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Windsor, Salisbury & Stonehenge
Home to the Royal Family for 900 years, Windsor Castle is the
largest and oldest occupied Castle in the world. Its proud, strong
walls dominate the delightful town that has grown around the
castle over the years. You get a real sense of history breathing
through the walls of the Castle, founded by William the Conqueror,
just a day's march from London.
See the lavishly decorated State Apartments and St George's
Chapel, home to the 14th Century Order of the Royal Garter,
the senior chivalric order. Continue to Salisbury Cathedral with
the tallest spire in England, (123m). Controversial in its time for
its vaulting grandeur, the Cathedral stands tall and proud, its pale
luminous stone set off against the lush greenery surrounding it.
Once you step inside you'll be awed by the Cathedral's graceful,
elegant proportions. In the Chapter House you'll see one of only
4 surviving copies of the Magna Carta, which codified some of
the basic principles of the English legal system. Look upon this
792 year old document and you are looking the past in the face
- sealed under duress by King John in 1215.
Going even further back into the mists of time we make our
way across the green rolling Wiltshire landscape to Stonehenge,
a collection of stones dragged 5000 years ago to this lonely windy
plain near Salisbury. Who built it? Why? These questions have
haunted the minds of centuries of scholars, but what we do know
is that Stonehenge must have had some astrological function.
Set in a landscape dotted with prehistoric mounds and carvings,
Stonehenge continues to enthral the imagination and captivate
the heart of every visitor. You have the opportunity to walk around
these magical stones and contemplate the landscape in which
they were built so many centuries ago, and to explore some of the
theories about how this extraordinary monument came to be built
by our ancestors.
| Windsor, Salisbury & Stonehenge T29 |
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Tour starts : 8:45 a.m. at Victoria Coach Station
Tour ends: 7:15 p.m. at Victoria Coach Station
Prices includes all entrance fees.
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