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Discovery tours
England
Explore the UK or Europe with our small groups and friendly leaders. Travel by mini-coach, enjoy gentle strolls in the countryside, explore villages, and take in the views.
New for 2012 – explore the great European waterways on our Discovery Tours Afloat in conjunction with French Cruise specialist CroisiEurope. Relax on board, go ashore and explore, enjoy good food, good company and comfortable en-suite cabins – and you only have to unpack once.
Cotswolds
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at Bourton-on-the-Water, Heart of England
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- Beautiful rural countryside with lush valleys and woodlands
- The lovely gardens of Sudeley Castle
- The pretty village of Broadway, quintessentially Cotswold
Northern Yorkshire Dales
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at Sedbergh, Yorkshire Dales
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Picturesque Hawes, home of Wensleydale cheese
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A journey through the Pennine uplands above Swaledale
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Historic market towns of Kirkby Stephen and Appleby
Southern Yorkshire Dales
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at Malhamdale, Yorkshire Dales
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The spectacular Gordale Scar, an awe-inspiring limestone gorge
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Traditional Dales villages of Grassington, Arncliffe, Malham and Litton
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The World Heritage Site of Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
Northern Lake District
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at Derwentwater, Lake District
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- Beautiful Borrowdale with its traditional village and mountain scenery
- Visit ancient Castlerigg Stone Circle
- Bassenthwaite Lake, Loweswater, Grasmere and Ullswater
Dartmoor
6 to 7 nights - From £629
- Guided Discovery Tour at Haytor, South West Peninsula
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- Buckland Abbey, the unusual home of Sir Francis Drake
- The famous Dartmoor village, Uncle Tom Cobley’s Widecombe-in-the-Moor
- Naval town of Dartmouth and Slapton Sands
Cornwall
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at St Ives, South West Peninsula
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- Lizard Point, the most southerly point in mainland Britain
- Trelissick Garden with panoramic views of the Fal estuary and year-round colour
- The pretty little harbour village of Mousehole
Isle of Wight
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at Freshwater Bay, Southern England
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- Colourful Alum Bay and the impressive chalk stacks of the Needles
- The grandeur of Osborne House and gardens, home of Queen Victoria
- Ventnor Botanic Gardens
Southern Lake District
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at Conistonwater, Lake District
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- Ride the La’al Ratty steam train from Eskdale to Ravenglass
- Visit the famous lakes of Coniston Water and Windermere
- The dramatic mountain scenery of Great Langdale
Derbyshire Dales
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at Dovedale, Heart of England
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- The limestone gorge of Dove Dale, and the nearby picturesque villages
- The small market town of Bakewell, where you can sample its famous ‘pudding’
- Chatsworth House and gardens; the superb ‘Palace of the Peak’
South Downs
7 nights - From £729
- Guided Discovery Tour at Abingworth, Southern England
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Highdown, a fascinating garden on the Downs
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Petworth where Capability Brown designed the rolling parkland landscape
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The interesting old Norman port of Bosham with its King Canute connections
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