The Regal Estates & Jacobean Manors of Norfolk & Suffolk

Home , Blickling Hall, Flatford, Jacobean era

September 11 to 18, 2022

From $4,640 per person

A defining period of British history and culture; for the first time Scotland, Wales and England were united under one monarch, the Jacobean era left its indelible mark on many of England’s historic houses. The Jacobean style can be characterized by flamboyant design and extravagant detailing both inside and out. From the unique architectural style of Ickworth to the sumptuous interiors of Blickling Hall, we discover the homes of Sandringham Britain’s aristocracy while also exploring the historic cities of Cambridge and Norwich, which flourished during this period. Special extras included in your itinerary Eight Day Itinerary September 11: Arrival (depart U.S. on 9/10) Guided walking tour of Cambridge

© NTPL/Nadia Mackenzie © NTPL/Nadia High tea at Sandringham On arrival at Heathrow airport, a private transfer will take you to our overnight hotel, the Audleys Guided gardens tour at Blickling Hall Wood Hotel. In the evening, join the group for a Guided tour of Ickworth House welcome drink, followed by dinner. Guided walking tour of Flatford Meals: Dinner Introductory talk at the Guildhall of Corpus Christi, Lavenham September 12: Cambridge Exclusive out-of-hours Champagne This morning we head to the historic city of guided tour of Hatfield House including Cambridge. Renowned for its world-famous Champagne greeting, a two-hour guide university, the city is home to many architectural and complimentary guidebook wonders and landmarks that we have the chance Themed evening talk by a guest speaker to discover as part of a guided walking tour. Blickling Hall From punters on the River Cam to the majestic college buildings such as King’s College Chapel, Cambridge Sandringham Cromer we explore the many sights of this fascinating city Blickling Hall Norwich before enjoying lunch together at a restaurant Oxburgh Hall Ickworth House, Park in Cambridge. & Gardens Cambridge Lavenham Guildhall We continue on to the stunning Ickworth Hotel on Flatford the Ickworth Estate – a magnificent National Trust Hatfield House property and our base for the next five nights. LONDON

The Vyne Meals: Breakfast, Lunch September 13: Sandringham Today is spent exploring the house, gardens and museum of the Sandringham Estate, the country retreat of Her Majesty the Queen. Built in 1870, Sandringham has been the private home of four generations of British monarchs. The interiors are home to many astonishing exhibits such as a historic collection of arms and armor brought back from the Far East and India in 1876, while the walls are hung with family portraits by leading contemporary court painters. The

26 For more information or to register, call National Trust Tours at 888-484-8785 9:00am - 5:00pm (EST), Monday - Friday mostly informal gardens include woodland walks, September 16: Constable at Flatford After our visit, we travel back to the Audleys Wood rockeries, magnificent sweeping lawns, lakes and and Lavenham Hotel where we enjoy a farewell dinner together. streams and the more formal North Garden. The Today we roam the Suffolk countryside with a Meals: Breakfast, Dinner museum, housed in the former coach houses and guided walk to discover the locations immortalized stable block, holds extraordinary collections of September 18: Departure by John Constable’s most famous paintings; created Royal vehicles, rare ceramics, photographs and A private transfer will take you back to Heathrow around the hamlet of Flatford in the heart of memorabilia. After our visit, we enjoy high tea. beautiful Dedham Vale. airport for your return flight home. After dinner back at the hotel this evening, we Meals: Breakfast We then pay a visit to picturesque Lavenham, a enjoy a fascinating talk by a guest speaker. remarkably well-preserved Tudor village in Suffolk. Please note: the order of excursions is subject to Meals: Breakfast, High Tea, Dinner The woollen-cloth industry turned the town into change and guided tours are subject to restrictions. th September 14: Cromer, Blickling Hall one of the richest in the country during the 15 century, with the church of St Peter and Paul built and Norwich from the proceeds of local industry. Next, we Our first stop is Cromer, a classic seaside resort enjoy an introductory talk before we take in the on the north Norfolk coast famous for its tasty magnificence of the National Trust’s Guildhall of crabs and boasting wide open beaches and a Corpus Christi – a potent reminder of Lavenham’s traditional pier. The town also has a range of small former prosperity. Afterwards, there are plenty of What’s Included independent shops, art galleries and cafés. small shops and quirky tearooms to visit. Return airport transfers from Set at the heart of a magnificent garden and Meals: Breakfast, Dinner historic park, our next stop is Blickling Hall, one London Heathrow* of the country’s finest Jacobean houses and once September 17: Hatfield House 2 nights at the Audleys Wood Hotel home to the Boleyn family. We enjoy a wonderful and The Vyne 5 nights at the Ickworth Hotel guided garden tour to experience the grounds of Leaving our hotel, we travel to Hatfield House, Welcome drink and canapés the house in more detail for an experience that is home of the 7th Marquess and Marchioness of Full English/Continental breakfast truly unique. Salisbury and their family. The estate has been in each day We then enjoy a trip to Norwich, home to the Cecil family, one of England’s foremost political 3-course table d’hôte dinner on 5 nights some impressive period buildings, including the families, for 400 years. The house was completed at the hotels (with after-dinner tea cathedral, a magnificent structure that befitted in 1611 by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury and and coffee) th Norwich’s 12 -century status as England’s second superb examples of Jacobean craftsmanship can 1 lunch at a restaurant in Cambridge city and one of the finest examples of Romanesque be seen throughout such as the Grand Staircase Services of a tour director throughout architecture in Europe. with its elaborate carving and the rare stained glass your stay window in the private chapel. The State Rooms Meals: Breakfast Travel to and from all excursions are rich in paintings, fine furniture and tapestries All excursion costs Cromer and we learn more on our exclusive, out-of-hours Champagne guided tour. Porterage Hatfield has a prolific resumé as a filming location *supplement applies for transfers from all other airports and has been featured in numerous high-profile TV and film productions such asThe Crown, Rebecca, Anna Karenina and Harry Potter and the Deathly Your Hotels Hallows – Part 2. If we’re fortunate, there may even Nights One and Seven – Audleys Wood be the chance to see Hatfield as a working set if a Hotel, Basingstoke new production is filming during our visit, although Ickworth Hotel, near this is not guaranteed. Nights Two to Six – September 15: Ickworth House and Bury St Edmunds We continue on to The Vyne, a splendid Tudor Oxburgh Hall For more information on these hotels please visit red-brick mansion set in 13 acres of attractive our website. We start the day exploring Ickworth House itself in gardens. It was built for King Henry VIII’s Lord We have a limited number of single places available more detail with a guided tour. This Neo-classical Chamberlain before becoming the Chute family with no supplement on this tour. These sell quickly. mansion is most notable for its enormous central home for over 300 years. Rotunda commissioned by the 4th Earl of Bristol to house his priceless treasures. The impressive Hatfield House Italianate garden mirrors the house architecture, with box hedges and Mediterranean planting plus a Victorian stumpery planted with shade-loving ferns. Next is Oxburgh Hall with its picturesque moat complete with swans. This romantic house has been home to the Catholic Bedingfield family since the 15th century. We discover the secret priest’s hole as well as the intricate embroidery crafted by Mary Queen of Scots while she was in the custody of the Earl of Shrewsbury. Other fascinating features include the Catholic High Victorian interiors – some of the best remaining examples in Britain. Meals: Breakfast, Dinner email: [email protected] 27 Frequently Asked Questions How do I make a booking? Are room upgrades available? in this brochure with more than an average amount of walking will be clearly noted in the Call National Trust Tours at 888-484-8785 to All of the hotels on these tours have been register by phone (preferred method) Monday - hand-picked for their high quality of itinerary. If you have any specific concerns, please contact us. Friday from 9am to 5pm (EST) or register online accommodation and service. However, in some at www.nationaltrusttours.com instances room upgrades are available and we What are the arrangements would be happy to assist you to arrange these When are payments due? should you be interested. for luggage? When you confirm your booking with us, a The standard luggage allowance is one item non-refundable deposit of $750 per person is Can you arrange extra hotel of hand luggage and one suitcase per person required to secure your place. The final balance nights? restricted to a maximum weight of 20kgs (44 payment must be paid to us no later than Yes, if you decide to arrive a few days before pounds). We do provide porterage at each of the hotels used on our tours, however, as 90 days prior to the tour departure date. Of the start of the tour or leave a few days after course, full payment can be made at the time the end of the tour, we are happy to arrange with all things of a personal nature, it is your of booking if you prefer and for bookings made responsibility to ensure your suitcase is loaded extra nights’ accommodation. However, this less than 8 weeks before the tour departs this service is only available at hotels that feature in onto the vehicles we use throughout the tour. will be a requirement. the tour on which you are traveling and a $35 What clothing should I bring? How can I pay? administration fee is charged for this service. Comfortable leisurewear is recommended for We accept debit and credit cards (except Are meals included? the daytime. In the evening many participants American Express), for deposits and full payment. All breakfasts are included on all tours. Certain prefer to wear smarter dress for dining. Whilst lunches and dinners are also included and you gentlemen may choose to wear a jacket in the What paperwork will I receive? restaurant in the evening, at most hotels this is should study the tour itinerary in this brochure When your booking is confirmed, we will email to determine what meals are included on your not obligatory, we will of course inform you if you a booking confirmation document along with any hotel does have a dress code. It is advisable chosen tour. Meals not mentioned are not a copy of our full Terms and Conditions. 90 days included and all beverages are at your own to bring layered clothing and a light waterproof prior to the tour, we will prepare and send you expense throughout the tour. jacket. We recommend sturdy footwear when our Travel Pack with your finalized information, visiting gardens as the ground may be soft reading list and tour itinerary details. What do I do about any dietary underfoot. 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Their role is to facilitate the smooth a guideline we suggest a rate of £5 per day for It is your responsibility to ensure you have a organization of all operational aspects of the your driver, £10 per day for your Tour Director passport which must be valid for 6 months tour. If you have any queries or experience and a couple of pounds for your transfer driver. any issues during the tour, they are there to after the return date of your trip. Tourist visas Gratuities for hotel staff and the tour guides you assist you. are not required for US citizens visiting the UK may meet at properties on your day trips are for under 90 days solely for the purpose of covered by Albion Journeys. tourism. If you are not a US citizen or you are Will the excursions change? combining your visit with business, it is your Please note that we plan our tours far in For more information, please telephone responsibility to check the requirements for advance and the order and availability of excursions may be subject to change. In the the Tours Program at the National Trust visiting the UK, you can do this by visiting the at or UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) website to event of a property not being available to visit, (888) 484-8785 (202) 588-6300 determine whether you need a visa to enter the we will substitute with a similar visit, and you web: United Kingdom. will be informed of the full details. • www.nationaltrusttours.com • email: [email protected] Are there single traveler room How much walking will there be All tours offered subject to availability. Terms and supplements? on these tours? conditions apply. Errors and omissions excepted. We have a small number of rooms on each tour As much or as little as you like. Any included that are sold with no single supplement; once guided tours will operate at a fairly relaxed these are sold out we charge a supplement for pace, as with many historic houses and gardens, any additional single rooms which varies for you may experience some uneven flooring each tour. You can contact us to enquire about and steps along the way. Of course, you will single supplement prices. Please book early as always have the option to explore any venue single rooms sell fast. by yourself at your own pace. Any specific tour

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