This 7 nighter gets off to a comfortable start thanks to the city of Chester being just 40 minutes from Manchester Airport. It includes visits to a number of outstanding castles, stately homes and gardens in North Wales and the north of England with the region’s Roman, Celtic and Viking heritage giving a fascinating sub-text to the tour. Other highlights include:
- A walking tour of Chester led by a Roman Legionnaire
- North Wales visits to Portmeirion, Caernarfon Castle and Bodnant Gardens
- Yorkshire’s ‘Treasure House’ at Harewood
- ‘Brideshead Revisited’ at Castle Howard
- 2 nights in the Viking city of York
- Fountains Abbey, one of the largest and best preserved 12th Cistercian monasteries in England
