Warwick Castle, Stratford & Oxford Tour From London - Just £82
Tour includes Shakespeare's Birthplace, Warwick, one of England's finest medieval castles & Oxford
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Warwick Castle |
Warwick Castle, Stratford & Oxford Tour Included Highlights:
- Free hotel pick-up service from over 90 hotels in Central London
- Entrance to medieval Warwick Castle
- Opportunity to purchase separtely entrance to Shakespeare's Birthplace Museum in beautiful Stratford-upon-Avon
- Walking tour of Oxford and entrance to Christ Church College
- Luxury air conditioned motor coach with free Wi-Fi and services of a professional guide
- Drive through Cotswolds
Days Of Operation & Duration:
Runs Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, less frequently during winter months.
Tour leaves London around 8:15 a.m. after hotel pick-ups returning to London around 6:45 p.m.
It is possible that the tour will run in either direction with Stratford Upon Avon the second stop between Warwick and Oxford.
Tour Itinerary:
The Warwick Castle, Stratford & Oxford Tour day tour takes us north west of London to a very scenic area known as the Cotswolds. On this journey you will have a guided driven tour through the Cotswolds, enjoying vistas of traditional villages and countryside, as we travel between Warwick, Stratford and Oxford.
Your first stop is generally Warwick Castle, one of England's finest medieval castles, with footbridges, ramparts, towers, dungeons and gardens.
The tour continues to Stratford Upon Avon, a charming market town, where Shakespeare was born and died and now a living shrine to his life and works. You will have free time here to buy some lunch in one of the many coffee shops or inns.
In Oxford, The City of Dreaming Spires, with its associations with literature and scholarship, you will enjoy a walking tour seeing the main highlights of this 1100 year old city. You will then have time to look round Christ Church, a beautiful tudor creation, founded by Cardinal Wolsey as Cardinal's College in 1524.
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Courtesy transfer from your hotel
There is a free hotel collection from over 100 hotels in central London.
Separate coaches each cover a main Central London hotel district and transport you to Victoria Coach Station where you join the tour bus for your day tour. Full details of the hotel pick-up service are further down the page.
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Archery Display At Warwick Castle |
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Shakespeare's Birthplace Garden |
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Bridge of Sighs Oxford |
If you wish you can join the tour at Victoria Coach Station, which is about 600 yards from Victoria Underground and Train Station.
A professional guide is aboard the luxury air-conditioned touring bus the entire day and will provide commentary and guiding throughout.
Warwick Castle
It is a two hour journey to Warwick Castle, arriving mid-morning.
William the Conqueror first built a castle on the land in Warwick in 1068, in motte-and-bailey. It was later rebuilt in the 12th century in stone, and has seen many bloody battles, banquets and tales in its 800 year history. You will enter over the footbridge, through the portcullis, from here exploring the ramparts and towers including Caesar's Tower the the Ghost Tower.
The castle really brings history to life. Enter the Great Hall and armory, containing over 1000 pieces of armor, and see the guard house for the archers. Visit the waxwork displays of Madame Tussauds, where you can watch, and hear, the Earl of Warwick's preparations for battle. Feeling brave? Then take a look at the ghostly dungeons where prisoners were tortured (there is an extra fee around £5 for this).
Daily events iinclude archery, jousting, battel re-enactments and and around the castle which change frequently. They include falconry, jousting, archery, battle re-enactments.
Alternatively, relax with a stroll through the castles beautiful gardens.
Stratford Upon Avon
Our tour includes a visit to Shakespeare's birthplace which is only a short twenty minute drive from Warwick.
There is free time for lunch in Stratford-upon-Avon as well as visiting Shakespeare's birthplace, in total spending around 75 minutes in Stratford.
The birthplace of William Shakespeare, the greatest writer in the English language, and home to the theatres of the world-renowned Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford is a charming market town set in the heart of rural England. A delightful river winds its way through the town, past the beautiful Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare lies buried.
There are some wonderful half-wooden buildings that date back to Shakespeare's time. You can even see the school Shakespeare attended.
Stratford Upon Avon - More About
Oxford
Early afternoon and we are on the road again crossing the scenic Cotswold region to the university city of Oxford.
In Oxford, the City of Dreaming Spires, we take a walking tour amongst the cloisters and quadrangles of Britain's oldest University, founded in 1167. Ivy clad medieval college buildings compete for space with Georgian shops and ancient churches around busy streets which both 'Town and Gown' call home.
Enjoy a short walking tour with our professional guide with entrance to Christ Church included. Christ Church is the largest college and is the single most popular destination. Christ Church was famously, the college where Lewis Carroll penned Alice in Wonderland while he was a Mathematical Lecturer, and you can see the beautiful stained glass window with potraits of the real Alice Liddell, who inspired Carroll. It was also the educational establishment for thirteen prime ministers, as well as a place of filming for such films as Philip Pullman's Northern Lights and Harry Potter.
Morning Hotel Pick Ups
As with all day tours, in order to make the most of your day, the bus leaves early - (from 7 a.m. from your hotel or 8.15 a.m. from Victoria Coach Station).
In order to be time-efficient, separate coaches each cover their own part of London and take you to Victoria Coach Station where you switch to your tour bus for the day.
The link below lists all the pick-up hotels and current times they visit. If your hotel is not on the list and it is in the centre of London then it's almost certain there will be another pick-up hotel very close by. If you wish you can join the tour at Victoria Coach Station, which is about 600 yards from Victoria Underground and Train Station.
If you are still unclear where the best pick-up point is or you are coming from outside the centre we have a blog where on this linked page you can discuss one to one the best solution for you.
Tour Hotel Pick-Up List With Question & Answer Facility
Prices & Tour Reservations
Prices displayed on the banner link are a special on-line discounted price, deep discounted from the price in London. Major credit and debit cards are accepted. You will be emailed a confirmation with a booking reference after reservation. The booking reference and the name of the person ordering is all that you need to quote when joining the tour, there are no paper tickets.
On the tour detail page from the link below, there is a calendar control at the top right of the page, which depicts which dates still have availability. By selecting your required date you start the reservation process.
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