Shakespeare Country

Most of the day is free to enjoy Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon, with its many sights, shops, boutiques and eateries.

Explore the 15th Century timber buildings, Shakespeare’s school and birthplace, Royal Shakespeare theatres, Guild Chapel and Anne Hathaway’s cottage.

The Cotswolds

Covering a huge area of 800 square miles and encroaching on 5 counties.

Today we leisurely roam many different areas passing grasslands harbouring thatched medieval “honeysuckled” villages and stately homes.

We visit Moreton-in-Marsh, where on Tuesday there is a large open farmers' market.

We stop at other attractive villages such as Bourton-on-the-Water; the highest village in the Cotswolds, Stow-on-the-Wold and Broadway.

Southern Cotswolds, Sudeley Castle & Gardens

We head to the spa town of Cheltenham today to board the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire steam railway for a journey through rolling Cotswold countryside to Toddington.

Your coach will be waiting to take you to nearby Sudeley Castle and Gardens. Inside the award winning 1,200 acre estate are many fascinating treasures and breathtaking gardens.

Sudeley is the only private castle in England to have a queen buried within its grounds – Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six wives lies entombed in the beautiful 15th Century church.

We return via the medieval river town of Tewkesbury.