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London to Edinburgh 9 days from $2299 Prices 
DAYS 1/2: "One if by land, two if by sea..." Three (that's your number) if by air. Settle into your wide-bodied scheduled jet for a night flight across the Atlantic Ocean; destination, the United Kingdom.
Meet your passports courier on the ground, and proceed to your centrally-located London hotel. DAY 3: LONDON. A local professional guide shows you the sights this morning: Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, the adjacent, colorful streets of Soho, St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey, Number 10 Downing Street, and the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. Afternoon free: try out the tube; visit the Tower of London; cruise down the Thames River to Greenwich. To a West End theatre tonight? DAY 4: LONDON-STRATFORD. Head north, stopping at one of the world's greatest universities, Oxford. See not-so-maudlin Magdalen College, and its scholarly occupants, some of them lost in thought on the bustling sidewalks of this university town. Next it's the village of Stratford-upon-Avon, and the various shrines to the most famous playwright of all, William Shakespeare. Visit the romantic little thatched-roof cottage of Anne Hathaway. Thrill to a performance, if one is scheduled, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Hear it the way he wrote it. Overnight in Stratford area. DAY 5: LAKE DISTRICT-EDINBURGH. North through the industrial Midlands into the Lake District of Wordsworth and the Romantic poets. Thatched roofs, rolling hills, and inspirational vistas. Then through the Scottish Lowlands ("Sir Walter Scott country") to Edinburgh. DAY 6: EDINBURGH. A local guide takes you to the Edinburgh Castle of Queen Mary, to the Royal Mile, and to the 18th century classical district. Get yourself a Harris tweed jacket this afternoon; wear it to this evening's bagpipe concert. Dream of kilts and plaids tonight, here in the misty Northlands. DAY 7: EDINBURGH-YORK. Down through the Cheviot Hills to the old Roman fort city of York. See the splendid York Minster Cathedral and the place they call The Shambles. Dinner, "Ghost Tour," and overnight. 
DAY 8: YORK-LONDON. It's off to London on the Motorway, past Sherwood Forest of Robin Hood fame, to
Windsor Castle. A queen lives here.
Afternoon arrival in London. Shop, rest, pack; visit the bright lights of the West End one last time. It's time to go home tomorrow. DAY 9: Your private coach wends its way through Kensington and out of the city, towards the airport. You envy the red, double-decker busses on the other side of the road, heading back to London. You can still hear the bagpipes. |