Join us for a fascinating five day tour of the Historic houses and Heritage of Sussex and Kent departing on 8th October 2026.

We stay four nights on a half board basis at the 4* Hydro Hotel in Eastbourne (www.hydrohotel.com). Facilities at the hotel include a restaurant, bar and an outdoor heated swimming pool. All rooms are en suite and feature a hairdryer, television, telephone, an in-room safe, and tea & coffee making facilities.

Features

• 4* central Eastbourne hotel

• Half board accommodation

• All excursion travel & guided tours included

• Entrance fees to non-National Trust properties included

• Blue Badge guide on Days 2 to 4

• Executive coach throughout

• Audio headsets included on Days 2 to 4

What we will see

• Polesden Lacey

• Herstmonceux Castle & Gardens

• Bateman’s

• Sheffield Park & Garden

• Standen House & Gardens

• Brighton Pavilion – guided tour

• Charleston House

• Chartwell

Cost per person £884 plus single room supplement and travel insurance if required.

Please Note

To secure your place, a completed Booking form with £100 non refundable deposite must be given to Maureen Harris either at the lectures of via Bank transfer. Please see Maureen for further details. 

Further details are available from Tailored Travel on their website using the link below.

https://www.tailored-travel.co.uk/haveringartssociety_kent_2026 

Six days from £1599

What we will see:

• Orientation tour of Madrid
• Museo del Prado
• Royal Palace
• Guided walking tour of Toledo
• Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
• Avila
• Guided walking tour of Salamanca
• Segovia

Please contact Maureen Harris on 07747 793787 or email to maureen.a.harris@gmail.com

For full brochure please click on tab  "Our Society" then "Documents"

Information and brochure available from following the link below:

https://www.tailored-travel.co.uk/haveringartssociety_northwales_2024

Please contact Maureen Harris to book this tour

Featuring

Half board accommodation

A full programme of included excursions & guided tours

Entrance fees to non-National Trust properties included

Train excursion on Day 3 included

Blue Badge guide included on Days 2 to 4

Executive coach throughout

Attingham Park

Bodnant Gardens

Plas Newydd Country House & Gardens

Portmeirion

Ffestiniog Narrow Gauge Railway

Caernarfon Castle

Llanberris

Conwy Castle

Plas Mawr

Powis Castle & Garden

ITINERY

Day 1

We depart in our private executive coach from our designated pick up points. En route to our hotel we visit the National Trust’s Attingham Park in Shropshire. This elegant 18th century mansion was the ancestral home of the Berwick family for over 160 years. Each generation has left its unique mark on the house which vividly recalls the England of Jane Austen. This huge mansion is set in a magnificent deer park, artfully landscaped by Repton. One of the greatest country houses in Shropshire, it contains important collections of Regency furniture, Grand Tour paintings and ambassadorial silver. We continue to the 3* Celtic Royal Hotel at Caernarfon for a four night stay on half board basis.

Day 2

Our Blue Badge guide meets us at our hotel this morning and accompanies us throughout the day. The 80 acre National Trust property at Bodnant Gardens is our destination this morning. Located above the River Conwy the gardens feature huge Italianate terraces and stunning views across Snowdonia. This afternoon we visit the National Trust’s Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens. Associated with the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, who commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo, Plas Newydd is a beautiful 18th century country house with spectacular views across the Menai Strait to Snowdonia.

Day 3

We visit Portmeirion where we have free time to explore and relax in this charming Welsh village. We then enjoy an included scenic one way excursion on the Festiniog Narrow Gauge Railway from Porthmadog Station to Blaenau Ffestiniog. The rest of the day is at leisure in Caenarfon, or you may choose to accompany our Blue Badge guide on a visit to Caernarfon Castle. Begun in 1283 as the definitive chapter in Edward I’s conquest of Wales, Caernarfon was constructed not only as a military stronghold but also as a seat of government and royal palace.

Day 4

This morning there is an optional excursion on the Snowdon Mountain Railway, Britain’s only rack and pinion railway. If you choose not to partake in the optional railway excursion, the morning is at leisure in Llanberris, and on an individual basis you may choose to visit the National Slate Museum. We continue with our Blue Badge guide to Conwy Castle, completed in 1287 and one of Edward I’s chain of Welsh fortresses. We then visit Plas Mawr, the finest surviving Elizabethan town house anywhere in Britain. Robert Wynn, third son of a local landowner, bought this mansion house in Conwy for £200, and between 1576 and 1585, turned it into a celebration of his life, times and wealth.

Day 5

After checking out of our hotel and before returning home we visit the National Trust’s Powis Castle and Garden. Laid out under the influence of Italian and French styles, this world famous garden retains its original lead statues, and the medieval castle contains one of the finest collections of paintings and furniture in Wales. Taking carefully selected comfort stops en route we return back to our original pick up points.

6 days from £1,339

4*Hotel

We stay five nights at the 4* Azimut Hotel in St Petersburg (www.azimuthotels.com). Facilities at the hotel include a bar and restaurant, and all rooms are ensuite and feature television, hairdryer, and an in room safe. Dinner is included in our hotel on the first evening, and at a carefully selected local restaurant on our last night. The remaining three nights are on a bed and breakfast basis.

What we will see

Full day guided tour of St Petersburg

Cruise on the River Neva

Fabergé Museum

The Hermitage - guided tour

Pavlosk Palace

Pushkin – Catherine Palace & Alexander Palace

Russian Museum - guided tour

Peter & Paul Fortress

St Peter & St Paul Cathedral

Peterhof

Features

All excursions, entrance fees & guided tours included

Two dinners included

Direct scheduled British Airways flights from Heathrow

Return UK airport coach transfers

Professional local guide

Executive coach throughout

Audio headsets included on Days 2 to 5

Extra cost

Insurance £44

Single room supplement £199

Visa fee (approximately £120 per person)

Gratuities

Itinerary

For full itinerary please click here

5 days from £589  Departs 17th September 2017
 

Price Includes

4* hotel - Glynn Hill Hotel on half board basis near Glasgow

Half board accommodation

All excursions & guided tours included

Entrance fees to Dumfries House & Royal Yacht Britannia included

Blue Badge guide on Days 2 to 4

Executive coach throughout

Included Loch Lomond Cruise on Day 4

Dumfries House – guided tour & tea or coffee & shortbread included (entrance fee included)

Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum – guided tour

House for an Art Lover

National Gallery of Scotland – guided tour

Royal Yacht Britannia – audio tour (entrance fee included)

Tarbet

Cruise on Loch Lomond

Hill House

St Mungo’s Cathedral

Mackintosh House

Hunterian Gallery

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http://www.tailored-travel.co.uk/Haveringdfas_glasgow_2017
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Day 1 - UK to Dresden

Scheduled flight to Berlin  -  transfer with our guide in our private executive coach to the 4* Am Terrassenufer Hotel - dinner in our hotel.

Day 2 - Dresden & New Green Vault

Guided tour of Dresden taking in sights such as Semper Opera House, the Cathedral and a visit to the reconstructed Frauenkirche - guided tour of the Royal Palace and the New Green Vault with its collection of fine silver and jewellery.

Day 3 - Pillnitz Castle and Gardens, Saxony Switzerland & River Elbe cruise

Guided tour of the Chinese style Pillnitz Castle and Gardens, lying picturesquely on the banks of the River Elbe and with flying buttresses and chimneys ornamented with crowns - panoramic tour through the deeply cut Elbe Valley known as Saxony Switzerland taking in sights such as the Bastei Rocks and Königstein Fortress - paddle steamer cruise along the River Elbe from Königstein to Pirna to view the splendour of the Saxony Alps from a different perspective - optional tour and tasting at a carefully selected vineyard en route back to the hotel.

Day 4 - Zwinger Palace

Guided tour of the Old Masters Picture Gallery in the Zwinger Palace, the old fortress of Dresden, introducing us to works by Rubens, Canaletto, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt and Vermeer, as well as a wonderful Mei βen porcelain gallery.

Day 5 - Meißen Porcelain Museum

Guided tour of the Meißen Porcelain Museum gives an insight into the production process at this world renowned manufacturer - time at leisure in Meißen where you may choose to visit Albrechtsburg Castle or the Gothic cathedral - transfer to Berlin Airport for our scheduled flight home.

* Accommodation We stay five nights on a room only basis at the first class Park Central Hotel (www.parkcentralny.com ) on Seventh Avenue ( sixth night is an overnight flight back to the UK). The hotel is across the street from Carnegie Hall and just a few steps from the Museum of Modern Art, the Rockefeller Centre and Central Park. All rooms have en-suite facilities and the hotel has both a bistro style restaurant and an atmospheric cocktail bar. * Extras to your tour • Single room supplement Single room supplement £399 ( high rates feature of New York cannot be avoided) • Insurance from £69 • Gratuities • ESTA Visa ( currently $14 per person see www.cbp.gov/esta for details) To book please see Brenda Brooks at our next lecture or contact us via this website.