Back-Roads Touring Company

About Back-Roads Touring Company

Back-Roads Touring Co. Ltd small group touring is now the travel concept, environmentally aware and satisfying both visitor and visited.

During our twenty-year history (our first tour was in 1986), we've established a reputation for integrity and honesty that has earned unbiased press and industry praise and, better still, scores of loyal clients who have travelled with us time and time again (see our page with past clients' comments).

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Welcome

Want a tour of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, France, Italy or perhaps just London, but don't want to be part of a large coach group and prefer not to drive yourself? You've found your dream site. Why our Tours

Our scheduled-departure tours of England and Europe take you behind the tourist façade in the company of just 2 to 10 others. You stay in historic inns, working farmhouses, country manors and family run guest-houses.

Our name says it all. See the real country in the company of an educated guide-companion.

We believe travel is not about seeing new destinations, it is about experiencing them. We believe famous landmarks are just the beginning of the itinerary, that meeting locals, exploring quintessential villages and simply relaxing in street-side cafes are equally important. We believe a traveller should be able to indulge their own sense of adventure with a flexible tour list that leaves time for personal interest stops, and that a traditional inn filled with the aroma of country cooking is far superior to a glossy hotel filled with tourists. We believe tourers should be led by an educated local guide who loves the area, that they should move around free of big tour branding to better absorb the culture, and that they should share experiences with a small group of commoninterest companions rather than reams of strangers. We believe you can learn more about a country in 15 minutes on the Back-Roads Touring tour than you can in two hours on the freeway.