IN SEARCH OF WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL
3 days / 2 nights - Wednesday to Friday
Here was a man whose name will live down the ages. A warrior, a politician, an orator, a painter, a Nobel Prize winner for literature. But, perhaps, more than anything, a leader. A leader whose courage and determination inspired youthful Western democracies to defy a tyranny. A leader who even today inspires new generations.
Our three-day tour is designed to celebrate the man. We visit a range of places and palaces intimately connected with his life and work. In doing so, tour participants will not only learn something |
of the great man but enjoy seeing British heritage sites and scenery that are worth the visit in their own right. This super tour, with accommodation based in London, will appeal to both those who lived through the tumultuous events of the 20th Century, and to those who want to learn more about them, and the larger than life figures who so dominated the landscape. This tour can be combined with our special one-day WW2-Occupied Lands tour or with our D-Day Normandy Beaches tour.
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DEPARTURE
DATES & PRICES FOR 2008
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Tour
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Depart
London |
Return
London |
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WSC |
Wednesday |
Friday |
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07 May |
09 May |
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11 Jun |
13 Jun |
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09 Jul |
11 Jul |
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13 Aug |
15 Aug |
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10 Sep |
12 Sep |
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08 Oct |
10 Oct |
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PRICES:
GBP £335 pp twin share / GBP £365 single
occupancy |
Guaranteed departures as shown above. If the dates don’t fit your schedule, the tour can be run privately on request on any three days, and for any number of participants.
The cost depends on the number travelling. |
What
your tour price includes
- Your
accommodation for 2 nights while on the tour is included
in your tour price, and this includes both full breakfasts
and dinners
- Your
price also includes all entrance fees to attractions,
transportation, services of driver/guide-companion
and all taxes and tips other than those you may wish
to give your guide
- Airport
transfers and accommodation pre and post tour are
not included but can be reserved at a specially discounted
price.
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TENTATIVE
ITINERARY |
NIGHTSTOP |
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DAY
ONE - WEDNESDAY |
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We begin at the beginning. Our day sees us visiting Blenheim Palace, Churchill's birth place. This incredible treasure house, set near Oxford on the edge of the Cotswolds, was given to Winston's ancestor John, Duke of Marlborough. In addition to a general tour of the palace, you'll also visit the Winston Churchill Exhibition and 'Churchill’s Destiny' Exhibition.
Nearby, we find the family vault and the simple grave that marks Churchill's final resting place.
Also included on today's itinerary will be Harrow, the famed public school were Churchill received his secondary education before joining the army and, when possible, a tour of the Royal Military College at Sandhurst where the young Churchill attended for his military training. Alternatively, we will go to Bletchley Park where the 'Enigma Code' was cracked and where we can visit the Churchill Collection, an amazing display of privately owned memorabilia.
We return to our accomodation. Please note, dinner is not included on this tour and you are free to dine independently.
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London |
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DAY
TWO - THURSDAY |
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Today we tour Kent and specifically Chartwell, the house where Churchill and his family lived from 1922 to 1965, the year of his death at the age of 90. The estate is now owned by the National Trust. We'll also take advantage of seeing several sites connected with World War Two and specifically The Battle Of Britain, a battle that inspired Churchill's great speech paraphrased as 'never has so much been owed to so few'.
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London |
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DAY
THREE - FRIDAY |
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London is the focus of our Churchill exploration today. We'll see those famed buildings that formed the various stages upon which the great man performed - The Admiralty, the House of Commons, houses where he lived. We'll 'relive' the Blitz and at The Imperial War Museum we'll see exhibitions on some of the wars in which young Winston was involved - the Anglo-Boer War, Sudan and The Great War (on our Sunday day-tour of the Great War’s Ypres Salient we visit the site where Churchill served in the Great War). We’ll go to St Paul’s Cathedral where his state funeral took place and where now we can see the eight-metre long Winston Churchill Memorial Screen. During our day, we’ll also find several statues of the great man (including one with Roosevelt). The undoubted high-spot of the day will be our visit to the Churchill Museum, the first national museum dedicated to Sir Winston Churchill. It is housed in the unique setting of the Cabinet War Rooms, the underground complex where Churchill and his government met as bombs rained down on London in 1940. |
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