Savour a Be My Guest dinner at a historic country home set amid fields in the Vale of York. Enjoy home-cooked seasonal dishes crafted from local produce as you dine with your welcoming hosts.

Share stories of rural life, farming traditions and county flavours while countryside views frame the evening. This relaxed gathering captures warm Yorkshire hospitality and the convivial spirit of a shared table.

Explore UNESCO-listed Bath with its creamy Georgian crescents, elegant squares and views of Bath Abbey and Pulteney Bridge. Your orientation highlights the harmonious Palladian streets that made this spa town a byword for refinement.

Afterward, step inside the Roman Baths to see the temple precinct, mosaics and the steaming Great Bath fed by thermal springs. Discover how Aquae Sulis grew around ritual, bathing and social life at one of Britain’s best-preserved ancient sites.

Experience an orientation of Cardiff, Wales’s energetic capital, passing the neo-Gothic Cardiff Castle, the civic centre and the modern waterfront. Glimpse the nation’s sporting pride with a view of the Principality Stadium anchoring the city skyline.

Learn how a coal-exporting port transformed into a cultural hub, where bilingual street signs and the red dragon flag reflect a resilient identity. This snapshot captures the spirit of contemporary Wales amid grand boulevards and historic arcades.

Walk cobbled lanes framed by half-timbered Tudor houses and vibrant market stalls in Ludlow, one of England’s best-preserved medieval towns. See Ludlow Castle looming above the River Teme and admire surviving gates in the medieval town walls.

Hear how Marcher Lords guarded this borderland and how prosperity left a legacy of fine guildhalls and inns. Today’s renowned food scene thrives among centuries-old facades, making this border fortress-town a delight for architecture lovers.

Savour a panoramic drive through drystone-walled valleys and mirror-like meres as you skirt Lake Windermere, gateway to Wordsworth country. Rolling pasture gives way to rugged fells and misty mountain passes that have inspired artists for generations.

Glance farmhouses tucked beneath slate peaks and hear tales of the Romantic poets and lakeland life. This is Britain’s pastoral poetry made real—best enjoyed with your camera ready for shifting light and reflections.

Visit Gretna Green, the storied border village where English couples once fled to wed under Scottish law. See the historic Blacksmith’s Shop and hear how vows were sealed over the Marriage Anvil by so-called “anvil priests.”

Discover why the 1754 Marriage Act sent runaway lovers north in search of youthful unions and swift ceremonies. The romance and lore of this tiny hamlet echo through its exhibits and keepsakes.

Join a guided panoramic tour of Scotland’s capital, tracing Princes Street past the Scott Monument to the neoclassical New Town. Take in Arthur’s Seat and view the royal apartments at the Palace of Holyroodhouse before strolling the storied Royal Mile.

Absorb Old Town wynds and closes as the silhouette of Castle Rock crowns the skyline. Hear how Enlightenment thinkers reshaped Edinburgh’s outlook, leaving a city of intellect, literature and striking contrasts.

Explore Hadrian’s Wall, the monumental boundary that marked the northern frontier of the Roman Empire. Walk beside weathered stones and turf ramparts where legionaries once kept watch over windswept moorland.

Learn how Emperor Hadrian’s project, begun in AD 122, stitched together forts, milecastles and gates across Britain’s waist. Interpretive displays bring Roman Britannia to life amid sweeping views and timeless landscapes.

Walk medieval lanes to The Shambles, where timbered upper stories almost touch above the cobbles. See York Minster rise beyond the city walls, a Gothic masterpiece that anchors this storied northern city.

Hear of Viking Jorvik, mercantile wealth and guild traditions as you pass stone gateways and snickelways. The Minster’s stained-glass windows and clustered pillars tell centuries of faith and artistry, visible even from the surrounding streets.

Visit Shakespeare’s Birthplace and Visitor Centre to step through creaking rooms of a Tudor timber-framed house where the Bard spent his early years. Exhibits illuminate family life, language and the plays’ enduring reach.

Outside, view Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, a thatched idyll linked to courtship and verse. This encounter with England’s greatest playwright blends intimate domestic detail with the global legacy of his works.

Experience the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo on the Edinburgh Castle Esplanade, where precision drill, massed pipes and drums, and international performers ignite a dramatic open-air stage.

Tickets are included on select summer departures that coincide with performance dates, typically in August. Expect stirring anthems, projection-mapped battlements and a rousing finale above the city lights.

Join a Local Specialist to explore Liverpool’s maritime heritage along the UNESCO waterfront, including the Royal Albert Dock and the trio of landmark buildings known as the Three Graces. Trace stories of trade, migration and music shaping the city.

Beatles references and cultural venues animate the streets from the Cavern Quarter to the Mersey. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to availability.

Visit Rosslyn Chapel, a 15th-century jewel famed for its intricate stone carvings and the mystique surrounding the Apprentice Pillar. Guides reveal symbolism woven into foliage, angels and mythical beasts.

From stonemasons’ lore to modern literary fame, the chapel bridges devotion and legend in a peaceful country setting. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Join an evening Old Town walk through cobbled closes and courtyards as dusk settles over the skyline. Hear tales of writers and rogues before tucking into classic fish and chips at a local spot.

The mood shifts from history to conviviality as the city glows with warm pub light and street tunes. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour.

Explore flavour and craft during a Scotch whisky tasting at Johnnie Walker Princes Street. Follow a guided flavour journey through aromas, cask influence and blending traditions that define Scotland’s signature spirit.

From honeyed Highlands to peaty Islay notes, compare styles and learn how to savour responsibly. This experience is at additional cost and bookable on tour, subject to venue availability.

• 2 Dinner (D)
• 5 Breakfast (B)

• Deluxe coach travel
• Selected hotel dinners plus a locally hosted meal
• Standard regional accommodation

• Stonehenge: Walk around the strange and awe-inspiring megaliths that have reputedly stood for 5,000 years.
• Bath: Admire UNESCO-listed Bath, with its elegant Georgian facades and the bimillennial Roman Baths from which the city takes its name.
• Bath: Visit the Roman Baths in the heart of Bath, where one of Britain’s best-preserved ancient sites reveals the city’s Roman past. As you explore the temple remains, bathing complex and steaming spring, you’ll see how this historic spa city first grew around its natural waters.
• Cardiff: Learn more about Wales’ capital and cultural hub, Cardiff, as you enjoy an orientation of this vibrant city with your Travel Director.
• Ludlow: Explore the narrow streets and lanes in front of the castle. Admire the medieval timber-framed buildings and Tudor architecture.
• Lake District: Drive through the hauntingly beautiful Lakes District, immortalised by literary greats of the Romantic Movement.
• Gretna Green: Visit the famous spot where runaway lovers were married.
• Edinburgh: Explore the city with your Local Specialist as you travel along Princes Street to see the Scott Memorial, the neoclassical Adam facades of New Town and the official Scottish residence of the King, Palace of Holyroodhouse.
• York: Your Travel Director will show you the York Minster, the city walls and the medieval Shambles during your orientation of the city.
• Stratford-upon-Avon: Learn about the life of William Shakespeare, arguably history’s most famous writer, when you visit his birthplace. Then enjoy some time to explore this pretty town with its iconic Tudor houses.

Trafalgar

Discover prehistory at the mysterious plains of Wiltshire as you visit Stonehenge and walk around the megaliths that crown the windswept Salisbury Plain. Hear how scholars interpret this ceremonial landscape and consider the engineering it took to raise its colossal sarsen stones.

Absorb the site’s atmosphere where the stones have reputedly stood for 5,000 years, aligned to the sun at the solstices. Exhibits and interpretive displays reveal the Neolithic world that shaped Britain’s most famous ancient monument.