Private Guided Coaching Road to Bath

Hoogtepunten

Inbegrepen

Route

1. We drive over the a rare chalk river and through the town of Hungerford, know as the antiques capital of England.

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2. Continuing our driver on the old coaching road to Bath, we pass through the charming village of Froxfield, home to Somerset hospital, a retirement home for widows of the clergy built in the seventeenth century.

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3. Before passing through the market town of Marlborough, we'll drive through the ancient royal forest of Savernake,

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4. The market town of Marlborough has the widest street in England with some splendid examples of Georgian architecture. The town is home to Marlborough college attended by some of England's great and the good, (and not so good!) Look out for the ancient mound in the school grounds, said to be the burial place of Merlin the Magician and the round table.

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5. We stop briefly on the ridgeway path to see up close some ancient Bronze age burial mounds and "The Sanctuary" - part of the dramatic Avebury stone circle landscape.

   10 min

6. Here we will take a walk amongst the stones of Avebury, as old as Stonehenge itself to take in the largest pre-historic stone circle in the world.

   30 min

7. Overlooking Cherhill is the dramatic Lansdowne memorial and the White Horse, a chalk figure carved into the hillside. Nearby are the remnants of an old iron Age fortress

   5 min

8. Off the beaten track we see some splendid examples of thatched cottages before heading to our first official stop.

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9. This remarkably well preserved medieval village features Lacock Abbey, the home of the pioneering photographer, William Henry Fox Talbot. We will take a walk around the town to see the old tythe barn, the old gaol, the church, the old workhouse and some old pubs.

   30 min

10. Box tunnel, built by the great Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel was part of his project to link London to Bristol.

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11. We will have a panoramic tour of Bath taking in all the great sites including the Royal Crescent, the Circus, Queen's Square, the Abbey and Pulteney bridge before visiting the Roman Baths.

    20 min

12. Your audio guide will take you back 2,000 years through the restored Roman Baths where you can sample the spring water for yourself.

    1 u

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How it compares in Londen

• Its from-price is 485% above the median of the 4793 experiences we list in Londen.
• It is longer than most of them.
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About Londen

Londen mengt koninklijke ceremonies, wereldmusea en bezienswaardigheden aan de rivier met eigenzinnige wijken, markten en parken om te voet te ontdekken.

De Theems rijgt de stad aaneen. Aan de oevers staan het Parlementsgebouw met Big Ben, de Tower of London met de kroonjuwelen, Tower Bridge en de lange wandelroute langs de South Bank, voorbij het London Eye, Shakespeare's Globe en Tate Modern. St Paul's Cathedral en Westminster Abbey vormen de ankers van de oudere skyline, terwijl glazen torens het financiële district domineren.

Top-ranked sights in Londen: St. Paul's Cathedral, Stonehenge, Tower of London.

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