| Highlights: * Greenwich * Canterbury * Leeds Castle * Dover * Hastings * Churchill's Chartwell * Rochester Cathedral * Hastings
Day One
We leave London, following the Thames towards the North Sea. Our sightseeing today features a range of fantastic sites, many evoking London's maritime past including a pub with connections to 'the Mayflower', and the wonderful Greenwich (where you'll straddle the meridian line separating east from west, see the Cutty Sark and visit the naval museum). Then there's the Pocahontas memorial, Henry VIII's Chatham docks and last but certainly not least, the tiny city of Rochester.
Rochester is an undiscovered pearl and deservedly on a Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd itinerary taking you behind the tourist facade. There's an exquisite cathedral, a well-preserved 12th century castle and a medieval shopping street. It also boasts connections with Charles Dickens who lived here and set many of his tales in the city
Day Two
The mighty Canterbury cathedral, the pretty Leeds Castle and historic Dover are the main features of our day's touring. All are major icons and, being essential must-sees for the visitor to the UK, are often visited as a day tour from London. As we're based in the area, we'll be enjoying a much more leisurely day than the day-trippers will be having! And, in typical Back-Roads style, we'll be able to add one or two other attractions, such as the fishing village of Whitstable, an emotive Battle of Britain memorial and a few real back road drives through this scenic county of England.
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Day Three
IWe'll begin another memorable day's touring with a drive across Romney marshes, once a haunt of smugglers, to the old cinque port of Rye. This picturesque town, so loved by the novelist Henry James, always has our tour participants cooing with delight and expending much film!
Its another day where you'll see coastal fortresses built to repel the invader, though this time Napoleon.
Then to a place all have heard of, Hastings! We'll explore the site of this most famous of battles. 1066 changed the course of the history of the English-speaking peoples and it is a spine-tingling exercise to walk part of the actual battlefield.
Next on our itinerary is Chartwell, home to Winston Churchill. Here you can almost still smell the great man's cigar smoke as we tour the house to discover his life and times.
Add to these attractions more scenic touring through 'the garden of England' and a few 'serendipity stops' and you have a perfect day!
Departs every Sunday from April to October
We'll arrive back into London by 6 pm.
Pick up points:
The Chiswick Hotel, Chiswick 08.00 (underground Turnham Green)
The Holiday Inn Forum 08.20 (underground Gloucester Road)
The Grosvenor Thistle, Victoria Station 08.30 (underground Victoria Station)
The Corus Hotel, Hyde Park 08.35 (underground Lancaster Gate)
The Royal National, Bedford Way 08.45 (underground Russell Square)
Pick up from Central London hotels can also be arranged at a supplement of £15 per party
Please Quote BV BRT 3K when booking by telephone |
