British Isles Discovery Winter Sojourn

Touch down in London and kick off your British tale with a warm cup of possibility as you settle into your hotel and ease into the city's rhythm. Use the day as you like, amble through Notting Hill’s pastel charm or nap off the jet lag.

By afternoon, check the reception board for tour details and sneak in a first wander. Come evening, maybe catch your first fish and chips (or don’t, it’s your trip).

After dinner, return to your hotel for a restful night.

Begin your day with a proper English breakfast before setting off for a guided tour of London’s headliners, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Tower Bridge, and the Thames rolling by like a silver ribbon.

After lunch, wander solo or opt for Windsor Castle, where Queenly tales live on. As dusk falls, we regroup at Piccadilly Circus for a stroll through the buzzing lights of Leicester Square, Chinatown, and story-stacked Soho.

After dinner, return to your hotel for a restful night.

After breakfast, we trade the London skyline for spires and stories up north. First stop, Cambridge, where knowledge wears a Gothic cape and punts glide down the River Cam like pages turning.

Lunch calls in York, home to one of Europe’s most majestic cathedrals and The Shambles, medieval lanes that look straight out of a Dickens dream. By twilight, we reach Durham, a city cradled by the River Wear and crowned with one of Britain’s finest cathedrals.

After dinner, return to your hotel for a restful night.

Breakfast fuels the journey as we cross into bonnie Scotland, but not before pausing at Alnwick, yes, the one that stood in for Hogwarts.

Explore the castle grounds or the garden’s mysterious Poison plots before moving north. In Edinburgh by noon, we dive straight into the city’s granite beauty with a guided tour, the Castle, Royal Mile, Princes Street, and more. After lunch, explore on your own, sip whisky, pet bagpipers, or get lost in a bookstore.

After dinner, return to your hotel for a restful night.

A Highland breakfast sets the tone for a day of wild wonder. First stop, Pitlochry, where Victorian charm meets whisky warmth. Then it’s off to Loch Ness for castle ruins, monster myths, and a scenic cruise that might just make you a believer.

After a hearty lunch in Fort Augustus, we wind through the Scottish Highlands; rugged cliffs, sheepish stares, and postcard silence. By nightfall, Glasgow greets us with Georgian grandeur and modern grit.

After dinner, return to your hotel for a restful night. Note: Between 15th Nov – Feb end, itinerary shifts to include a whisky distillery, Stirling Castle, and The Kelpies instead of Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle.

Breakfast opens the road back south, through green pastures and rolling fables. Our pause comes in Lichfield, where three cathedral spires pierce the sky and cobbled streets hum with history.

Over lunch, find a cozy tearoom or gaze up at “The Ladies of the Vale.” Then it’s back to London for your final evening, maybe a walk by the Thames or a toast to new tales.

After dinner, return to your hotel for a restful night. Note: If the group is small, this route may be completed by train or air, and Lichfield may be omitted.

After breakfast, the curtain closes on your British Isles discovery. Squeeze in a stroll, grab that last postcard, or sip one more strong cup of tea. Transfers are arranged, goodbyes exchanged, and just like that, you’re headed home with castles in your camera roll and the Highlands in your heart.

Great journeys never end. They aspire to inspire the next. Until next time. Expertly yours.