Cream of the Cotswolds

Highlights: Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cirencester, Chavenage House, Ride on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway, Moreton-in-Marsh

Explore some of England's most treasured landscapes, where mellow stone-built towns and villages are tucked away amidst rolling limestone hills. The Cotswolds became prosperous with the medieval wool trade, when many fine churches and manor houses were built and left unspoilt to this day. It's an area of outstanding natural beauty and our holiday base, Cheltenham, is one of our finest historic treasures and the most complete Regency town in Britain.

**Please note it is a condition of travel with Grand UK, for all passengers to hold valid travel insurance for the duration of their tour.**Excursions
FULL DAY: Today we head into the lush meadows and honey coloured stone villages of the Cotswolds where this wonderful scenic tour takes in some of the most perfect picture-postcard villages of middle England. First to Moreton-in-Marsh where there is an opportunity to explore the huge Tuesday market, a celebrated weekly event, which takes over the High Street. We continue this afternoon to Bourton-on-the-Water, a renowned Cotswold village with the little River Windrush flowing beneath tiny humpback bridges.

FULL DAY: All aboard today for a ride on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire Railway as it steams serenely through the rolling Cotswold Hills to Broadway, a delightful place often referred to as the 'Jewel of the Cotswolds'. Here there is time to explore the 'broad way' with its ancient Cotswold stone cottages and myriad of antique shops before returning via Stow-on-the-Wold, where there is time to explore the ancient market square surrounded by dozens of independent antique shops.

FULL DAY: Heading south today, we reach Cirencester, often referred to as the 'Capital of the Cotswolds', before we make our way this afternoon to Chavenage House, a 400 year old Cotswold Manor where the Lowsley-Williams family take pride in welcoming you personally to their home.

Escorted Travel
Every one of our coach holidays includes the services of a coach driver and is always fully escorted by a knowledgeable Tour Manager, they are on hand every day and night and stay in the same hotel to ensure your holiday is stress-free.




Our coach Tour Managers are there purely for your extra comfort and enjoyment, from organising activities to breaking the ice and helping you all make the most of your holiday.


We hand-pick these extra special people because of their passion for people and places; they are the heartbeat of our coach holidays, a smiling face, a helping hand and always a listening ear and have the ability to turn a great time into a truly magical and memorable holiday experience.


They are simply the best in the business.




Our coach Tour Managers are there purely for your extra comfort and enjoyment, from organising activities to breaking the ice and helping you all make the most of your holiday. They are simply the best in the business.

We hand-pick these extra special people because of their passion for people and places; they are the heartbeat of our coach holidays, a smiling face, a helping hand and always a listening ear and have the ability to turn a great time into a truly magical and memorable holiday experience.


Everything Included:

- Free local joining points
- Collect Coach Miles
- All coach travel
- Reserved seats on tour coaches
- Tour Manager escorted
- Hotel accommodation and board as stated
- No single room supplement
- Excursions / itinerary as stated
- Admission fees and entertainment if stated
- Complete luggage handling
- Price-Back Insurance Offer


Your Pick Up Points
Joining Your Grand UK Coach Holiday
For 2024 we have introduced improvements to our network of local pick up points across the eastern, central and southern England, aimed at shortening your journey times and getting you away on holiday more easily and conveniently, meaning an altogether more relaxing start. We now have two pick up regions so your travel days will be more convenient, providing more efficient journeys, meeting your tour manager and fellow travellers earlier and in most cases arriving in resort earlier, please refer to our Pick-ups section below for more details.
The Tour Ref below indicates whether the tour departs from Area A or Area B by having either an A or B at the end. For example, GUK5A would be a tour departing from Area A.

Pick-Up Information
For 2024 we have introduced improvements to our network of local pick up points across the eastern, central and southern England, aimed at shortening your journey times and getting you away on holiday more easily and conveniently, meaning an altogether more relaxing start. We now have two pick up regions so your travel days will be more convenient, providing more efficient journeys, meeting your tour manager and fellow travellers earlier and in most cases arriving in resort earlier.
The Tour Ref on the holiday tab indicates whether the tour departs from Area A or Area B by having either an A or B at the end. For example, GUK5A would be a tour departing from Area A.






Traveling from Departure Area A: Be picked up from your free local departure point, and join your tour coach at our interchange area at Northampton Services on the M11, at junction 15A.





Traveling from Departure Area B: Be picked up from your free local departure point, and join your tour coach at our interchange area at Beaconsfield Services, M40, junction 2.Cheltenham Chase Hotel
Surrounded by countryside with spectacular views across the Cotswolds, this modern, luxurious hotel offers the perfect location for touring into the Cotswold scenery.

Hotel Facilities

★★★★ (AA)
- Restaurant, lounge bar
- En-suite bedrooms
- Free Wi-Fi
- Indoor swimming pool, gym, sauna, spa
- Lift

Hotels
• Cheltenham Chase Hotel, The Cotswolds (Brockworth) - View Information