Cotswolds: the loveliest villages in England – South East England, United Kingdom

EXPERIENCE:

7 great stops in some of the most iconic villages of the Cotswolds. We will have lunch right in the middle of the Cotswolds, an area of outstanding natural beauty where we will see the oldest pub in England and the hobbit door of the local church.

Our tour of the Cotswolds includes Cirencester, the “capital” of the Cotswolds whose massive wool church of St. John the Baptist boasts the largest porch in England. Nearby Bibury, is famous for Arlington row, a series of fourteenth century weavers’ cottages. Bourton on the Water, known as the “Venice of Cotwolds” is one of the most popular destinations in the bare, having a perfumery, vintage car museum and a model village amongst many other attractions. But moist of our guest like to venture a bit further away for the tranquil delights of Lower Slaughter and its Victorian watermill. A drive past Upper Slaughter and Lower Swell takes us to Stow on the Wold “where the wind blows cold”. An excellent stop for lunch and where we can explore the local churchyard and maybe have a quick pint in the oldest pub in England.

Our tour continues in the afternoon to Burford where we will here where the expression “Any old Tom, Dick or Harry” came from. When open the fifteenth century tollhouse has a charming museum where you can find out about the ancient building skills employed in the area. The church nearby still bares the marks of England’s civil war in the 1640s and where wool merchants graves fill the churchyard.

Our final stop is our grand finale. A ruined fifteenth century manor house awaits and with it a macabre tale. The splendid thatched cottages of Minster Lovell is where we leave the Cotswolds before returning to London.

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS:

See the magnificent wool church of St. John the Baptists in Cirecncester.
A pub lunch in the market town of Stow on the Wold
The prettiest village in England

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