Description
Studley Castle Hotel - A beautiful hotel curating more than 180 years of history, but with an utterly modern in outlook.
It's the perfect setting and is ideally located for our excursions to Worcester & The Museum of Royal Worcester (2023) and our optional excursion to Great Malvern & The Malvern Hills.
New for 2024 is the wonderful moated manor house where you can discover secret chambers that were hiding places for priests! Baddesley Clinton is well worth a visit. Staying closer to home, you can relax in The Stables Spa, enjoy a classic in the Picture Lounge or explore the grounds. There's a lot to do... and lots of ways to do nothing!
Departure points to suit you...
Crusader Holidays uses an interchange system, taking place at either Beaconsfield Services (M40), South Mimms Services (M25/A1M) or Thurrock Services (M25).
Here you may have to change to your holiday coach and we are renowned for ensuring that this is smooth and efficient.
The holiday coaches typically depart from Beaconsfield Services at 11.15, Thurrock Services at around 09.30 and South Mimms Services at 10.30. Some customers find it more convenient to join direct at the interchange, please let is know when booking if this is the case.
*Due to increased operational costs, from Monday 16th October 2023 Dover, Folkestone, Canterbury & Ashford joining points will be subject to a £25.00 per person supplement on all 2024 UK Tours.
NOTE: Pick up points are a guide so please refer to your holiday confirmation for specific locations as details are subject to change.
Itinerary
Enjoy the facilities at the hotel
- 3 or 4 nights accommodation with breakfast and dinner- Live entertainment- Visit to Worcester (2023 only)- Entrance to Museum of Royal Worcester (2023 only)- Visit & entrance to Baddesley Clinton Manor House (2024 only)- Optional visit to Great Malvern & The Malvern Hills- En route stop in Stratford upon Avon & Bicester Avenue
Great Visits!
Day 1 - Once on board head to Warwickshire, relax and enjoy the break in the journey in Stratford upon Avon, a town synonymous with William Shakespeare. However, it is much more than that, a market town with more than 800 years of history containing not only many buildings that survive today and would have been familiar to Shakespeare, but also a thriving community offering a wide variety of leisure and shopping experiences. 3 or 4 nights with breakfast & dinner included at Studley Castle.
Days 2 - 3 (or 4) At leisure with one included excursions & one Optional Excursion
INCLUDED EXCURSION
Worcester & Museum of Royal Worcester ( 2023 ONLY)
Worcester is known as the home of Royal Worcester Porcelain, composer Edward Elgar, Lea & Perrins, makers of traditional Worcestershire sauce, and the University of Worcester. Entrance is included for the Museum of Royal Worcester - Discover 250 years of colourful history through the largest collection of Worcester porcelain in the world, in the place where it was made, just minutes from the historic centre of Worcester and the River Severn. Beautifully refurbished galleries tell the stories of the people who made the porcelain and those who bought it.Baddesley Clinton Manor House - Warwickshire (National Trust) (2024 ONLY)Discover a secluded, intimate estate set in the heart of the Forest of Arden with 500 years of fascinating and unexpected stories. A moated manor house with late medieval, Tudor and 20th-century histories. Discover the secret chambers for hiding priests! Enjoy the peaceful gardens, fish pools, walled garden, a recently-restored vegetable plot and a lakeside walk. Plant shop & Café . Entrance included.
OPTIONAL EXCURSION (2023 & 2024)
Great Malvern & The Malvern Hills
The Malverns are a uniquely beautiful place offering more than just landscape, with beautiful towns and thriving villages to explore. Tumbling down the side of a forested ridge about 7 miles southwest of Worcester, the picturesque spa town of Great Malvern is the gateway to the Malverns, a soaring 9-mile-long range of volcanic hills that rise unexpectedly from the surrounding meadows.Return DayBreakfast and check out. On the way back to the local area a stop will be made at the very popular Bicester Avenue Garden Centre for refreshments and shopping. Onwards to interchange and your home- towns.
Venue Information
Adult Only
Warner Studley Castle Hotel
Studley Castle offers incredible architecture, beautiful surroundings, adults-only, and touch of luxury.
Experience something a little different with a cosy movie in the Picture Lounge, late night comedy in the bar, or perhaps a massage in The Stables Spa.
All bedrooms have TV, hospitality tray and there is a lift
Comfort meets luxury - rooms at Studley Castle are the perfect escape-from-it-all retreat.
Whether it's the original features of the individual castle rooms, the contemporary style of the Studley wing or the calm and tranquility of the Stables or Lodge, all rooms are designed for relaxing in comfort. Crisp linens and plump pillows ensure a luxurious night's sleep.
NB: ALL WARNERS HOTELS & RESORTS ARE CASHLESS
Entertainment - TBC
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