Are your clients particularly well-travelled and looking for something more unusual without being tied to a defined specialist tour? Itineraries like these may fit the bill since they include more extraordinary sightseeing opportunities and culinary exploration of local regional specialities.

UNDISCOVERED
BRITAIN

This 12-night tour of Undiscovered Britain is a very leisurely tour allowing your client the luxury of not having to pack their suitcase every night.! It dips into Hardy Country before journeying to the Cotswolds, visiting some of the delightful small villages and then heading north into the "Black Country" - the heart of Britain's industrial heritage. Up along the Welsh border to Shrewsbury with its medieval black and white timbered houses then briefly into Wales itself.. Spend a day in Roman Chester, and then fly or ferry from Liverpool to the ancient kingdom of the Isle of Man where the world's longest uninterrupted parliament was established by the Vikings in 979! The last couple of nights are spent close to Coventry with time spent in the typically English countryside of Northamptonshire.

Overnights:

Shaftesbury (2) Cirencester (3) Shrewsbury (3) Isle of Man (2) Drayton Water (2)

Features:

Hardy's Country and Cottage, Lyme Regis, Sudeley Castle & Garden, Coalbrookdale, Chester Cathedral
Local markets in picturesque settings
Ride on Little Welsh Train
The ancient Kingdom of the Isle of Man with its strong Celtic

FOLLOWING THE PENNINE WAY

This 9-night tour arrives and departs in Manchester. Derbyshire's Peak District is a wild and lonely area with man-made lakes and villages of local stone contrasting with the elegance of spa towns such as Buxton. Durham, "Land of the Bishops", is a charming university city with a Norman Cathedral. The surrounding area offers a great variety of touring opportunities including rugged coastline and rolling hills. Hadrians Wall marks the ancient northern Roman frontiers.

Overnights:

Buxton (4) Durham (4) Manchester Airport (1)

Features:

Hardwick Hall, Chatsworth House, the Potteries, Washington Old Hall Fountains Abbey and Studley Priory, Durham Cathedral & Castle, Jarrow, Hadrians Wall, Beamish Open-Air Museum
Ride in a carriage and pair
Well Dressing
Plague village of Eyam