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Capital cities can be overwhelming at times. Often you can learn more about a country by leaving the city limits and following the road. Our Stonehenge tour from London take the historic sights of Windsor, Bath, and of course, Stonehenge. A day tour will bring you through the historical English landscape accompanied by our expert guides. With our planning expertise, we will make sure that you get to spend some quality time in each of these quite different locations.
Royal Windsor
First, you’ll meet your tour leader at Gloucester Road Tube Station and climb aboard our relaxing private coach. Leaving the city behind you’ll soon get close to Windsor. On route, your tour leader will fill you in on the importance of this boundary town which marked the entry to London for so long. Once you arrive at the quaint English town, you'll have ample free time to purchase tickets to Windsor Castle or peruse the charming, rustic town at your own pace, stopping to enjoy the typical black and white Tudor houses which look like they stepped out of a Shakespeare play.
Roman Baths and Romance
Your next stop will be Bath, where you’ll learn about its Roman connections. Enjoy a leisurely stroll through this delightful town, best known for it's thermal spas. You’ll stroll through the same charming streets that Jane Austen walked in the 19th century as she dreamed up her ground-breaking novels such as Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. You also have free time in Bath so you can visit the spas or the Jane Austen Museum. You may just like to browse through the artisan shops and cafes of the town. Whichever you choose to do you’ll have time to relax before heading off again.
Stone-Age Stonehenge
Leaving Bath, your coach will power through the endless rolling fields of the English countryside to the sacred site of Stonehenge. This stone age circle which was built millennia before Christ has a newly opened visitor center full of fascinating facts and discoveries which shed light on the prehistoric people who lived here. Here you can buy tickets for an audio-guided tour of the site. This comprehensive and inexpensive audio-guide is the best way to understand these megalithic marvels. Jump aboard one of the center's shuttles which will take you to stand among the standing stones which still raise so many questions. Throughout the experience your audio-guide will enthrall you with tales of the many contradictory theories about how the circle was built, what it was used for and what it can tell us about English life today.
From the beginning of the day, you will be shown an England that still exists outside the cosmopolitan hub that is London. This is an England of royal patronage, ritual sites and romantic genius that made a huge impact on the world. Returning to London on your comfortable coach you will hopefully understand some more about the fascinating drives for power which came out of this small island.
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