9 Exciting and Educational days! Travel with Allan Wunsch. Tour departs October 9th, 2010 from New York for just $3,578, including tips and taxes.

For all the details - click here to download a pdf brochure with the daily itinerary and how to register. Or click here to go directly to the Tour website and register.

Trip Includes: Roundtrip Airfare, First Class Hotel, Daily Breakfast and Some Dinners, Deluxe Motorcoaches, Guided Sightseeing, Entrance Fees, Study Guide

Day 1 - DEPART USA 
Today we will depart from the USA to Manchester England. Appropriate meals will be served in flight.
   
Day 2 - ARRIVE MANCHESTER 
View map We arrive in Manchester, England and after clearing passport and customs control, we are met by our representative and board our exclusive (private) motor coach. We will first visit the Wedgwood Museum Centre where we will tour that multimillion dollar facility. While there everyone will have an opportunity to have a snack or lunch. We will then make a short visit to the Gladstone Pottery Museum. After our visits, we will continue to our hotel in Stoke on Trent for our two night stay. Our guide will give an explanation about currency, meeting times, meal times, etc. while en-route. After our arrival there will be time for a nap and to freshen-up before our special Welcome Dinner at the hotel. Check out the hotel website at: www.bw-stokeontrentmoathouse.co.uk
   
Day 3 - STOKE ON TRENT 
View map This morning we will visit nearby Blackwell one of Britain's finest surviving Arts and Crafts houses: one designed by M.H.Baillie Scott. Enjoy the spectacular views of the Lake District from the garden terraces. We will then visit Levens Hall an Elizabethan mansion with its fabulous topiary gardens. We will then return to our hotel for dinner and overnight.
   
Day 4 - SOUTH TO LONDON 
View map This morning we head south through the industrial region of England stopping at Coventry, the city nearly wiped out during WWII by the Germans. We will make a brief stop at the Coventry Cathedral, where we will see the remains of the old Cathedral, located next to the new one. We expect that there will be some time for lunch and a wee bit of shopping. This afternoon we continue to London, where we will view Big Ben, Parliament, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, No.10 Downing Street, London Bridge, St. Paul's Cathedral, and Buckingham Palace, etc, etc. We will then check into our hotel where we will be staying for the next six nights. There will be time later on in your visit to return, on your own, to the places you have just looked at. Tonight you will be free to have dinner on your own, and perhaps enjoy a theater. www.radisson.com/londonukvanderbilt
   
Day 5 - LONDON 
This morning we will enjoy a presentation of the "London Experience" a multimedia show. Here you will enjoy a great overview of the history and geography of London. We will then visit the famous Tower of London where you can see the Beefeaters and the Crown Jewels. On our way back to the hotel we will drive past the foundry in Blackfrier where our Liberty Bells were cast. (Yes, bells. There actually were two). We will then make a quick stop at the old Michelin building, Bidendum, where you will have a great photo op. The afternoon you will be free to shop, explore on your own, or perhaps spend time at some of the places we visited where you did not have enough time earlier. Tonight you will again be free to enjoy dinner on your own and even possibly, visit one of London's renowned theaters. NOTE: You may wish, on one of your free evenings, to take an escorted London Walking Tour. They are great.
   
Day 6 - THE WEST COUNTRY 
View map After an early departure, we will drive through England's oldest county, Wiltshire, crossing the amazing Salisbury Plain where we will visit the great prehistoric World Heritage Site, Stonehenge. We then stop for awhile at the National Trust village of Lacock. The newest building in this village was built in the 1400s. It was also here where Mr. Fox Talbot took the first "modern" photograph. You may wish to visit the National Trust Photo Museum or the ancient Churchyard or the Tithing Barn before we enjoy a traditional Pub Lunch at the ancient, The George Inn, (in business since 1393). We will then continue on to the beautiful, gracious, city of Bath, founded by the ancient Romans. Here you will have the opportunity to participate in a "walk around" in the historical city center, to visit the famous Roman Baths as well as the world renowned Pump Room. You are free to enjoy dinner (on your own) in the exciting city of Bath. We will return to London late this evening.
   
Day 7 - LONDON 
This morning is an easy morning. Later we will visit Churchill's Underground War Rooms. We will also visit Westminster Cathedral, and hopefully, the Gothic Meeting Rooms (Westminster Hall) under the Parliament building. (We need a special invitation from a Member of Parliament to arrange this.) If we can get permission from the local MP, we will visit these very special rooms, a place where tourists never go! There is only a 50-50 chance we will be able to visit these rooms, so please do not be disappointed if we cannot. This evening we will enjoy an unforgettable Elizabethan banquet and entertainment at old Hatfield House. This is an event you will never forget! http://www.hatfieldhouse.co.uk/Hospitality.asp?S=6&V=1&P=30
   
Day 8 - LONDON 
This morning you will be free to sleep in, or to explore on your own. This afternoon, after lunch on your own, we will enjoy a visit to Standen House. Between 1892 and 1894, architect Philip Webb, who was a friend of William Morris, designed the house for a prosperous London solicitor, James Beale, his wife Margaret, and their family. It is decorated with Morris carpets, fabrics and wallpapers, and the garden complements the beauty of the house. The house still has its original electric light fittings. The house was bequeathed to the National Trust in 1972. We will then visit Munstead House. This house was designed for Gertrude Jekyll by Edwin Lutyens and completed in 1896. It is set in a large wooded garden developed by Jekyll herself over many years. At Munstead Wood, Lutyens' distinctive free Tudor style was already fully formed - though not fully worked out- in a kind of small-scale anticipation of his masterpieces of the next few years. The house was built of local Bargate sandstone and weathered tiles so that the house would not look 'new'. Munstead Wood was Jekyll's own residence and where she spent the majority of her time. During the last twenty or so years of her life, Jekyll rarely left Munstead Wood, designing her commissions from her home without ever visiting the sites. Munstead Wood was also the site of her plant nursery, as well as the subject of the majority of her photographs. This afternoon we will stop at a local English Tea Shop, where you can enjoy "a spot of tea" (or maybe a Devon Clotted Cream Tea...Yum!) if you wish. We will now return to our hotel, to rest and to freshen up before enjoying a Farewell Dinner at a typical English Restaurant.
   
Day 9 - LONDON 
Today is a totally free day in which you can visit some of the sites you did not have time for, or a museum, or attend church at one of London's historic churches, maybe St. Paul's Cathedral, take a boat ride on the River Thames, or just relax, or maybe, just do some last minute shopping.
   
Day 10 - DEPART FOR USA 
This morning we will transfer to the airport for our flight back to the USA, where we arrive the same day, our hearts filled with many fond memories of this very special, delightful tour highlighting the Pottery and the Arts and Crafts movement in England