biodiversity at the fore.

Smell mint and thyme after a light shower, handle heirloom varieties and understand field-to-fork rhythms in the Welsh hills. This is a Choice Highlight—choose this visit at no extra cost instead of the foraging walk.

Savour a Farm-to-Table lunch in a welcoming traditional pub, where chefs spotlight local farms and seasonal ingredients. Expect robust flavours—perhaps slow-cooked Welsh lamb, root vegetables and farmhouse cheeses—paired with regional ales or cider.

This Make Travel Matter experience supports United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12 by prioritising responsible sourcing and reducing food miles, creating direct benefits for rural producers in the Brecon Beacons.

Visit Glastonbury Abbey, a site of spiritual resonance and Grade I listed ruins. Wander beneath roofless arches and weathered stone that evoke centuries of prayer, pilgrimage and power.

Hear how legend entwines the abbey with King Arthur, while archaeology traces its 7th-century origins and medieval flourishing. Quiet lawns and ancient yews create a contemplative setting for reflection and photography.

Trace maritime history on a city overview featuring Plymouth Hoe and the 17th-century Royal Citadel before delving into the cobbles of the Barbican and Mayflower Steps. Glimpse sail-filled waters and stone quays that shaped exploration.

Hear the story of the 1620 voyage and centuries of naval endeavour that anchored Plymouth’s identity. Historic warehouses and harbourside inns now host galleries, cafés and independent shops.

Experience Cornwall’s shorelines, from Looe with fishing boats and narrow lanes to art-laced St Ives and the wide seafront of Penzance. Expect turquoise waters, sandy coves and pastel harbours perfect for photography.

Learn how pilchard fleets, granite quarries and an artist colony forged distinct characters in each town. Galleries, surf shops and working quays mingle with bakeries turning out warm pasties and saffron buns.

Explore Tintagel, where Atlantic swells crash below clifftop ruins long woven into Arthurian legends. Continue to Port Isaac, a whitewashed fishing village known for its winding lanes and Doc Martin filming locations.

Walk coastal paths perfumed by gorse and salt spray, pausing for views over jagged headlands and pocket coves. In Port Isaac, spot slate-roof cottages tumbling to a snug harbour that still lands crab and lobster.

Follow a panoramic route into Exmoor National Park, where heather moorland meets wooded coombes and England’s highest sea cliffs. Pause in Lynmouth, a harbour village tucked between steep hills and the open channel.

Scan for red deer and Exmoor ponies, learn how rivers carved deep valleys, and admire Victorian stonework in a place once nicknamed “Little Switzerland.” Bracing sea air and broad horizons define this wild corner of the West Country.

Athelhampton House opens its Tudor Great Hall and panelled rooms as your host shares stories of poets, patrons and restoration. Step into Elizabethan gardens of yew topiary and reflective pools framed by mellow stone.

Conclude with a Devonshire high tea: warm scones, clotted cream and delicate sandwiches served in classic English style. Historic ambiance meets country flavours in one of Dorset’s most atmospheric manor settings.

Stand on the Jurassic Coast UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lulworth Cove, a near-perfect horseshoe carved by sea and time. Visit the centre for geology exhibits that chart 185 million years of Earth history.

Continue to Weymouth for a promenade along its Georgian esplanade and working harbour. Pebbled beaches, colourful beach huts and sea views create a classic English seaside atmosphere.

Sit down to a Farm-to-Table dinner that celebrates Dorset’s fields and coast—think seasonal vegetables, artisanal cheeses and line-caught fish, paired with regional wines or cider. The country-house setting adds grace and candlelit warmth.

Hear how local growers and fishermen shape the menu through the seasons. This convivial evening spotlights provenance, low-mileage produce and robust West Country flavours.

Explore Salisbury Cathedral, a masterpiece of Early English Gothic crowned by a soaring 123 m spire. In the octagonal Chapter House, view the best-preserved original of the Magna Carta, a touchstone of liberty and law.

Wander cloisters, admire slender lancet windows and study medieval stonecraft that has endured since the 13th century. The cathedral close offers tranquil lawns framed by elegant residences.

Encounter Stonehenge, Britain’s iconic prehistoric stone circle set on Salisbury Plain. Walk the perimeter to absorb the monument’s scale and alignment while taking in sweeping chalk-downland views.

At the Visitor Centre, exhibits and reconstructed Neolithic dwellings reveal theories about sarsen and bluestone transport, solstice rituals and the people who built this enigmatic site between 3000 and 2000 BC.

Celebrate British comfort cooking with a traditional Sunday roast in Bath—succulent meats or a hearty vegetarian main, crisp potatoes, seasonal vegetables and rich gravy crowned by Yorkshire pudding. Pair with local ales or a glass of wine.

In a Georgian-era setting, convivial service and warm aromas create a relaxed feast that captures the social ritual of a classic pub lunch.

Step beyond the ropes at Dunster Castle on a guided tour of richly furnished rooms and family stories spanning Norman fort to Victorian home. Learn how the hilltop site guarded the Bristol Channel and shaped village life below.

Roam terraced gardens and subtropical planting, then browse the watermill. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to availability.

Explore Nothe Fort, a 19th-century coastal stronghold guarding Weymouth Bay. Walk casemates, descend the evocative ghost tunnel and climb to the ramparts for panoramic harbour views across the Jurassic Coast.

Exhibits trace artillery, uniforms and local wartime stories within stout Portland stone walls. This visit is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore Oxford’s collegiate heart on a curated circuit past the dreaming spires, the circular Radcliffe Camera and the storied Bodleian Library. Stroll among mellow limestone facades, quiet quads and ivy-clad halls that have inspired generations of scholars and writers.

Absorb how a modest medieval town evolved into a world university from the 12th century onward. Hear tales of ceremonial traditions, gargoyles and rowing eights on the Isis as you pause for photos and reflection in one of England’s most elegant cityscapes.

Wind through the Cotswolds to admire honey-coloured cottages, dry-stone walls and undulating fields stitched with hedgerows. Visit Stow-on-the-Wold, a traditional market town where antique shops and stone inns gather around the old square.

Gain a sense of rural prosperity shaped by the historic wool trade and farming estates. From church spires to cosy tea rooms, this route distills the quintessential English countryside mood, perfect for photography and gentle exploration.

Survey Bath’s harmonious Georgian elegance, taking in the sweep of the Royal Crescent, the graceful arches of Pulteney Bridge and the soaring fan vaults of Bath Abbey. Learn how honey-coloured stone and balanced proportions define the city’s aesthetic.

Discover why Bath earned UNESCO status, from Roman hot springs to 18th-century spa society. Literary echoes of Jane Austen mingle with the rhythm of modern café culture, offering a refined yet lively backdrop for discovery.

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