heritage touring...'dirty rotten scoundrels' is a homage to the golden age of the musical,...

Exclusive tours staying in 4/5 star hotels. Each itinerary includes welcomereception, dinner bed and breakfast, entry fees, professional guide and executivecoaching (unless stated otherwise in tour details). You are asked to make yourown travel arrangements and join each break at the hotel concerned.

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Step on board the British Pullman, sister train to the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, to step back into theheyday of great train journeys. Luxury dining and travel in a “palace on wheels” from London Victoria for aweekend 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 CaerhaysCastle with guided tour of the house and lunch in the Georgian Hall, Trewithen gardens and the MaritimeMuseum Falmouth. The Royal Duchy Hotel with the option of the magical Lost Gardens of Heligan and thevast global garden of beautiful plants at the Eden Project; alternatively fly by Skybus from Land’s End to StMary’s on the Isles of Scilly with a boat transfer to Tresco for a tour of the renowned Abbey Gardens. Finaloption - the Carlyon Bay Hotel, St Austell with a tour of Prideaux Place, continuing to Padstow where youwill 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 coastallocation near Salcombe. On Saturday cruise from Dartmouth up the River Dart to see Agatha Christie’s home

and lovely gardens at Greenway, beforereturning to Dartmouth for a guided tour of thehistoric Britannia Royal Naval College, whereofficers have been trained for the Royal Navysince 1905.

FRIDAY 24 APRIL A luxurious journeydeparting Victoria at 09.30 (tbc) to Plymouth orTruro. Breakfast with Bellini cocktails, followedby a three-course lunch with wine, beforearriving in Devon to transfer to the ThurlestoneHotel or continuing to Truro and transfer to theCornish hotels. Welcome reception and dinner.

SATURDAY 25 APRIL Touring options asabove with dinner on your return in theevening.

SUNDAY 26 APRIL The leisurely returnjourney to London departs around mid-dayfrom Truro or early afternoon from Plymouth.Enjoy a five-course meal with champagne andwine before arriving back at Victoria Stationaround 9pm (tbc).

Price per person:Devon/Thurlestone £1060 Sea-view supplement £40 pp

Cornwall/Carlyon Bay £1095 Sea-view supplement £45 pp

Royal Duchy Eden/Heligan £1030 Tresco £1175Sea-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 weatheradverse for flying. A refund for the balance of the airfarewould be given

The Golden Age of Travel - The British Pullman24 - 26 April 2015 (2 nights)

South Devon or Cornwall Weekend - Travel from LondonStay at superb hotels with various touring optionsIn Cornwall: Caerhays Castle, Trewithen Garden and Maritime Museum or RickStein’s Seafood Restaurant Padstow and Prideaux Place or fly to the Scilly Islesfor Tresco Abbey Gardens or The Lost Gardens of Heligan and the Eden ProjectIn Devon: Agatha Christie’s Greenway and Royal Naval College Dartmouth

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A second chance to book this tour. We had been looking for some time for two of the best West End showswith top price stalls seats. An opportunity to escape the winter and enjoy staying in the luxury CavendishHotel 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 themost 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 originalsongs, funny and beautifully presented. The action is set on the French Riviera, where a debonair English conman 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 fellowartists. Rubens and His Legacy will bring together a selection of Rubens' greatest masterpieces alongsideartists as diverse as Manet, Klimt and Turner.

The Reform Club was founded in 1836, in Pall Mall, in thecentre of what is often called London’s Clubland. Thefounders commissioned a leading architect of the day,Charles Barry, to build an imposing and palatial clubhouse. Itis as splendid today as when it opened in 1841.

THURSDAY 29 JANUARY Check into the Cavendish Hotelfrom 3 pm, early welcome drink and those that wish canbook the Cavendish pre-theatre dinner or dine locally. Taxiswill take you to the Savoy Theatre in the Strand for theevening performance of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

FRIDAY 30 JANUARY Leisurely breakfast before visit tothe Reform Club. Early afternoon timed tickets for the RoyalAcademy. Pre-theatre dinners can be booked at theCavendish and you may either join others in a shared taxi ormake your own way to the Noel Coward Theatre forShakespeare in Love.

SATURDAY 31 JANUARY Please check out of your roomsby mid-day.

Price per person: £425Single Supplement: £50 (per night)Non-refundable deposit £120 pp

Tour includes: ✤ 2 nights in superior rooms Cavendish

Hotel with breakfast and welcome drinkreception

✤ Tickets for theatres – mid-way/front stalls.Timed Tickets for the Royal Academy andprivate visit to the Reform Club

✤ Taxis to/from hotel - theatre whererequired

✤ Heritage Touring representative

This tour has to be reserved before 1December when our ticket allocation hasto be confirmed

London Theatre MagicTwo much acclaimed West End ShowsShakespeare in Love and Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsThe Royal Academy’s major new exhibitionRubens and His Legacy: Van Dyck to CezannePrivate Tour of the Reform Club

From the Cavendish Hotel St James’s

Thur 29 - Sat 31 January 2015 (2 nights)

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These magical Cornish gardens are home to the most exciting, rare and beautiful plants and trees in theBritish Isles. Cornwall looks superb in May, a peak time to visit the gardens and a chance also to seewonderful coastal scenery and some historic houses. Stay for four nights with harbour view rooms at thepopular 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 springdisplays of magnolias, rhododendrons and camellias. The coastal cliff gardens at Chygurno and the MinackTheatre where the south east aspect shelters them from the storms, but offers superb views and a stunningblend of exotic plants and native species. Take the boat from Falmouth to St Mawes to visit Lomorran withits wonderful views and Mediterranean planting. A visit to the elegant 18th century Trewithen Housesurrounded 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 centuryand a renowned collection of camellias. Pinetum Park and Pine Lodge Garden is a remarkable garden withseeds and plants collected from all over the world. Trelissick House has recently opened and contains manyof the original contents bought at auction by the National Trust. It is a wonderful garden with superb views atthe head of the River Fal. Finally two beautiful valley gardens to choose from – Glendurgan, set in a woodedvalley above the Helford estuary, or Trebah, a sub-tropical paradise with a stunning coastal backdrop.

MONDAY 11 MAY Check into the hotel before welcomedrink and dinner.

TUESDAY 12 MAY Tregrehan with a guided tour andrefreshments. Pine Lodge garden visit with light lunch andTrewithen 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 boatfrom the garden back to Falmouth instead of the coach.

THURSDAY 14 MAY Heading for Land’s End. In Penzance, avisit to Penlee House and Gallery, continuing to Chygurnoand then to the Minack Theatre where lunch can be purchasedin their café. Afternoon visit to Trenwainton.

FRIDAY 15 MAY Choose to enjoy the gardens atGlendurgan or Trebah before the coach returns to the hoteland Truro station for 1 pm.

The Great Cornish LegacySpectacular Coastal Scenery, Historic Houses, Spring Gardens and Cornish villages,the Fal River

Price per person: £679National Trust members: £667Single 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 PineLodge

✤ Harbour View Rooms✤ Entries to houses and gardens✤ Executive coaching, ferry tickets and

professional tour guide

From the Greenbank Hotel, Falmouth (4*)

11 - 15 May 2015 (4 nights)


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Stay at The CarltonHotel Lille (4*)

27 - 30April 2015(3 nights)

Travel by Eurostar London to Lille to discover the great art galleries of Northern France; staying at the CarltonHotel, a beautiful 19th century building situated in the heart of the old part of the city next to the Grand Placeand surrounded by beautiful Flemish style buildings. There will be a visit to the new Louvre-Lens, an annex ofthe Louvre in Paris, a modern state of the art building that houses exhibits on loan from the Louvre. Lille’s fineart museum is the Palais des Beaux-Arts, a splendid Belle Époque building dating from the late 1890s with asuitably 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, themuseum is a former art deco 1930’s swimming pool remodelled as a museum. It contains an unusualcollection 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 beentransformed into a country home with a magnificent 17th century Baroque garden. The art collection andlibrary containing many rare books were saved from a fire in the original house. The Château hosts anAmaryllis Festival with beautiful displays of some 5000 flowers in the main rooms. A tour of the house beforelunch and then a land train can transport you around the landscaped gardens. Ypres is so close to Lille that anafternoon will be spent at the In Flanders Fields Museum located in the Cloth Hall in the centre, then earlydinner in the town before walking to the Menin Gate for the simple but very moving Last Post Ceremony.

MONDAY 27 APRIL Eurostar departs St Pancras at 12.58(Ebbsfleet at 13.15) In Lille transfer to the Carlton Hotel. A shortintroduction walk in the centre of Lille before welcome drink anddinner in a local restaurant.

TUESDAY 28 APRIL Visit Chateau de Beloeil stopping en routein the attractive town of Tournai. Guided tour, lunch and enjoy thegardens before continuing to Musee La Piscine. Return to Lille, dineindependently or join others.

WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL Walk the short distance to Palais desBeaux-Arts for a tour of the highlights; time in Lille for lunch.Depart early afternoon for Ypres. A visit to In Flanders FieldsMuseum, early dinner in local restaurant before the Last PostCeremony. Return to Lille around 10 pm.

THURSDAY 30 APRIL Depart hotel for Louvre-Lens – museumvisit with behind the scenes tour. Return to Lille for the 15.36Eurostar to London arriving 16.05.

Lille - City of Art and HistoryPalais des Beaux-Arts, Louvre-LensMusée de la Piscine, Château de BeloeilYpres and Last Post Ceremony at the Menin GateTravel by Eurostar from London

Price per person: £597Single 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

For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk

6 To book or reserve a place: 01794 342249 or email: [email protected]

A tour staying in the heart of the New Forest at the Rhinefield House Hotel, an historic house andmagnificent country mansion with landscaped gardens, ornamental waterways, extensive grounds andwoodland.

There will be visits to Breamore House, an Elizabethan manor house noted for its fine collection of paintingsand furniture. The grandeur of the house has changed little over the past 400 years but it still remains afamily 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 interactiveexhibition in the newly-conserved Chapter House. An opportunity to discover the history of the unique 18thcentury shipbuilding village at Bucklers Hard and the Maritime Museum followed by a visit to 21 ChestnutRoad, 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 ofEurope when the house became the headquarters of the main allied commanders; one of the mostmomentous decisions of the Second World War was taken in the old library in June 1944. An afternoon visitto The Overlord Embroidery; inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry and the centrepiece of the D-Day Museum, ittraces in stunning visual form the progress of Overlord from its origins in 1940 to victory in Normandy in1944. Supper at Brasserie Blanc in Gunwharf Quays before an “after-hours” private visit and guided tour ofthe new £27 million Mary Rose Museum. The Mary Rose, Britain’s great Tudor warship which captured theworld’s imagination when she was raised from the seabed in 1982, is now the centrepiece of this stunningnew museum built around her, reuniting the ship with its contents and crew.

MONDAY 18 MAY Check into the Rhinefield House Hotel;welcome drink before dinner.

TUESDAY 19 MAY Scenic routes through the forest to visitBreamore House, continue to Salisbury for the CathedralClose and timed entry to Magna Carta.

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY Portsmouth - Southwick House,Fort Nelson for lunch break, D-Day Museum. Early two coursedinner before private visit to the Mary Rose exhibition. Returnto the hotel 9 pm.

THURSDAY 21 MAY Check out of the hotel before visitingBucklers Hard and the Maritime Museum Return toBrockenhurst for garden visit and station (2.30 pm) and thenback to hotel.

The Heart of the New ForestPrivate Viewing of the Mary Rose MuseumSouthwick House D-Day Map RoomD-Day Museum and Overlord EmbroiderySalisbury Cathedral - Special Exhibition for Magna Carta 800 CelebrationsBucklers Hard and Breamore House

Price per person: £549Single supplement: £32 (per night)Non-refundable deposit £120 pp

Tour includes:

✤ 3 nights’ accommodation, 2 dinnersand breakfast, early dinner Portsmouth

✤ Entries, tickets and private tours✤ Professional guide, and coaching

Nearest train station Brockenhurst –frequent service to mainline Waterloo orReading

From the Rhinefield House Hotel, nr Brockenhurst (4*)

18 - 21 May 2015 (3 nights)

7For the full details of these tours visit: www.heritagetouring.co.uk

This secluded and lovely part of Scotland is so often missed by people heading north. The tour starts onMONDAY 18 MAY at Carlisle Station (departing by 3.30 pm) where a coach takes you into the heart ofGalloway 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 afour star hotel. It stands in its own grounds of 600 acres with an 18 hole golf course, leisure centre andindoor pool.

The itinerary includes a wealth of stunning gardens nurtured by the exceptionally mild climate from thewarm 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 visitto Dabton, the private garden of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch. A visit to Threave House, a gardenrecently given the accolade of one of the top ten in the UK to see; also Broughton House, former home ofScottish 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 viewsover Luce Bay, the Mull of Galloway and the Isle of Man. Logan Botanic Garden is unrivalled as the country’smost exotic garden, a remarkable collection of the bizarre and beautiful thriving in subtropical conditions.

Castle Kennedy Gardens, Scotland’s best-known historicalgardens, surrounded by water and romantically sited on anisthmus between two natural lochs, have rare and exoticplants, superb rhododendrons, azaleas and camellias.

WEDNESDAY 20 MAY Guided tour of DrumlanrigCastle, the 17th century Renaissance home of the Duke ofBuccleuch followed by a visit to the Duke and Duchess’sprivate garden at nearby Dabton. The extensive walledgarden, borders, flowering shrubs, azaleas and primulasshould be at their best in May.

THURSDAY 21 MAY Threave House, a restored Scottishbaronial-style house with landscaped gardens and themed‘rooms’. Lunch available in the restaurant before continuingto Corsock House, a much loved family garden with gladesof woodland, exotic shrubs and huge rhododendrons.

FRIDAY 22 MAY Return to Carlisle with a visit toBroughton House in the small coastal fishing town ofKirkcudbright. Arrive Carlisle by 1 pm.

South West Scotland - Dumfries and GallowayGardens, Castles, Mountains, Coastal Scenery, Lochs and RiversDrumlanrig Castle, Logan Botanics, Castle Kennedy, ThreavePrivate Gardens of Corsock, Glenwhan and Dabton

Price per person: £690National Trust members: £678Single 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 toCarlisle on the West Coast Line!

From the Cally Palace Hotel, Gatehouse of Fleet

18 - 22 May 2015 (4 nights)


A new and different tour returning to the Northumberland and the Scottish East Coast to include the greathouses, gardens and islands. Wallington Hall, a 17th century mansion and much loved home of the Trevelyanfamily, with huge pre-Raphaelite paintings around a remarkable central hall. Manderston House an Edwardianmansion with sumptuous interiors and silver staircase. Dalmeny House a Gothic revival mansion close to theFirth of Forth containing an internationally renowned art collection. Lennoxlove House, the private home ofthe Duke of Hamilton with beautiful portraits, a rich history and several pieces belonging to Mary, Queen ofScots. Hopetoun House a place of outstanding natural beauty, a unique gem of Europe’s architectural heritageand 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, tothe smaller and more intimate, all very different but of equally high calibre with superb planting and a greattribute to the passion and hard work of their owners and head gardeners. In Northumberland the gardensinclude - 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 NorthBerwick and finally (weather permitting!) a boat out to view Bass Rock – the new large catamaran boat makingthis a much more comfortable journey! Finally, taking advantage of the tidal crossing times, a visit to HolyIsland and Lindisfarne Castle on the return to Morpeth.

This tour is five nights – with two nights in Northumberland at theMacdonald Linden Hall Hotel, near Morpeth, a beautiful location set itsown extensive private grounds, followed by three nights at theMacdonald Marine Hotel North Berwick with its lovely coastal position.Both hotels are four stars with excellent restaurants. Cars can be left atLinden Hall for the duration of the tour.

Check into the Linden Hall Hotel on SUNDAY 28 JUNE Drinks receptionand dinner.

MONDAY 29 JUNE Garden visits to Whalton Manor, Wallington Halland the small gardens of Herterton House and Bide-a-Wee.

TUESDAY 30 JUNE Checking out of Linden Hall a leisurely drive northvisiting the gardens at Lilburn Tower and Tyninghame Walled Gardenand a tour of Manderston House with a light lunch before arriving lateafternoon at The Marine Hotel North Berwick.

Northumberland and the ScottishEast Lothian CoastPrivate gardens, magnificent mansions, superb sceneryHopetoun House, Dalmeny House Wallington Hall, Holy Island

Price per person: £845Single 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

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


WEDNESDAY 1 JULY Morning guided tour of Dalmeny House followed by a visit to Hopetoun House, withtime to independently explore the house. Lunch can be purchased from the café. On the return to North Berwicka 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 tideboat trip to Bass Rock before or after a visit to gardens at Congalton House. If the boat does not run there willbe 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 Hall2pm or Morpeth Station 2.30 pm. It may be possible to stay an extra night at Linden Hall if required.

Longines Global Champions TourLate July/August 2015 (tbc)

Last summer saw the Longines GlobalChampions Tour bring the best showjumping to the heart of London, anequestrian competition that took placefor the first time in history on HorseGuards Parade. The world's Olympicmedal holders and top show jumpersreturned to compete at one of the RoyalParks most iconic spaces, a spectacularstage surrounded by Whitehall's historicbuildings.

The 2015 summer dates have yet to beconfirmed but we would ask you toregister your interest now for top pricedtickets for a full day of world-class showjumping and to stay for two nights in theluxury Cavendish Hotel St James’s – within10 minutes’ walk of Horse Guards


Spectacular scenery, wonderful heritage and the superb coastline are all part of this North Wales tour. Stay forfour nights on the Promenade overlooking the beautiful Bay of Llandudno at the St George’s Hotel, wheretraditional 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 themagnificent Snowdonia National Park - Caernarfon to Porthmadog. From here the Ffestiniog Railway travels afurther 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 plantcollections rising above the River Conwy. Plas Newydd, on the shores of the Menai Strait, Lord Anglesey’selegant home with its 1930s interiors and Rex Whistler’s paintings. Also near the Menai Bridge the hiddengardens 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 theprofits of Welsh slate and Jamaican sugar, housing one of the finest art collections in Wales. On a smaller scalein the Conwy Valley, Gwydir Castle with a listed garden is a fine example of a Tudor courtyard houseincorporating medieval material from a former abbey; again a remarkable tale of the owner’s quest to restore aWelsh castle to its original, authentic grandeur. A visit to the walled town of Conwy and a chance to explore thedark stoned fortress Conwy Castle, built by Edward I as one of the ‘iron ring’ of castles to contain the Welsh.

In Llandudno there is an evening concert in a church near thehotel given by the Llanddulas Male Voice Choir. Finallyexperience the Tramway to the summit of the Great Ormewith its superb coastal and mountain views.

MONDAY 8 JUNE Arrive and check into the hotel beforewelcome drink and dinner.

TUESDAY 9 JUNE Gwydir Castle, Bodnant Gardens (lunchcan be purchased in the restaurant) and afternoon visit toConwy. 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 picniclunch on board. Caernarfon – Porthmadog - BlaenauFfestiniog where the coach meets the train. Return toLlandudno stopping en route at Bodnant Welsh Farm Shop.

FRIDAY 12 JUNE Check out of the hotel before a morningtram ride up the Great Orne.

North Wales Castles and GardensWelsh Highland RailwayCaernarfon - Porthmadog - Blaenau FfestiniogPenrhyn Castle,Bodnant and Anglesey

Price per person: £676National Trust members: £659Single supplement: £25 (per night)Non-refundable deposit £120 pp

Extra nights may be possible at the hotel. Sea View rooms are available butsupplement 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 toLlandudno Junction from London Euston

From the St George’s Hotel Llandudno (4*)

8 - 12 June 2015 (4 nights)


This new Hampshire tour includes gardens that are only occasionally open for private tours. They are all verydifferent, have superb planting and are cleverly designed to give all year round interest. You will stay at theDonnington Grove Hotel and Country Club, a lovely converted private house set in 500 acres of grounds andlakes.

The gardens include: The Down House, a 3-acre garden created with a large potager and its own vineyardoverlooking the Itchen Valley. Nearby Dean House, Kilmeston, described as one of Hampshire’s well-keptsecrets. An outstanding garden with hugely long wisteria tunnel and a superb walled garden with numerousdifferent varieties of vegetables and countless individual plants. In the Test Valley two magical gardens: TheBuildings, a lovely garden on the downs overlooking Broughton, which has received rave reviews from thegardening press. The owners have used grasses to beautiful effect and the result is particularly good as aninspiration for a dry garden. Ordnance House, a completely new garden designed and planted in less thanthree 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 aguided tour of the lovely garden that he and his wife have created at Sandhill Farm. Then a very special visitand tour to an inspirational lady who has turned her field near Hinton Ampner into acres of scented gardenroses, herbs and other classic English flowers. The scent is intoxicating, colours mesmerising from the tunnelsof garden roses flanked by a vast array of classic flowers and foliage. Rosebie Morton now supplies flowersto major retail stores and Covent Garden.

Near Newbury two outstanding and beautiful gardens:Hazelby House – originally created by Martin Lane-Fox, witha total of 20 separate ‘garden rooms’ including a rosegarden, a white garden, herbaceous borders and aMediterranean garden. Finally West Woodhay with wideopen lawns reaching down to a series of lakes and aproductive walled kitchen garden.

MONDAY 15 JUNE Check into the hotel before welcomedrink and dinner.

TUESDAY 16 JUNE Depart by coach to visit Down House,Dean House (lunch included) and then the Rose Paddock.

WEDNESDAY 17 JUNE Visits to The Buildings, OrdnanceHouse, light lunch at Kimbridge Farm Shop on the River Testand afternoon visit to Sandhill Farm.

THURSDAY 18 JUNE Check out of the hotel, morningvisits to nearby Hazelby Manor and West Woodhay; returningto the hotel via Newbury station for departure.

Hampshire and BerkshireHidden GardensExclusive visits to private gardens

Price per person: £566 Single supplement: £30 per night (£90)Non-refundable deposit £120 pp

Tour includes: ✤ 3 nights dinner bed and breakfast at

hotel✤ 2 lunches and garden refreshments as

stated✤ All entries and guided tours✤ Executive Coaching /Heritage Touring

guide

(At present time the hotel has noavailability for extra nights on the 18thJune – this could change

From the Donnington Grove Hotel near Newbury

15 - 18 June 2015 (3 nights)

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Now in its fifth year, hidden deep in the Chalke Valley surrounded by someof the most beautiful countryside in Wiltshire, this very successful historyfestival has taken the country by storm. It is the largest festival dedicated tohistory, with a series of top-class literary events offering a unique blend oftalks, discussions & debates. Alongside, a vast living history of through-the-ages encampments and astunning warbird air show. It is a celebration of the past like no other. The Chalke Valley History Festival playshost 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 asIan 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 chooselectures in advance and you will have the chance to decide on six out of a possible eight which we will havereserved from the Festival highlights over this weekend. When published the programme will also be sent toyou 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 theSecond World War with displays by some of the very best re-enactors and historical interpreters in thecountry. Throughout the day there are also short historic aircraft displays. In one tent the BBC Historydepartment gives a view on their future historical programs and interviews with leading personalities.

Stay at the 4 star Mercure White Hart Hotel in Salisbury, adjacentto the Cathedral Close in the city centre. Arrive at the hotel onFRIDAY 26 JUNE in time to visit Salisbury Cathedral for thetimed entry (4 pm) for the new exhibition celebrating Magna Carta800. If you wish there is a Choral Evensong at 5.30 in theCathedral. Welcome drink, followed by dinner.

SATURDAY 27 AND SUNDAY 28 JUNE A coach will take youon both days to and from the Festival – the exact times to beconfirmed but returning in time for dinner in the hotel on bothevenings. There are a number of stalls offering locally producedfare for purchasing for lunch during the day.

MONDAY 29 JUNE Check out of the hotel before midday. Youmight like to visit the Turner Exhibition that next summer will be atthe Salisbury Museum in the Cathedral Close.

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.

✤ Heritage Touring guide

From the Mercure White Hart Hotel, Salisbury

26 - 29 June 2015 (3 nights)

The Daily Mail Chalke ValleyHistory Festival 2015Two days of literary and living history Set in the glorious Wiltshire downland



Hereford Cathedral provides an historic, exhilarating, uplifting and quintessentially English setting for threechoral and orchestral concerts that are part of the Three Choirs Festival. Top price tickets for a programmethat includes Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Three Choirs Festival Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestraconducted by Adrian Partington. The National Youth Orchestra of Wales performing Mahler’s epic SixthSymphony and Lutoslawski’s - Concerto for Orchestra, and finally Verdi’s Requiem conducted by GeraintBowen, 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 isa comfortable hotel with a certain amount of character and, although perhaps not our normal level of luxuryhotel, you are in the centre of Hereford within five minutes of the Cathedral and the heart of the Festival. Atime slot will also have been reserved for visiting a new exhibition celebrating the 800th anniversary of MagnaCarta (Hereford has its own copy a third edition of the 1215 Magna Carta, dating from 1217), also the MappaMundi and the Chained Library in Hereford Cathedral. You might like to attend Choral Evensong in theCathedral on Thursday or Friday and perhaps consider purchasing additional tickets for an evening cathedralconcert on Thursday – programme details below*.

Friday morning there will be an excursion to see the lovely timber framed lime-washed houses that can be foundin 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 ThomasHarley, with grounds that were the last to be created byCapability Brown Return to Hereford mid-afternoon in plentyof time before early dinner and the evening concert. (Dinneron Thursday and Friday provided by the Hereford Friends ofthe Three Choirs Festival).

WEDNESDAY 29 JULY: Check into the hotel, welcomedrink before dining in a local restaurant and the eveningconcert.

THURSDAY 30 JULY Cathedral visit for exhibition. Shortguided walking tour around Hereford. Afternoon concertgiven by National Youth Orchestra of Wales – Choralevensong.

FRIDAY 31 JULY Scenic tour by coach of villages and avisit to Berrington Court – lunch can be purchased here.Return mid-afternoon. Dinner before evening concert.

SATURDAY 1 AUGUST Check out of your rooms beforemidday.

Three Choirs Festival - Hereford CathedralThree Choral and Orchestral Cathedral ConcertsBerrington Court and the Black and White Villages

Price per person: £525No single supplements - single roomsDoubles for sole occupancy £10supplement per night

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 thecathedral (not included): works by MathiasLux Aeterna and Nielsen Hymnus Amoris -book later in the year direct with theFestival

From the Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford

29 July - 1st August 2015 (three nights)

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Longborough Festival Opera consistently offers high-quality country-house operatic performances withinthe intimate setting of a beautifully restored barn converted into a 480-seat opera house in the gloriousCotswold countryside with views across the Evenlode Valley. Enjoy an evening performance of Verdi’smasterpiece Rigoletto, a tragic tale of passion, revenge and sacrifice. Filled with drama and emotion, theopera features famous arias such as Caro Nome and La Donna e Mobile. Seats have been reserved in theraised stalls, front stalls or side boxes with a two course buffet dinner being served at reserved tables, undercover, during the interval.

There will be a private guided tour of Ragley Hall, a beautiful 17th century mansion and one of the earliest ofEngland’s great Palladian houses designed by Robert Hooke, set in 400 acres of landscaped parkland,

woodland and gardens. The elaborately plastered Great Hallby James Gibb in 1750 is one of the finest Baroque interiors,and the Red Saloon allegedly remains as it was decorated andfurnished by James Wyatt in 1780. The house has lovelyFrench and English furniture and paintings, and on the greatstaircase there is a stunning mural by Graham Rust,commissioned by the 8th Marquess of Hertford. There will bea private tour in the morning followed by refreshments andtime to see the gardens before returning to Stratford in timeto find lunch before departing for Longborough.

Stay for two nights at the Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotelin Stratford-upon-Avon next to the river and across thebridge from the town center. There will be an afternooncruise on the river before dinner in the hotel. Equally youmight consider booking tickets on Wednesday evening to seea performance of The Merchant of Venice at the RoyalShakespeare Theatre.

WEDNESDAY 15 JULY Arrive and check into your roomsfrom 2.30 pm. Meet at 4.30 to cross over to the river for aboat cruise finishing before 6 pm, after which there will be awelcome drink and dinner in the hotel.

THURSDAY 16 JULY Depart by coach for Ragley Hall.Guided tour with refreshments and visit the gardens. Returnto Stratford for short panoramic tour and time to find lunch.Depart for Longborough 5.15. The performance of Rigolettostarts at 6.30 and there is a 90 minute interval for dinner.

FRIDAY 17 JULY Check out of your rooms before midday.

Longborough Festival OperaRigoletto - Giuseppe VerdiPrivate Tour Ragley Hall, Cruise on the River Avon

Price per person: £455Single 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


From the Macdonald Alveston Manor Hotel, Stratford on Avon.

15 - 17 July 2015 (2 nights)


The Hay on Wye Festival continues to be the most sought afterliterary event not only for audiences but also for writers, comedians,musicians, past presidents, prime ministers and Governors of the Bankof England! The greatest names in the literary world gather togetheron the outskirts of this attractive small town, with its backdrop of hillsthat form part of the Brecon Beacons National Park. They share newvisions of the literary world with the hundreds of visitors who returnyear after year to an event that has its own unique atmosphere and isalways buzzing with anticipation and ideas. At this early stage wecannot be precise as to who will be taking part but we will purchasetickets for the highlights of the two days.

This weekend break includes two days at the Festival with tickets forsix literary events and the opportunity to attend other talks and activities. Hay is also known as Book Town, asit includes no less than 40 bookshops specialising in second-hand, antique and new books. To ensure enoughtime to enjoy both the little town of Hay and to attend the lectures, there will be an early dinner on bothevenings 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 comfortablehotel with a certain amount of character, chosen for its location within easy distance of Hay and with good railaccess 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 couldspend the afternoon visiting Hereford’s magnificent cathedraland the historic mediaeval Mappa Mundi or special Magna Cartaexhibition. Welcome drinks reception at 6.30 pm before dinnerin a local restaurant.

SATURDAY 23 AND SUNDAY 24 MAY Travel by coach toHay on Wye to enjoy the Festival and attend the various lectures.There is a regular mini-shuttle bus between the FestivalShowground and the town so you can explore at your leisurebefore an early set menu dinner on both evenings; the coachwill then return you to Hereford. Should you decide to bookevening lectures independently, there is normally a scheduledbus service that returns to Hereford later in the evening.

MONDAY 25 MAY Check out of your rooms beforedeparture.

The Hay on WyeLiterary Festival 2015Tickets for top events and time to explorethe ‘Town of Books’

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

From the Green Dragon Hotel, Hereford

22 - 25 May 2015 (3 nights)

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Again returning to North Yorkshire, enticed as always by the stunning moorland and coastal scenery and withstill more great houses and historic abbeys to visit. Staying at the luxury Gisborough Hall Hotel. Arrive onMONDAY 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 toGisborough, 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 thislate medieval manor house with Stuart and Georgian additions. The house was recently restored and thegardens are of 18th century design. Continue to Thorp Perrow for a private lunch in the dining room. A talkby 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 isunique to Britain, if not Europe, in that it was the creation of one man, Colonel Sir Leonard Ropner.

THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER A day to enjoy the superbscenery along the coast and across the moors. Scenic journeyto Whitby, where there will be a visit to the magnificentAbbey before continuing over the moors to have a light lunchin the attractive small village of Thornton-le-Dale. A privateafternoon visit to Hovingham Hall; the 18th century Palladianhouse was built by Thomas Worsley to his own design and isunique in being entered from an enormous Riding Schoolthrough a large arch in the village street. There are wonderfulvaulted ceilings on the ground floor and a superb collectionof pictures and furniture. Depart after touring on Thursday orstay the extra night and leave on Friday 11th September -most people do!

The Gisborough Hall Hotel, near Middlesbrough, privatelyowned but managed by Macdonald Hotels, was a Victorianancestral home but is now a four-star hotel with awardwinning restaurant and spectacular views of the ClevelandHills. This superb hotel has the atmosphere of staying in alarge private country house.

North Yorkshire Moors from Dales to CoastBeamish - The Living Museum of the NorthGreat Yorkshire Houses and Whitby Abbey Norton Conyers, Hovingham Halland Thorpe Perrow

Price per person: £580 (3 nights)With extra night Thurs 9 Sept £662Single 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 organisedfrom/to DARLINGTON mainline railwaystation (30 miles).

From the Gisborough Hall Hotel

7 - 10/11 September 2015 (3/4 nights)


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 HorseGuards 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 datesare never available until mid-February. We are delighted to be working with The English Garden magazine andthere 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 berepeated in 2016 – (these were fully booked in advance of brochure). I intend to return Normandy andperhaps the French Courson Flower Show in 2016.

New Year’s Eve at the Cavendish Hotel will berepeated (31 Dec 2015/2 Jan 2016)

Please let us know if you would like advanceinformation on any of the above or if you have anyother friends who might be interested in receivingour brochures or information by email. Do keeplooking at the website as additional tours are addedthroughout the year.

CharlotteCharlotte Strutt

Managing Director Heritage Touring

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The Goodwood Revival is a magical step back in time, a celebration of the halcyon days of motor racing as itused to be with all the accompanying spectacle and glamour of that era, with competitors and spectatorsalike dressed in period fashions. The only sporting event in the world set entirely to a period theme. GrandPrix, sports and GT cars thunder around the circuit while bands play music from the fifties, shops sell fish andchips wrapped in 1950’s newspaper, parades of Ford Cortina’s, aerobatics featuring Spitfires and AmericanMustangs and transport within the circuit provided by period vehicles - this occasion is the ultimate in anauthentic period experience!

To complement this event, what better way to travel? The British Pullman exudes an aura of elegance andbeauty; originally conceived as ‘Palaces on Wheels’, each lavishly appointed carriage is an original masterpiecefrom 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 brassfittings set the scene for your dalliance with the golden age ofluxury rail travel. Luxury dining and a world of indulgence.

Departing Saturday from London Victoria - Brunch with Belliniserved on your outward journey. On arrival at Chichester, coachestransfer you to Goodwood. You have a reserved coveredGrandstand seat in the Woodcote Stand and are free to enjoy theday at your leisure. You can view the activities of the Paddock areafrom its perimeter and enjoy the racing from your reserved seat, aswell as browse around the shopping and exhibition areaspecialising in automobilia, books, magazines and illustrations.Then re-join the coach for departure at 6.00pm to transfer back toChichester where you board the train for the return journey toLondon with a glass of chilled champagne and a delicious fourcourse dinner with wine.

As this is an early morning departure and late return to London, tomake this a weekend to really relax and remember, two nights areincluded at the Cavendish Hotel St James’s in the heart ofLondon’s Mayfair. Enjoy a Friday evening in London, taxis will bebooked to take you to the station for 8.00am on Saturday andagain to meet you on the return around 9.15pm – final timings stillto be confirmed.

Travel in style and luxury from LondonThe British Pullman Carriages of the Orient ExpressThe Goodwood RevivalSaturday Grandstand Seats in the Woodcote StandRelax and stay a night either side inThe Cavendish Hotel, St James’s

Price per person: £689Single 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 walkfrom the coach park into the circuit).** There is a very small possibilitythat this event could be the followingweekend - Goodwood has to wait onthe Grand Prix dates which are notset until early Spring

Friday 11 - Sunday 13 September 2015 **

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