Custom
Day Tour Meeting Cruises
By far the majority of cruises disembark by about 09:00 at the Southampton
Cruise Terminals. So why not make your transfer to London a tour to
remember rather than a couple of hours along the motorway.
We can supply a small bus with driver/guide to show you places like
Stonehenge as well as the English Countryside, perhaps taking lunch
is a typical English village pub. The bus can securely store your
luggage and deliver you to your London hotel early evening. |
Stonehenge
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choice of where you go is entirely up to you, we have documented perhaps
our most popular tour below. Below also is a crude schematic of the
kind of places you can put together for your day. |
Example
Tour & Transfer - Stonehenge & Salisbury Cathedral
Visit
Stonehenge and Salisbury on your transfer between London and Southampton.
An hour at Stonehenge where our driver/guide will provide a full tour
plus a visit to Salisbury to see this medieval city with an opportunity
to view the Magna Carta in Salisbury Cathedral. More details of Salisbury
are on our Salisbury
pages.
Total tour/transfer will be around 5 hours from/to Heathrow and 5.5
hours for a Central London hotel. (This can of course be customised
to your personal itinerary) |
Southampton
- Heathrow
up to 8 people: £300
12 people: £400
16 people: £500 |
Southampton
- Central London
up to 8 people: £350
12 people: £450
16 people: £550 |
Example
Tour & Transfer- Stonehenge, Pubs, Countryside & Windsor
Starting Out
Assuming
an 09:00 start we head first to Stonehenge through rolling English
countryside and pass the Medieval city of Salisbury,
where a copy of the Magna Carta is on show in the cathedral. |
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We
then take a scenic ride along the Woodford Valley, with terrific scenery
and quaint English villages before arriving about 10:15 at Stonehenge.
The driver/guide will have given you a thorough background briefing
on henges and the Neolithic people so you can get added enjoyment
for your visit.
Around 11:15 we leave Stonehenge and make our way to our lunch stop
at Lacock, about an hour away |
Caen
Hill Locks
Passing through a military firing range and more small villages with
thatched cottages, Norman churches etc. we make a brief stop to inspect
Caen Hill Locks.
Built in the early 19th century, just before the railways the |
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Kennet
and Avon canal links the Thames and Avon's rivers, enabling coast
to coast river travel from London to Bristol. We look at the impressive
row of 16 consecutive locks that climb Caen Hill. If lucky we'll see
a narrowboat using the locks on the 2-3 hour ascent or descent.
We drive on with photo stops for chocolate box thatched cottages and
views across the Avon Valley before descending into Lacock, arriving
around 12:30 |
Lacock
Lacock is an old wool town where all the buildings in the village
are more than 200 years old. It is not a museum piece, but a living
working village with school, post office, church, tithe barn, bakery
and several pubs.
Jane Austen and some scenes from Harry Potter films were shot here.
Adjacent to the village is Lacock Abbey, one of the few abbeys to
survive the Reformation in Tudor times. |
George
Inn Lacock |
Most
people take lunch in the George Inn, a 13th century Inn complete with
stocks and medieval fireplace, and used in filming of Harry Potter
films, a highlight of the day.
Tea rooms in the Stables are a popular alternative. |
Windsor
We leave the countryside behind us and take the motorway to Windsor
Castle, leaving at 01:45 we should arrive at the castle around
15:30.
Allowing two hours to visit the castle and a quick look around the
old town we leave Windsor about 17:30. Windsor is on the edge of London
so its a relatively short drive to your London hotel, arriving probably
around an hour later.
up to 8 people: £400
12 people: £500
16 people: £600
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Windsor
Castle |
| Private
Tours - Price Menu & Terms |
Passenger
Capacity |
Part
Day*
Short Range
7-8 Hours |
Full
Day*
Long Range
10 Hours |
Main
Booking Conditions |
| Mini
Van With Driver/Guide |
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1-3
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£295 |
£370 |
$US
100 Deposit
Full refund up to 60 days before day.
Price not inclusive of admissions |
| Mini
Bus With Driver/Guide |
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5-8
|
£350 |
£400 |
No
deposit, credit card secures day.
Pay on day.
Price not inclusive of admissions |
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16
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£400+£25
Each Passenger Over 8
(e.g. 12 passengers = £500) |
* A
short day is 7-8 hours, enough time to visit locations like Windsor or Hampton
Court relatively close to London at leisure or a visit to Stonehenge/Salisbury
or Stratford Upon Avon a couple hours travel from London.
A long day, around 10 hours enables you to visit places like Bath or Glastonbury
or combine popular destinations like Stonehenge, Cotswolds & Bath or
Oxford with Stratford Upon Avon and Warwick Castle. (See example tours for
guidance) |
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Southampton
Cruises - Heathrow Late Flight Solution
Spend an afternoon in Windsor, 15 mins from Heathrow - Leave Luggage
With Us |
Most
cruises will disembark between 08:00 and 09:00.
Its about 90 minutes to Heathrow, so what do you do if you have a
late afternoon or evening flight.
Well why not take a normal private transfer on one of our minibuses,
get dropped off at Windsor Castle and leave your luggage on the bus.
The bus will return to transfer you to Heathrow, 15 minutes away at
a time specified by you.
Our bus depot is close to Windsor so you don't pay for the bus whilst
you're in Windsor. |
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up to 8 people: £230
8-12 people: £275
13-16 people: £330 |
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