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SAMPLE
ITINERARY - ROMAN BRITAIN |
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| Day 1 |
Travel to Bath, the
Roman colony of Aquae Sulis. City tour to view 17th-century town
planning and Georgian architecture. |
| Day 2 |
Bath - Chedworth Morning walking tour
of the Roman baths. Afternoon to Chedworth: 4th-century Roman villa,
the best-excavated Roman-British villa in Britain. |
| Day 3 |
Bath - Stratford upon Avon Restored 18th-century
town, birthplace of William Shakespeare. Performance at Royal Shakespeare
Theatre and behind-the-scenes tour afterward. |
| Day 4 |
Stratford upon Avon - Chester Morning walking tour
of Stratford, including Shakespeare's birthplace and museum, and
Anne Hathaway's cottage. Afternoon travel to Chester, stopping at
prehistoric Stonehenge en route before arriving at the walled medieval
town of Chester. |
| Day 5 |
Chester - Hadrian's Wall - York Morning walking tour
of Chester: half-timbered buildings, medieval walls, cathedral and
Roman ruins. Afternoon excursion to Hadrian's Wall en route to York.
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| Day 6 |
York Guided walking tour
of this medieval walled city, including York Minster and Yorkshire
Museum to view Viking and Roman remains. Afternoon at leisure. |
| Day 7 |
York - London Drive through beautiful
English countryside to London, afternoon arrival. |
| Day 8 |
London - Chichester - London Fishbourne Roman Palace,
largest extant Roman domestic building north of the Alps. Mosaics,
bath suite, hypocaust system for heating water, museum and restored
garden planted to replicate the original first-century plan.
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| Day 9 |
London Tour of remains of Roman
city of Londinium: forum, basilica, amphitheatre and public baths.
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