Discover the sheer beauty of the ever-popular Lake District on this fantastic 5-day tour! We'll take a Grand Lakes Tour through stunning scenery and pretty towns, enjoying Lake Ullswater, Lake Windermere, Grasmere and Keswick. Perhaps the best way to view the scenery is onboard a nostalgic steam railway from Haverthwaite to Lakeside, or from the water itself with our Lake Windermere cruise. We also visit Holker Hall and Levens Hall – both beautiful buildings with stunning gardens to explore. The perfect way to soak up the countryside, this tour will leave you with fantastic memories.
We offer flexible payment options
Once you have booked your tour either online, or by telephone ( 1300 811 500 ), you have the flexibility of how you pay off the remainder of your balance. You can:
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For your convenience, you may choose to start this tour in the UK or at the first city in Europe.
Today we journey into the heart of the Lake District and tour the prettiest lakes and towns. We head to Patterdale on Lake Ullswater and then cross the spectacular Kirkstone Pass to reach Ambleside at the head of Lake Windermere, where a short walk takes you to the lakeside at Waterhead.
We then continue to Grasmere on the lake of the same name and long a favourite of Wordsworth, before finishing the day with a visit to the market town of Keswick.
Included Highlights
Today we visit Holker Hall and Gardens. These immaculately kept gardens are essentially Victorian in character and are set in exceptionally beautiful countryside with gardens merging into parkland. You will find hills on one side and the expanse of Morecambe Bay on the other.
Later, we head to Levens Hall and Gardens. Levens Hall is a magnificent Elizabethan mansion built around a 13th century tower, which was expanded and rebuilt towards the end of the 16th century.
Included Highlights
We start the day with a nostalgic steam ride through breathtaking scenery, aboard the heritage railway from Haverthwaite to Lakeside. Travelling through the Lakeland Fells, enjoy this scenic backdrop with its picturesque valleys, stunning lakes and rolling green hillside.
Next, sit back and enjoy our cruise on picturesque Lake Windermere, soaking up the awe-inspiring scenery of the Cumbrian countryside, as we sail to the popular resort of Bowness. Spend some free time in Bowness, with its shops, cafés, restaurants, pubs and attractions, such as the Beatrix Potter Exhibition.
Our day continues with a visit to Wordsworth’s Hawkshead, with its charming whitewashed houses, alleyways, courtyards and squares. We end the day with a visit to Coniston Water.
Included Highlights
If you are leaving the tour in Europe, you will say farewell to the group after breakfast this morning. If you joined the tour in the UK, today you will return and continue to your original joining point.
Book online OR call our friendly travel advisers on:
1300 811 500
If you prefer, then you can join the tour at the hotel. To do this, we will require a copy of your passport for identification purposes and you must advise us at the time of booking.
No reduction will be given if you should choose to do this.
We are unable to guarantee that the hotel will be able to meet your dietary requirements. We find that the majority of European countries do not generally cater for vegetarians and that the meal supplied may well be what everyone else is having minus the meat.
We will of course endeavour to arrange for a vegetarian meal at the hotel. We do however suggest that you advise us of your dietary requests at the time of booking and recommend that you speak to the receptionist on arrival with regard to your request.
You will stay for four nights at the 3-star Shap Wells Hotel, situated in a secluded wooded valley, high in the Shap Fells.
