Coach tour for a Belgian tour operator based in Brussels
Sunday
- Arrive - Ashford International Railway Station, Kent by Eurostar - 8.45am
- Greeted by French speaking tour guide with a 29 seat Executive coach
- Drive to Oxford
- Traditional Sunday Lunch at “The Old Fisherman”, Shabbington
- Afternoon tour of Oxford and the University Colleges
- Dinner and overnight accommodation – Shillingford Bridge Hotel, Nr. Wallingford (on the banks of the river Thames)
Monday
- Full English Breakfast
- Morning drive through the Cotswolds and into Wales
- Lunch at Powis Castle
- Afternoon visit to Powis Castle and Gardens
- Dinner and overnight accommodation – Ramada Plaza Hotel, Wrexham
Tuesday
- Full Welsh breakfast
- Morning spent in the old roman city of Chester with a visit to Chester Cathedral, a walk on the ancient city walls and a look at the roman remains currently being excavated
- Lunch in Chester - The Brassiere at The Mill Hotel overlooking the Chester Canal
- Afternoon visit to Erddig – One of the most fascinating Country Houses in Britain in the ownership of the National Trust.
- Dinner and overnight accommodation – Ramada Plaza Hotel, Wrexham
Wednesday
- Full Welsh breakfast
- Morning drive via the market towns of Ruthin and Denbigh into the heart of the Snowdonia National Park
- Lunch: Royal Oak Hotel, Betws y Coed
- Afternoon: Visit the world-renowned Bodnant Gardens at one of the most colourful times of the year
- Depart Bodnant for Caernarfon via the walled town on Conwy and its great Edwardian Castle
- Dinner and overnight accommodation: Celtic Royal Hotel, Caernarfon
Thursday
- Full Welsh breakfast
- Depart Caernarfon for Porthmadoc and the Ffestiniog Narrow Gauge Railway.
- Embark on the Ffestiniog Narrow Gauge Railway for the ride to the slate town of Blaenau Ffestiniog
- Lunch: River Garden Restaurant, Beddgelert
- Visit the grave of Gelert before driving back to Caernarfon via Llanberis Pass with time to visit the great Edwardian Caernarfon Castle, which dominates the town
- Dinner and overnight accommodation: Celtic Royal Hotel, Caernarfon.
Friday
- Full Welsh breakfast
- Drive south via Porthmadoc to visit the Italianate village of Portmeirion
- Lunch - Fronoleu Country Hotel, Dolgellau
- Afternoon – Drive south through Machynlleth and Aberystwyth, down the west coast of Wales to Carmarthen
- Dinner and overnight accommodation: Ivy Bush Royal Hotel, Carmarthen
Saturday
- Full Welsh breakfast
- Morning visit to St David’s on the Pembrokeshire coast (The smallest city in Wales) to visit the Cathedral of the National Saint – St David including a visit to the Bishop’s Palace
- Lunch – The Kings Arms, Pembroke
- Afternoon visit to the walled resort town of Tenby with time to explore this very busy little town
- On the way back to Carmarthen, visit Dylan Thomas’s Boathouse at Laugharne
- Dinner and overnight accommodation: Ivy Bush Royal Hotel, Carmarthen
Sunday
- Full Welsh breakfast
- Morning visit to National Botanical Gardens of Wales
- Traditional Sunday lunch at Ty Llen in Swansea
- Afternoon visit to the recently opened National Waterfront Museum in Swansea Marina
- Dinner and overnight accommodation: Jury’s Hotel, Cardiff
Monday
- Full Welsh breakfast
- Morning tour through Cardiff Bay and visit to St Fagan’s Museum of Welsh Life
- Lunch - Make own arrangements
- Afternoon – Free to explore Cardiff’s fine shopping centre
- Dinner and overnight accommodation: Jury’s Hotel, Cardiff
Tuesday
- Full Welsh breakfast
- Return to Ashford for the Eurostar back to Brussels
Just some of our groups
Some of our groups
- A 10-day tour of the castles and gardens of Wales for Belgian guests.
- A 7-day cultural and historic tour of Wales for Swiss guests.
- A concert tour for Master Singers of Worcester Co. U.S.A.
- Llangollen International Eisteddfod, Bath Abbey and St. Paul’s Cathedral
for an American Choral Society
- Paris and Dublin tours for an English Church Choral Group.
- A 14-day tour of Ireland for Scottish guests.
- A Golf tour for Swedish Journalists
- A Motorcycle tour for Belgian ClubMoto80
