DATE 2009	DESTINATION	ADULT
Monday 3 August	CASTLES & GARDENS OF KENT (5 days/4 nights) - See below	£295.00
Wednesday 5 August	Sidmouth Folk Festival	£12.00
Saturday 8 August	Buckingham Palace – Royal Day Out & Changing of the Guards (1100hrs) – A Royal Day Out includes a visit to the State Rooms, The Royal mews and the Queen's Gallery to create a memorable day out.  Seniors or Students with a valid ID - £58.00*	£60.00*
Sunday 16 August	Fowey Regatta- The Royal Regatta is held every August & is one of Britain’s premier sailing events. However, not all the action takes place on the water; there’s plenty to keep landlubbers entertained, from children’s entertainment to the Red Arrows. Most of these events are free, & for those that it is necessary to charge for, the price is not inhibitive.	£12.00
Bank Holiday Monday 24 August	Wadebridge Festival – A small, friendly folk festival set in the heart of North Cornwall in the town of Wadebridge in the beautiful Camel Valley. It’s a unique family event that has drawn musicians & singers from all over the world and all traditions. The festival is a wonderful way to experience the Cornish – Celtic atmosphere & to enjoy an array of superb music.	£12.00
Saturday 29 August	Longleat - including passport which includes 11 amazing attractions	£35.00*
August - Date to be confirmed when sailing times are available.	Lundy Island - Inclusive of ferry. Lundy lies off the coast of North Devon, where the Atlantic ocean meets the Bristol Channel with nothing between it and America; outcrop, three and a half miles long and half a mile wide. In the hubbub of the modern world it is a place apart, peaceful and unspoilt. Depart from Bideford or Ilfracombe.	£47.50*
CASTLES & GARDENS OF KENT
MONDAY 3 AUGUST – FRIDAY 7 AUGUST 2009
£295.00 per person;
No Single Room Supplement for the first 5 booked thereafter - £72.00
Day1:  Arrive in Kent, the ‘Garden of England’ taking in the beautiful countryside en route to your hotel.  You will be staying at the Ramada Hotel & Resort, Maidstone for 4 nights, 5 days –set in its own landscape gardens with extensive indoor and outdoor facilities, including indoor swimming pool, sauna and a solarium, Restaurant and Ricks Bar and Grill. All rooms en suite, tea/coffee making facilities, trouser press, remote control TV and room service.
This county boasts a number of picturesque villages and town and has more castles, stately homes and gardens open to the public than any other region in Britain
Day 2: Visit the ‘Loveliest Castle in the World’ Leeds Castle. Enjoy the various attractions within 500 acres of glorious grounds surrounding the castle and its moat such as the aviary (home to over 100 species of endangered birds), the flowers and foliage abound in the formal gardens, the Culpeper and the Lady Baillie Garden. Finally, the maze with its secret underground grotto provides a challenging half hour (or more!).
This afternoon visit one of England’s most famous and most romantic gardens, Sissinghurst, a sixteenth century tower, and other buildings, with the most famous twentieth century garden in England. The garden was made on the site of a medieval manor and some structures survive. The historical importance of Sissinghurst comes from its role in transmitting Gertrude Jekyll’s design philosophy to a host of visitors.
Day 3: Visit the popular spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The heart of the original town is the colonnaded and paved tree-lined promenades, names ‘The Pantiles’ after the original square tiles. They were laid out in the 1700’s and now house pleasant restaurants and shops.
Penhurst Place lies just outside Tunbridge Wells. Penhurst’s splendour is the 11-acre formal garden which was one of the first to be restored, in the 1860s, to its ‘Old English’ style using Kip’s engraving (c1700) for guidance. A second restoration began in the 1970s. The gardens have a series of rectangular enclosures treated in different ways. There is a box parterre, an orchard, a rose garden and borders designed by Lanning Roper.
Day 4: Virginia Woolf once said of our destination today, ‘there is no lovelier place in the world… and I have seen Venice too.’ Made famous by Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and dominated by its Norman cathedral, the city of Canterbury has with its many ancient buildings, shops, bars and restaurants, retained both an old world charm and a cosmopolitan vitality. Canterbury still welcomes pilgrims from all corners of the globe, who flock to England’s most famous cathedral city.
A visit to Canterbury would not be complete without fascinating guided tour of the beautiful Cathedral. See the 11th century wall paintings, the spots where St Thomas Becket was slain and where his shrine once stood and learn about the contrasting styles of architecture which make up the fabulous Cathedral.
Day 5: After a hearty breakfast, bid farewell to Kent and we will begin you journey home with comfort stops en route.
Price Includes:
4 night’s dinner, bed & breakfast
Coach Travel
Entrance to:	Leeds Castle
	Sissinghurst Gardens
	Penshurst Gardens
	Canterbury Cathedral
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