Walking tour

The English love their gardens, and visitors will too on a new-for-2018 walking tour of southwest England offered by Foot Trails. Highlights of its custom tour of country houses and gardens can include visits to Wardour, England’s only hexagonal castle; Stourhead and its grottoes and classical temples; the Elizabethan manor and garden of Montacute House; and the Prior Park Landscape Garden, designed by poet Alexander Pope and landscape architect Capability Brown. Price: From about $1,365 per person, double occupancy, for a six-night tour. Includes drop-off and pickup at the beginning and end of the excursion, accommodations in country inns and pubs, breakfasts, local histories and trail guide cards for each day. International airfare not included.