Cotswolds, Country Pub Lunch & Blenheim Palace

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Discover the beautiful Cotswold Hills and magnificent Blenheim Palace. Enjoy a two course lunch in an historic pub. Experience off the beaten track exploration with a knowledgeable guide.

Maximum 16 people per tour
Visit the villages of Burford, Bibury , Bourton on the Water and Stow on the Wold
Enjoy a delicious two course lunch in a thousand year old tavern
Entry to Blenheim Palace & Gardens

We head out to the west of London to the gentle rolling limestone hills of the Cotswolds, driving down single track narrow country lanes in our minibus, exploring the back roads and little winding valleys. With an expert guide on board we will learn of the rise and fall of the wool trade in this region and how it left behind a landscape untouched by the modern world, featuring small honey coloured stone villages and hidden green valleys with babbling streams.

We visit delightful Burford with stone houses cascading down to the River Windrush. See Woolsack tombs in the historic churchyard. Visit Bibury with its photogenic collection of houses known as Arlington Row. Travel up the narrow Coln Valley on single track roads, passing fields of sheep and sleepy hamlets. Drive to popular Bourton on the Water with its collection of stone bridges and then bustling Stow on the Wold with its vibrant market square. Here, we stop to enjoy a delicious lunch in a pub dating from 947AD.

We continue our drive after lunch through more Cotswold scenery to stately and opulent Blenheim Palace, the largest privately owned house in the country and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. We tour the grand interior and walk amongst the lavish formal gardens and the breathtaking landscaped grounds by Capability Brown, featuring its impressive lake. There will be time to visit the Churchill Museum and see the room where he was born in 1874. Marvel at a building created to rival Versailles, and soak in the wonderful views before our return to London.

	Time	Cotswolds Day Trip from London & Oxford Tour
Depart Arrive	07:45am 10:00am	Central London Burford
Depart Arrive	10:30am 11:00am	Burford Bibury
Depart Arrive	11:30am 12:20pm	Bibury Stow-On-The-Wold for a Pub lunch
Depart Arrive	1:45pm 2:30pm	Stow-On-The-Wold Blenheim Palace
Depart Arrive	4:30pm 6:30pm	Blenheim Palace London Victoria Station

Please note that all timings above are estimated and assuming normal traffic conditions. Due to the changeable nature of road conditions, we cannot guarantee a precise time when you will get back to London, it is usually between 6-7pm.

On the return to London your driver will drop you at Victoria Train Station in the city centre. This is one of the largest transport stations in London, with excellent connections to all parts of London and beyond.

Please ensure you arrive at your allocated departure point at least 10 minutes before departure time.

07:20am Outside The British Museum main entrance, Great Russell Street (MAP)
Nearest tube stations are Holborn or Tottenham Court Road

07:30am Outside Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch. Please note that from Spring 2019, the Cumberland Hotel will be changing its name to to the 'Hard Rock Hotel'. (MAP)
Nearest tube station is Marble Arch

07:45am Outside Holiday Inn Kensington Forum, 97 Cromwell Road
(wait on Cromwell road by bus stop, not outside hotel entrance) (MAP)
Nearest tube station is Gloucester Road

If you intend to travel to our central London meeting points by public transport, you can plan your journey in advance on the Transport for London website - click here

Cotswolds, Country Pub Lunch & Blenheim Palace

Please ensure you arrive at your allocated departure point at least 10 minutes before departure time.

This tour is not available to book online, please email [email protected]