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Cotswold Hills Tour: Explore Downton Abbey Sites
4.3
18 Ratings
Southampton
Embark on a scenic journey from Southampton to London, exploring the charming Cotswold Villages, iconic Downton Abbey filming locations, and indulging in a delicious pub lunch at a historic inn.
Embark on a scenic journey from Southampton to London, exploring the charming Cotswold Villages, iconic Downton Abbey filming locations, and indulging in a delicious pub lunch at a historic inn.
Duration:
9 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Northleach - The journey begins in the charming village of Northleach, celebrated for its remarkable architecture and rich history. Visitors can admire the Church of St Peter and St Paul, often referred to as the ‘Cathedral of the Cotswolds’.
- Burford - Leaving Northleach, the route winds through picturesque lanes and gentle hills to the…
- Northleach - The journey begins in the charming village of Northleach, celebrated for its remarkable architecture and rich history. Visitors can admire the Church of St Peter and St Paul, often referred to as the ‘Cathedral of the Cotswolds’.
- Burford - Leaving Northleach, the route winds through picturesque lanes and gentle hills to the enchanting village of Burford, where historic stone cottages appear to tumble towards the River Windrush. A guided tour of the town includes a visit to the ancient church of St John the Baptist, followed by a traditional pub lunch in a Cotswolds tavern dating back to 1402.
- Oxford - Post-lunch in Burford, the tour proceeds to the historic city of Oxford. Here, a guide will lead a one-hour walking tour of the city’s renowned university buildings, cloisters, and quadrangles, including the Bodleian Library and Radcliffe Camera. After the tour, there is an hour of free time to explore independently before returning to the coach for a drop-off at your specified location in London or Heathrow.
What's Included
- Two hold luggage items up to 23kg and one 10kg carry-on per person
- Lunch provided
- Complimentary cruise terminal pick-up and drop-off
- Guidance from a professional expert guide
- Two hold luggage items up to 23kg and one 10kg carry-on per person
- Lunch provided
- Complimentary cruise terminal pick-up and drop-off
- Guidance from a professional expert guide
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Transform your Southampton post-cruise transfer into an exciting day trip, exploring charming villages, hidden valleys, and winding streams in the Cotswold Hills. Relish a traditional county pub lunch at a historic English tavern before heading to the renowned city of Oxford for a tour steeped in history and academia.
This service is offered on all dates…
Transform your Southampton post-cruise transfer into an exciting day trip, exploring charming villages, hidden valleys, and winding streams in the Cotswold Hills. Relish a traditional county pub lunch at a historic English tavern before heading to the renowned city of Oxford for a tour steeped in history and academia.
This service is offered on all dates when Royal Caribbean, Oceania, NCL, Celebrity, Princess, and Disney cruise ships are in Southampton. It is also available to passengers on other ships if your arrival dates and times align with those of the listed ships. Please be aware that you will need to arrange your own transportation to the ship we are servicing on that date.
- Each person is allowed a maximum of 2 items of hold luggage (75x51x28 cm - 23kg each) and 1 item of carry-on luggage (55x40x20 cm - 10kg each). If you bring extra luggage it will not fit in the vehicle. In this instance you will be responsible for arranging separate transportation for your luggage to your cruise ship.
- Should you wish to bring any mobility aids (wheelchairs or walkers) you MUST contact the operator in advance and provide full dimensions and weight. These items must be able to be folded and stored in the luggage hold. Wheelchairs must be counted as 1 item of your hold luggage.
Location
Herbert Walker Avenue
08.00am from Royal Caribbean, Oceania, NCL, Princess, Disney or Celebrity cruise ship. Your driver will meet you at your terminal building exit from 08:00am. Your driver will be holding a sign reading "International Friends", and will accompany you the coach.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.3
(18 Ratings)
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Lesa_h
Jan 18, 2025
Great Tour- Great Guide - Benedict was an excellent tour guide. He was very informative and thorough, and obviously knew a lot of London history. I highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in the Westminster/Buckingham Palace area.
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Teresa_a
Sep 19, 2024
A beautiful day in the Cotswolds! - The whole day was absolutely wonderful! We enjoyed our time. Nigel, our guide was full of humor and knowledge. Henry did a great job at driving us all day! Memories made!
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Dennis_m
Sep 19, 2024
Beautiful day in the Cotswolds. - Nice relaxing trip to the Cotswolds. Beautiful day in the English countryside. I had done part of this tour before and enjoyed it a second time. Lunch was included and the meal was very good!
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Topsypops
Aug 7, 2024
Great way to see the Cotwolds - This is a great way to see an area outside London, that you may not get to see.
We were fortunate to have only one other couple on our tour. Tony was an excellent Guide who made sure we were all looked after well. He was a wealth of knowledge, and being a small group, was able to cater for individual questions and interests.
He was so friendly, and gave tips for overall safety on our onward journeys. Tony - your tip regarding Rock and Sole Plaice was spot on.
The Companies Team at the Wharf worked together to ensure all guests had been collected for all tours before any of them departed.
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Mrs_cannon56
Aug 4, 2024
A Cotswold Tour to Remember! - My mother and I enjoyed a spectacular tour with Christian Mulcahy as our guide. We spent 8 hours touring the Cotswold Villages and enjoyed a literal history lesson of the UK while hearing fabulous antidotes about root words. Christian was an incredible guide who was very accommodating and informative. We honestly could not be more pleased with the quality of our tour and guide! Highlight: Christian carved out time for my mother and I to enjoy a pint (Guinness, of course) at England's oldest pub! Huge thanks to Christian and the International Friends team!
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Suzanne_g
May 18, 2024
Cruise ship to Hotel - Lovely way to go from cruise ship to London hotel. Both the tour guide and driver were incredibly knowledgeable and accommodating. Wonderful way to see the Cotswolds and enjoy the countryside.
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Alan_c
May 17, 2024
Excellent! - From pick up at the port to drop-off at our London hotel, it was excellent. Our guide Jeff and driver Gary were fantastic and made a great team. Jeff was very knowledeable, great sense of humor also. The cotswolds village of Bampton was gorgeous. Thank you to the villagers that "suffer" the tourists! The Lamb pub in Burford, and the included lunch were great. Just the right amount of free time in both places. It was a long day from ship to hotel, but well worth it.
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Bill_s
May 16, 2024
Outstanding Tour - This tour was fantastic
Jeff the tour guide was awesome and had a lot of stories of the different places we toured
Gary the bus driver was great and also added a few different experiences
I would recommend you do this tour on the way from the ship to London
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Aimee_f
Jun 9, 2024
Way too for what we got - Our tour guide didn’t share any information and kept saying he knew we were tired and would let us sleep the entire trip. We started drop-offs at the airport at 4 pm and weren’t dropped off at our hotel in London until 6 pm. In retrospect, we would just get transportation straight to London (unless I was going to a hotel at Heathrow). The pub lunch was very good, but there were no led walking tours anywhere.
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410nursedj
Jul 25, 2024
Very Disappointing Tour - Booked Cotswold Villages and Downton Abbey Locations and Pub Lunch with Southampton to London transfer. Very disappointing tour with the most unprofessional tour guide we have ever had. He drove very fast on very narrow country roads as well as driving very aggressively on the freeways. We felt very unsafe. Many bicyclist on the narrow roads and very scary. He consistently made negative comments about England and terrible it was. He dropped us off at Cotswold villages and did not give us a time to meet him back at van. I had to sit in the back seat of a 8 passenger van and could not hear the tour guide talking. He did not wear a microphone and the van rattled loudly with his fast driving. When he was told I could not hear him in the back, he totally ignored the request . We were very disappointed we did not go to Highclere castle where Downton Abbey was filmed. We only went to the church in a village where some filming was done and he showed us pictures of the cast. We asked about going to castle and tour guide just said no, we can't go because of some reason I could not hear. We were picked up at the cruise terminal when disembarking the ship on July 20, 2024 and had much difficulty finding our tour guide. Never once saw him holding a sign. We were right in front of the exit at the terminal! Worst tour guide and tour ever!
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