INCOMING CRICKET TOUR ENGLAND/WALES/SCOTLAND TOUR

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INCOMING CRICKET TOUR ENGLAND/WALES/SCOTLAND TOUR Day 1 Day 2 INFLIGHT INFLIGHT/LONDON Meet and Greet at London Heathrow Airport Panoramic half day sightseeing tour on TourBus with

Buckingham Palace, Changing of the Guard, St James Palace, Trafalgar Square, Picaddilly, 10, Downing St, Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, St Pauls Cathedral, etc etc.

modern City set on the north bank of the Bristol Channel, next the sea. Home to The Millenium Stadium scene of the 2000 Rugby World Cup Final, and the Home of Welsh Rugby.

1 INCOMING CRICKET TOUR ENGLAND/WALES/SCOTLAND TOUR Day 1 Day 2 INFLIGHT INFLIGHT/LONDON Meet and Greet at London Heathrow Airport Panoramic half day sightseeing tour on TourBus with Guide, viewing all of the major tourist attractions ie. Buckingham Palace, Changing of the Guard, St James Palace, Trafalgar Square, Picaddilly, 10, Downing St, Westminster Abbey, Houses of Parliament, St Pauls Cathedral, etc etc. Check into 4* Hotel for 3 nts Day 3 LONDON Day 4 Day 5 LONDON LONDON/CARDIFF Morning departure for Cardiff 3 hr Journey Cardiff the Capital City of The Principality of Wales, great modern City set on the north bank of the Bristol Channel, next the sea. Home to The Millenium Stadium scene of the 2000 Rugby World Cup Final, and the Home of Welsh Rugby. Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff Bay Docklands, Glamorgan County Cricket Club at Sophia Gardens (Test Match Venue), Welsh folk Museum at St Fagans, Celtic manor Golf Course scene of 2010 Ryder Cup and The National Mining Museum at Blaenavon are some of the places worthy of a visit. or en route. Check into 4* Hotel for 3 nights.

Day 6 CARDIFF Test Match at Cardiff (2 nd Day) Day 7 CARDIFF Test Match at Cardiff (3 rd Day) Day 8 CARDIFF/CHELTENHAM Transfer to the elegant Regency Spa Town of Cheltenham set at the foot of the

2 Day 6 CARDIFF Test Match at Cardiff (2 nd Day) Day 7 CARDIFF Test Match at Cardiff (3 rd Day) Day 8 CARDIFF/CHELTENHAM Transfer to the elegant Regency Spa Town of Cheltenham set at the foot of the scenic Cotswold Hills. Beautiful town noted for it s world famous Racecourse, GCHQ Spy Base, Regency Buildings, close proximity to Gloucester Cathedral etc Check into 4* Hotel for 2 nights Day 9 CHELTENHAM in the Cotswold Hills Day 10 CHELTENHAM/OXFORD Morning transfer to Oxford, tour guide joining tourbus for morning tour of the historic Cotswold Towns and Villages stopping for lunch at historic Horseracing Inn, The Hollow Bottom in the ancient village of Guiting Power. Check into 4* Hotel in The City of dreaming Spires Oxford the great seat of learning! Places to visit are Christchurch College, Oxford Castle, Martyrs Monument, Ashmolean Museum, Bodlean Library, Rhodes Memorial, the many historic colleges and Iffley Road Athletics track where Dr Roger Bannister was the first man the break the 4 minute mile record, or maybe a visit to nearby Blenheim Palace home of the Churchill family etc etc. Day 11 OXFORD

Day 13 OXFORD/YORK Transfer to York stopping en route at Warwick, famous for it s famous Castle and Stratford upon Avon home of the Immortal Bard William Shakespeare.

3 Day 12 OXFORD Morning Tourbus transfer to London approx. 1 hour, to Lords Cricket Ground in St Johns Wood for the 1 st Day of the Ashes Test Match Test Match at Lords (1 st Day) Tourbus will meet and transfer you back to Oxford. Day 13 OXFORD/YORK Transfer to York stopping en route at Warwick, famous for it s famous Castle and Stratford upon Avon home of the Immortal Bard William Shakespeare. Upon arrival in York check into 4* Hotel for 2 nights York, visit the world famous York Minster, Jorvick Viking Museum, Clifford Tower, National Railway Museum, River Tour, or walk the ancient city walls that still remain, York Racecourse (top class racing) a wonderful medieval city. Day 14 YORK Day 15 YORK/ Transfer to Edinburgh travelling northward up the A1 Motorway, stopping off at the historic border Town of Berwick on Tweed, a Town which historically has been part of Scotland and England, depending on which country had the military ascendancy, famous railway bridge over the River Tweed, medieval city fortifications and walls still remain. On arrival in The great Capital City, check into 4* Hotel for 4 nights. Day 16

Day 17 Day trip to Stirling and Loch Lomond, visit the great Memorial to William Wallace (Braveheart minus Mel Gibson) and Stirling Castle, travelling on to the romantic Loch Lomond and the visitor

4 Day 17 Day trip to Stirling and Loch Lomond, visit the great Memorial to William Wallace (Braveheart minus Mel Gibson) and Stirling Castle, travelling on to the romantic Loch Lomond and the visitor centre, a brief stop off at The Glengoyne Whisky Distillery en route back to Edinburgh Day 18 Complete day at leisure in this great Georgian City, dominated by the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle overlooking the famous Prices Street. The Royal Mile, Castle, Holyrood House, Princes St, Murrayfield HQ of Scottish Rugby, The Cathedral, cobbled and narrow streets with atmospheric pubs, bars and restaurants of old Edinburgh are not to be missed. Day 19 /MANCHESTER Travel south through the historic Scottish Borders, visiting quaint old fashioned Towns like Biggar, Peebles, Annan, Moffat etc. Also skirting through parts of the Lake District home of the famous Lakeland Poets Wordsworth, Coleridge, Tennyson & Southey also authors Beatrix Potter and Arthur Ransome. Also passing Lakes Thirlmere, Windermere and Coniston Water and passing Towns of Ambleside, Bowness on Windermere and Kendal, before rejoining the M6 Motorway. Upon arrival in Manchester check into 4* Hotel for 2 nights. Day 20 MANCHESTER Visit to Old Trafford Cricket Ground and Manchester United the World biggest Soccer Club. Match day v Local club

5 Day 21 MANCHESTER/BIRMINGHAM Early departure for Birmingham, straight down the M6 Test Match at Edgbaston After the Test Match transfer to 4* Hotel in Birmingham. Day 22 home BIRMINGHAM/LHR/INFLIGHT Transfer to London Heathrow Airport 2 and half hour journey. If time allows stopping off at Royal Windsor, site of Windsor Castle main of the Royal Family, for sightseeing. Check in at London Heathrow Airport Flight departs Day 23 INFLIGHT Arrive home TOUR PACKAGE INCLUDES Meet and Greet at London Airport 4* Hotel accommodation throughout on a bed and breakfast basis Executive style coach for the duration of your tour The arrangement of 7 Cricket Matches NOT INCLUDED Insurance Items of a personal nature ie laundry, room extras, bar bills, etc. Test Match tickets x 2 days for Test Matches at Cardiff or Edgbaston Recompense due to matches being cancelled due to adverse weather conditions etc.

Best of England. London - Dover - Cambridge - York Windermere - Chester - Stratford-upon-Avon Bath - Plymouth - Salisbury

Best of England. London - Dover - Cambridge - York Windermere - Chester - Stratford-upon-Avon Bath - Plymouth - Salisbury Best of England London - Dover - Cambridge - York Windermere - Chester - Stratford-upon-Avon Bath - Plymouth - Salisbury TOUR DETAILS Best of England Price: $3,195 USD Discounts: 5% - Returning Volant