Group Travel Tour Operator and DMC for the Home Counties

Historic Houses and Gardens of the Home Counties

Chapel Manor Gardens

4 day tour

Price on request - minimum 20 passengers

Explore the hidden parts of the exciting and interesting Counties to the northern edge of London. The Home Counties offer a mix of delightful gardens, historic houses, scintillating countryside and interesting towns to explore. This tour will allow you to get a much better understanding of all the visits, each with a tour guide.

Dates

Dates throughout 2024 & 2025

Suggested itinerary by coach

Day 1

Travel to your hotel

Arrive at your hotel and relax before dinner.

Day 2

St. Albans and Hatfield House

After breakfast, a visit to the Roman town of St. Albans with a knowledgeable local guide. Formally known as Verulanium, this was the 3rd largest City in Roman Britain and was built around AD50. You will visit the cathedral, with the longest naive in England, the Roman theatre and museum or wander the charming old streets learning some of the history as you go. There will time for lunch in St Albans. After lunch, a visit to Hatfield House, a fine Jacobean House adjoining the site of the Old Palace of Hatfield. This is where Elizabeth I, spent most of her childhood. The Garden dates from the early 17th century. You will have a guided tour around the house and depending on day of visit and time, there may be chance for a guided garden visit as well.

Day 3

Capel Manor Gardens and Knebworth House

After breakfast visit Capel Manor Gardens, well you will enjoy a guided walk and discover a wonderful scented oasis surrounding a Georgian Manor House. Later you can visit Knebworth House, one of England’s most beloved stately homes, famous worldwide for its rock concerts and as the home of Victorian novelist Edward Bulwer Lytton – author of the words ‘The pen is mightier than the sword’. Your guide will escort you around the House, and we can also arrange a guided tour of the Garden (supplement applies).

Day 4

Return home

After breakfast start your journey home.

Greatdays offer a selection of hotels in the Watford area.

Dates	4 days / 3 nights
2024 dates	Prices on request
2025 dates	Prices on request

Single room supplement available upon request.

All prices are per person based on sharing a double or twin room and with one free place for a coach driver or group organiser in a single room, both are based on a minimum 20 full fare paying passengers. Prices do not include coach hire or travel insurance. Dates are subject to availability. Smaller groups can be quoted for on request. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Our website policy is to use only copyright free images or images which have been authorised to us for free use by the owner. If you consider an image to be unauthorised or to be your property, please contact us immediately and if invalid we will have the image removed. If your image requires crediting or is missing a copyright statement then we will be pleased to add this to the webpage, contact us at info@greatdays.co.uk