King Arthur tour

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IN SEARCH OF KING ARTHUR - Devon & Cornwall
4 days / 3 nights

This wonderful 4-day tour takes you into an area of Britain noted for its timelessness and variety. These are the counties of the great prehistoric ruins such as Stonehenge, of England's great maritime tradition, of picturesque fishing villages and elegant seaside resorts. It's here you see the great apple orchards of Somerset, the patchwork countryside of Devon, the awe-inspiring moorlands and the rugged cliff-top coastlines and famed surfing sandy beaches. Tradition and culture have remained true to the English spirit here and you feel spirited back into another, less busy age. It's also a land of Celtic legend and of the romantic King Arthur whose own life we'll discover.

DEPARTURE DATES & PRICES FOR YEAR 2009

(Reservations are still being accepted for 2008)

Tour Code	Depart London	Return London
ART	Saturday	Tuesday
Departures every Saturday from Apr 11 to Nov 07.

Prices: £545.00 twin share / £570.00 single / £390.00 child sharing adult room

What your tour price includes

Your accommodation for 3 nights while on the tour is included in your tour price, and this includes both full breakfasts and dinners;
Your price also includes all entrance fees to attractions, transportation, services of driver/guide-companion and all taxes and tips other than those you may wish to give your guide;
Airport transfers and accommodation pre and post tour is not included but can be reserved at a specially discounted price.

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We can also operate the tour for private groups departing on any day of the week throughout the year. Please, contact us for details info@mytravelfind.com

This tour departs EVERY SATURDAY from central London hotels below.
It is your responsibility to be there in plenty of time.

The Royal National, Bedford Way
The Corus Hotel, Hyde Park
The Grosvenor Thistle, Victoria Station
The Holiday Inn Forum
The Chiswick Hotel, Chiswick

08.15 (underground Russell Square)
08.25 (underground Lancaster Gate)
08.30 (underground Victoria Station)
08.40 (underground Gloucester Road)
09.00 (underground Turnham Green)

Clients should wait by the concierge desk.
We can collect you from your individual hotel if you are not at one above but this attracts a supplementary cost of £10 (per party) for a central London hotel. Please, ask for prices for collection from non centrally located hotels. info@mytravelfind.com
Return drop-off are to any central London hotel.

TENTATIVE ITINERARY	NIGHTSTOP

DAY ONE - SATURDAY
Departing London, we drive through England's oldest county, Wiltshire, across the amazing Salisbury Plain where you'll see the great prehistoric temple of Stonehenge and a landscape simply littered with ancient burial sites. You'll also see the evidence of Iron Age hill forts, possible sites of where the great Celtic king, Arthur and his Round Table knights took on the Saxon invaders. Then to Winchester to see the great Round table in the mediaeval hall. Then, we'll take time to explore Cadbury Castle, perhaps the site of Camelot, and some lovely surrounding thatched villages before arriving at our accommodation base.	Devon or Somerset borders

DAY TWO - SUNDAY
Today, we explore the lovely, timeless country of Dorsetshire.This is real back-roads country where you'll believe time has stood still amidst the villages and harbours of the region. Jane Austen's Lyme Regis is one of the highlights of our day, as will be Thomas Hardy's cottage and monument. We'll introduce you to a few matyrs (such as the trade unionists of Tolpuddle, and those who died at the 'bloody Judge' Jefferies hand). You'll also see the famed Chesil beach and the quaint town of Dorchester. And there'll be time for shopping in the lace and antique town of Honiton. Dependent on time and group interests we might find time to include Lawrence of Arabia's home, a carved giant and England's smallest pub! This is a day that we can really call getting down the 'back-roads'.	as above

DAY THREE - MONDAY
Today is a day packed with a range of memorable sights and experiences. You'll cross the beautiful and awesome landscape of the Dartmoor National Park, en route to the north Cornwall coast. Here, you'll visit Tintagel castle, the reputed birthplace of King Arthur. The castle sits on top of the wild cliffs accessible only by walking. Later, we'll visit a selection of the quaint fishing villages of the north Cornwall and Devon coasts. This is a day where photographers need to ensure a plentiful supply of film! Finally, our day in Cornwall would not be complete if we didn't stop for a famed Cornish 'pastie' somewhere on route, perhaps in a thatched-roofed country pub?	as above

DAY FOUR - TUESDAY
On today's itinerary is Cheddar Gorge and the mystic town of Glastonbury, site of Arthur's burial and 'New Age' capital of England. Here you'll see the ancient abbey and the mysterious 'Tor'. Next, we'll visit Wells and its famed Norman 12th century cathedral before travelling the short distance to the stunning city of Bath. You'll have time to explore this elegant Georgian city and its Roman remains before we drive back to London partially by the old coaching road.

Arrival and departure airport transfers are NOT included on our short 3 and 4-day tours unless it is specifically stated as being so on your booking confirmation. Airport transfers are, however, normally provided free of cost when you book onto a combination of three or more tours, and on special departures tours of ten days or more, or on customised (tailor-made) tour programmes.

All tours depart from our centrally located base. You are responsible for being at the departure point by the time designated in the itinerary. If you are not booking into our base hotel, you can book a transfer to this from where ever you are staying or we can collect you from any centrally located hotel where you are staying and deliver you to our base hotel at a cost £15.00. Transfers from accommodations further than 20 minutes drive away cost from £25.00.

Where transfers are included (on tours 10 days and over) they are only available on the day preceding and following the start/finish day of the tour from/to the nearest airport to the departure/arrival city. You are able to have one transfer at the beginning and end of the tour. This transfer is to the tour departure hotel or to a hotel of your choice from your airport of arrival in the city from which your tour begins. You are responsible for notifying us of your arrival information no later than six weeks prior to arrival date or you do not qualify for a free airport transfer. Transfers are not provided from rail stations and you have to make your way independently to the departure hotel. If your initial transfer is not to the tour hotel (but to one that you've booked independently prior to the tour starting) then you are obliged to make your own way to our tour hotel on the morning of departure. However, should you not have had an initial airport transfer, then you can be transferred, free of charge from the hotel you're using prior to the tour to the tour hotel. Similarly, at the completion of the tour, you may take either a return transfer to the airport or a transfer from the tour hotel to another one in which you might be staying for an extended time.

All tours commence from a major city. Accommodation in the departure city, prior and post tour is NOT included and must be reserved separately.

Accommodation is in three-star or equivalent lodgings. All rooms are with private facilities (bathrooms), unless specifically informed at the time of booking your tour.

Accommodations include country inns, manor houses, cosy farmhouses and quaint family owned B+B's whilst on tour. Where not available, properties of similar standards are used.

PLEASE NOTE: the vast majority of the accommodations we use do not have traditional-style porterage (neither do they have lifts/elevators). Your guide, however, will normally be able to assist with your baggage. BUT please do note that if you bring along bags that are heavier than the normal standard airline permissible weight and size, European Health and Safety regulations apply. Under these circumstances, guides will be within their rights should they be reluctant to carry that bag.

All transportation aboard our comfortable 6 to 16 seat mini-coaches and the services of a driver/guide throughout.

Cooked breakfast daily* whilst on tour and minimum two-course dinners every night**. See detailed tour itinerary for full meal inclusions. There is inevitably a budget for dinners but it is normally more than sufficient to cover a free choice of the menu. However, should the group dine in places where the costs of the meals are substantailly higher than the budget allows, particpants will have an option of adding to the budget on an ad hoc basis if wanting higher priced menu items.

*In tour arrival cities - London, Paris, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Nice, Rome and Dublin, continental breakfast is sometime served. All tours on the European mainland include continental breakfast.

**On all tours over four nights where individual short tours are combined, the dinner between tours not included (unless specifically stated as such in the tour itinerary) to allow tour participants some independence and flexibility. Dinners are never included in arrival and departure cities unless specifically stated in the tour itinerary.

All sightseeing and entrance fees to sights mentioned as possible visits in the itinerary, or when accompanied by driver/guide, up to a budget specified by the guide. Tour participants may be asked to pay an entrance fee fro attractions and sights they may have specifically requested that be visited and are not normally included on a tour itinerary. All taxes. All tips and gratuities (except to guide/companion) to outside suppliers but you're free to supplement if the service warrants such.

No Cancellation Guarantee - once a deposit has been made, we promise that we will only cancel the tour in extreme circumstances (eg. where local or organisational circumstances make it impossible for us to deliver our tour). Historically we have never cancelled a tour simply because we have low numbers. If you have invested your travel dreams with us, we will do our best to honour them! In the current economic/political climate, however, it must be understood that we have to reserve the legal right to cancel where the number of tour participants may make a tour uneconomic to run and doing so may effect our corporate health. Where we have accepted your booking, and it later becomes apparent that you might be the only person(s) on that tour, Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd will notify you of such and give you the opportunity of changing to another departure, or for you to cancel your tour without cost.

Air Fares to Europe. Air travel must be booked independently and the flight details given to us. It is your, or your travel agents, responsbility to let us have this information in a timely manner.

Transfers to and from arrival/departure airports unless specifically reserved or promised as part of an overall tour reservation. These must be booked independently. It is your responsibility to ensure that you are at the departure hotel at the appointed time.

Driver/Guide gratuity is at your discretion.

Lunches, social drinks, items of a personal nature and entrance fees when not accompanied by our Driver/Guide.

Occasional optional evening theatre/festival visits.

Incidental expenses, such as telephone bills, newspapers and room service incurred at accommodations is the responsibility of the individual client. All expenses are settled prior to leaving the accommodation.

Laundry costs and any shipping charges for the return of purchases made on tour, or for the return of property lost on tour.