Trace the lives of the Bronte Sisters, Charlotte, Emily and Anne, with a visit to their family home in the Yorkshire village of Haworth to see the landscapes which inspired their famous romantic novels. Then to historic York to explore its Roman and Viking past.
INCLUDED FEATURES
- 3 nights dinner, bed and breakfast in a 3 star hotel
- Return ferry crossing Dublin/Holyhead
- Visit Bronte Parsonage Museum
- Hike across the Yorkshire Moors
- Guided City Tour of York
- Visit the Jorvik Viking Centre
COST
4 Days, 3 Nights
From €315 per person
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SUGGESTED ITINERARY
DAY 1
Depart school by coach and drive to Dublin for the ferry to Holyhead, then travel across the Pennines to Leeds for a 3 night stay. After dinner this evening, enjoy a bowling or cinema visit.
DAY 2
Head to the village of Haworth, situated amid the bleak Pennine Moors. The Bronte Family lived at Haworth Parsonage and the Sisters wrote most of their famous works here. Visit the Bronte Parsonage Museum for a glimpse into their lives in 19th Century Yorkshire. Time for a lunch stop in one of the village’s many tea rooms or cafes, then enjoy a hike across the Moors to really get a feel for the area. Alternatively, take a steam train ride on the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway that was most famously used in the fi lm ‘The Railway Children’.
DAY 3
This morning drive to York, known to the Romans as Eboracum and to the Vikings as Jorvik. Discover the City Walls, the splendid Minster and the Shambles with a local guide to explain the city’s rich heritage. An included visit to the Jorvik Centre will bring York’s Viking past to life on a journey through Viking Age streets, reconstructed as they would have been in the year AD 975. The Centre also offers three exciting exhibitions and the chance to actually come face to face with a ‘Viking’.
DAY 4
Depart Leeds for the return journey to Holyhead with time for a stop en route at the Cheshire Oaks Outlet Centre for a spot of retail therapy in over 200 discount stores. Transfer back to school after arrival in Dublin.
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