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% WHEN YOU 5off PAY IN FULL 2020 or 2nd Edition LOW Scenic Scotland, Gardens From $75 DEPOSIT and Archaeology Tours Welcome As you may well know, the beginning of a new year means the arrival of our exciting second edition brochure. 2019 has been a record year for us, as not only did we win the gold prize for Best Coach Holiday Company, we also won silver for Best Special Interest Holiday Company at the prestigious British Travel Awards. In addition, we also took more guests on vacation than ever before – and to more destinations. So, what can you expect from us in 2020? Let us tell you... Firstly, we wanted to give you a little treat to celebrate the new year so we’ve launched two special January offers, which mean you’ll be able to book your Brightwater Holidays trip for less. You can choose to pay in full at the time of booking and receive 5% off your total, which could save you up to $435, or you can take advantage of our low deposit offer, which starts from just $75pp. Both offers will run until 2nd February, 2020, so there is no better time to book than right now! Next, we have a selection of brand-new tours that can take you to new places and invite you to experience new things. Firstly, we’ve launched a selection of European River Cruises which will take in some outstanding gardens and historic cities. We’ve added another Dutch cruise, in addition to our Bulbfields vacation, which can take you to some of the outstanding gardens of the Low Countries in the summer. There’s also a new river cruise along the Seine as well as a Gardens of Picardy vacation, which includes three half-day cruises, and a Rhine and Moselle river cruise. In 2022, the seventh Floriade Expo 2022 – the garden festival held every 10 years in the Netherlands – will take place and we’ll be taking you there! Elsewhere, why not treat yourself to a place on our Singapore Garden Festival vacation, or our new South Africa tour, now featuring the famous Garden Route. And we’re very excited to announce our brand new RHS Garden Workshops, that will provide practical and theoretical gardening lessons as well as inspirational RHS garden visits. There is also a new way to travel with Brightwater for 2020 – we are now offering self-drive departures, known as FIT tours – for Fully Independent Travellers. These are designed for people who are unable to travel on our regular group departures. Finally, there are a number of vacations that are designed for our solo travellers as they have no single supplements! Now that you know what awaits in 2020, all that’s left to do is choose your next vacation – we can’t wait to welcome you. Spring landscape Price British Travel Awards Winners 2018 and 2019 $ In November 2019, we were absolutely delighted to learn promise that Brightwater Holidays had won two prizes at the When we launch our new prestigious British Travel Awards. We brought home a vacations, we ensure that gold prize for Best Coach Holiday Company and we also our very lowest prices won silver for Best Special Interest holiday Company. are made available to This is the second year running we’ve enjoyed success you in order to offer the at the BTAs, as in 2018 we brought home prizes in the best value for money. very same categories. We’d like to extend a huge thank So, with Brightwater, just you to everybody who took the time to vote for us, and remember that the earlier we can’t wait to make more of your vacation dreams you book, the more you’ll come true in 2020. save! It pays to be an early bird with us. www.brightwaterholidays.com 2 January booking offers PAY IN FULL LOW DEPOSIT % $75 for tours up to $1500 Pay in full at the time of booking or $150 for tours from $1500 to $3000 and receive 5% off the cost of $225 for tours from $3000-$4500 off the vacation. From $300 for tour of $4500+ 5 $75Terms and conditions apply (see website for details) A world of color How to book Full financial protection Once you’ve finished browsing these pages at your leisure and when All our vacations are fully bonded and protected. you’re ready to treat yourself to a place on one of our vacations, just The air vacation packages in this brochure are get in touch and we’ll do the rest! ATOL Protected, since we hold an Air Travel Organizer’s License granted by the Civil Aviation Give our friendly sales team a call, Monday to Friday between 9am Authority. Our ATOL number is ATOL 4498. ATOL and 5pm, on 1-844-583-8199. Alternatively, send us an email at protection does not apply to all vacation and travel [email protected]. services in this brochure. Vacations without flights For further details on any of the trips mentioned, including information are protected by ABTOT. This means that in the on our day-by-day itineraries or full booking conditions, please visit unlikely event of our insolvency, your vacation our website: www.brightwaterholidays.com. would be completed or refunded. Finally, if you have any questions, do feel free to get in touch with our customer care team on 1-646-802-1529. Happy browsing, and we look forward to hearing from you! 5020 3 Call our travel experts on 1-844-583-8199 Contents Old Man of Storr Oberammergau Scenic Scottish tours Oberammergau & the Austrian Tyrol - 2020 pg 16 A Grand Tour of Scotland pg 29 Grand Tour of the Inner Hebrides pg 30 Oberammergau and Lake Constance pg 17 Grand Tour of the Outer Hebrides pg 32 Grand Tour of the Outer Hebrides - 5 day pg 34 Cruises Up Helly Aa - 5 day pg 35 Fully Independent Traveler (FIT) pg 36 Seine River Cruise pg 18 Highlights of Orkney & Shetland pg 38 Picardy Gardens Cruise pg 20 An Archaeologist’s View of Orkney and Shetland pg 40 Summer Gardens Cruise of Holland and Belgium pg 22 Undiscovered Orkney pg 42 Rhine and Moselle River Cruise pg 24 Shetland and its Outer Isles pg 43 Knitting in the Shetland Isles pg 44 Arran, Scotland in Miniature pg 45 RHS Workshops Autumn Tints of Arran pg 46 Coll and Tiree pg 47 RHS Workshop - Rosemoor pg 26 Islay and Jura pg 48 RHS Workshop - Hyde Hall pg 27 Mull, Staffa & Iona pg 49 Stornoway, Skye and the Summer Isles pg 50 Scotland's Northern Edge pg 51 Gardens of the Far North pg 52 Private Gardens of Caithness & Sutherland pg 53 Gardens of Dumfries and Galloway pg 54 Highland and Island Gardens pg 56 In the Footsteps of the Picts pg 57 The V&A Museum, Dundee pg 58 Gardens and Architecture of the Firth of Clyde pg 59 Aberdeenshire: Scotland’s Larder pg 60 A Taste of Argyll pg 61 Whisky Tasting on Islay and Jura pg 62 Mull Wildlife Experience pg 63 Highland Wildlife Safari pg 64 A Classic Scottish Steam Break pg 65 Scenic Scottish Railways pg 66 Historic Houses of the Scottish Borders pg 67 Lord of the Glens - Highlands and Islands pg 68 Lord of the Glens - Heart of the Highlands pg 69 Lord of the Highlands pg 70 Autumn Tints of Perthshire pg 72 Cologne Christmas in the Scottish Borders pg 73 www.brightwaterholidays.com 4 UK and Irish Gardens RHS Chelsea Flower Show and Classic English Gardens pg 76 RHS Garden Bridgewater and Gardens of the North West pg 78 The RHS Chatsworth Flower Show and Gardens of pg 79 Derbyshire Gardens of Cheshire and RHS Flower Show Tatton Park pg 80 Gardens of Northumberland pg 81 Private Gardens of East Anglia pg 82 Gardens of North Wales pg 83 Private Gardens of Herefordshire pg 84 Highgrove and the Cotswolds pg 85 Dutch Bulbfields Gardens of Kent & Sussex pg 86 Christmas in Kent pg 87 In the Footsteps of Gertrude Jekyll pg 88 Overseas Gardens Gardens of Somerset and Dorset pg 89 Cornwall and Tresco pg 90 Iceland Northern Lights pg 106 Tresco’s Abbey Gardens pg 91 The Faroe Islands pg 107 Gardens of Devon pg 92 Dutch Bulbfields pg 108 Gardens and Wildfowers of the Burren pg 93 Gardens of the French Riviera pg 109 Irish Rover pg 94 Arts and Gardens of the French Riviera pg 110 Gardens of Jersey pg 95 The Genius of Monet pg 111 Walmer Castle and the Cinque Ports pg 96 Alpine Flowers of Wengen pg 112 Queen Victoria and the Isle of Wight pg 97 Discover the Durrells’ Corfu with Lee Durrell pg 113 Summer Gardens of the Peak District pg 98 Palladian Villas of Veneto pg 114 Autumn Tints of the Lake District pg 99 Rome, Ninfa and Castel Gandolfo pg 115 Hidden Gardens of Lincolnshire pg 100 Villas and Gardens of the Italian Lakes pg 116 Downton Abbey and the Stately Homes of England pg 101 Gardens and Villas of Sicily pg 118 Gardens of Distinction pg 102 Gardens and Architecture of Andalucia pg 119 Heritage of the Isle of Man pg 103 Gardens of Mallorca pg 120 Steam in the Lake District pg 104 Gardens of Madeira pg 121 Butrint, Albania Cherry blossom time in Japan Archaeology Long-haul Archaeology of Denmark & Sweden pg 123 WAFA 2020 and Palaces & Gardens of India’s Golden pg 133 Triangle Romanian Archaeology pg 124 Singapore Garden Festival pg 134 Bulgarian Archaeology pg 125 Grenada - Gardens of the Spice Island pg 136 Albanian Archaeology pg 126 Gardens of Costa Rica pg 138 Archaeology of the Peloponnese pg 127 Seasonal Gardens of Japan pg 140 Crete Archaeology pg 128 New Zealand pg 142 Malta’s Archaeological Heritage pg 129 Flora and Fauna of Madagascar pg 144 Pompeii and the Classic Wonders of Campania pg 130 South Africa’s Garden Route pg 146 Portuguese Archaeology pg 131 5 Call our travel experts on 1-844-583-8199 Why choose Brightwater? aving been based in picturesque Cupar – HFife’s small county town – for over 25 years, we’ve seen our fair share of gardens and ancient sites.
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