Highgrove and Cotswolds four-day tour starts from £595/person including three nights B&B at the 4* De Vere Cotswold Waterpark Hotel, three dinners, coach travel throughout, garden visits, the services of a professional tour manager. Departs 3 May, 10 August & 7 September 2019; 12 April, 10 May, 21 June & 6 September 2019.
Visit the soon to be home turf for the tipped to be Duke and Duchess of Sussex
Gardens of Kent & Sussex 2019
With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle being tipped to become the new Duke and Duchess of Sussex, get a taste for their soon to be nominated stomping ground. Enjoy an ‘early bird visit’ to the romantic and magnificently manicured gardens of Sissinghurst – before they open to the general public; explore Wakehurst Place’s wild botanic garden and Millennium Seed Bank – the largest wild seed conservation project in the world, and sit down to a sumptuous three-course lunch, fit for a King, in the 16th century Gravetye Manor. In addition to other Sussex highlights, the itinerary also takes in some of the finest properties in Kent including Lullingstone Castle’s with its innovative World Garden of Plants, Hever Castle and beautiful seven-acre property Great Comp Garden.
Brightwater Holidays Gardens of Kent & Sussex starts from £795/person including three nights at the 4* Donnington Manor Hotel in Sevenoaks on a dbb basis, two lunches, travel throughout, garden visits and the services of a professional tour manager. Departs 30 May, 24 June 2018.
Visit Harry’s Grandmother’s Scottish Retreat and his Great Grandmother’s Childhood Home
Historic Houses of Scotland 2018
Follow the trail of both factual and fictional monarchs on this 4 day tour, including the opportunity to visit Balmoral. Allegedly the favourite bolthole of The Queen, take lunch in its 18,659-acre estate before a private tour of the house with a real feel for how family gatherings with newly-weds might be. Follow the lineage, visiting Glamis, the real childhood home of the Queen Mother where Princess Margaret was born, and Lochleven Castle, the once home of Mary Queen of Scots and later her jail cell. Offering a fascinating exploration throughout, this tour also uncovers the histories and stories behind Braemar, Blair and Menzies Castles with the option to partake in a few small dams at local distilleries along the way.
Historic Houses of Scotland four-day holiday starts from £745/person including three nights’ dbb accommodation at Dunkeld House Hotel, three lunches, visits to all the sites in programme and the services of a professional tour manager. Departs 3 June 2018.
For bookings and further information, visit: 01334 897427, www.brightwaterholidays.com.