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UK & Ireland Dream Tour

Trip Overview

Explore the best of England, Scotland and Wales on this tour of Great Britain. Revel in the rich history of Bath, Cambridge, York and Edinburgh. Discover Stonehenge, see Shakespeare’s hometown and enjoy intriguing city tours. Admire the enchanting views of the Scottish Highlands and the English Lake District. Tuck into hearty cuisine while travelling – the best Great Britain tours and holiday packages include whisky tasting and a traditional Sunday roast! This Great Britain tour is filled with uniquely British travel experiences. Get ready to enjoy one of our top Britain tours!

About This Tour

Tower London (Entry Ticket)
The Tower of London is one of the city’s most iconic landmarks, situated on the north bank of the River Thames. It’s also perhaps the one with the bloodiest history. Nowadays, this medieval castle is home to the Crown Jewels and its protectors, the Yeoman Warders – commonly known as the Beefeaters.

Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is a 127-year-old Grade I listed combined bascule and suspension bridge in London. The bridge was constructed to ensure better access to the East End of London. Built over a course of 8 years, between 1886 and 1894, the Tower Bridge is one of London’s most popular attractions, it was the most sophisticated bascule bridge in the world.

St Dunstan in the East Church Garden
This historic church gives you the chance to get away from the hustle and bustle of London and into a quiet, tranquil atmosphere. One where history stands still. The Church of St Dunstan was originally built around 1100 and is a Grade I listed building. A new south aisle was added in 1391 and was repaired in 1631. It was severely damaged in 1666 by the Great Fire of London.

Sky Garden (Pre booking)
The Sky Garden viewing gallery on the 43rd floor of the Walkie Talkie offers panoramic views over London from their foliage-filled atrium. With floor-to-ceiling glass windows, this lush urban jungle provides fantastic views of the famous rooftops of London, with an open-air terrace providing views across the Thames.

Leadenhall Market
Leadenhall Market is a thriving Victorian covered retail centre with a wide range of goods on sale. Its cobbled walkways and glass roof make it an attractive place to shop, eat and drink or simply to relax. Leadenhall Market has a magical history dating back to the 14th Century, making it one of the oldest markets in London.

Gherkins
Formally known as 30 St Mary Axe, the building has become better known by its colloquial name “The Gherkin,” which comes from its shape being similar to a gherkin fruit. London’s first ecological tall building this headquarters designed for Swiss Re is rooted in a radical approach.

Borough Market
Borough Market has a history spanning over a millennium and is widely considered London’s oldest retail and wholesale food market. It’s been operating at its current site since 1756. With over 100 stalls covering about 4.5 acres, Borough Market is also one of the largest food markets in the capital.

St. Pauls Cathedral (Entry Ticket)
St. Paul’s Cathedral is a 17th-century Baroque structure that is arguably the most iconic landmark in London. It is the most recognised work in the career of Britain’s most famous architect, Sir Christopher Wren. The cathedral sits on London’s highest point, Ludgate Hill, overlooking the rest of the otherwise flat city.

Millennium Bridge
The Millennium Footbridge is a 325m long suspension bridge which crosses the River Thames. The design was chosen through open competition and was won by Foster & Partners and Sir Anthony Caro with Arup. It was London’s first new pedestrian bridge for over a century.

London Eye
The London Eye is one of the world’s tallest Ferris wheels, or cantilevered observation wheels, and one of the highest observation decks in the English capital. The London Eye was designed and constructed to commemorate the turn of the millennium.

Big Ben & Houses of Parliament
Big Ben is one of England’s best-known landmarks. Some believe it got its name from Sir Benjamin Hall, famous for its accuracy and for its massive bell. Strictly speaking, the name refers only to the great hour bell, but it is commonly associated with the entire clock tower at the northern end of the Houses of Parliament.

Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus is a busy square in the heart of London. It is famous for the fountain that was installed here at the end of the nineteenth century and for the neon advertising that turned the square into a miniature version of Times Square.

Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is a famous public square in the West End of London, England. It is located in the City of Westminster. The square was originally named after the Battle of Trafalgar, a British naval victory in 1805. The name was later applied to the area that surrounds the square and it has been used as a meeting place and social space since then.

Horse Guard
Horse Guards is official ceremonial entrance to St James’s and Buckingham Palace and headquarters to the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment who provide troops for The Queen’s Life Guard. Horse Guards is named after the troops who have mounted The King’s Life Guard here since the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660.

Buckingham Palace
James’s Park and the Tudors. In 1532, King Henry VIII added St. James’s to his royal collection of deer parks, fenced it off to the general public, and built the hunting lodge that would become the Palace of St James’s. The park was a Tudor playground for jousting, fetes, and festivals.

Covent Garden
It sits at the very heart of Covent Garden and is inside the iconic market building that is associated with the area. It is one of the most popular tourist areas in the whole of London and the market offers the opportunity to soak up the local atmosphere and to pick up a few treats for yourself or some souvenirs to bring home for your friends and family.

Westminster Abbey (Entry Ticket)
This magnificent and world-famous building is England’s most important church and has been the site of every coronation since that of William The Conqueror in 1066. The Abbey has also been the site of royal weddings. It is arguably most famous among visitors for its interred.

Kensington Palace Garden
Kensington Palace is the birthplace of Queen Victoria and home to young royals for over 300 years. Walk in the footsteps of royalty in Victoria’s re-imagined childhood rooms, the magnificent King’s State Apartments and the famous Sunken Garden.

Hyde Park (Serpentine Lake)
The Serpentine is a 40-acre recreational lake in Hyde Park, London, England, created in 1730 at the behest of Queen Caroline. It is separated from Kensington Gardens by the gently curving Serpentine lake, created when the River Westbourne was dammed in the 1730s.

Portobello Market (Notting hill)
Portobello is home to one of the most famous and historical street markets in the world and from that a rich community of diversity and culture which offers a truly unique and special visit every time. Come to explore, people watch, find bargain, and grab a bite to eat with friends and family.

Abbey Road Studio (Beatle’s Walk)
Abbey Road is a thoroughfare in the borough of Camden and the City of Westminster in Greater London running roughly northwest to southeast through St John’s Wood near Lord’s Cricket Ground.

Harrods
Harrods is a British luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England. The present Harrods building, constructed in 1905, houses roughly 300 departments, 20 restaurants, a bank, and a beauty salon. Although the store still sells gourmet food items, its emphasis is on high-fashion clothing.

Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. It is notable for its
long association with the English and later British royal family and for its architecture. It is the oldest
and largest occupied castle in the world.

Stonehenge is one of the best-known ancient monuments in the world. Although its exact purpose
remains a mystery, this magnificent monument was created in the Neolithic period with banks,
ditches and iconic standing stones aligned to mark the passage of the sun and the changing seasons
at the solstices.

A designated UNESCO World Heritage Site filled with gorgeous Georgian architecture and the famous
Roman Baths, Bath Abbey & romantic Pulteney Bridge that gave the city its name

Gloucestershire’s most famous film location, the cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral were
transformed into the hallowed corridors of Hogwarts for the filming of Harry Potter and the
Philosopher’s Stone, The Chamber of Secrets and The Half Blood Prince. It also provided an
atmospheric setting for the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas special, The Next Doctor, parts of BBC
Shakespeare series The Hollow Crown, and more recently Damian Lewis’s Wolf Hall and Sherlock
starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman

Stratford-upon-Avon is the town where William Shakespeare was born and is buried. Every year, millions of people celebrate his life and work by visiting the town. You’ll find Shakespeare’s home town in the heart of England, on the banks of the river Avon.

Liverpool punches above its weight in terms of culture. Music luminaries The Beatles are the city’s
most famous sons, while the red and blue sides of the football divide in the town have both had their
time as champions of England and Europe.

Llandudno – One of North Wales’s premier tourist attractions and elegant Victorian pier lined with seaside novelties and food stall. It is also a Grade II* listed pier in the seaside resort of Llandudno, North Wales, United Kingdom

One of Britain’s best-preserved medieval towns. Conwy is a true one-off. Well-preserved ancient walls, the most intact in Europe, enclose a town of narrow cobbled streets, nooks and crannies chock-full of historic buildings.

Snowdonia (Eryri) National Park is famous for being home to Wales’ highest mountain, Mount Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa), and for its dramatic, glaciated mountain landscape with numerous peaks and valleys. It is a hub for outdoor enthusiasts who enjoy hiking and biking, and is also known for its rich cultural heritage, including traditional Welsh language and communities, and historic sites like slate quarries and castles.

Durham Cathedral is a Norman building constructed between 1093 and 1133 in the Romanesque
style. commonly known as home of the Shrine of St Cuthbert, film location for Hogwarts in Harry
Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone & Avengers Infinity Wars.

Angel of North a steel sculpture of an angel with outstretched wings, created in 1998 by British
sculptor Antony Gormley, which stands on a hilltop outside Gateshead, NE England. It stands 20 m
(85 ft) high and has a wingspan of 54 m (175 ft)

Edinburgh is famous for its historic Old and New Towns, which are both UNESCO World Heritage Sites, alongside its dramatic landscape dominated by Edinburgh Castle. The city is a cultural hub, renowned for the Edinburgh Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival, and is also known for its striking architecture, cobbled streets, and underground vaults.

The Palace of Holyrood house, commonly referred to as Holyrood Palace or Holyrood house, is the official residence of the British monarch in Scotland

Calton Hill is one of Edinburgh’s main hills, set right in the city centre. It is unmistakable with its Athenian acropolis poking above the skyline. resident to some iconic Scottish monuments and buildings. Top of the hill address

Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh. The buildings inside the fortress including St Margaret’s Chapel, The Great Hall, Scottish War Memorial, stone of destiny and the National War Museum, the Scottish Crown Jewels.

Princess Garden (Edinburgh Castle Viewing Point) – Princes Street Gardens are two adjacent public parks in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland, lying in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle.

Scott monument – The Scott Monument is the world’s second largest monument to a writer. It dominates the Edinburgh panorama. After Scott’s death in 1832, funds were raised by the architect William Burn and his patron the Duke.

Fettes College – Fettes College is a co-educational private boarding and day school in Craigleith. It inspired J.K. Rowling for the description of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Dean Village – At the heart of the village is Well Court, the most iconic building in the village. This building was built in the 1880s and housed local workers who worked at the water mills.

National Galleries of Scotland: Modern One – The Scottish National Gallery has a notable collection of works by Scottish artists, including several landscapes by Alexander Nasmyth, and several works by Sir Henry Raeburn.

Forth Bridge – The Forth Bridge is a celebrated Scottish landmark, and a milestone in the development of railway civil engineering. It was the first major structure in Britain to be made of steel.

Royal Mile is at the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town. The Royal Mile is the busiest tourist street in the Old Town, rivalled only by Princes Street in the New Town.

Whisky Experience (Optional tour)

The Hub – is a public arts and events building in the centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. Located at the top of the Royal Mile

St. Giles Cathedral also known as the High Kirk of Edinburgh, has been one of Edinburgh’s religious focal points for approximately 900 years. Avengers infinity film

The bake potato shop & Leila Shop (Avengers Infinity film location)

National Museum of Scotland – collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum, with collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures

Bobby Greyfriars – was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-century Edinburgh for spending 14 years guarding the grave of his owner until he died himself on 14 January 1872

Elephant House – Author J.K. Rowling ,had her first book published while she was writing in the back room overlooking Edinburgh Castle, making The Elephant House the “birthplace” of the series of Harry Potter novels.

Victoria Street – Victoria Street is a steep street of cobbles, which winds up from the Grassmarket to George IV Bridge, near the Royal Mile. With its unusual shape and collection of quirky shops, its often said to be the idea behind Diagon Alley in the Harry Potter series.

Balmoral remains the private property of the monarch and is not part of the Crown Estate. It was the summer residence of Queen Elizabeth II, who died there on 8 September 2022. The castle is an example of Scottish baronial architecture, and is classified by Historic Environment Scotland as a category A listed building.

The Cairngorms are famous for being the UK’s largest National Park, known for their spectacular mountain landscapes, unique arctic-like alpine habitats, abundant and rare wildlife (including a quarter of the UK’s endangered species)

Inverness is famous as the Capital of the Highlands, a gateway to Scotland’s dramatic landscapes and the Loch Ness Monster. It is known for its proximity to Culloden Battlefield, a significant site in Scottish history, and its connection to Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Urquhart” is famous because of three key things: Urquhart Castle, a historic Scottish ruin on Loch Ness; Sir Thomas Urquhart, a 17th-century author known for his vivid translation of Rabelais; and for the name itself being associated with famous fictional characters, like the antihero in the UK’s House of Cards.

Fort William is famous as the “Outdoor Capital of the UK,” a premier destination for activities like hiking, climbing, and mountain biking at the foot of Ben Nevis, the UK’s highest mountain. It’s also a hub for mountain biking, having hosted the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, and is a popular tourist base for exploring the Scottish Highlands.

Glencoe is famous for two contrasting reasons: its breathtaking, dramatic natural scenery and the tragic history of the Glencoe Massacre in 1692. The Scottish glen features towering peaks and rugged landscapes that attract hikers, photographers, and filmmakers, while the historical site is known for the betrayal and murder of the MacDonald clan by government troops.

Glasgow is famous for its vibrant arts and music scene, historic Victorian architecture, and as a UNESCO City of Music. It’s a city known for its friendly people, major museums and galleries like the Kelvingrove Art Gallery, and a rich industrial heritage, particularly in shipbuilding. Glasgow also boasts significant cultural attractions, including the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow Cathedral, alongside a celebrated food and drink scene.

Belfast is famous for being the birthplace of the RMS Titanic, the site of the Harland & Wolff shipyards where it was built, and home to the award-winning Titanic Belfast museum. The city also has a rich, yet often turbulent, history linked to the “Troubles,” marked by sectarian conflict. Today, Belfast is also known for its vibrant cultural scene, including live music, street art, traditional pubs in the Cathedral Quarter, and the bustling St. George’s Market.

Titanic Belfast Museum:
This world-class museum provides an immersive experience into the ship’s history and is a major attraction.

The Dark Hedges became famous for being an unusually beautiful, natural tunnel of interlocked beech trees, which created a mystical atmosphere. Its fame was amplified when it was used as a filming location in HBO’s Game of Thrones for the King’s Road, making it a world-renowned tourist destination for fans of the show and photographers alike.

The Giant’s Causeway is famous for its thousands of unique, interlocking, hexagonal basalt columns, a stunning geological formation created by volcanic activity over 50 million years ago, which has also inspired the legend of the Irish giant Finn McCool. Designated as Northern Ireland’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site, its geological significance, striking appearance, and rich folklore make it a globally recognized natural wonder.

Dunluce Castle is famous for its dramatic cliff-top location on the Antrim coast, its historical significance as a stronghold of the McDonnell clan, its appearance in the TV series Game of Thrones as the House of Greyjoy’s Castle of Pyke, and for being a possible inspiration for C.S. Lewis’s Castle of Cair Paravel in The Chronicles of Narnia.

Ballina is famous for two main, distinct reasons: the Irish town is internationally known as the “Salmon Capital of Ireland” for world-class salmon fishing on the River Moy and the annual Ballina Salmon Festival. In contrast, the coastal town of Ballina in New South Wales, Australia, is famous for its beaches, surfing, and the iconic “Big Prawn” landmark, offering a relaxed seaside experience.

Galway is famous for its vibrant cultural scene, hosting numerous festivals like the Galway International Arts Festival and the Galway Races, its rich tradition of Irish music, its lively atmosphere in pubs and on the streets, its historic “City of Tribes” nickname, and its beautiful location on Ireland’s west coast, near the Wild Atlantic Way and the Aran Islands.

The Cliffs of Moher are famous for their spectacular natural beauty, dramatic 702-foot-high cliffs, and diverse seabird colonies, making them a top natural attraction in Ireland. They are a popular tourist destination featured in films and literature and are a must-see destination for their scenic views and connection to Ireland’s cultural and natural heritage.

Adare is famous for its picturesque beauty, thatched cottages, and the magnificent Adare Manor Hotel & Golf Resort, while Limerick is known as a historic city, a Treaty City, and as the birthplace of the unique Limerick Soviet. Adare is a designated Heritage Town that offers charming medieval buildings, while Limerick is a major city in Ireland known for its strategic location and significant historical events.

Dunmore Head is famous for being Ireland’s most westerly point on the mainland, offering stunning coastal landscapes with dramatic cliffs, waves, and views of the Blasket Islands, a picturesque Ogham stone, and its appearance as a filming location in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It is a popular destination for hiking, photography, and experiencing the raw natural beauty of the Wild Atlantic Way.

The beehive hut is famous for its unique drystone architecture, representing a fascinating link to Ireland’s early Christian monastic history and the impressive craftsmanship of ancient builders. These structures are found in picturesque, historic settings like the Dingle Peninsula and Skellig Michael, attracting tourists with their blend of historical significance, beautiful natural landscapes.

The Gallarus Oratory is famous because it’s the best-preserved and one of only a few surviving examples of an early Christian dry-stone corbelled church in Ireland, featuring a unique, mortarless, boat-like design that has remained intact and waterproof for over a thousand years.

Inch Beach is famous because it is a beautiful and iconic location featured in Hollywood movies like Ryan’s Daughter, a popular destination for surfing and water sports due to its prime Atlantic exposure and wide sandy shores, and a significant natural landscape with a protected dune system that is a Blue Flag beach.

Blarney Castle is famous primarily for the legendary Blarney Stone, a rock at the top of the castle that, when kissed, is said to grant the kisser the “Gift of the Gab,” meaning eloquence and the ability to flatter. The castle’s historical significance, built by Cormac MacCarthy in the 15th century, and its beautiful, magical gardens also contribute to its fame as a world-renowned Irish landmark and destination.

The Rock of Cashel is famous as the ancient seat of the Kings of Munster, the site of St. Patrick’s legendary conversion of an Irish king, and a historic complex of significant medieval architecture and Celtic art. Its fame stems from its dual role as a royal fortress and an important ecclesiastical center, containing notable structures like a Romanesque chapel, a Gothic cathedral, and a round tower.

Kilkenny is famous for its well-preserved medieval architecture, including its iconic castle and cathedrals, which earned it the nickname “Marble City”. It’s also a cultural hub known for its world-renowned festivals, a strong hurling tradition, a thriving craft and design scene, and the historic Smithwick’s brewery.

Visit Dublin for its rich history and iconic landmarks like the Guinness Storehouse, Trinity College, and Dublin Castle, its vibrant literary culture and music scene, world-class museums and free galleries, a delicious food and drink scene, lively pub atmosphere, and its compact, walkable layout perfect for exploring on foot.

Tour Highlights

  • Explore the stunning Durham Cathedral
  • Explore the UNESCO old town of Edinburgh.
  • Visit Liverpool City, home of The Beatles.
  • Visit the birthplace of the legendary Shakespeare.
  • Enjoy the scenic view of Glencoe Valley
  • Step back in time through medieval castles.

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