Tour C- The Lake
District Garden tour
Tour
Highlights
- Beautiful
Lakeland scenery
- Cartmel
Priory and Medieval Village
- Holker
Hall and gardens – a hidden gem
- Cartmel sticky
toffee pudding!
- Optional cruise
on Lake Windermere
A
beautiful drive along the eastern shore of Lake Windermere
through the Medieval Village of Cartmel to Holker Hall -
one of the most impressive gardens and country houses in
Lakeland. The gift shop with many items personally selected
by Lady Cavendish is not to be missed and The Courtyard
Café is an ideal spot for a cream tea or perhaps
take a Cumbrian speciality home with you from the Holker
Food Hall.
The
tour operates everyday except Saturday from May to Sept.
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Pick
up from your guesthouse to depart down the eastern
shore of Lake Windermere to the spectacular viewpoint
at Gummers How. The Coniston Fells and the full length
of Lake Windermere stretch out below you. After enjoying
the views we travel to the medieval village of Cartmel
– famous for its Priory, horse races and sticky
toffee pudding!
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Only
a short distance from the sea we soon reach Holker
Hall, a magnificently situated country house set in
beautiful countryside with gardens merging into parkland,
hills on one side and the expanse of Morecambe Bay
on the other. Holker is one of the most impressive
historic country houses in England and the gardens
are often referred to as the Chelsea of the north
of England.
Your tour
includes entrance to The Hall and gardens and you
are free to explore the immaculately kept gardens
- 25 acres in all! Holker Hall itself dates from the
sixteenth century and inside you can admire the grand
staircase, Chippendale furniture and library with
over 3500 books. The Courtyard Café is an ideal
spot to sample locally produced food or enjoy a cream
tea before visiting the gift shop where many items
have been personally selected by Lady Cavendish.
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Depart
for the return journey to Bowness on Windermere. On
the return journey there is the wonderful scenic option
of leaving the tour bus and returning to Bowness by
a combination of steam train and lake cruise –
ask your driver for details.
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Arrive
at Bowness with time for shopping, sightseeing or
hiking.
TOUR
PRICE PER PERSON
Adult £44 Child (aged 4-11) £28
Tour
operates daily except Saturday with a minimum of two
persons. Private tours can be arranged subject to
availability.
WHAT YOUR TOUR INCLUDES
- Services
of driver guide
- Pick
up and drop off in the Bowness, Windermere, Kendal,
Ambleside area
- Entrance
fee to the Hall and Gardens
- Reasonable
deviations from normal schedule on request
- The
most beautiful scenery in England!
WHAT
YOUR TOUR DOES NOT INCLUDE
- Lunch
- Personal
expenses/tips
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