1. Art and Diseño

HERITAGE TOURING
SPRING AND SUMMER 2015
Exclusive tours staying in 4/5 star hotels. Each itinerary includes welcome
reception, dinner bed and breakfast, entry fees, professional guide and executive
coaching (unless stated otherwise in tour details). You are asked to make your
own travel arrangements and join each break at the hotel concerned.
The Golden Age of Travel - The British Pullman
24 - 26 April 2015 (2 nights)
South Devon or Cornwall Weekend - Travel from London
Stay at superb hotels with various touring options
In Cornwall: Caerhays Castle, Trewithen Garden and Maritime Museum or Rick
Stein’s Seafood Restaurant Padstow and Prideaux Place or fly to the Scilly Isles
for Tresco Abbey Gardens or The Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden Project
In Devon: Agatha Christie’s Greenway and Royal Naval College Dartmouth
Step on board the British Pullman, sister train to the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, to step back into the
heyday of great train journeys. Luxury dining and travel in a “palace on wheels” from London Victoria for a
weekend in the West Country with a choice of hotels and tours:.
Cornwall: In Falmouth stay at the historic Greenbank Hotel with views across the River Fal, visits to Caerhays
Castle with guided tour of the house and lunch in the Georgian Hall, Trewithen gardens and the Maritime
Museum Falmouth. The Royal Duchy Hotel with the option of the magical Lost Gardens of Heligan and the
vast global garden of beautiful plants at the Eden Project; alternatively fly by Skybus from Land’s End to St
Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly with a boat transfer to Tresco for a tour of the renowned Abbey Gardens. Final
option - the Carlyon Bay Hotel, St Austell with a tour of Prideaux Place, continuing to Padstow where you
will enjoy a three course set lunch at the celebrated Rick Stein’s Seafood Restaurant.
Devon – alighting at Plymouth and stay at the four-star luxury Thurlestone Hotel, in a stunning rural coastal
location near Salcombe. On Saturday cruise from Dartmouth up the River Dart to see Agatha Christie’s home
and lovely gardens at Greenway, before
returning to Dartmouth for a guided tour of the
Price per person:
historic Britannia Royal Naval College, where
Devon/Thurlestone £1060 Sea-view supplement £40 pp
officers have been trained for the Royal Navy
since 1905.
Cornwall/Carlyon Bay £1095 Sea-view supplement £45 pp
Royal Duchy Eden/Heligan £1030 Tresco £1175
Sea-view supplement £40 pp: Single supp £40
Greenbank - all harbour views £1050 pp (double/twin room)
Non-refundable deposit : £150 pp
Tour includes:
✤ Return travel on the British Pullman with on-board
dining as stated
✤ 2 nights dinner, accommodation and breakfast
✤ All entries, lunch Rick Stein Restaurant and Skybus
flights where applicable
✤ Professional guide and coaching
*Tresco - alternative programme of visits if weather
adverse for flying. A refund for the balance of the airfare
would be given
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FRIDAY 24 APRIL A luxurious journey
departing Victoria at 09.30 (tbc) to Plymouth or
Truro. Breakfast with Bellini cocktails, followed
by a three-course lunch with wine, before
arriving in Devon to transfer to the Thurlestone
Hotel or continuing to Truro and transfer to the
Cornish hotels. Welcome reception and dinner.
SATURDAY 25 APRIL Touring options as
above with dinner on your return in the
evening.
SUNDAY 26 APRIL The leisurely return
journey to London departs around mid-day
from Truro or early afternoon from Plymouth.
Enjoy a five-course meal with champagne and
wine before arriving back at Victoria Station
around 9pm (tbc).
To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]
London Theatre Magic
Two much acclaimed West End Shows
Shakespeare in Love and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
The Royal Academy’s major new exhibition
Rubens and His Legacy: Van Dyck to Cezanne
Private Tour of the Reform Club
From the Cavendish Hotel St James’s
Thur 29 - Sat 31 January 2015 (2 nights)
ADDITIONAL
NEW DATE MUST BE
BOOKED BY
1 DECEMBER
A second chance to book this tour. We had been looking for some time for two of the best West End shows
with top price stalls seats. An opportunity to escape the winter and enjoy staying in the luxury Cavendish
Hotel in the heart of Mayfair. Shakespeare in Love is fantastic – superbly acted, a cheeky mixture of romance,
lots of comedy and of course how could one forget about “the bit with a dog”. Rave reviews from even the
most hardened of critics! You are certain to enjoy the play whether or not you have seen the film.
'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' is a homage to the golden age of the musical, highly entertaining, great original
songs, funny and beautifully presented. The action is set on the French Riviera, where a debonair English con
man masquerading as a disinherited prince seduces and persuades unattached ladies to part with their cash.
The Royal Academy of Arts is to host a major Rubens exhibition, with a focus on his influence on fellow
artists. Rubens and His Legacy will bring together a selection of Rubens' greatest masterpieces alongside
artists as diverse as Manet, Klimt and Turner.
Price per person: £425
Single Supplement: £50 (per night)
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Tour includes:
✤ 2 nights in superior rooms Cavendish
Hotel with breakfast and welcome drink
reception
✤ Tickets for theatres – mid-way/front stalls.
Timed Tickets for the Royal Academy and
private visit to the Reform Club
✤ Taxis to/from hotel - theatre where
required
✤ Heritage Touring representative
This tour has to be reserved before 1
December when our ticket allocation has
to be confirmed
The Reform Club was founded in 1836, in Pall Mall, in the
centre of what is often called London’s Clubland. The
founders commissioned a leading architect of the day,
Charles Barry, to build an imposing and palatial clubhouse. It
is as splendid today as when it opened in 1841.
THURSDAY 29 JANUARY Check into the Cavendish Hotel
from 3 pm, early welcome drink and those that wish can
book the Cavendish pre-theatre dinner or dine locally. Taxis
will take you to the Savoy Theatre in the Strand for the
evening performance of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.
FRIDAY 30 JANUARY Leisurely breakfast before visit to
the Reform Club. Early afternoon timed tickets for the Royal
Academy. Pre-theatre dinners can be booked at the
Cavendish and you may either join others in a shared taxi or
make your own way to the Noel Coward Theatre for
Shakespeare in Love.
SATURDAY 31 JANUARY Please check out of your rooms
by mid-day.
For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk
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The Great Cornish Legacy
Spectacular Coastal Scenery, Historic Houses,
Spring Gardens and Cornish villages,
the Fal River
From the Greenbank Hotel, Falmouth (4*)
11 - 15 May 2015 (4 nights)
These magical Cornish gardens are home to the most exciting, rare and beautiful plants and trees in the
British Isles. Cornwall looks superb in May, a peak time to visit the gardens and a chance also to see
wonderful coastal scenery and some historic houses. Stay for four nights with harbour view rooms at the
popular Greenbank Hotel in Falmouth, and enjoy dining in its excellent restaurant overlooking the river.
Included in the itinerary – Trenwainton where the spirit of the plant hunters lives on in breath-taking spring
displays of magnolias, rhododendrons and camellias. The coastal cliff gardens at Chygurno and the Minack
Theatre where the south east aspect shelters them from the storms, but offers superb views and a stunning
blend of exotic plants and native species. Take the boat from Falmouth to St Mawes to visit Lomorran with
its wonderful views and Mediterranean planting. A visit to the elegant 18th century Trewithen House
surrounded by the loveliest woodland garden with rare blooms and magical glades.
In the spring Tregrehan is a magnificent garden with towering specimen trees planted in the late 19th century
and a renowned collection of camellias. Pinetum Park and Pine Lodge Garden is a remarkable garden with
seeds and plants collected from all over the world. Trelissick House has recently opened and contains many
of the original contents bought at auction by the National Trust. It is a wonderful garden with superb views at
the head of the River Fal. Finally two beautiful valley gardens to choose from – Glendurgan, set in a wooded
valley above the Helford estuary, or Trebah, a sub-tropical paradise with a stunning coastal backdrop.
MONDAY 11 MAY Check into the hotel before welcome
drink and dinner.
Price per person: £679
National Trust members: £667
Single supplement: £35 (per night)
All harbour view rooms.
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Tour includes:
✤ 4 nights’ accommodation, dinner and
full English breakfast, light lunch Pine
Lodge
✤ Harbour View Rooms
✤ Entries to houses and gardens
✤ Executive coaching, ferry tickets and
professional tour guide
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TUESDAY 12 MAY Tregrehan with a guided tour and
refreshments. Pine Lodge garden visit with light lunch and
Trewithen House and garden.
WEDNESDAY 13 MAY Boat from Falmouth to St Mawes.
Garden visit to Lomorran with time for lunch in St Mawes.
Trelissick in the afternoon – there is an option to return by boat
from the garden back to Falmouth instead of the coach.
THURSDAY 14 MAY Heading for Land’s End. In Penzance, a
visit to Penlee House and Gallery, continuing to Chygurno
and then to the Minack Theatre where lunch can be purchased
in their café. Afternoon visit to Trenwainton.
FRIDAY 15 MAY Choose to enjoy the gardens at
Glendurgan or Trebah before the coach returns to the hotel
and Truro station for 1 pm.
To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]
Lille - City of Art and History
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Louvre-Lens
Musée de la Piscine, Château de Beloeil
Ypres and Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate
Travel by Eurostar from London
Stay at The Carlton
Hotel Lille (4*)
27 - 30
April 2015
(3 nights)
Travel by Eurostar London to Lille to discover the great art galleries of Northern France; staying at the Carlton
Hotel, a beautiful 19th century building situated in the heart of the old part of the city next to the Grand Place
and surrounded by beautiful Flemish style buildings. There will be a visit to the new Louvre-Lens, an annex of
the Louvre in Paris, a modern state of the art building that houses exhibits on loan from the Louvre. Lille’s fine
art museum is the Palais des Beaux-Arts, a splendid Belle Époque building dating from the late 1890s with a
suitably illustrious art collection and superb sculpture galleries; there will be a tour of the highlights.
La Piscine - Musée d’Art et d’Industrie in Roubaix; as interesting for the building as for its exhibits, the
museum is a former art deco 1930’s swimming pool remodelled as a museum. It contains an unusual
collection of statues, paintings, ceramics and textiles.
The Château de Beloeil is a stately home that began life as a medieval fortress but over the centuries has been
transformed into a country home with a magnificent 17th century Baroque garden. The art collection and
library containing many rare books were saved from a fire in the original house. The Château hosts an
Amaryllis Festival with beautiful displays of some 5000 flowers in the main rooms. A tour of the house before
lunch and then a land train can transport you around the landscaped gardens. Ypres is so close to Lille that an
afternoon will be spent at the In Flanders Fields Museum located in the Cloth Hall in the centre, then early
dinner in the town before walking to the Menin Gate for the simple but very moving Last Post Ceremony.
Price per person: £597
Single supplement: £48 (per night)
(Double rooms for sole occupancy)
Non-refundable deposit £150 pp
Tour includes:
✤ Eurostar return standard class
fare
✤ 3 nights Carlton Hotel Lille with
hot/cold buffet breakfast
✤ 2 dinners and 1 lunch
✤ All entries and tours
✤ Executive coaching and Heritage
Touring representative
MONDAY 27 APRIL Eurostar departs St Pancras at 12.58
(Ebbsfleet at 13.15) In Lille transfer to the Carlton Hotel. A short
introduction walk in the centre of Lille before welcome drink and
dinner in a local restaurant.
TUESDAY 28 APRIL Visit Chateau de Beloeil stopping en route
in the attractive town of Tournai. Guided tour, lunch and enjoy the
gardens before continuing to Musee La Piscine. Return to Lille, dine
independently or join others.
WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL Walk the short distance to Palais des
Beaux-Arts for a tour of the highlights; time in Lille for lunch.
Depart early afternoon for Ypres. A visit to In Flanders Fields
Museum, early dinner in local restaurant before the Last Post
Ceremony. Return to Lille around 10 pm.
THURSDAY 30 APRIL Depart hotel for Louvre-Lens – museum
visit with behind the scenes tour. Return to Lille for the 15.36
Eurostar to London arriving 16.05.
For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk
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The Heart of the New Forest
Private Viewing of the Mary Rose Museum
Southwick House D-Day Map Room
D-Day Museum and Overlord Embroidery
Salisbury Cathedral - Special Exhibition for Magna Carta 800 Celebrations
Bucklers Hard and Breamore House
From the Rhinefield House Hotel, nr Brockenhurst (4*)
18 - 21 May 2015 (3 nights)
A tour staying in the heart of the New Forest at the Rhinefield House Hotel, an historic house and
magnificent country mansion with landscaped gardens, ornamental waterways, extensive grounds and
woodland.
There will be visits to Breamore House, an Elizabethan manor house noted for its fine collection of paintings
and furniture. The grandeur of the house has changed little over the past 400 years but it still remains a
family home. Salisbury Cathedral has the finest of the four original surviving copies of Magna Carta.
The 800th anniversary celebrations will re-display and re-present its Magna Carta in an exciting interactive
exhibition in the newly-conserved Chapter House. An opportunity to discover the history of the unique 18th
century shipbuilding village at Bucklers Hard and the Maritime Museum followed by a visit to 21 Chestnut
Road, a small garden in Brockenhurst - a plant lover’s dream, of colour, form and scent.
Portsmouth. A unique chance to see the famous map room at Southwick House used during the invasion of
Europe when the house became the headquarters of the main allied commanders; one of the most
momentous decisions of the Second World War was taken in the old library in June 1944. An afternoon visit
to The Overlord Embroidery; inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry and the centrepiece of the D-Day Museum, it
traces in stunning visual form the progress of Overlord from its origins in 1940 to victory in Normandy in
1944. Supper at Brasserie Blanc in Gunwharf Quays before an “after-hours” private visit and guided tour of
the new £27 million Mary Rose Museum. The Mary Rose, Britain’s great Tudor warship which captured the
world’s imagination when she was raised from the seabed in 1982, is now the centrepiece of this stunning
new museum built around her, reuniting the ship with its contents and crew.
Price per person: £549
Single supplement: £32 (per night)
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Tour includes:
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3 nights’ accommodation, 2 dinners
and breakfast, early dinner Portsmouth
Entries, tickets and private tours
Professional guide, and coaching
Nearest train station Brockenhurst –
frequent service to mainline Waterloo or
Reading
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MONDAY 18 MAY Check into the Rhinefield House Hotel;
welcome drink before dinner.
TUESDAY 19 MAY Scenic routes through the forest to visit
Breamore House, continue to Salisbury for the Cathedral
Close and timed entry to Magna Carta.
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY Portsmouth - Southwick House,
Fort Nelson for lunch break, D-Day Museum. Early two course
dinner before private visit to the Mary Rose exhibition. Return
to the hotel 9 pm.
THURSDAY 21 MAY Check out of the hotel before visiting
Bucklers Hard and the Maritime Museum Return to
Brockenhurst for garden visit and station (2.30 pm) and then
back to hotel.
To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]
South West Scotland - Dumfries and Galloway
Gardens, Castles, Mountains, Coastal Scenery, Lochs and Rivers
Drumlanrig Castle, Logan Botanics, Castle Kennedy, Threave
Private Gardens of Corsock, Glenwhan and Dabton
From the Cally Palace Hotel, Gatehouse of Fleet
18 - 22 May 2015 (4 nights)
This secluded and lovely part of Scotland is so often missed by people heading north. The tour starts on
MONDAY 18 MAY at Carlisle Station (departing by 3.30 pm) where a coach takes you into the heart of
Galloway to stay at the luxury Cally Palace Hotel. The elegant Cally Palace Hotel, formerly a beautiful 18th
century mansion at Gatehouse of Fleet, offers period style rooms combined with the modern comforts of a
four star hotel. It stands in its own grounds of 600 acres with an 18 hole golf course, leisure centre and
indoor pool.
The itinerary includes a wealth of stunning gardens nurtured by the exceptionally mild climate from the
warm Gulf Stream on the Stranraer peninsular – Castle Kennedy, Logan Botanical Garden and Glenwhan.
A guided tour of Drumlanrig Castle with its iconic art collection and priceless furniture and an exclusive visit
to Dabton, the private garden of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. A visit to Threave House, a garden
recently given the accolade of one of the top ten in the UK to see; also Broughton House, former home of
Scottish painter E A Hornel, one of the Glasgow Boys, and the beautiful garden at Corsock north of Dumfries.
TUESDAY 19 MAY Glenwhan Garden, filled with glorious collections of plants and magnificent views
over Luce Bay, the Mull of Galloway and the Isle of Man. Logan Botanic Garden is unrivalled as the country’s
most exotic garden, a remarkable collection of the bizarre and beautiful thriving in subtropical conditions.
Castle Kennedy Gardens, Scotland’s best-known historical
gardens, surrounded by water and romantically sited on an
Price per person: £690
isthmus between two natural lochs, have rare and exotic
plants, superb rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.
National Trust members: £678
Single supplement: £20 (per night)
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Tour includes:
✤ 4 nights dinner, accommodation and
breakfast, welcome reception
✤ All gardens, tours and entries as above
✤ Lunch at Logan
✤ Coaching to/from Carlisle and
throughout tour
✤ Heritage Touring guide.
Rail information - Two trains an hour to
Carlisle on the West Coast Line!
WEDNESDAY 20 MAY Guided tour of Drumlanrig
Castle, the 17th century Renaissance home of the Duke of
Buccleuch followed by a visit to the Duke and Duchess’s
private garden at nearby Dabton. The extensive walled
garden, borders, flowering shrubs, azaleas and primulas
should be at their best in May.
THURSDAY 21 MAY Threave House, a restored Scottish
baronial-style house with landscaped gardens and themed
‘rooms’. Lunch available in the restaurant before continuing
to Corsock House, a much loved family garden with glades
of woodland, exotic shrubs and huge rhododendrons.
FRIDAY 22 MAY Return to Carlisle with a visit to
Broughton House in the small coastal fishing town of
Kirkcudbright. Arrive Carlisle by 1 pm.
For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk
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Northumberland and the Scottish
East Lothian Coast
Private gardens, magnificent mansions, superb scenery
Hopetoun House, Dalmeny House Wallington Hall, Holy Island
Staying at the Macdonald Linden Hall, Morpeth (2 nights)
and the Macdonald Marine Hotel, North Berwick (3 nights)
Sunday 28th June - Friday 3rd July 2015
A new and different tour returning to the Northumberland and the Scottish East Coast to include the great
houses, gardens and islands. Wallington Hall, a 17th century mansion and much loved home of the Trevelyan
family, with huge pre-Raphaelite paintings around a remarkable central hall. Manderston House an Edwardian
mansion with sumptuous interiors and silver staircase. Dalmeny House a Gothic revival mansion close to the
Firth of Forth containing an internationally renowned art collection. Lennoxlove House, the private home of
the Duke of Hamilton with beautiful portraits, a rich history and several pieces belonging to Mary, Queen of
Scots. Hopetoun House a place of outstanding natural beauty, a unique gem of Europe’s architectural heritage
and undoubtedly ‘Scotland’s Finest Stately Home’ situated on the shores of the Firth of Forth.
There will be visits to some of the most lovely private gardens, from the more formal and on a grand scale, to
the smaller and more intimate, all very different but of equally high calibre with superb planting and a great
tribute to the passion and hard work of their owners and head gardeners. In Northumberland the gardens
include - Lilburn Tower, Whalton Manor, Herterton House and Bide-a-Wee and then in East Lothian,
Shepherds House, Congalton House and Tyninghame Walled Garden. Time to enjoy the little town of North
Berwick and finally (weather permitting!) a boat out to view Bass Rock – the new large catamaran boat making
this a much more comfortable journey! Finally, taking advantage of the tidal crossing times, a visit to Holy
Island and Lindisfarne Castle on the return to Morpeth.
Price per person: £845
Single Supplement:
£36 (per night)
(double rooms for sole occupancy)
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Tour includes:
✤ 5 nights in hotels, breakfast
and dinners, 1 lunch
✤ All entries, tours and excursions
✤ Executive coaching /Heritage
Touring Representative
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This tour is five nights – with two nights in Northumberland at the
Macdonald Linden Hall Hotel, near Morpeth, a beautiful location set its
own extensive private grounds, followed by three nights at the
Macdonald Marine Hotel North Berwick with its lovely coastal position.
Both hotels are four stars with excellent restaurants. Cars can be left at
Linden Hall for the duration of the tour.
Check into the Linden Hall Hotel on SUNDAY 28 JUNE Drinks reception
and dinner.
MONDAY 29 JUNE Garden visits to Whalton Manor, Wallington Hall
and the small gardens of Herterton House and Bide-a-Wee.
TUESDAY 30 JUNE Checking out of Linden Hall a leisurely drive north
visiting the gardens at Lilburn Tower and Tyninghame Walled Garden
and a tour of Manderston House with a light lunch before arriving late
afternoon at The Marine Hotel North Berwick.
To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]
WEDNESDAY 1 JULY Morning guided tour of Dalmeny House followed by a visit to Hopetoun House, with
time to independently explore the house. Lunch can be purchased from the café. On the return to North Berwick
a visit to the small but exquisite garden at Shepherds House.
THURSDAY 2 JULY Morning visit to Lennoxlove House with tour and refreshments – depending on the tide
boat trip to Bass Rock before or after a visit to gardens at Congalton House. If the boat does not run there will
be a visit Dirleton Castle and time in North Berwick.
FRIDAY 3 JULY Check out of the hotel to return to Morpeth visiting Holy Island en-route. Arriving Linden Hall
2pm or Morpeth Station 2.30 pm. It may be possible to stay an extra night at Linden Hall if required.
Longines Global Champions Tour
Late July/August 2015 (tbc)
Last summer saw the Longines Global
Champions Tour bring the best show
jumping to the heart of London, an
equestrian competition that took place
for the first time in history on Horse
Guards Parade. The world's Olympic
medal holders and top show jumpers
returned to compete at one of the Royal
Parks most iconic spaces, a spectacular
stage surrounded by Whitehall's historic
buildings.
The 2015 summer dates have yet to be
confirmed but we would ask you to
register your interest now for top priced
tickets for a full day of world-class show
jumping and to stay for two nights in the
luxury Cavendish Hotel St James’s – within
10 minutes’ walk of Horse Guards
For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk
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North Wales Castles and Gardens
Welsh Highland Railway
Caernarfon - Porthmadog - Blaenau Ffestiniog
Penrhyn Castle,
From the St George’s Hotel Llandudno (4*)
8 - 12 June 2015 (4 nights)
Bodnant and Anglesey
Spectacular scenery, wonderful heritage and the superb coastline are all part of this North Wales tour. Stay for
four nights on the Promenade overlooking the beautiful Bay of Llandudno at the St George’s Hotel, where
traditional Victorian elegance combines with a stunning location. The itinerary will include:
The Welsh Highland Railway, a steam-hauled narrow gauge railway, 25 miles through the heart of the
magnificent Snowdonia National Park - Caernarfon to Porthmadog. From here the Ffestiniog Railway travels a
further 13 miles to Blaenau Ffestiniog, the slate quarrying town for which the railway was originally built.
Bodnant Garden is a spectacular garden with grand ponds, impressive terraces and awe-inspiring plant
collections rising above the River Conwy. Plas Newydd, on the shores of the Menai Strait, Lord Anglesey’s
elegant home with its 1930s interiors and Rex Whistler’s paintings. Also near the Menai Bridge the hidden
gardens of Plas Cadnant, recently lovingly restored to former glory.
A private tour of Penrhyn Castle, an extravagant fantasy castle, built for the wealthy Pennant family on the
profits of Welsh slate and Jamaican sugar, housing one of the finest art collections in Wales. On a smaller scale
in the Conwy Valley, Gwydir Castle with a listed garden is a fine example of a Tudor courtyard house
incorporating medieval material from a former abbey; again a remarkable tale of the owner’s quest to restore a
Welsh castle to its original, authentic grandeur. A visit to the walled town of Conwy and a chance to explore the
dark stoned fortress Conwy Castle, built by Edward I as one of the ‘iron ring’ of castles to contain the Welsh.
Price per person: £676
National Trust members: £659
Single supplement: £25 (per night)
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Extra nights may be possible at the hotel.
Sea View rooms are available but
supplement of £50/60 per room per night.
Tour includes:
✤ 4 nights dinner, accommodation and
breakfast, welcome reception.
✤ All entries/tours to gardens, castles as stated
(Concert not included normally £5 on door)
✤ Train/Tram journeys - lunch on train
✤ Executive coaching and Heritage Touring
guide
Access: Regular mainline train service to
Llandudno Junction from London Euston
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In Llandudno there is an evening concert in a church near the
hotel given by the Llanddulas Male Voice Choir. Finally
experience the Tramway to the summit of the Great Orme
with its superb coastal and mountain views.
MONDAY 8 JUNE Arrive and check into the hotel before
welcome drink and dinner.
TUESDAY 9 JUNE Gwydir Castle, Bodnant Gardens (lunch
can be purchased in the restaurant) and afternoon visit to
Conwy. Optional evening concert Llanddulas Choir.
WEDNESDAY 10 JUNE Anglesey and Penrhyn Castle,
visits to Plas Newydd and the Plas Cadnant.
THURSDAY 11 JUNE Welsh Mountain Railway with picnic
lunch on board. Caernarfon – Porthmadog - Blaenau
Ffestiniog where the coach meets the train. Return to
Llandudno stopping en route at Bodnant Welsh Farm Shop.
FRIDAY 12 JUNE Check out of the hotel before a morning
tram ride up the Great Orne.
To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]
Hampshire and Berkshire
Hidden Gardens
Exclusive visits to private gardens
From the Donnington Grove Hotel near Newbury
15 - 18 June 2015 (3 nights)
This new Hampshire tour includes gardens that are only occasionally open for private tours. They are all very
different, have superb planting and are cleverly designed to give all year round interest. You will stay at the
Donnington Grove Hotel and Country Club, a lovely converted private house set in 500 acres of grounds and
lakes.
The gardens include: The Down House, a 3-acre garden created with a large potager and its own vineyard
overlooking the Itchen Valley. Nearby Dean House, Kilmeston, described as one of Hampshire’s well-kept
secrets. An outstanding garden with hugely long wisteria tunnel and a superb walled garden with numerous
different varieties of vegetables and countless individual plants. In the Test Valley two magical gardens: The
Buildings, a lovely garden on the downs overlooking Broughton, which has received rave reviews from the
gardening press. The owners have used grasses to beautiful effect and the result is particularly good as an
inspiration for a dry garden. Ordnance House, a completely new garden designed and planted in less than
three years with a wide variety of herbaceous plants in formal and informal designs.
Chelsea gold medallist and garden designer Andrew McIndoe, Managing Director of Hillier’s will give a
guided tour of the lovely garden that he and his wife have created at Sandhill Farm. Then a very special visit
and tour to an inspirational lady who has turned her field near Hinton Ampner into acres of scented garden
roses, herbs and other classic English flowers. The scent is intoxicating, colours mesmerising from the tunnels
of garden roses flanked by a vast array of classic flowers and foliage. Rosebie Morton now supplies flowers
to major retail stores and Covent Garden.
Near Newbury two outstanding and beautiful gardens:
Hazelby House – originally created by Martin Lane-Fox, with
Price per person: £566
a total of 20 separate ‘garden rooms’ including a rose
garden, a white garden, herbaceous borders and a
Single supplement: £30 per night (£90)
Mediterranean garden. Finally West Woodhay with wide
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
open lawns reaching down to a series of lakes and a
productive walled kitchen garden.
Tour includes:
MONDAY 15 JUNE Check into the hotel before welcome
✤ 3 nights dinner bed and breakfast at
drink and dinner.
hotel
✤ 2 lunches and garden refreshments as
TUESDAY 16 JUNE Depart by coach to visit Down House,
stated
Dean House (lunch included) and then the Rose Paddock.
✤ All entries and guided tours
WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE Visits to The Buildings, Ordnance
✤ Executive Coaching /Heritage Touring
House, light lunch at Kimbridge Farm Shop on the River Test
guide
and afternoon visit to Sandhill Farm.
(At present time the hotel has no
THURSDAY 18 JUNE Check out of the hotel, morning
availability for extra nights on the 18th
visits to nearby Hazelby Manor and West Woodhay; returning
June – this could change
to the hotel via Newbury station for departure.
For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk
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The Daily Mail Chalke Valley
History Festival 2015
Two days of literary and living history
Set in the glorious Wiltshire downland
From the Mercure White Hart Hotel, Salisbury
26 - 29 June 2015 (3 nights)
Now in its fifth year, hidden deep in the Chalke Valley surrounded by some
of the most beautiful countryside in Wiltshire, this very successful history
festival has taken the country by storm. It is the largest festival dedicated to
history, with a series of top-class literary events offering a unique blend of
talks, discussions & debates. Alongside, a vast living history of through-the-ages encampments and a
stunning warbird air show. It is a celebration of the past like no other. The Chalke Valley History Festival plays
host to many of our most popular, passionate and leading historians, from Dan Snow, Antony Beevor,
Amanda Forman, Claire Tomalin and Michael Wood to leading academics and well-loved personalities such as
Ian Hislop, Al Murray and John Sessions.
At this stage it is too early to confirm the literary talks but Heritage Touring has the opportunity to choose
lectures in advance and you will have the chance to decide on six out of a possible eight which we will have
reserved from the Festival highlights over this weekend. When published the programme will also be sent to
you to have the opportunity to book other lectures independently.
The venue is enriched with a giant encampment of living history through the ages, from Romans to the
Second World War with displays by some of the very best re-enactors and historical interpreters in the
country. Throughout the day there are also short historic aircraft displays. In one tent the BBC History
department gives a view on their future historical programs and interviews with leading personalities.
Price per person: £520
Single supplement £20 (per night)
Non-refundable deposit £130 pp
Tour includes:
✤ 3 nights’ accommodation,
breakfast and dinner.
✤ Tickets for 6 literary events
✤ Transfers to and from Festival
✤ Entry to Salisbury Cathedral for
Magna Carta Exhibition.
✤
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Heritage Touring guide
Stay at the 4 star Mercure White Hart Hotel in Salisbury, adjacent
to the Cathedral Close in the city centre. Arrive at the hotel on
FRIDAY 26 JUNE in time to visit Salisbury Cathedral for the
timed entry (4 pm) for the new exhibition celebrating Magna Carta
800. If you wish there is a Choral Evensong at 5.30 in the
Cathedral. Welcome drink, followed by dinner.
SATURDAY 27 AND SUNDAY 28 JUNE A coach will take you
on both days to and from the Festival – the exact times to be
confirmed but returning in time for dinner in the hotel on both
evenings. There are a number of stalls offering locally produced
fare for purchasing for lunch during the day.
MONDAY 29 JUNE Check out of the hotel before midday. You
might like to visit the Turner Exhibition that next summer will be at
the Salisbury Museum in the Cathedral Close.
To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]
Three Choirs Festival - Hereford Cathedral
Three Choral and Orchestral Cathedral Concerts
Berrington Court and the Black and White Villages
From the Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford
29 July - 1st August 2015 (three nights)
Hereford Cathedral provides an historic, exhilarating, uplifting and quintessentially English setting for three
choral and orchestral concerts that are part of the Three Choirs Festival. Top price tickets for a programme
that includes Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Three Choirs Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra
conducted by Adrian Partington. The National Youth Orchestra of Wales performing Mahler’s epic Sixth
Symphony and Lutoslawski’s - Concerto for Orchestra, and finally Verdi’s Requiem conducted by Geraint
Bowen, again with the Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra
The Green Dragon Hotel is chosen purely for its location in the centre of Hereford opposite the cathedral. It is
a comfortable hotel with a certain amount of character and, although perhaps not our normal level of luxury
hotel, you are in the centre of Hereford within five minutes of the Cathedral and the heart of the Festival. A
time slot will also have been reserved for visiting a new exhibition celebrating the 800th anniversary of Magna
Carta (Hereford has its own copy a third edition of the 1215 Magna Carta, dating from 1217), also the Mappa
Mundi and the Chained Library in Hereford Cathedral. You might like to attend Choral Evensong in the
Cathedral on Thursday or Friday and perhaps consider purchasing additional tickets for an evening cathedral
concert on Thursday – programme details below*.
Friday morning there will be an excursion to see the lovely timber framed lime-washed houses that can be found
in the Black and White Villages north west of Hereford before a visit to Berrington Court. Created as “the
perfect house in the perfect setting”, a neoclassical 18th
century country house designed by Henry Holland for Thomas
Price per person: £525
Harley, with grounds that were the last to be created by
Capability Brown Return to Hereford mid-afternoon in plenty
No single supplements - single rooms
of time before early dinner and the evening concert. (Dinner
Doubles for sole occupancy £10
on Thursday and Friday provided by the Hereford Friends of
supplement per night
the Three Choirs Festival).
Non-refundable deposit - £130
Tour includes:
✤ Top price tickets for three concerts
✤ 3 nights’ accommodation with breakfast
✤ 3 dinners (1 restaurant 2 Festival)
✤ Entries and tour
✤ Coaching and professional guide
Thursday 30 July - Evening concert in the
cathedral (not included): works by Mathias
Lux Aeterna and Nielsen Hymnus Amoris book later in the year direct with the
Festival
WEDNESDAY 29 JULY: Check into the hotel, welcome
drink before dining in a local restaurant and the evening
concert.
THURSDAY 30 JULY Cathedral visit for exhibition. Short
guided walking tour around Hereford. Afternoon concert
given by National Youth Orchestra of Wales – Choral
evensong.
FRIDAY 31 JULY Scenic tour by coach of villages and a
visit to Berrington Court – lunch can be purchased here.
Return mid-afternoon. Dinner before evening concert.
SATURDAY 1 AUGUST Check out of your rooms before
midday.
For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk
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Longborough Festival Opera
Rigoletto - Giuseppe Verdi
Private Tour Ragley Hall, Cruise on the River Avon
From the Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel, Stratford on Avon.
15 - 17 July 2015 (2 nights)
Longborough Festival Opera consistently offers high-quality country-house operatic performances within
the intimate setting of a beautifully restored barn converted into a 480-seat opera house in the glorious
Cotswold countryside with views across the Evenlode Valley. Enjoy an evening performance of Verdi’s
masterpiece Rigoletto, a tragic tale of passion, revenge and sacrifice. Filled with drama and emotion, the
opera features famous arias such as Caro Nome and La Donna e Mobile. Seats have been reserved in the
raised stalls, front stalls or side boxes with a two course buffet dinner being served at reserved tables, under
cover, during the interval.
There will be a private guided tour of Ragley Hall, a beautiful 17th century mansion and one of the earliest of
England’s great Palladian houses designed by Robert Hooke, set in 400 acres of landscaped parkland,
woodland and gardens. The elaborately plastered Great Hall
by James Gibb in 1750 is one of the finest Baroque interiors,
and the Red Saloon allegedly remains as it was decorated and
furnished by James Wyatt in 1780. The house has lovely
French and English furniture and paintings, and on the great
staircase there is a stunning mural by Graham Rust,
commissioned by the 8th Marquess of Hertford. There will be
a private tour in the morning followed by refreshments and
time to see the gardens before returning to Stratford in time
to find lunch before departing for Longborough.
Price per person: £455
Single supplement £30 per night (£60)
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Tour includes:
✤ Two nights’ accommodation and full
English breakfast
✤ Two dinners (one in hotel one at opera)
✤ One below top price tickets for opera
✤ Guided tours and boat cruise
✤ Executive coaching and Heritage Touring
Representative
Opera sung in Italian with English surtitles
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Stay for two nights at the Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel
in Stratford-upon-Avon next to the river and across the
bridge from the town center. There will be an afternoon
cruise on the river before dinner in the hotel. Equally you
might consider booking tickets on Wednesday evening to see
a performance of The Merchant of Venice at the Royal
Shakespeare Theatre.
WEDNESDAY 15 JULY Arrive and check into your rooms
from 2.30 pm. Meet at 4.30 to cross over to the river for a
boat cruise finishing before 6 pm, after which there will be a
welcome drink and dinner in the hotel.
THURSDAY 16 JULY Depart by coach for Ragley Hall.
Guided tour with refreshments and visit the gardens. Return
to Stratford for short panoramic tour and time to find lunch.
Depart for Longborough 5.15. The performance of Rigoletto
starts at 6.30 and there is a 90 minute interval for dinner.
FRIDAY 17 JULY Check out of your rooms before midday.
To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]
The Hay on Wye
Literary Festival 2015
Tickets for top events and time to explore
the ‘Town of Books’
From the Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford
22 - 25 May 2015 (3 nights)
The Hay on Wye Festival continues to be the most sought after
literary event not only for audiences but also for writers, comedians,
musicians, past presidents, prime ministers and Governors of the Bank
of England! The greatest names in the literary world gather together
on the outskirts of this attractive small town, with its backdrop of hills
that form part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. They share new
visions of the literary world with the hundreds of visitors who return
year after year to an event that has its own unique atmosphere and is
always buzzing with anticipation and ideas. At this early stage we
cannot be precise as to who will be taking part but we will purchase
tickets for the highlights of the two days.
This weekend break includes two days at the Festival with tickets for
six literary events and the opportunity to attend other talks and activities. Hay is also known as Book Town, as
it includes no less than 40 bookshops specialising in second-hand, antique and new books. To ensure enough
time to enjoy both the little town of Hay and to attend the lectures, there will be an early dinner on both
evenings at the Swan Hotel in the centre of Hay.
You will stay at the Green Dragon Hotel adjacent to the Cathedral in Hereford. An historic but comfortable
hotel with a certain amount of character, chosen for its location within easy distance of Hay and with good rail
access and parking. There is a large lounge and bar area to relax in and all bedrooms have en-suite facilities.
FRIDAY 22 MAY Check into the hotel from 3 pm. You could
Price per person: £495
£30 supplement
(doubles for sole occupancy)
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Tour includes:
✤ Welcome drink and evening reception
✤ Three nights bed and breakfast
✤ Dinner x 2 in Swan Hotel, Hay
✤ Dinner x 1 Hereford
✤ Tickets for six literary events
✤ Coaching and tour representative
spend the afternoon visiting Hereford’s magnificent cathedral
and the historic mediaeval Mappa Mundi or special Magna Carta
exhibition. Welcome drinks reception at 6.30 pm before dinner
in a local restaurant.
SATURDAY 23 AND SUNDAY 24 MAY Travel by coach to
Hay on Wye to enjoy the Festival and attend the various lectures.
There is a regular mini-shuttle bus between the Festival
Showground and the town so you can explore at your leisure
before an early set menu dinner on both evenings; the coach
will then return you to Hereford. Should you decide to book
evening lectures independently, there is normally a scheduled
bus service that returns to Hereford later in the evening.
MONDAY 25 MAY Check out of your rooms before
departure.
For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk
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North Yorkshire Moors from Dales to Coast
Beamish - The Living Museum of the North
Great Yorkshire Houses and Whitby Abbey
Norton Conyers, Hovingham Hall
and Thorpe Perrow
From the Gisborough Hall Hotel
7 - 10/11 September 2015 (3/4 nights)
Again returning to North Yorkshire, enticed as always by the stunning moorland and coastal scenery and with
still more great houses and historic abbeys to visit. Staying at the luxury Gisborough Hall Hotel. Arrive on
MONDAY 7 SEPTEMBER in time for welcome reception and dinner. The itinerary will include:
TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER Travelling north to visit Beamish, nestling in 300 acres of beautiful countryside.
This world famous museum vividly recreates life in the North of England in the 19th and early 20th centuries,
describing how the Industrial Revolution transformed agricultural life in the region. On the return to
Gisborough, a late afternoon visit to the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum in Middlesbrough.
WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER Norton Conyers near Ripon. A private visit and connoisseurs tour of this
late medieval manor house with Stuart and Georgian additions. The house was recently restored and the
gardens are of 18th century design. Continue to Thorp Perrow for a private lunch in the dining room. A talk
by the owner, Sir John Ropner, on the history of the house followed by a tour of the gardens and arboretum.
This 85 acre arboretum has one of the finest private collections of trees and shrubs in the country and is
unique to Britain, if not Europe, in that it was the creation of one man, Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner.
Price per person: £580 (3 nights)
With extra night Thurs 9 Sept £662
Single supplement: £25 (per night)
Non-refundable deposit £120 pp
Tour includes:
✤ 3-4 nights dinner, accommodation and
breakfast, welcome reception
✤ 2 lunches and refreshments where stated
✤ All entries and private tours
✤ Executive coaching and Heritage
Touring guide
Hotel location: 10 miles Middlesbrough
(nearest rail) but shared taxis organised
from/to DARLINGTON mainline railway
station (30 miles).
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THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER A day to enjoy the superb
scenery along the coast and across the moors. Scenic journey
to Whitby, where there will be a visit to the magnificent
Abbey before continuing over the moors to have a light lunch
in the attractive small village of Thornton-le-Dale. A private
afternoon visit to Hovingham Hall; the 18th century Palladian
house was built by Thomas Worsley to his own design and is
unique in being entered from an enormous Riding School
through a large arch in the village street. There are wonderful
vaulted ceilings on the ground floor and a superb collection
of pictures and furniture. Depart after touring on Thursday or
stay the extra night and leave on Friday 11th September most people do!
The Gisborough Hall Hotel, near Middlesbrough, privately
owned but managed by Macdonald Hotels, was a Victorian
ancestral home but is now a four-star hotel with award
winning restaurant and spectacular views of the Cleveland
Hills. This superb hotel has the atmosphere of staying in a
large private country house.
To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]
Future Tours, events and updates!
There will be a small brochure in late Spring with more tours for later in the year.
We are waiting on information for events in London - such as Waterloo 200, Beating the Retreat on Horse
Guards and the Lord Mayor’s Show in November plus more London tours from the Cavendish Hotel.
Again we hope to offer a tour that includes the gardens at Highgrove in the summer, confirmation of dates
are never available until mid-February. We are delighted to be working with The English Garden magazine and
there are two new garden tours featured in their December publication details will be on both our websites.
The Italian Garden Tour which includes private gardens and Ninfa and the South of France Garden Tour will be
repeated in 2016 – (these were fully booked in advance of brochure). I intend to return Normandy and
perhaps the French Courson Flower Show in 2016.
New Year’s Eve at the Cavendish Hotel will be
repeated (31 Dec 2015/2 Jan 2016)
Please let us know if you would like advance
information on any of the above or if you have any
other friends who might be interested in receiving
our brochures or information by email. Do keep
looking at the website as additional tours are added
throughout the year.
Charlotte
Charlotte Strutt
Managing Director
Heritage Touring
For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk
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Travel in style and luxury from London
The British Pullman Carriages of the Orient Express
The Goodwood Revival
Saturday Grandstand Seats in the Woodcote Stand
Relax and stay a night either side in
The Cavendish Hotel, St James’s
Friday 11 - Sunday 13 September 2015 **
The Goodwood Revival is a magical step back in time, a celebration of the halcyon days of motor racing as it
used to be with all the accompanying spectacle and glamour of that era, with competitors and spectators
alike dressed in period fashions. The only sporting event in the world set entirely to a period theme. Grand
Prix, sports and GT cars thunder around the circuit while bands play music from the fifties, shops sell fish and
chips wrapped in 1950’s newspaper, parades of Ford Cortina’s, aerobatics featuring Spitfires and American
Mustangs and transport within the circuit provided by period vehicles - this occasion is the ultimate in an
authentic period experience!
To complement this event, what better way to travel? The British Pullman exudes an aura of elegance and
beauty; originally conceived as ‘Palaces on Wheels’, each lavishly appointed carriage is an original masterpiece
from the 1920’s and 30’s meticulously restored by skilled craftsmen. Intricate marquetry, inlaid mosaic floors
and softly shaded lamps all delicately illuminated by solid brass
fittings set the scene for your dalliance with the golden age of
Price per person: £689
luxury rail travel. Luxury dining and a world of indulgence.
Single Supplement: £50 (per night)
Non-refundable deposit £150 pp
Tour includes:
✤ 2 nights’ accommodation and
breakfast at the Cavendish Hotel.
✤ Your journey on the British Pullman,
dining and coaching as set out above
✤ Entry and reserved seats in the
Woodcote Stand
✤ Taxi to and from Cavendish to
Victoria
(Please note there is a 10 minute walk
from the coach park into the circuit).
** There is a very small possibility
that this event could be the following
weekend - Goodwood has to wait on
the Grand Prix dates which are not
set until early Spring
Departing Saturday from London Victoria - Brunch with Bellini
served on your outward journey. On arrival at Chichester, coaches
transfer you to Goodwood. You have a reserved covered
Grandstand seat in the Woodcote Stand and are free to enjoy the
day at your leisure. You can view the activities of the Paddock area
from its perimeter and enjoy the racing from your reserved seat, as
well as browse around the shopping and exhibition area
specialising in automobilia, books, magazines and illustrations.
Then re-join the coach for departure at 6.00pm to transfer back to
Chichester where you board the train for the return journey to
London with a glass of chilled champagne and a delicious four
course dinner with wine.
As this is an early morning departure and late return to London, to
make this a weekend to really relax and remember, two nights are
included at the Cavendish Hotel St James’s in the heart of
London’s Mayfair. Enjoy a Friday evening in London, taxis will be
booked to take you to the station for 8.00am on Saturday and
again to meet you on the return around 9.15pm – final timings still
to be confirmed.
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