DURHAM CITY & THE HERITAGE NORTH EAST

7th May - 5 DAYS

INCLUDED IN YOUR HOLIDAY PRICE

• Pick-up from your home and return • All ferry and luxury coach travel
• 4 nights half board accommodation • 5 choices dinner menu with tea/coffee
• A lunch cruise on the River Wear • Entrance into Chesters Roman Fort
• Entrance into Beamish Open Air Museum
• Free use of leisure facilities • Excursions as listed
• Services of our Kardan Travel Holidays Driver/Courier

The Redworth Hall Hotel – 4 Star – Newton Aycliffe
The 4 star Georgian Redworth Hall Hotel, standing in 25 acres of peaceful
woodland, combines traditional elegance with contemporary style. The
grand old manor house dating back to 1744 has many original features
including the magnificent Great Hall and ornate staircase. All 143 bedrooms
have been individually designed with tastefully co-ordinated fabrics and
furniture. All rooms are equipped with all the extras you need to make you
feel at home, including tea/coffee facilities and hairdryer. The hotel has a
bar, 2 restaurants and lavishly decorated lounges. The health club offers
fantastic facilities including swimming pool, spa, sauna, steam room, gym,
tennis and beauty suite. There is a lift to all floors.

Day One: After a taxi pick up from home, you board our luxury coach and
make your way, via the motorway network, northwards to Newton Aycliffe,
your base for the next four nights.
Day Two to Day Four: With three included excursions in this stunning region,
you will see picturesque coastline, historic castles and magnificent gardens.
Day Five: After breakfast, you make your way southwards, arriving back on
the Island early evening.

Included Excursions: A day tour to the city of Durham for sightseeing and
shopping with an included river cruise with lunch on-board. The one and a half
hour cruise with commentary takes in many of the city’s sights from the unique
perspective of the River Wear. The boat casts off from the jetty beneath the
Prince Bishop’s shopping centre and takes a course upstream. After taking in
views of the bandstand, racecourse and prison we turn and head downstream
where a buffet lunch is served beneath the gaze of Durham Cathedral.
A full day excursion visiting Hadrian’s Wall and The Chesters Roman Fort, which
is near Chollerford, perhaps the best preserved Roman cavalry fort in Britain.
You then continue to the market town of Hexham with its Abbey. Our journey
also takes us across the dramatic North Pennines passing the spectacular High
Force waterfall.
An excursion to Beamish Open Air Museum. Set in a picturesque valley,
Beamish vividly recreates life in the North of England in the early parts of both
the 19th and 20th centuries. Costumed staff welcome visitors to The Town,
the “drift” mine and Colliery Village, Home Farm, Pockerley Manor and The
1825 Railway, Pockerley Waggonway with its replica “Locomotion No 1” and
“The Steam Elephant”. Beamish has won many visitor attraction awards.

KARDAN TRAVEL PRICE £515 per person

BASED ON TWO ADULTS SHARING

Single supplement £75  

HISTORIC HOUSES & GARDENS OF CHESHIRE

14th May - 5 DAYS

INCLUDED IN YOUR HOLIDAY PRICE

• Pick-up from your home and return • All ferry and luxury coach travel
• 4 nights half-board accommodation
• Choice of starters and main course with tea/coffee
• Admission into Tatton Park • Admission into Arley Hall & Gardens
• Excursions as listed
• Services of our Kardan Travel Holidays Driver/Courier

The McDonald Blossoms Hotel Chester – 4 Star
This charming 4 star hotel is located in a quiet street within Chester’s
historic city centre, within easy reach of the Rows and the cathedral. Each
of the 63 bedrooms is beautifully decorated with many original features and
contains TV, hairdryer and tea/coffee making facilities. The charming streetfacing
restaurant has a modern contemporary feel, and there is a small bar
and lounge in which to relax. The hotel has a lift to all floors.

Day One: After a taxi pick up from home, you join our luxury touring coach
and head northwards, via the motorway network, towards Chester, with
comfort stops en route. We arrive at the hotel late afternoon.
Day Two to Day Four: At leisure in Chester. With two included
excursions.
The city of Chester is awash with history and heritage. Famous for its
unforgettable half timbered buildings, Chester has a gentle medieval air.
From the cobbled paths to the cathedral spire, Chester offers buildings of
every era, each carefully restored to retain the old world backdrop to the
modern day bustle of vibrant city life. Chester is home to the unique 13th
Century ‘Rows’, half-timbered galleried shops, the largest Roman
amphitheatre in Britain and a glorious cathedral..
Day Five: After breakfast, you head southwards via the motorway network
for the return journey to the Island, arriving early evening.

Included Excursions: A day to Tatton Park which has much to offer. The
two historic houses, the Mansion and Tudor Old Hall, are set in 1000 acres
of beautiful parkland with lakes, tree-lined avenues and herds of red and
fallow deer. Award-winning gardens, a working farm and speciality shops
complete the picture.
A visit to Arley Hall and Gardens, one of Cheshire’s most charming country
houses, the Hall and Chapel were built between 1832 and 1845 and are a
prized example of the Victorian Jacobean style. The gardens have been
voted amongst the top 50 in Europe and in the top 10 in Britain. The
Gardens are a horticulturist’s paradise and are celebrated for the oldest and
finest double herbaceous borders in the country.

KARDAN TRAVEL PRICE £459 per person

No single supplement  

LLANDUDNO & SNOWDONIA NATIONAL PARK

28th May - 5 DAYS

INCLUDED IN YOUR HOLIDAY PRICE

• Pick-up from your home and return • All ferry and luxury coach travel
• 4 nights half-board accommodation • Nightly entertainment
• Choice of starters and main course with tea/coffee after dinner
• Ride on the Welsh Highland Railway
• Admission into Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens
• Admission into Portmerion • Excursions as listed
• Services of our Kardan Travel Holidays Driver/Courier

The Merrion Hotel – 3 Star
The Merrion Hotel is located in a prime position on the promenade of
Llandudno, nestled between the twin headlands of the Little and Great
Ormes. All rooms are en-suite with TV, direct dial telephone and
complimentary tea/coffee making facilities. Other hotel facilities include lift,
bar, lounge and restaurant.

Day One: After a taxi pick up from home, you join our luxury touring coach
and head northwards, via the motorway network, towards North Wales,
with comfort stops made en route. We arrive in Llandudno late afternoon.
Day Two to Day Four: At leisure in Llandudno. With two included
excursions.
The resort of Llandudno is a bustling holiday centre, well served with shops
and restaurants. Nearby you have the Great Orme, which you can ascend
by cable car or tram. From the top you have magnificent views of the town
and the Irish Sea.
Day Five: After breakfast, you head southwards, via the motorway network
for the return journey back to the Island, arriving early evening.

Included Excursions:
A grand circular tour of the Snowdonia National Park, including a train ride
on the new Welsh Highland Railway line from Caernarfon to Portmadog
(Subject to completion, otherwise a similar journey on the same line will be
offered ). Here you rejoin your coach for the journey to Italianate village of
Portmeirion. You then return to Llandudno, via Blaenau Ffestiniog and
Betws-y-Coed.
A day excursion to the Isle of Anglesey. First visiting Beaumaris, a well
known historic town on the Menai Strait with its medieval castle dating back
to the reign of Edward I and its Victorian pier, gaol & courthouse. Then onto
Plas Newydd Country House and Gardens, Home of the Marquess of
Anglesey. With spectacular views of Snowdonia set amidst breathtakingly
beautiful scenery on the Menai Strait, this elegant house was redesigned by
James Wyatt in the 18th century. The 1930’s restyled interior is famous for
its Rex Whistler association, containing his largest painting and exhibition. A
military museum contains relics of the 1st Marquess of Anglesey, who
commanded the cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo.

KARDAN TRAVEL PRICE £479 per person

No single supplement