Windsor and Bath
London from £650
Windsor Castle with the royal standard flying over its central Norman round tower must be one of the most iconic images of England. Successive kings and queens from William the Conqueror have remodelled the castle, first as a fortress set in a great hunting forest, later as a grand palace with gardens and a huge park for riding. Edward III established the highest order of chivalry here, the Order of the Garter, in the fourteenth century, and Edward IV built St George’s Chapel for its knights a century or so later. The Garter Ceremony is still held here every year. Bath is most famous for its Roman Baths and honey-coloured ‘Bath stone’ Palladian crescents, squares and streets of the eighteenth century. Its hot, steaming mineral waters, unique in Britain, are a continuing theme in Bath’s development, now supplying the modern spa. Bath is a lively city with great shops and tea rooms.
PRICES
from London – 10 hours
£650 – 1-3 people
£675 – 4-6 people