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DMC SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP TOURS TO THE UK AND EUROPE tours-international.com Inveraray Castle, Scotland © VisitScotland/Paul Tomkins ABOUT TOURS INTERNATIONAL Tours International is a DMC for groups, specialising in group tours to Great Britain, Ireland and Europe. Established in 1987, we are a family-run business based in Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. Our friendly team of talented multilinguists combines creativity and innovation with excellent customer service and great attention to detail. We pride ourselves on our professional yet very personal service and our unique range of special interest tours, which we are constantly reviewing and updating. GROUP TOURS We offer a comprehensive ground service for group travel, with an exciting and ever evolving collection of special interest tours. Clients can expect well researched itineraries, quality accommodation and transportation, experienced guides, the best attractions and restaurants and excellent local and subject knowledge. Each tour is bespoke, designed specifically to meet a client’s brief – customised with one-off speakers, private visits and unique destinations – guaranteeing a truly memorable experience. As group travel specialists with over 40 years’ experience in the travel and tourism industry, we are confident that our team can deliver the unforgettable tours you are looking for. Included here are a collection of our most popular tours and themes, but we welcome the opportunity to discuss any themes you don’t see here. For a wider list of our tour suggestions, please visit www.tours-international.com. CONTACT US WE GUARANTEE A RESPONSE WITHIN 24 HOURS. E: [email protected] T: +44 (0) 1892 515825 USA toll free: 888-505-1050 W: tours-international.com CONTENTS PAGE OUR SERVICES 3 LONDON TOURS 4-5 DAY TOURS FROM LONDON 6 CHRISTIANITY TOURS 7-9 FILM & TV LOCATION TOURS 10-11 HISTORY, HERITAGE & ROYALTY TOURS 12-13 GARDEN & CASTLE TOURS 14-15 LITERARY TOURS 16-17 MILITARY TOURS 18-19 GOURMET TOURS 20 TOURS OF SCOTLAND 21 TOURS OF WALES 22 TOURS OF IRELAND 23 2 tours-international.com OUR SERVICES Bailey’s Hotel, London. Bedroom @ Bailey’s Hotel. OUR SERVICES INCLUDE: PERSONAL CONTACT: a dedicated member of the Tours International team will be your central point of contact. 24 HOUR RESPONSE TIME: we guarantee an initial response within 24 hours of your enquiry. 24 HOUR CONTACT NUMBER: your clients will have a 24-hour contact number for the duration of their tour. GUIDES: professional, trained and highly experienced in all our specialist subjects. HEADSETS: we can provide headsets, guaranteeing a better experience for your clients. TRANSPORT: including private car transfers, luxury coaches and mini coaches. We also arrange Eurostar and Eurotunnel tickets and ferry crossings connecting England, Ireland, France and Scotland through a multitude of gateways. ACCOMMODATION: ranging from 3/4 star city centre hotels through to luxury 5 star or boutique hotels. Stay in a typical country inn, overnight in a castle or opt for a British safari experience in a lodge at a zoo. MEALS: choose from contemporary city venues, Michelin-starred restaurants, country pubs, traditional English tea rooms or private dining in unique locations sourced especially for your tour. ATTRACTIONS: entrances, private tours, VIP visits and exclusive experiences, tailored to fit your bespoke tour. TICKETS: to a West End theatre, ballet or opera or one-off special events. FIT SERVICES: contact us for information on our scheduled tours and bespoke FIT services. Afternoon tea @ Fortnum & Mason. Lobby @ Copthorne Chelsea Hotel, London. YPIJ Coaches. Eurostar, Paris @Eurostar. e: [email protected]/t: +44 (0) 1892 515825 3 LONDON TOURS MUST-SEE LONDON Tower of London Yeoman Warder tour © Historic Royal Palaces Churchill War Rooms © IWM CHURCHILL WAR ROOMS: Fortnum & Mason, Piccadilly See where Churchill led the war effort, TOWER OF LONDON AND his secret bunker and museum. THE CROWN JEWELS: HARRODS AND FORTNUM & MASON The stunning Crown Jewels, still regularly used by the Queen; the White Tower, one of the most famous castle keeps in the world; Tower Green and the Scaffold Site, scene of many noble executions. Inside The Globe © Clive Sherlock Royal Observatory, Greenwich SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE THEATRE: GREENWICH: Visit this world-famous theatre, on Home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), the site of Shakespeare’s original the Prime Meridian of the world, Globe. Watch a play or take a London’s Planetarium, the Cutty Sark backstage tour. and National Maritime Museum. WESTMINSTER ABBEY: Dinner cruise with Bateaux London Steeped in over one thousand years of history, the Abbey has been the RIVER THAMES CRUISE WITH DINNER: coronation church since 1066 and is the final resting place of 17 monarchs. Spot iconic landmarks while dining in an elegant floating restaurant. Choose from lunch, dinner or afternoon tea. 4 tours-international.com LONDON TOURS MUST-SEE LONDON The Great Hall, Hampton Court Palace © VisitBritain / Historic Royal Palaces Kew Gardens © RBG Kew/Jeff Eden ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW: Iconic glasshouses, historic buildings, HAMPTON COURT formal gardens, an arboretum, water PALACE: features and art galleries. Henry VIII’s magnificent waterside palace, with the Great Hall, Henry VIII’s Kitchens, Maze, Privy Garden and Chapel Royal. The Shard © VisitBritain/Kiyoshi Sakasal THE VIEW FROM THE SHARD, INCLUDING A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE: London’s highest viewing platform. Bubbles taste particularly exquisite at the top of Western Europe’s tallest building. London's West End © VisitBritain/Tristan Vince BUCKINGHAM PALACE: COVENT GARDEN, WEST Visit the State Rooms, the Queen’s AFTERNOON TEA AT END & CAMDEN TOWN: Gallery and the Royal Mews. LUXURY LOCATIONS Discover quirky boutiques, eclectic markets and the most popular West End shows. ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL: The underground Crypt with its famous tombs, the Golden Gallery, High Altar, Whispering Gallery, Chapels THE BRITISH MUSEUM: and American Memorial Chapel. Uncover two million years of human history and culture. e: [email protected]/t: +44 (0) 1892 515825 5 DAY TOURS FROM LONDON MAKE IT A LUXURY TOUR! STONEHENGE & BATH: OXFORD AND ENJOY A PRIVATE Prehistoric Stonehenge, followed by walking tour of the Georgian STRATFORD-UPON-AVON: HELICOPTER city of Bath, including a visit to the Roman Baths and Pump Rooms. Walking tour of the ‘City of Spires’ FLIGHT OVER including a visit to one of the University LONDON. colleges, followed by the Birthplace of William Shakespeare. OXFORD AND BICESTER VILLAGE: Walking tour of the ‘City of Spires’ and then luxury shopping at Bicester Village, offering designer fashion brands at discounted prices. Stonehenge © English Heritage CAMBRIDGESHIRE: KENT - LEEDS CASTLE & CANTERBURY: The famous university city and a tour of one of the colleges. Stunning Leeds Castle and the beautiful cathedral city Imperial War Museum Duxford, a historic airfield and museum of Canterbury. and Madingley Cemetery, the only American WWII cemetery in the United Kingdom. Leeds Castle © Thomas Alexander Photography BLENHEIM PALACE AND THE COTSWOLDS INCLUDING ‘THE VILLAGE OF DOWNTON’: See the magnificent birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Tour picturesque Cotswold villages and stop off at the village which features as Downton in Downton Abbey. KENT – CHARTWELL & HEVER: The family home of Winston Churchill and 14th Century Hever Castle, childhood home of Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s ill-fated second wife. Castle Combe in the Cotswolds © VisitBritain/Adam Burton Hever Castle Inner Hall Blenheim Palace WINDSOR CASTLE: COTSWOLD VILLAGES AND The oldest and largest occupied castle in the world and an Official THE ROYAL GARDENS AT HIGHGROVE: Residence of Her Majesty the Queen. The exquisite Cotswolds, with villages full of traditional English features, followed by the lovely gardens created by HRH Prince of Wales at Highgrove. PARIS: Hop over to Paris for a day on the Eurostar. Panoramic tour of the main sites including the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, Notre Dame and Arc de Triomphe. Cruise along the Seine and Windsor Castle © Doug Harding enjoy shopping in the Parisian boutiques. 6 tours-international.com CHRISTIANITY TOURS CELTIC CHRISTIANITY DAY 8: Isle of Iona, which became the heart of Celtic Christianity in Scotland when St Columba landed in AD563 and founded a DAY 1: new monastic community. Visit the Benedictine Abbey. DBB. Dublin. Panoramic tour including St Patrick’s twelfth-century Cathedral. Visit Trinity College and view the Book of Kells, DAY 9: a medieval illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels. DBB. Edinburgh. Orientation tour of the city, including Edinburgh Castle and St Margaret’s Chapel – the oldest surviving building St Patricks Cathedral © Tourism Ireland in the city. DBB. DAY 2: Visit a fascinating 6th century monastery, founded by St Kevin. St Margaret's Chapel, Edinburgh Guided tour around this unique site, including ruins of the original cathedral. DBB. DAY 10: The Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Trace the footsteps of St Aidan DAY 3: and St Cuthbert, explore the priory and Lindisfarne Centre and Newgrange with its burial chamber dated to around 3200BC, visit Bamburgh, home of St Oswald. DBB. rumoured to be the burial ground for the High Kings. The Hill of Tara, ancient seat of the pagan High Kings. DBB. DAY 11: Twin Anglo-Saxon monastery of Wearmouth-Jarrow. Durham DAY 4: and the Cathedral to see St Cuthbert’s Shine and Tomb of the Visit to the monastic site founded by St. Ciaran, including a round Venerable Bede. DBB. tower and remains of nine churches. Knock Shrine, where the Virgin Mary appeared to 15 people in 1879. DBB. DAY 5: Tour of Armagh with its two cathedrals. DBB. DAY 6: Ferry to Scotland. Whithorn, Scotland’s earliest recorded Christian settlement and its priory with the Latinus Stone and collection of carved stone crosses. DBB. DAY 7: Glasgow and the Cathedral with the St Mungo Museum of World Religion. DBB. St Cuthbert's Shrine, Durham Cathedral DAY 12: Whitby and the ruins of St Hilda’s Abbey where the conflict between the traditions of the Ionian church and the Roman church were brought to a head.