Featuring fantastic food & drink in Melton Mowbray, beautiful Barnsdale Gardens, an afternoon tea cruise on Rutland Water and the remarkable story of King Richard III
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20 - 23 August 2021
Friday - Monday
4 Days
From £339
Melton Mowbray | Belvoir Brewery | Barnsdale Gardens | Oakham | Cruise on Rutland Water | King Richard III Visitor Centre
Featuring fantastic food & drink in Melton Mowbray, beautiful Barnsdale Gardens, an afternoon tea cruise on Rutland Water and the remarkable story of King Richard III so join us to find out more about this remarkable discovery.
We begin your holiday with our exclusive door to door pick-up service and join your tour coach and travel to the city of Derby for lunch before continuing to Leicester and our hotel, arriving late afternoon, time to relax before dinner.
This morning we travel to the historic market town of Melton Mowbray, famous for its pork pie and speciality cheeses. We visit Ye Olde Pie Shoppe where we watch a DVD demonstration on how to make a pork pie and have the chance to visit The Melton Cheeseboard shop to taste and perhaps buy the areas most famous cheeses, before strolling around the town and the Saturday market. In the afternoon we enjoy a guided tour at Belvoir Brewery followed by a tasting of three ales and a buffet of homemade and local produce, including pork pie, stilton and homemade chutney and pickles.
Today we visit the beautiful Barnsdale Gardens which were created by Britains best loved gardener, the late Geoff Hamilton, star of Gardeners World, before travelling to the pretty, traditional English market town of Oakham look out for the unusual stocks the five hole stocks are somewhat of a mystery! We end the day with a relaxing afternoon tea cruise on Rutland Water with tea/coffee and scones with jam & cream, perfect end to our excursion.
We depart our hotel this morning but before making our way home, we visit the King Richard III Visitor Centre which charts the story of the Kings life and death, revealing one of the greatest archaeological detective stories ever told. The centre is a stones throw away from Leicester Cathedral and the tomb of King Richard.
Luxury coach travel
Home pick up
3 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast
Welcome glass of orange/apple juice with dinner on 1st night
Guided tour Belvoir Brewery, tasting & buffet
Admission Barnsdale Gardens
Visit Ye Olde Pie Shoppe & DVD Demo.
A superb 4 star hotel which has recently completed a full refurbishment programme offering a superb standard throughout. All 227 spacious bedrooms are to a high Marriott standard and the public areas are located in a large, open plan style atrium in the main lobby and are modern and contemporary in design. Leisure facilities include a swimming pool, sauna, steam room and gym.
"Much more than expected, very full and interesting tour all round, excellent."
Mrs Hughes
"A superb, long-weekend break overall. Great hotel, excellent excursions, which did not drain your energy, well planned."
Mr & Mrs Blythin
"Excursions were excellent".
Mrs & Mrs Lloyd
"The holiday was excellent, could not find fault with any aspect of the holiday."
Mrs Barkley
"Fantastic value, will definitely book again."
Ms McLean
DAY ONE
We begin your holiday with our exclusive home pick-up service, you will then join your tour coach and travel to the city of Derby for lunch before continuing to Leicester and our hotel, arriving late afternoon, time to relax before dinner.
DDAY TWO
This morning we travel to the historic market town of Melton Mowbray, famous for its pork pie and speciality cheeses. We visit Ye Olde Pie Shoppe where we watch a DVD demonstration on how to make a pork pie and have the chance to visit The Melton Cheeseboard shop to taste and perhaps buy the area's most famous cheeses, before strolling around the town and the Saturday market. In the afternoon we enjoy a guided tour at Belvoir Brewery followed by a tasting of three ales and a buffet of homemade and local produce, including pork pie, stilton and homemade chutney and pickles.
B, L, DDAY THREE
Today we visit the beautiful Barnsdale Gardens which were created by Britain's best loved gardener, the late Geoff Hamilton, star of Gardener's World, before travelling to the pretty, traditional English market town of Oakham - look out for the unusual stocks - the five hole stocks are somewhat of a mystery! We end the day with a relaxing afternoon tea cruise on Rutland Water with tea/coffee and scones with jam & cream, perfect end to our excursion.
B, DDAY FOUR
We depart our hotel this morning but before making our way home, we visit the King Richard III Visitor Centre which charts the story of the Kings life and death, revealing one of the greatest archaeological detective stories ever told. The centre is a stone's throw away from Leicester Cathedral and the tomb of King Richard.
BB=Breakfast Included, L=Lunch Included, D=Dinner Included
MARRIOTT LEICESTER HOTEL
A superb 4 star hotel which has recently completed a full refurbishment programme offering a superb standard throughout. All 227 spacious bedrooms are to a high Marriott standard and the public areas are located in a large, open plan style atrium in the main lobby and are modern and contemporary in design. Leisure facilities include a swimming pool, sauna, steam room and gym.
INCLUDED:
Door to door pick-up
3 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast
Welcome glass of orange/apple juice with dinner on 1st night
Guided tour Belvoir Brewery, tasting & buffet
Admission Barnsdale Gardens
Visit Ye Olde Pie Shoppe & DVD Demo
What Our Customers said in 2019
"Much more than expected, very full and interesting tour all round, excellent."
Mrs Hughes
"A superb, long-weekend break overall. Great hotel, excellent excursions, which did not drain your energy, well planned."
Mr & Mrs Blythin
"Excursions were excellent".
Mrs & Mrs Lloyd
"The holiday was excellent, could not find fault with any aspect of the holiday."
Mrs Barkley
"Fantastic value, will definitely book again."
Ms McLean
Rooms are allocated on a first come first served basis and are limited. If no single supplement applies this is limited to single room allocation and therefore additional cost may apply. Prices displayed are per person unless otherwise stated. If door to door pick up is included there may be additional charges for out of area. Itineraries and hotel inclusions may be subject to change.
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Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Below is a list of pick-up points available on this tour.
Name | Address | Contact Details |
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Bodelwyddan | Bodelwyddan, Marble Church | |
Broughton | Broughton, Broughton Layby on A5104 | |
Chester, | Chester, Holiday Inn South - Layby Outside | |
Chirk | Chirk, Moreton Park Garden Centre | |
Colwyn Bay | Colwyn Bay, Railway Station | |
Holywell | Holywell, Bus Station | |
Llandudno Junction | Llandudno Junction, Train Station Car Park | |
Wrexham, | Wrexham, Plas Coch Pub |
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