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Itinerary DAY 4 • Overland to Wales • Caernarfon lunch to cap off our glimpse of everyday life in
Castle • Home-Hosted Lunch • Welsh rural Cumbria.
Slate Museum B,L — The Swan Hotel & Spa or similar

DAY 1 • Depart U.S. for Visit Caernarfon Castle, one of the most famous
Manchester, England medieval fortresses in Wales, followed by a Home- DAY 7 • Overland to Edinburgh, Scotland •
Depart for your overnight flight to Hosted Lunch with local Welsh families. Then, Hadrian’s Wall
Manchester, England. journey into the Snowdonian Mountains to the On our way to Edinburgh, we’ll stop at Hadrian’s
coal mining village of Llamberis to learn about the Wall—a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We’ll walk
DAY 2 • Arrive in Manchester, England • region’s mining past at the Welsh Slate Museum along a section of the wall, which was built in AD
Transfer to Chester before returning to Chester. 122 to guard the northern frontier of the Roman
Arrive in Manchester and transfer to Chester, where B,L — Macdonald New Blossoms Hotel or similar Empire, to reach Vindolanda Fort, one of Europe’s
you’ll meet your fellow travelers, including those most important ancient Roman archaeological
who took our Exploring the Channel Islands: Jersey DAY 5 • Transfer to the Lake District • sites. We’ll also have the chance to walk through
& Guernsey or our Along England’s Southwest Coast: Yorkshire Dales Vindolanda Gardens, located just beyond the fort.
Salisbury, the Jurassic Coast & Cornwall pre-trip Enjoy a scenic overland journey through the B,D — Macdonald Holyrood Hotel & Spa or similar

extensions. Yorkshire Dales to the Lake District. After we check
D — Macdonald New Blossoms Hotel or similar in to our hotel, meet a local dry stone waller to learn DAY 8 • Explore Edinburgh •
how the age-old craft of fitting slabs of rock and Edinburgh Castle
DAY 3 • Chester • Controversial Topic: stone together to create the distinctive walls of this Today’s tour of Edinburgh includes the labyrinthine
Wales and England relations • Roman region is disappearing. Then, enjoy dinner at a local Old Town by foot and a drive through the organized
Amphitheater lakeside pub. New Town, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites. We’ll
Meet an English and a Welsh local to learn about B,D — The Swan Hotel & Spa or similar also stroll along the cobbled streets and down the

the Controversial Topic of the delicate relationship Royal Mile to Edinburgh Castle, where we’ll have a
between Wales and England. Then, enjoy a walking DAY 6 • A Day in the Life of a Herdwick guided tour of the castle and the 12th-century St.
tour of Chester, including its Roman walls, sheep farm in Cumbria Margaret’s Chapel.
cathedral, and the largest Roman Amphitheater Experience everyday farming life in the Lake B,L — Macdonald Holyrood Hotel & Spa or similar

discovered in Britain. This evening, enjoy a District by spending A Day in the Life of a Herdwick
Welcome Dinner. sheep farm. We’ll get to know the farmer and his DAY 9 • William Wallace Monument •
B,L,D — Macdonald New Blossoms Hotel or similar family, enjoy hands-on experiences feeding and Controversial Topic: Dunblane massacre
herding the sheep, and see how the clever sheepdogs Witness an iconic piece of Scotland’s history—the
are trained to corral the flock on the Lakeland fells. William Wallace Monument—on our way to Stirling
Then, we’ll sit down to a traditional farmhouse Castle, a symbol of Scottish national pride since it
was first built in the 12th century. Then, we’ll drive

On Day 5, we’ll spend A Day in the Life of a Herdwick sheep farm. Our Day 4 discoveries in North Wales include a visit to Caernarfon Castle.

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