Malvern & Worcester

MALVERN & WORCESTER

 

12 - 16 April 2021

Monday - Friday

5 Days

From £419

 

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHTS

 

Broadway   |   Stow-on-the-Wold   |   Cheltenham   |   Leominster   |   Hereford   |   Worcester   |   Black & White Village Trail

 

Exploring Great Malvern and the beautiful Malvern Hills, this sightseeing tour has a stunning backdrop.

 

Sit back and relax as we explorer Herefordshire, featuring the delightful Black & White village trail as well as Hereford itself and not forgetting the pretty Cotswolds and Cheltenham.

 

 

DAY ONE

We depart from your home with our exclusive door to door pick-up service, join your tour coach and journey to Great Malvern with comfort stops enroute, arriving mid- afternoon, tea/coffee & biscuits will be served on arrival whilst your luggage is taken to your room.  Time to relax before dinner.

 

DAY TWO

Our day begins with a drive to the delightful Cotswolds and enchanting Broadway, we will take a break here before continuing to Stow-on-the-Wold, home of the well-known Scotts of Stow shops.  Here we have time for lunch and explore before we continue to Regency Cheltenham with its beautiful architecture and elegant town centre.

 

DAY THREE

Today we begin with a drive through Bromyard to Leominster, time for a coffee and comfort stops before we journey with our guide around the villages in Herefordshire’s with the beautiful ‘Black & White’ villages trail, through a rich landscape of orchards, hopyards and distant hills, taking in the most picturesque black and white villages along the way.

 

‘Unrivalled in England’.  This is how Alec Clifton-Taylor described the half timbered ‘black and white’ buildings of north-west Herefordshire. Come and see if he was right!

 

 

 

 

Our route will take in delightful cottages, inns, timber framed hamlets including Eardisland, Pembridge, Eardisley and Weobley eventually ending in Hereford where you will have time to obtain lunch and the afternoon free to explore.  Hereford Cathedral is home to the rare Mappa Mundi, an outstanding treasure of the medieval world which recorded how 13th century scholars interpreted the world in spiritual as well as geographical terms.

 

 

DAY FOUR

This morning we head for the city of Worcester with its imposing Cathedral which is well worth a visit, and also famous for its Royal Worcester Porcelain.  Return to Malvern mid-afternoon for free time.

 

DAY FIVE

We leave Great Malvern this morning and begin our homeward journey with comfort stops enroute.

 

YOUR HOLIDAY INCLUDES

 

• Luxury coach travel

• Home pick up

• 4 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast

• Tea/coffee & biscuits on arrival

• Guide for Black & White Village Trail.

 

ABBEY HOTEL, Great Malvern

The setting for the ivy clad Abbey Hotel is ideal, at the foot of the Malvern Hills and adjoining the fine Benedictine Priory in the heart of the town.  You can be assured of a warm welcome and a relaxing atmosphere together with the highest levels of comfort.  Bedrooms are furnished to a high standard and have TV, radio, hairdryer and tea/coffee making facilities.

 

ABBEY HOTEL, Great Malvern

The setting for the ivy clad Abbey Hotel is ideal, at the foot of the Malvern Hills and adjoining the fine Benedictine Priory in the heart of the town.  You can be assured of a warm welcome and a relaxing atmosphere together with the highest levels of comfort.  Bedrooms are furnished to a high standard and have TV, radio, hairdryer and tea/coffee making facilities.

 

 

INCLUDED:

Door to door pick-up

4 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast

Tea/coffee & biscuits on arrival

Guide for Black & White Village Trail

 

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.

The Abbey Hotel, Great Malvern