Downton Abbey fans - hog the attention of your historian guide all the way, but keep your eyes peeled for the sights of the Cotswolds, an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Sheep-studded hills, rural farmsteads, blues skies.
Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey, the Grantham family home) only available certain times of the year. After enjoying the castle take a moment in the traditional tearoom before we continue the tour).
Alternatively enjoy a sumptuous tea in a quaint Cotswold Village of your choice.
Downton devotes will find ye ancient market town of Bampton familiar - Downton Church, Downton Cottage Hospital, Grantham Arms pub. Peek into every alley in this charming hamlet.
Daydream awhile over lunch at the riverside Swan Inn in Swinbrook village. Next stop is Cogges and its historic manor house (Downton Abbey’s Yew Tree Farm). Linger at Shilton’s 18th-century humped-back bridge next to a bubbling brook.
We can pre-book skip-the-line Castle tickets for you when available.