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Home > UK Coach Tours > Cotswolds, Oxford & Blenheim Palace |
| Cotswolds, Oxford & Blenheim Palace |
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Cheltenham |
Sun May 24 2026 |
08.00hrs |
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| Cotswolds, Oxford & Blenheim Palace |
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Rate (adult/child): |
€950/€950 |
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Price Includes:- Luxury coach throughout with experienced driver
- Return ferry Dublin – Holyhead
- 4 night’s hotel accommodation 1 x D,B&B & 3 x B&B
- Guide for a full day in Cotswolds
- Guide for walking tour of Oxford
- Entrance to Blenheim Palace, Park & Gardens
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| Itinerary: | | |
| Sunday 24 May 2026 |
| We will pick you up from our designated pick-up point and travel to Dublin for your ferry to Holyhead. We depart Holyhead and travel south through England with stops en route. We continue to Cheltenham and check into the hotel for your 4-night stay. (D,B&B) | | |
| Monday 25 May 2026 |
| Today we will travel to Oxford to spend a full day in the “City of Dreaming Spires”, whose hushed courtyards have inspired generations of scholars including Bill Clinton and writers, Lewis Carroll, C.S. Lewis and the immortal J.R.R. Tolkien, author of “Lord of the Rings”. You will have a 1½ hour guided walking tour of the historic city’s most famous sights – including the architecturally stunning Christ Church College. Our tour includes the Great Hall, quadrangles, the Cathedral and grand staircase. The afternoon will be free for you to wander at your leisure amongst the University colleges and perhaps visit one of the world-renowned attractions - the Bodleian Library and the Ashmolean Museum. In the late afternoon we will board the coach to return to the hotel. (B&B) | | |
| Tuesday 26 May 2026 |
| After breakfast in the hotel, we will be joined by a guide and we will set off on a full day excursion through the charming Cotswold countryside. Our route takes us to some of the most picturesque and famous Cotswolds towns like Stow on the Wold, the highest town in the area and known for its antique trade, Broadway, one of the Cotswolds’ most famous villages with Elizabethan houses surrounding the village green. Burford will be our final stop for the day – this village sits astride the River Windrush with small bridges linking tree-lined greens. There are many traditional Cotswold houses in this wonderful setting. We return to the hotel. (B&B) | | |
| Wednesday 27 May 2026 |
| We set off this morning for Blenheim Palace, the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill and home now to the 11th Duke of Marlborough. Set in over 2,000 acres of parkland, in the village of Woodstock near Oxford, the palace is a fine example of Baroque architecture and contains amazing collections of porcelain, paintings and tapestries. The grounds were landscaped by ‘Capability’ Brown and contain wide lawns, formal gardens and a lake. After a relaxed visit, we return via the ‘city of dreaming spires’, Oxford. We have Return to the hotel. (B&B) |
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| Thursday 28 May 2026 |
| After breakfast, we check out of the hotel and travel to Holyhead for our afternoon ferry back to Dublin. After disembarking, we transfer you to your original pick-up point. |
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