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Roundtrip Air
3-night hotel accommodations in London
1-night hotel accommodations in Doncaster
1-night hotel accommodations in York
1-night hotel accommodations in Stratford-Upon-Avon
1-night hotel accommodations in Oxford
1-night hotel accommodations in Bath
1-night hotel accommodations in Plymouth
Continental breakfast daily
Porterage of 1 bag per person
Roundtrip airport transfers
2 lunches and 2 dinners
Private coach and guide throughout tour
Stratford Theatre performance
Arrival tour of London (highlighting Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge, Big Ben and more)
Admissions to: London Eye, River Thames Cruise, Tower of London (includes Crown Jewels), Wesley Chapel Museum, Lincoln College, Stonehenge, First Methodist Chapel at Broadmead
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| United States to London: Depart the United States on your overnight flight to London. |
| Arrival in London: After being met outside of baggage claim, board the coach for the trip into London. Enjoy an overview of the city highlighting: Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and the House of Parliament. En route check into your hotel and freshen up. After lunch, walking tour of the area around your hotel. This evening, take a "flight" on the British Airways London Eye, experiencing the breathtaking panoramas of London and beyond.
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| London: You begin the day at Westminster Abbey to see the famous Royal Chapels, where English Monarchs have been buried since Saxon times! The Abbey has been the site of every coronation since 1066. Next stop is the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Stop near The mall and make your way to the London home of the Royal Family, via St. James’ Palace. After a stop at a pub for lunch, embark on a Cruise on the River Thames. Next you visit the Tower of London and the Crown Jewels - quite simply the most impressive medieval fortress in Britain. For hundreds of years it was the home of our monarchs since the White Tower was built by William the Conqueror in 1078. The tower has a grim history, used sometimes as a palace, dungeon, zoo, and the site of torture and bloody executions. The final stop on this guided tour is Wesley’s Chapel and Museum on City Road built in 1778. This was the home of John Wesley, and his gravesite is behind the Chapel. There is a plaque marking the site of the conversion of John and his brother Charles. Tonight you may choose to see an optional theatre production in London’s Theater District.
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| London to Cambridge, Epworth, and Doncaster: This morning we travel to Cambridge for a brief visit. The first colleges of the university were founded in the Middle Ages, with more added in the sixteenth, eighteenth and twentieth centuries. Continue on to the town of Epworth, the birthplace of John Wesley in 1703. Visit the Epworth Rectory, the Wesley Chapel Museum and St. Andrew’s Parish Church where John Wesley’s father served for thirty-nine years and where John Wesley preached outdoors by his father’s grave. Travel to nearby Doncaster for the overnight stay.
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| Doncaster to York: Travel north to the city of York today. The city was founded in AD 71, and has a rich Roman, Saxon and Viking history. York has the largest medieval Cathedral in northern Europe; a medieval city wall, and a network of intriguing, historic streets. This afternoon, enjoy a free afternoon to explore England’s most complete medieval city.
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| York to Sheffield and Stratford-Upon-Avon: This morning we travel to Sheffield, where John Wesley preached in Paradise Square in July 1779. Continue to Stratford-Upon-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Tour this ancient market town including the House on Henley Street where Shakespeare was born in 1564, and the visitor’s center which highlights his life and works. Also visit Anne Hathaway’s cottage and beautiful gardens. This evening, enjoy a Royal Shakespeare Company performance.
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| Stratford to Oxford: Today you travel to the village of Olney to visit the home where famous hymn writer, William Cowper. Also visit the Parish church where John Newton wrote the hymn “Amazing Grace.” After lunch, visit Lincoln College at Oxford, one of the best preserved medieval colleges, where the young John Wesley studied and established the Holy Club called the Methodists.
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| Oxford to Bath: This morning stop at South Leigh near Whitney to see the church where John Wesley preached his first sermon in 1725.Afterwards travel on to Salisbury to visit one of the finest medieval cathedrals in Britain. Stop en route at the Salisbury Plain to visit the 4,800 year old monument of Stonehenge. Continue on to Bath for a guided tour of the city visiting the baths, pump room and the Abbey.
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| Bath to Plymouth: Begin the morning by traveling to Bristol where the very first Methodist chapel in the world was built by John Wesley at Broadmead. Known as The New Room, built in 1739 and rebuilt in 1748, it has rooms over the chapel where John Wesley once lived. From Bristol continue to the Somerset countryside, stopping at Glastonbury, where legend says that St. Joseph of Arimathea brought the chalice of the Last Supper in 60AD. Travel to Plymouth for dinner and overnight.
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| Cornwall: Today travel around the area of Cornwall where John Wesley preached in the tin mining communities. See Redruth, Okehampton and South Tawton, all places that John Wesley preached in. Return to Plymouth for free time and overnight.
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| Plymouth to London: Return to London today with time to shop and enjoy this exciting city.
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| London to the United States: Say goodbye to London as you board your flight to the United States.
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- Specialty Dinners & Wine Tastings
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Prices are per person, net, based on low season, with a minimum of 20 people
traveling together. Please inquire for other seasons or upgraded hotel categories.
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