Destinations

Take in the beautiful scenery of the Lake District, explore Yorkshire’s delightful dales, cruise on great Scottish Lochs or discover rich heritage when you visit one of the many stately homes or castles that the UK and Ireland have to offer. We have a wide range of destinations and itineraries to suit every traveller!

Date

Heritage Delights of Lancashire with Blackpool Tower Ballroom Afternoon Tea

2025 Summer / England, North / Best Western Glendower Hotel
  • Lytham St Annes and Lyntham Hall 
  • Lancaster and Lancaster Castle 
  • Afternoon Tea Experience at Blackpool Tower Ballroom 
  • Free Time in Blackpool 

Heart of England, Malvern & Worcester

2025 Summer / England, Midlands / Abbey Hotel, Malvern
  • Delightful Ivy Clad Hotel in Malvern 
  • Westons Cider Mill Guided Tour 
  • Cathedral City of Worcester 
  • River Severn Boat Cruise 
  • 'Black and White Villages' Trail 
  • Ancient Hereford 
  • Leominster 

Dublin & Irelands Hidden Heartlands

2025 Summer / Ireland / Bloomfield House Hotel
  • Cruise on the River Shannon 
  • Clonmacnoise Monastery 
  • Ireland's Capital - Dublin 
  • Town of Athlone 
  • Belvedere House & Gardens 

Aberdeenshire Delights

2025 Summer / Scotland / Aberdeen Altens Hotel
  • Keith & Dufftown Railway 'Whisky Lane' 
  • Pitmedden Garden & Museum of Farming Life
  • Barra Castle Berries 
  • Haddo House & Gardens 
  • Aberdeen 'The Granite City' 

Great Houses & Gardens of Cheshire

2025 Summer / England, North / Shrigley Hall Hotel & Spa
  • Hotel in Spectacular Countryside Location 
  • Historic Roman City of Chester 
  • Dunham Massey 
  • Tatton Park 
  • Arley Hall Gardens 
  • Cholmondeley Castle Gardens 

Falmouth with Style

2025 Summer / England, South West / The Falmouth Hotel
  • Penzance 
  • St Michaels Mount 
  • St Ives 
  • Cathedral City of Truro 
  • Trebah Gardens 

Emmerdale Weekend

2025 Summer / England, North / Cedar Court Bradford
  • Scenic Drive through Emmerdale Country 
  • A drink at Emmerdale's 'The Woolpack' 
  • Emmerdale Village Tour 

Eastbourne, Hastings & Brighton

2025 Summer / England, South East / Best Western York House Hotel
  • Kent and East Sussex Railway 
  • Tenterden and Hastings 
  • Eastbourne & Regency Brighton 
  • Alfriston & Battle 

Discovering Yorkshire

2025 Summer / England, North / The Queens Hotel York
  • Historic City of York 
  • North Yorkshire Moors National Park 
  • 'York in a nutshell' guided tour 
  • York Riverboat Trip 
  • Historic Seaport of Whitby 
  • North Yorkshire Moors Railway 
  • Magnificent Castle Howard 

Devonshire, Ilfracombe & RHS Rosemoor

2025 Summer / England, South West / Royal Hotel, Bideford
  • North Devon
  • Lynton and Lynmouth 
  • RHS Garden Rosemoor 
  • Exmoor National Park 
  • Delightful Ilfracombe 
  • Port of Bideford 

Devonshire, Ilfracombe & Bideford

2025 Summer / England, South West / Royal Hotel, Bideford
  • Historic 'Capital' of North Devon - Barnstaple 
  • Lynton and Lynmouth 
  • Minehead - Popular Somerset Resort 
  • Dunster and Exmoor National Park 
  • Delightful Ilfracombe 
  • Port of Bideford 

Devonshire & Ilfracombe

2025 Summer / England, South West / The Royal & Fortescue Hotel
  • Historic 'Capital' of North Devon 
  • Lynton and Lynmouth 
  • Minehead - Popular Somerset Resort 
  • Dunster & Exmoor National Park 
  • Delightful Ilfracombe 
  • Port of Bideford 
Belvoir Castle

Derbyshire Stately Homes & Sherwood Forest

2025 Summer / England, North, Midlands / Best Western Plus West Retford
  • Chatsworth House 
  • Belvoir Castle & Gardens
  • Sherwood Forest

Delights of Derbyshire

2025 Summer / England, North / Holiday Inn South Normanton
  • Chatsworth House 
  • Shugborough Estate 
  • Churnet Valley Railway 
  • Bakewell & Matlock 
  • Buxton & Stafford 

Delightful Durham, Beamish & Raby Castle

2025 Summer / England, North / Radisson Blu Hotel
  • Historic City of Durham 
  • Beamish - Living Museum of the North 
  • Raby Castle & Gardens 
  • Barnard Castle

County Armagh

2025 Summer / Ireland, Northern Ireland / Armagh City Hotel
  • Royal Hillsborough Castle & Gardens 
  • Armagh Cider Company 
  • Ulster American Folk Park 
  • Free Time in the City of Armagh 

Cotswold's Summer Gardens

2025 Summer / England, Midlands / Charlecote Pheasant Hotel
  • Hidcote Manor Garden
  • Sudeley Castle & Gardens 
  • Painswick Rococo Garden
  • Historic Stratford-upon-Avon 
  • Gloucester & Cheltenham 

Coronation Street Weekend

2025 Summer / England, North / Best Western Cresta Court Hotel
  • Coronation Street Tour 
  • Trafford Centre 
  • Free Time in Manchester 

Chatsworth House & Bakewell Weekend

2025 Summer / England, North / Best Western Plus West Retford
  • Chatsworth House 
  • City of Lincoln 
  • Market Town of Bakewell 

Charming Suffolk

2025 Summer / East / Stoke-by-Nayland Hotel & Spa
  • Guided Tour of Constable Country 
  • River Deben Cruise 
  • Colchester 
  • Bury St Edmunds 
  • Lavenham