Pack up for Antigua
SPEND a week of beach luxury with a £380 discount on an all-inclusive stay at Antigua’s four-star St James Club. The £1,229 package flies out of Gatwick on June 14 and includes accommodation in a Club Room at the luxurious hideaway. You need to be quick though – the deal ends on Tuesday. Phone 08434 590 925 or visit antiguaholidayoffers.com. WHEN: Departures from June to October. Visit the film location of the hugely popularr BBC series on a short break to Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent. You will be greeted by your ur very own ‘midwife’ and given a guided walking tour of the outdoor locations used to depict 1950s East End London. A visit to Canterbury is also included. This one night/ two day break has nationwide departures. COST: From £125 per person for one night dinner and B&B in a 3 star hotel, including transport, with Newmarket Holidays. newmarketholidays.co.uk, 0330 160 7835. WHEN: August 7 and 21. Visit the Cotswold villages of Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourtonon-the-Water and Burford before heading to the Oxfordshire village of Bampton n where much of the show’s outdoor filming was shot. Then travel on to Highclere Castle or “Downton Abbey” itself.
The castle is also famous for its connection with ancient Egypt through the Fifth Earl of Carnarvon who, alongside VISIT some of the National Trust’s historic locations featured in Wolf Hall, the BBC drama adapted from Hilary Mantel’s novel.
There is Thomas Cromwell’s “home” Great Chalfield Manor, pictured, in Wiltshire, Howard Carter, found the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. This two day tour with Harry Shaw picks up from various departure points in the Midlands. COST: £139.95pp for one night dinner, B&B, travel. harryshaw. co.uk, 02476 455 544. Montacute House (Greenwich Palace) and Barrington Court (York Place, Whitehall) in Somerset and Berkeley Castle and Newark Park in Gloucestershire. COST: £505pp for four nights dinner, B&B with Door2Tour.com. 0330 440 3999. For more ideas see findacoachholiday.com. WHEN:WH August 25 Fo Follow in the footsteps of Oxford’s celebrated TV detective Morse and successor Lewis. WHEN Dates from tea. Towie fans get A guided walking tour will take you to the August to November. a four hour sc scenes of their best-known cases, while a Reality TV takes minibus tour with gu guided day tour by coach passes through the centre stage on time to drop into to towns and villages used as locations. these tours, the stars’ shops. The tour also visits Blenheim Palace and the departing from COST Chelsea: to town of Woodstock, also used in episodes of South Wales with Edwards Coaches. £239pp, two nights B&B at the Morse and Midsomer Murders. This five-day MME Ea In Chelsea you get a two hour London Chigwell Prince Regent Eastons Holidays trip departs from Norfolk. walking tour to the exclusive world Hotel. Towie: £269pp, two nights COST:C Five days from £399pp including four around King’s Road. There is time B&B at the Hilton London nightsn dinner, B&B and coach travel. for shopping, food at the Bluebird, Paddington. edwardscoaches. www.eastonsholidays.co.uk,w 01603 754155. then off to Harrods for afternoon co.uk, 01443 202 048. WHEN: Departures June to October. Whether your favourite Time Lord is Tom Baker, David Tennant or Peter Capaldi, left, this two day break to the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff is perfect for fans of this long-running cult television show. The tour visits the interactive museumm that is full of costumes, props, WHEN:WHE July 22 and August 19. Step into soapland and explore behibehind the scenes of this working TV seset. Emmerdale is on the HareHarewood Estate, home to the statestately Harewood House. ThThe fictional village of the ITV shoshow, previously off limits to the public, opens its gates only on selected weekendsweekends. Meander pastpa Home Farm, The Woolpack and Bob’s Cafe while guides share secrets,s insider stories and intriguing facts. This two night/three day special tour with Crusader Holidays includes a stay at the Great Victoria Hotel in nearby Bradford. COST: From £229pp with departure points in East Anglia, the South East and the Home Counties. crusader-holidays.co.uk, 01255 425 453. sets,ts special effects and features llots of exciting peeks behind the scenes.
On day two explore the locations where the sci-fi show has been filmed over the years. An expert guide will bring things to life with trivia and insights. COST: From £119pp with nationwide departures with Gold Crest Holidays. gold-crest.com, 01943 433 457.