UK Connection

Day One

On arrival in London you meet your tour escort and discover London’s major sights on an orientation tour by coach before checking into your accommodation. Evening meal and overnight in London.

Day Two

Watch the famous Changing the Guard at Buckingham Palace in the morning and depart for Devon. Torquay, Agatha Christie’s home town, follow the Agatha Christie Trail where you pass various related sights and literally trace the footsteps of this legendary 'Queen of Crime'. Along the way collect clues, allowing you to solve your own mystery at the end and spell out one of Dame Agatha's most loved characters. Evening meal and overnight near Torquay.

Day Three

After breakfast visit the Torquay Museum which houses a permanent gallery dedicated to Agatha’s life and work. Marvel at Torre Abbey, Torquay's oldest building dating back to 1196, and home to The Agatha Christie Memorial Room, which features her favourite armchair, her 1937 Remington Portable Typewriter and her plotting notebook containing the handwritten manuscript of the best seller ‘A Caribbean Mystery’.

Afternoon hike in the Dartmoor National Park followed by a visit to Drogo Castle, a magnificent granite Castle built high above the Teign Gorge. Evening meal and overnight near Torquay.

Day Four

Discover Greenway House and get a glimpse into Agatha’s private holiday home. Set in a large and romantic woodland garden, the relaxed and atmospheric house contains many of the family's collections, including archaeology, Tunbridgeware, silver, botanical china and books.

Spend your afternoon on Burgh Island which can be reached on foot during low tide or by Sea Tractor during high tide.

Day Five

After breakfast load your coach and return to London in time for check-in for your flight back home.

Extend your stay and visit...

National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth – discover a fascinating underwater world at the UK’s largest aquarium

Bygones, Torquay - wander back in time and see a real old world street including a pub and period display rooms.

Go Ape, Exeter – high rope tree top adventure!

Exeter Cathedral – one of England’s most beautiful medieval cathedral and one of the finest examples of decorated Gothic architecture.

Clovelly - This picture-postcard fishing villages clings to a steep hillside on the North Devon coast.

Accommodation choices

HOSTELS AND STUDENT RESIDENCES
The cheapest option, our hostels are chosen for their safety and cleanliness and to offer simple, no-frills accommodation. They vary in design and style but basically offer multi-bedded, single gender dormitories for students almost invariably in bunk beds for between 4 and 12 students. Adults are usually accommodated in separate twins and triple rooms. Single rooms are limited and strictly subject to availability. Some hostels offer rooms with en-suite WC's and/or showers but not all. In others there are always sufficient shared single-gender communal facilities. Meals are served, usually self-service or buffet style in their own dining rooms. Packed lunches are provided every day. Most hostels have space in the evening suitable for study purposes.

HOTELS
We work with a range of Tourist Class 2 and 3 Star standard hotels in many parts of the UK and London. They invariably offer simple, clean rooms for 2-4 students, all rooms with private bathrooms and TV. Adults are accommodated in Twin Rooms with limited singles available at a supplement. All Hotels provide a continental breakfast but many do not provide evening meals, which are therefore booked in private restaurants. Packed lunches, provided by the hotel or a professional service, are collected from the hotel every morning. Study space is often limited and may only be available at a charge, quoted on request.