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Continue exploring Britain with a Monograms vacation package in London. From Edinburgh, you’ll travel via express train to London. Your Local Host will be on hand to assist you with sightseeing and dining recommendations. Your value-minded Britain vacation in England, Scotland, and Wales is one to remember for years to come.
Highlights
Visit the prehistoric monument
BATH Visit the elegant Georgian city
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON Discover Shakespeare’s home town
LLANGOLLEN Visit the picturesque village
LAKE DISTRICT Drive through the UNESCO World Heritage landscape
GRETNA GREENVisit
EDINBURGH Guided sightseeing, visit Edinburgh Castle
2020 Tour itinerary
Inside visits and special features are shown in UPPERCASE in the tour description, including admission charges where applicable.
Total meals included:
- 6 breakfasts, 1 dinner
ARRIVE IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
Day1
Check into your hotel. In the afternoon, there’s time to rest or to explore the lively British capital. Uniformed hosts are available to help you make the most of your day. Tonight, we recommend our optional Taste of London excursion with dinner, followed by a guided illumination cruise on the Thames River.
LONDON–STONEHENGE–BATH–CARDIFF, WALES
Day2
Meet your Tour Director and traveling companions and depart at 8 am for a memorable day of sightseeing. First, try to unravel the mystery of prehistoric STONEHENGE; explore the visitor center with its imaginative exhibitions, then take the shuttle to the stone circle and admire the magnificence of the monument up close. Across Salisbury Plain, head for the elegant Georgian city of Bath, famous for its Roman relics. Your overnight destination is the Welsh capital of Cardiff and later, consider an optional Welsh evening with dinner and entertainment.
Today’s Distance: 171 mi/ 315 km
Meals included:
- Breakfast
CARDIFF–STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, ENGLAND–LLANGOLLEN, WALES–CHESTER, ENGLAND.
Day3
Today, travel through the lovely Cotswold Hills with its honey-colored limestone villages to Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon, where you will have time to explore the town at your own pace. The afternoon is dedicated to North Wales. Take a stroll in picturesque Llangollen, home of an annual international contest for poets and musicians. Spend the night in Chester, the historic county town on the Dee River.
Today’s Distance: 234 mi/ 377 km
Meals included:
- Breakfast
- Dinner
CHESTER–LAKE DISTRICT–GRETNA GREEN, SCOTLAND–EDINBURGH
Day4
Drive into the tranquil Lake District, often considered to be the finest of England’s national parks and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Then, visit Gretna Green, where the blacksmith used to wed runaway couples before making your way through the history-steeped Lowland Hills to Edinburgh. A suggestion for this evening: enjoy a traditional Scottish night out with Highland dancers, bagpipers, and, of course, the Ceremony of the Haggis.
Today’s Distance: 275 mi/ 442 km
Meals included:
- Breakfast
EDINBURGH.
Day5
A full day to enjoy the Scottish capital. Morning sightseeing with a Local Guide introduces you to the 200-year-old “New Town", home to famous scientists, inventors, and novelists. In the “Old Town", visit EDINBURGH CASTLE to admire Scotland’s Crown Jewels. Afternoon at leisure. Later, a unique optional experience: board the former Royal Yacht Britannia. Tour five decks and see how the Royal Family and crew of 240 lived and worked on board. Dinner rounds out this optional evening. For departure numbers 0803 through 0824, tickets are included for tonight’s performance of the world-renowned MILITARY TATTOO, a vast spectacle of massed Scottish pipe bands that takes place in an arena on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.
Meals included:
- Breakfast
EDINBURGH–LONDON, ENGLAND.
Day6
Travel by EXPRESS TRAIN (standard class) to London. Your Local Host is available to help you make the most of your stay.
Today’s Distance: 400 mi/ 644 km
Meals included:
- Breakfast
LONDON.
Day7
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
Meals included:
- Breakfast
Extend your stay
Hotels
It may occasionally be necessary to use alternative hotels of a similar standard to those shown.
Holiday Inn London- Kensington High Street
First-Class
This elegant hotel boasts an ideal location near the renowned shops on High Street Kensington. The hotel includes 550 rooms equipped with ensuite shower or bath, satellite TV, coffee maker, and state-of-the-art in-room entertainment system. It also provides 24-hour in room dining and one-day laundry and dry cleaning service. The hotels Blue Smoke restaurant is an American-style steakhouse, and the Lions Sports Bar shows all the action and excitement of live sporting events from around the world.
Location
Wrights Lane, London, United Kingdom
Hotel Facilities
- Pool
- Concierge desk
- Luggage Storage
- Laundry Available
- Ice Machine
- Elevator
- Bar/Lounge
- Beauty Salon
- ATM
- Restaurant On-Site
- Business Center
- Spa Services
- Currency Exchange
- Gift Shop
- Fitness Room
- Parking/Valet
Room Facilities
- Hair Dryer
- Phone
- Room Service
- Climate Control
- Wake-Up Calls
- Complimentary Toiletries
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Cable/Satellite
- In-Room Safe
- Window Opens
- Complimentary Newspaper
- Coffee Maker
- Desk
- Internet Access
- Mini-bar
- Alarm Clock
- Air Conditioning
- Television
- Pay Movies
Novotel London West
First-Class
Concrete and brick commercial hotel in modern nine-story complex located at Hammersmith, 1/4 mile from train station.
Location
1 Shortlands, London, United Kingdom
Hotel Facilities
- Restaurant On-Site
- Business Center
- Free WiFi
- Bar/Lounge
- Concierge desk
- Gift Shop
- Parking/Valet
- Currency Exchange
- Fitness Room
- Laundry Available
Room Facilities
- Air Conditioning
- Non-smoking Rooms
- Hair Dryer
- Cable/Satellite
- Phone
- Room Service
- Television
- Voicemail
- Mini-bar
- In-Room Safe
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Coffee Maker
- Pay Movies
- Internet Access
- Disabled Access / Rooms
- Desk
Mercure Cardiff North Hotel
First-Class
Modern Hotel situated 3 miles from center of Cardiff & train station.
Location
Circle Way East, Cardiff-Llanederyn, United Kingdom
Hotel Facilities
- Concierge desk
- Spa Services
- Restaurant On-Site
- Business Center
- Hot Tub
- Free WiFi
- Parking/Valet
- Fitness Room
- Bar/Lounge
- Dry Cleaning
- Currency Exchange
Room Facilities
- Cable/Satellite
- Internet Access
- Air Conditioning
- Coffee Maker
- Non-smoking Rooms
- Television
- Phone
- Disabled Access / Rooms
- Room Service
Mercure Chester Abbots Well
First-Class
Set in 2 acres of landscaped gardens in the beautiful Cheshire countryside, the Mercure Chester Abbots Well hotel is just 2 miles from historic Chester. The Brasserie restaurant offers a range of signature dishes from locally sourced produce and the finest afternoon tea Chester has to offer. All 126 bedrooms have HD TV and complimentary high speed Wi-Fi and many have courtyard views. The hotel also features a fully equipped gym, swimming pool, spa, sauna, jacuzzi and steam room.
Location
Whitchurch Road, Chester-Cheshire, United Kingdom
Hotel Facilities
- Luggage Storage
- Elevator
- Restaurant On-Site
- Bar/Lounge
- Fitness Room
- Hot Tub
- Concierge desk
- Free WiFi
- Dry Cleaning
- Pool
- Spa Services
Room Facilities
- Wake-Up Calls
- Coffee Maker
- Room Service
- Alarm Clock
- Hair Dryer
- Disabled Access / Rooms
- Desk
- Internet Access
- Phone
- Non-smoking Rooms
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Window Opens
- Complimentary Toiletries
- Television
Leonardo Hotel Edinburgh Murrayfield
Superior Tourist-Class
Three-story Hotel set 3 miles west of city center in quiet residential area.
Location
Clermiston Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Hotel Facilities
- Fitness Room
- Currency Exchange
- Restaurant On-Site
- Elevator
- Bar/Lounge
- Spa Services
- Luggage Storage
- Hot Tub
- Parking/Valet
- Pool
- Dry Cleaning
Room Facilities
- Disabled Access / Rooms
- Room Service
- In-Room Safe
- Internet Access
- Iron/Ironing Board
- Desk
- Television
- Phone
- Hair Dryer
- Coffee Maker
- Alarm Clock
- Non-smoking Rooms
- Cable/Satellite
