Stonehenge, Bath & Cotswolds Day Tour

Through the country lanes and villages only a small bus can visit

Stonehenge at Sunset
Stonehenge

Stonehenge, Bath and Lacock Tour Highlights:

On this tour we will explore the best landscapes the west of England has to offer. The rolling limestone hills of the Cotswolds, the ancient Neolithic sites of Wessex and the Georgian splendour of the city of Bath.

Tour Itinerary:

International Friends run this popular tour departing every Tuesday from Central London.

International Friends are the only London day tour company that specialises in daily scheduled day tours in relatively small 16 seat buses that can visit places the bigger buses cannot reach. International Friend's professional guides are able to give a more personalised tour experience than the large groups, and their smaller coaches are able to visit places and use country roads not viable to the larger coaches.

Lacock

After leaving London behind we take the old coach road to Bath, through Hungerford, Marlborough, along the Kennet valley and through the Savernake Forest. Evidence of this once important route lies all around us, historic coaching inns, chalk hill figures cut into the downland, obscure monuments to long forgotten characters and a subtle change in the landscape as we head into the golden stone villages of the Cotswold and Mendip hills.

International Friends Tour Bus

Our first stop will be in Lacock, a perfectly preserved village, now owned by the National Trust and often used as a backdrop to such films as the Cranford Chronicles, Pride and Prejudice and Harry Potter..

After a guided walking tour there will be free time to explore and take morning coffee before we continue towards the Avon valley and the city of Bath.

Lacock What To Expect

Bath

Visitors have been coming to Bath for centuries, owing to the hot springs that bubble up to the surface at several locations in the city.

A constant temperature of 46.5C, the only warm springs in the country, meant that it became the important Roman resort of Aqua Sulis during the time of their occupation nearly 2,000 years ago.

The city was beautifully re-invented in the 18th century when it became the fashionable place to see and be seen. Elegant crescents, squares and terraces were built as the rich and famous traveled from London for 'the season' and relieve themselves of gout, rheumatic pain and stiffness of the joints.

The fully guided tour of the city includes admission to the Roman Baths museum and a tour of the highlights of Georgian Bath, including the Royal Crescent, Royal Circus and the Assembly Rooms.

Bath What To Expect

Stonehenge, Avebury
& Salisbury
Stonehenge, Avebury
& Glastonbury
Stonehenge, Bath
& Lacock
Stonehenge, Bath
& Windsor
Oxford, Cotswolds
& Stratford
 
2 Day Bath, Cotswold
Stonehenge & Oxford

Stonehenge

After lunch and free time we meet up again and travel through mysterious Wessex, taking the back roads, through villages of flintstone and thatch and onwards to Salisbury Plain and the enigmatic circle of Stonehenge.

Facts and theories abound at this ancient site, where and why, who were the builders, what was it used for?

During our guided tour we learn about the different periods of building stretching back 5,000 years, we learn of the people that worship there and of the various ideas of its alignments and purpose.

It is here, amongst the stone age landscape of Wiltshire, that we end our tour before returning to London

Stonehenge What To Expect

Tour Includes:

- Entrance to Roman Baths Museum

- Fully guided tour of Bath, including Royal Crescent, Circus and Assembly Rooms

- Guided walking tour of Lacock

- Entrance to Stonehenge

Departure Information

Tour runs every Tuesday from Central London

07.20AM Great Russell Street, outside British Museum main entrance

07.30AM International Students House Car Park, 229 Great Portland Street

07.30AM Outside Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch

07.50AM Outside Harrods, (Knightsbridge tube station exit)

08.00AM Outside Premier Inn, Knaresborough Place, Earls Court

This tour normally ends by 6:30 pm


Tour Pricing

Adults £79
Seniors £74 (60+ yrs)
Children £69 (3-11 yrs)
Summary of Most Popular Guided Tours From London
Including Stonehenge
Stonehenge Afternoon or Morning Tour PR £25 Full Size Bus Stonehenge only. Morning or Afternoon. Daily.
Stonehenge & Bath AN £52 Full Size Bus Admission Stonehenge + Roman Baths at Bath. Daily.
Windsor - Stonehenge - Bath EE £69 Full Size Bus Admission Windsor Castle, Stonehenge & Roman Baths at Bath - Daily
Windsor - Stonehenge - Bath PR £65 Full Size Bus Admission Windsor Castle, Stonehenge & Roman Baths at Bath - Daily
Windsor - Stonehenge - Bath IF £79 Minibus Admission Stonehenge, Roman Baths, not Windsor. Mon and Sat.
Salisbury - Stonehenge - Avebury IF £79 Minibus Admission Stonehenge+Salisbury Cathedral. Tour Avebury. Wednesdays
Lacock - Bath - Stonehenge IF £79 Minibus Admission Stonehenge + Roman Baths at Bath. Walking tour Lacock. Tuesdays.
Stonehenge - Glastonbury - Avebury IF £79 Minibus Admission Stonehenge, Glastonbury Abbey. Fridays and Sundays in summer.
Stonehenge - Glastonbury - Avebury AN £65 Minibus Admission Stonehenge, Glastonbury Abbey. Mon,Wed & Fri
Salisbury - Stonehenge - Bath EE £44 Full Size Bus No admissions to attractions within package. Daily
Stratford - Stonehenge - Bath PR £72 Full Size Bus Admission Stratford, Stonehenge, Roman Baths. Apr to Ocr, Sun + Wed
Windsor - Stonehenge - Oxford PR £72 Full Size Bus Admission to Windsor, Stonehenge & Walk tour Oxford + T. Mon + Fri
Windsor - Stonehenge - Oxford EE £44 Full Size Bus No adm Windsor Castle + Stonehenge. Inc walking tours Oxford+Windsor. Daily
Oxford - Cotswolds - Bath - Stonehenge IF £159 2 Day Minibus with hotel Tours of Cotswold Villages, Oxford, Stonehenge and Bath with hotel
Stonehenge Special Access Tours & Mystic, Earth Forces & Mysteries Tours
Stonehenge - Lacock - Bath PR £85 Various Special access admission at Stonehenge plus Roman Bath
Stonehenge - Salisbury or Avebury AN £77 Various Special access at Stonehenge plus either Avebury or Salisbury
Stonehenge, Avebury Mystical Tour   Var Various Focus on earth energies, mysteries, ley lines and alignements
Cotswolds, Oxford, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwick Castle
Windsor and Oxford AN £49 Full Size Bus Admission Windsor Castle + Christ Church College Oxford. Daily.
Oxford - Cotswolds - Stratford AN £65 Minibus Guided tours of Oxford, Stratford, Tea In Cotswolds. Daily
Oxford - Cotswolds - Stratford IF £79 Minibus Guided tours of Oxford, Stratford, Burford, Boutron On Water. Thursdays.
Cotswolds + Lunch - Stratford PR £69 Full Size Bus With lunch in Cotswolds and Cream Tea and Walking Tour at Stratford
Oxford - Stratford + Afternoon Tea EE £69 Full Size Bus Walking Tour Oxford. Shakespeare's Birthplace. T @ Anne Hathaways
Oxford - Stratford - Warwick Castle EE £69 Full Size Bus Walking Tour Oxford. Shakespeare's Birthplace. Warwick Castle
Oxford - Stratford - Warwick Castle PR £65 Full Size Bus Tour Christ Church Oxford and Shakespeare's Birthplace + Warwick
Blenheim Palace & Cotswolds EE £44 Full Size Bus No admissions within tour package.   Fri, Sat & Sun (May - September)
Stratford - Stonehenge - Bath PR £72 Full Size Bus Admission Stratford, Stonehenge, Roman Baths. April to October. Sun + Wed.
Oxford - Cotswolds - Bath - Stonehenge IF £159 2 Day Minibus with hotel Tours of Cotswold Villages, Oxford, Stonehenge and Bath with hotel
Canterbury, Leeds Castle & Dover
Leeds - Canterbury - Dover EE £69 Full Size Bus Admission Leeds Castle+Canterbury Cath. Visit Dover. Not Sun or Mon.
Leeds - Canterbury - Greenwich PR £62 Full Size Bus Admission Leeds Castle + Canterbury Greenwich tour + river cruise.
IF - International Friends (Uses 16 seat minibuses)
AN - Anderson Tours		 EE - Evan Evans Tours
PR - Premium Tours